Channels Digital: 33 (UHF/PSIP) Founded February 25, 2010 Sister station(s) KDKJ-LD | Affiliations Buzzr First air date April 2016 | |
Owner DTV America Corporation | ||
KPKN-LD is a digital low-powered television station located in and licensed to Tyler, Texas, USA. It is a Buzzr affiliate owned by DTV America Corporation of Sunrise, Florida, who also owns Estrella TV affiliate KDKJ-LD. The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 33.
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History
The Federal Communications Commission granted the construction permit for the station, as K33KN-D, on February 25, 2010. The station’s call letters were changed to the current KPKN-LD on March 29, 2016. The station signed on in April 2016 as an affiliate of FremantleMedia’s Buzzr network. Buzzr was previously on KDKJ-LD4 until that point. Katz Broadcasting’s male-oriented Grit replaced Buzzr on KDKJ-LD4 upon KPKN’s sign on.
Digital channels
With Laff and Escape available with KPKN-LD2 and LD3, respectively, Grit available on KDKJ-LD4, and Bounce TV available on full-powered KLTV-DT2, the Tyler, Texas market offers all four Katz Broadcasting-operated digital multi-cast networks.