KLKW-LD (channel 22) is a low-powered

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, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language network

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. The station is owned by

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alongside KNKC-LD (channel 29).

History

The station's

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dates back to November 7, 2012, though it did not start broadcasting until January 2014. The station's original callsign was K22LK-D, which was changed to the current KLKW-LD on March 11, 2013.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is

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, as of February 10, 2023, as follows: Estrella TV programming is broadcast on KLKW's main channel, 22.1. Doctor TV, a healthy lifestyle-oriented television network, was broadcast on KLKW's second subchannel on channel 22.2 until 2015, when it was replaced by

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GetTV Get (Great Entertainment Television, stylized as get. since 2023, and formerly stylized as getTV) is an American Digital subchannel#Commercial networks, digital multicast television network owned by the Sony Pictures Television#Sony Pictures Tel ...

network. In late 2015,

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and

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were added on channels 22.3 and 22.4, respectively. In 2016,

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was added to digital subchannel 22.5 after

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affiliate

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replaced it on 7.3 with

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. That same year,

Escape Escape or Escaping may refer to: Arts and media Film * ''Escape'' (1928 film), a German silent drama film * ''Escape!'' (film), a 1930 British crime film starring Austin Trevor and Edna Best * ''Escape'' (1940 film), starring Robert Taylor and ...

was added to subchannel 22.6, and GetTV was replaced with

Azteca America Azteca is the Spanish word for Aztec. In English, Azteca or Aztecas may refer to: Animals * ''Azteca'' (ant), a genus of ants * Azteca horse, a breed of horse Games * Azteca, a world in the online game of ''Wizard101'' Sport * Aztecas de la U ...

, bringing the network back to the Amarillo market since former Azteca America affiliate KTXD-LP ceased operations in 2009. On January 1, 2023, Azteca ceased operations, leaving channel 22.2 blank.

References

External links

Query the FCC’s TV station database for KLKWSearch KLKW-LD on RECNetDTV AmericaDoctor TV websiteKLKW-LD AMARILLO, TX at RabbitEars.Info
LKW Estrella TV affiliates Buzzr affiliates LKW-LD Innovate Corp. {{Texas-tv-station-stub