KABI-LD,

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42 (

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channel 32), is a low powered

Heroes & Icons Heroes & Icons (H&I) is an American digital broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Usually carried on the digital subchannels of its affiliated television station in most markets, the network airs classic television series fr ...

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Snyder, Texas Snyder is a town in, and the county seat of Scurry County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,202 at the 2010 census. The city is located in the lower part of the Southwestern Tablelands ecological region. History Snyder is named for ...

, United States. The station is owned by

Gray Television Gray Television, Inc. is an American publicly traded television broadcasting company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1946 by James Harrison Gray as Gray Communications Systems, the company owns or operates 180 stations across the United St ...

, making it a sister to Gray's duopoly of Lubbock-licensed

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affiliate

KCBD KCBD (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Lubbock, Texas, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned Gray Television alongside Wolfforth-licensed CW+ affiliate KLCW-TV (channel 22) and four low-power stations—MyNetworkTV affi ...

(channel 11) and

Wolfforth Wolfforth ( ) is a small town located in Lubbock County. The town was named for 2 brothers, George Wolffarth who was a rancher in the area, and Eastin Wolffarth who was Lubbock County Sherriff around 1900. The population was 3,670 at the 2010 cens ...

-licensed CW affiliate

KLCW-TV KLCW-TV (channel 22) is a television station licensed to Wolfforth, Texas, United States, serving the Lubbock area as an affiliate of The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Television alongside NBC affiliate KCBD (channel 11) and four low-power stat ...

(channel 23); it is also

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to three other low-power stations—

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affiliate KMYL-LD (channel 14, which is

simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programmes/programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simult ...

on KLCW's second

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), Class A

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affiliate KXTQ-CD (channel 46), and

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affiliate KLBB-LD (channel 48). Gray also operates

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affiliate

KJTV-TV KJTV-TV (channel 34) is a television station in Lubbock, Texas, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting alongside Wolfforth-licensed low-power, Class A news-formatted independent station KJTV- ...

(channel 34) and low-power Class A

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KJTV-CD (channel 32) through a

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agreement (SSA) with owner

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. KABI-LD, KLCW-TV, KMYL-LD, KJTV-TV, KLBB-LD, KXTQ-CD and KJTV-CD share studios at 98th Street and University Avenue in south Lubbock. KABI-LD's transmitter is located north of Snyder. As KABI-LD's transmitter is located in Snyder, its broadcast radius does not reach the major city in the market. Therefore, in order to reach the city, the station shares its subchannels with KLBB-LD's second and third subchannels respectively. However, KLBB's signal does not reach over the entire market as the station is also low-powered, so it must rely on cable and

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to reach the entire market.

Digital channels

The station's signal is

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References

External links

* Movies! affiliates Television stations in Lubbock, Texas Television channels and stations established in 1996 Low-power television stations in the United States Heroes & Icons affiliates Gray Television 1996 establishments in Texas {{Texas-tv-station-stub