KVAT-LD,
virtual channel
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17 (
UHF
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digital
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channel 35), is a
low-powered television station
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serving
Austin, Texas
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, United States that is
licensed to
Garfield. The station is owned by
HC2 Holdings.
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History
The license was initially established in 1978 as translator K63AY by Pompey Mountain Broadcasting in Mullin
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* Chris Mullin (politician), British Labour Party Member of Parliament
* Emma Mullin (born 1985), Irish Ladies Gaelic ...
. It was displaced to channel 17 as K17GH.
The station was originally an affiliate of LAT TV, a Houston
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-based Spanish-language television network that launched in May 2006; however, the network folded 2 years later in 2008.
In December 2010, the station's call letters changed from KVAT-LP to KVAT-LD.
In June 2013, KVAT-LD was slated to be sold to Landover 5 LLC as part of a larger deal involving 51 other low-power television stations;
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
References
External links
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Television stations in Texas
Television channels and stations established in 2006
Low-power television stations in the United States
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