KDTL-LD
{{Short description|Television station in St. Louis}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KDTL-LD
| logo =
| branding =
| analog =
| digital = 17 (UHF)
| virtual = 4.5, 32.2, 32.3
| translators =
| affiliations = {{ubl|4.5: 365BLK|32.2: Corner Store TV|32.3: Outlaw}}
| founded = April 2, 1990
| airdate = {{start date and age|1992|09|28}}
| location = St. Louis, Missouri
| city =
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = Daystar Television/St. Louis, for former owner
| owner = Gray Media
| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, LLC
| sister_stations = KMOV
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|ValueVision/ShopNBC (1992–2004)|Daystar (2004–2022)|Circle (2022–2023)}}
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|K64DT (1990–2004)|KDTL-LP (2004–2012)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 64 (UHF, 1992–2008), 16 (UHF, 2008–2012)|Digital: 16 (UHF, 2012–2022)|Virtual: 17 (until 2023)}}
| other_chs =
| erp = 15 kW
| haat = {{convert|250.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 69791
| class = LD
| coordinates = {{coord|38|31|47|N|90|17|58|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| homepage =
}}
KDTL-LD (channel 32) is a low-power television station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It is owned by Gray Media alongside CBS affiliate KMOV (channel 4). The two stations share studios on Progress Parkway in suburban Maryland Heights and transmitting facilities in Lemay, Missouri.
History
The station began operations as K64DT on September 28, 1992. The station increased its power, changing its callsign to KDTL-LP in 2004 after being sold to Word of God Fellowship, the commercial license arm of the Daystar Television Network, to broadcast Daystar's programming. The station converted to digital operations at the end of 2011, and changed its callsign to KDTL-LD on January 5, 2012.
On May 9, 2022, it was announced that Word of God Fellowship would sell KDTL-LD to Atlanta-based Gray Television, which had acquired KMOV the year previous after purchasing Meredith's broadcast division and its stations, for $1 million;{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/assignmentDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f91808bffcb01809998cb87133b&id=25076f91808bffcb01809998cb87133b|title=Assignments|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=May 9, 2022|accessdate=May 10, 2022}} the sale was completed on July 1.{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/consummationDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f9181cf09400181d10e84c40354&id=25076f9181cf09400181d10e84c40354&goBack=N|title=Notification of Consummation|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=July 5, 2022|accessdate=December 3, 2022}}
Following the consummation of the sale to Gray, the station dropped its affiliation with Daystar, as the network's programming is carried by full-power station WPXS (channel 13) since it purchased the station in 2010, and also duplicated in the inner core of St. Louis on in-market repeater KUMO-LD (channel 51). The station initially aired an automated feed of current weather conditions, forecasts and observations from KMOV's weather computers in high definition on its second subchannel (mapped to channel 4.7, using KMOV's channel position), while its main channel (mapped to 4.6) carried Corner Store TV, an all-paid programming network, in a transition period while Gray acquired programming to place on it with its former affiliated network Circle winding down at the end of 2023.
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KDTL-LD{{cite web|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KDTL|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KDTL#station|website=RabbitEars.info|access-date=October 9, 2023}} ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Aspect ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |
| scope = "row" | 4.5 |
|---|
| scope = "row" | 32.2
| Corner || Corner Store TV (infomercials) |
| scope = "row" | 32.3
| Outlaw || Outlaw |
There is no channel 32.1 on the KDTL-LD multiplex, as it is broadcast by KMOV.
References
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Category:1992 establishments in Missouri
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1992
Category:Television stations in St. Louis
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