KAZD
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| HAAT | 510 m (1,673 ft) |
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| Transmitter coordinates | 32°35′15″N 96°58′0″W / 32.58750°N 96.96667°W |
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KAZD (channel 55) is a television station licensed to Lake Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex with a simulcast of Spectrum News 1. Owned by Weigel Broadcasting, KAZD maintains offices on McKinney Avenue in downtown Dallas, and its transmitter is located south of Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill.
History
Prior history of UHF channel 55 in Dallas–Fort Worth
The UHF channel 55 allocation in the
Thornton, unable to find programming resources and operating capital, attempted to add Dallas-based preacher
KAZD station history
The current channel 55 was founded on March 18, 1997, as KAVB, with the granting of the original construction permit to Johnson Broadcasting of Dallas, LLC. The application was mutually exclusive with the license renewal application of the first KLDT station,[4] but the FCC granted the Johnson Broadcasting application and did not renew the license of the previous station.
Shortly after its sign-on, the station quickly changed its call letters to KLDT. Originally served as an affiliate of the America's Collectibles Network
By 2000, KLDT quietly dropped most of its entertainment programming in favor of
By this time, most of the station's sports programming had moved to former
Johnson Broadcasting filed for
The station broadcast all of its program audio on a second audio program feed until February 2009. In April 2010, KLDT became an affiliate of the Liquidation Channel (now Shop LC). With the exception of two religious programs and one children's program, the majority of KLDT's programming consisted of infomercials and the Liquidation Channel feed. However, in mid-November 2010. KLDT switched to infomercials (although it continued to carry religious programming). Throughout the years, KLDT had suffered several technical setbacks, almost to the point where they had to go off the air for several hours. The station formally changed its call letters to KAZD on December 30, 2010, and became an affiliate of Azteca América at 9 p.m. on that date.
In 2014, Una Vez Mas' TV assets (including KAZD) were then sold to Northstar Media,
On September 14, 2020, Weigel Broadcasting announced that it would buy three of HC2's TV properties (including KAZD and its longtime Houston sister KYAZ) as well as a low-power station. The sale was consummated on December 29, making this the fourth ownership change in 11 years and Weigel's first entry into the Dallas–Fort Worth market.
On July 15, 2022, a simulcast of Spectrum News 1 Dallas/Fort Worth was added to KAZD-DT1, with MeTV moving to KAZD-DT2 and Decades moving to KAZD-DT6. Previously, Spectrum News 1 Dallas/Fort Worth was only available to subscribers of the Spectrum cable service owned and operated by Charter Communications. With the local station having must-carry status on competing providers, Spectrum News 1 Dallas/Fort Worth became the second Spectrum News channel to be available to systems other than Spectrum.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
News1 | Simulcast of Spectrum News 1 |
| 55.2 | MeTV | MeTV | ||
| 55.3 | 480i | MeTV+ | MeTV Plus
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| 55.4 | ||||
| 55.5 | STORY | Story Television | ||
| 55.6 | CATCHY | Catchy Comedy | ||
| 55.12 | EMLW | OnTV4U
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Analog-to-digital conversion
On May 22, 2006, KAZD—as KLDT—signed on its digital signal on UHF channel 54.
KLDT shut down its analog signal, over
See also
- Houston, Texas)
References
- ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 30, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KAZD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Daily Digest". FCC CDBS database. March 22, 1995. Retrieved August 25, 2007.
- ^ "Public Notice Comment". FCC CDBS database. March 24, 1997. Retrieved August 25, 2007.
- ^ "Creditors pushing sale of Houston TV station". Houston Chronicle. October 21, 2009.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable: "Court Approves KNWS, KLDT Sale: Johnson Broadcasting stations sold to Una Vez Mas Holdings", December 29, 2009.
- ^ "FCC approves challenged Texas TV transaction". Radio Business Report/Television Business Report. September 27, 2010. Archived from the original on December 24, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ^ "Call Sign Desk - Query". November 20, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ^ RTN Adds KLDT Dallas; U.S. Clearance Tops 65% - TV News Check (released May 4, 2009)
- ^ Azteca America Acquired by HC2 Holdings Unit - Broadcasting & Cable (accessed March 19, 2018)
- ^ "Consummation Notice", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, December 31, 2020, Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ Weigel Captures Four Properties From HC2 - Radio & Television Business Report (published November 2, 2020)
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KAZD
- ^ Eggerton, J. (May 22, 2006). "Dallas Station Asks To Go Digital". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved August 19, 2006.
- ^ "Analog shutoff authorization" (PDF). FCC CDBS database. November 17, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived August 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Eggerton, J. (November 17, 2006). "KLDT Switches To All-Digital". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on November 18, 2006. Retrieved November 18, 2006.