KLEP

{{Short description|Television station in Newark, Arkansas (1985–2005)}}

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{{Infobox television station

| callsign = KLEP

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| analog = 17 (UHF)

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| affiliations = Educational independent (1985–2005?)

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| airdate = {{start date|1985|11|12}}

| enddate = {{ubl|{{end date|2005|04|19}}|({{age in years and days|1985|11|12|2005|4|19}})}}

| location = Newark, Arkansas

| country = United States

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| owner = Newark Public Schools

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| erp = 15.1 kW

| haat = {{convert|162|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

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| facility_id = 48698

| coordinates = {{coord|35|43|27.9|N|91|26|35|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}

| licensing_authority = FCC

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KLEP (channel 17) was an independent non-commercial educational television station in Newark, Arkansas, United States, owned by Newark Public Schools.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sNnj_xk1FbYC |title=FCC Record: A Comprehensive Compilation of Decisions, Reports, Public Notices, and Other Documents of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States |date=2006 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |pages=5862 n.3 |language=en}} It broadcast local academic and public affairs programming beginning at 6 p.m. on weekdays from its 1985 sign-on until it quit broadcasting in the mid-2000s. It never returned; the corresponding broadcast license was eventually canceled on April 19, 2005.

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