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KQDK-CD
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HAAT85.5 m (281 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°40′31.2″N 104°52′24.1″W / 39.675333°N 104.873361°W / 39.675333; -104.873361
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Websitewww.rockymountainctn.com

KQDK-CD (channel 33) is a low-power, Class A television station in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is a translator of Cheyenne, Wyoming–licensed Christian Television Network (CTN) owned-and-operated station KQCK (channel 39). KQDK-CD's transmitter is located near East Iliff Avenue and South Emporia Avenue (near SH 83) in southeastern Denver; its parent station maintains studios on Yates Street in Westminster.

History

The station was founded on October 30, 1990. In 2008, under

Luken Communications (which had acquired RTN in June 2008) resulted in many RTN affiliates losing the network's programming.[2] As a result, Luken moved RTN's operations to its headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and dropped its affiliations on all Equity-owned affiliates, including the then-KQDK-CA, immediately.[3] RTN would eventually sign with KCDO-TV that May.[4]
KQDK then switched its affiliation to AMGTV, and later to @SportsTV.

KQDK was sold at auction to Valley Bank on April 16, 2009.[5] Valley Bank, in turn, filed to sell KQDK and KQCK to an ownership group connected to Fusion Communications on September 9.[6]

In January 2010,

MundoFox on August 13, 2012.[9] Concurrent with the launch of the station's digital signal, on February 12, 2013, the station modified its call sign to KQDK-CD. In late 2014, KQDK dropped MundoFox for the Christian Television Network.[10][11] Casa Media Partners filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 14, 2015.[12] On April 12, 2017, CTN's parent company, the Christian Television Corporation, agreed to purchase KQDK-CD outright for $750,000; CTN had earlier agreed to purchase sister station KQCK.[13] The sale was completed on June 30, 2017.[14]

Sometime in 2019, KQDK-CD's city of license was moved from Aurora, Colorado, to Denver.

Technical information

Subchannels

This station rebroadcasts the subchannels of KQCK.[15]

Subchannels of KQCK
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
33.1 1080i
16:9
 CTN Main KQCK programming / CTN
33.2 480i LFST LifeStyle Family TV (Christian-based family entertainment)
33.3
4:3
 CTNi CTNi (Christian programming in Spanish)


Analog-to-digital conversion

KQDK-CD shut down its analog signal, over

flash-cut
its digital signal into operation on its pre-transition UHF channel 39.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KQDK-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ What’s Wrong with MyTV? Archived 2009-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ TV Newsday: "Financial Dispute Disrupts RTN Diginet", 1/5/2009.
  4. ^ "KCDO Denver Adding Retro TV Network". TVnewsday. May 7, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  5. ^ "Takers found for 60 Equity stations". Television Business Report. April 18, 2009. Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  6. ^ "Equity Media props spin again". Television Business Report. September 9, 2009. Archived from the original on September 26, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
  7. ^ "'VasalloVision Network' in Las Vegas, Nevada" (Press release). VasalloVision Television Network. January 14, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
  8. ^ "Denver TV, Cheyenne LP Go For $9 Million". TVNewsCheck. April 11, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  9. Denver Post
    . Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  10. ^ "FCC 398 Children's Television Programming Report". KidVid Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 6, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  11. ^ "FCC 398 Children's Television Programming Report". KidVid Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. January 9, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  12. South Florida Business Journal
    . Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  13. ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. January 19, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  14. ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 30, 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  15. ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for KQDK-CD". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

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