KPOM-CD (channel 14) is a low-power, Class A television station in

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, United States, broadcasting the digital multicast network

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, the station broadcasts from a transmitter, shared with

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, at the Mount Harvard Radio Site in the

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. Due to its low-power status, KPOM-CD's broadcasting radius does not reach all of

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. Therefore, the station shares Decades with the fourth subchannel of

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(channel 11).

History

The station was founded on August 23, 1989. Originally licensed to

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, it carried

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programming via KRET-LP (channel 45). It later became a

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channel, then an affiliate of

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with

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(channel 43) for the

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area. In January 2022, Weigel Broadcasting removed KPOM-CD's subchannels and replacing the programming on main channel 14.1 with a simulcast of

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on KAZA 54.3. On February 28, 2022, the MeTV Plus simulcast ended and was replaced with KPOM-CD's own feed of Decades. With this change, 14.1 was upgraded to 720p HD. On March 28, 2022,

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launched, replacing Decades. On May 26, 2022, Story Television moved to sister station KAZA 54.2, with Decades returning to KPOM-CD 14.1. On August 1, 2022, KPOM-CD added

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programming on digital subchannel 14.12.

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

Low-power television stations in the United States POM-CD Weigel Broadcasting Television channels and stations established in 1989 1989 establishments in California Decades (TV network) affiliates OnTV4U affiliates {{California-tv-station-stub