Channels Analog: 40 (UHF) First air date 2007 | Affiliations Defunct Last air date September 28, 2012 | |
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Owner Stratus Media Holdings, LLC
(Cheyenne Television Group LLC) Former callsigns K40HP (2004)
KKTU-LP (2004–2008) | ||
KDEV-LP was a low-power television station in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It was owned by Stratus Media Holdings.
History
A construction permit for a low-power station on channel 40 in Cheyenne was granted on March 15, 2004 and assigned the call sign K40HP; on October 4, 2004, the station's call sign was changed to KKTU-LP. On June 24, 2008, the station's call sign was changed to KDEV-LP.
The station carried ABC programming from KTWO-TV, the ABC affiliate in Casper, after equipment failure of KQCK's analog facilities June 27, 2008.
In August 2009, KDEV-LP, K61DX in Laramie and K21CV in Rawlins were sold to Fusion Communications, after the bankruptcy of former owner Equity Media Holdings.
In early September 2010, ABC programming was moved to KLWY's 27.2 subchannel. On September 15, 2010, KDEV (after being off the air for several days) reemerged as a MyNetwork TV affiliate. As of 2011, KDEV now carries Me-TV. In 2012, Fusion Communications was acquired by Stratus Media Holdings. KDEV-LP left the air on September 28, 2012 in order to upgrade the station's equipment to a fiber-based system; it never resumed broadcasting, and on September 26, 2013 Stratus returned its license to the Federal Communications Commission, which canceled it on September 30.