KADO-CD,
virtual channel
In most telecommunications organizations, a virtual channel is a method of remapping the ''program number'' as used in H.222 Program Association Tables and Program Mapping Tables to a channel number that can be entered via digits on a receiver' ...
40 (
UHF
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digital
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Technology and computing Hardware
*Digital electronics, electronic circuits which operate using digital signals
**Digital camera, which captures and stores digital i ...
channel 36), is a
low-power,
Class A Daystar-
affiliated
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* Affiliation (family law), a legal form of family relationship
* Affiliate marketing
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television station
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licensed
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to
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. The station is owned by Word of Life Ministries. KADO-CD's transmitter is located on Park Avenue west of downtown Shreveport.
While the-then KADO-LP had voluntarily applied to the
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) for digital UHF channel 40, the station's management estimated the cost of
digital transition to be between
$150,000 and a quarter-million dollars, a prohibitive cost for a small low-power broadcaster.
The station was licensed for digital operation on June 3, 2015.
References
ADO-CD
Television channels and stations established in 1997
Low-power television stations in Louisiana
1997 establishments in Louisiana
Daystar Television Network stations
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