KKAP (channel 36) is a religious television station in

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, United States, part of the

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. The station is

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by the Community Television Educators subsidiary of Daystar

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Word of God Fellowship, Inc. KKAP's studios are located on Shackelford Drive in the Beverly Hills section of Little Rock, and its transmitter is located on

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, near the

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neighborhood of Little Rock.

History

The station first signed on the air in May 2001.

Technical information

Subchannels

Analog-to-digital conversion

Because it was granted an original

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after the

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(FCC) finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for its

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. KKAP shut down its analog signal, over

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channel 36, on June 12, 2009, and "

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" its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 36.

References

External links

* Television channels and stations established in 2001 2001 establishments in Arkansas KAP Daystar Television Network stations {{Arkansas-tv-station-stub