KXPD-LP
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KXPD-LP
| logo =
| branding =
| analog = 52 (UHF)
| digital =
| affiliations = {{ubl|Main station for KWVT-LP (2005–2007)|Azteca América (2007–2009)}}
| airdate = {{start date|2005|5|20}}
| enddate = {{end date|2009|12|30}} ({{age in years and days|2005|5|20|2009|12|30}})
| location = Eola, Oregon
| country = United States
| former_callsigns = K52HY, KWVT-LP, KGUG-LP
| callsign_meaning =
| owner = Churchill Media
| licensee = Churchill Media II, LLC
| former_affiliations =
| erp = 150 kW
| haat = {{convert|526|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 130036
| class = TX
| coordinates = {{coord|44|59|59.01|N|122|41|41.04|W}}
| website =
}}
KXPD-LP (channel 52) was a low-power television station in Eola, Oregon, United States. The station covered the Willamette Valley from Salem to Wilsonville, within the Portland, Oregon, television market.
History
The station signed on the air on May 20, 2005, as the main signal of KWVT-LP, a local, English-language independent station owned by Northwest Television. (The station has since relocated to channel 17.)
On May 8, 2007, Northwest Television sold the broadcast license of KWVT-LP to Churchill Media of Eugene, Oregon.{{cite news|url=http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/05/11/b1.bz.churchill.0511.p1.php?section=business|newspaper=The Register-Guard|title=Churchill Media acquires Salem area TV station|date=May 11, 2007}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Programming from Azteca América began August 17, 2007.{{Cite web |url=http://www.corporate-aztecaamerica.com/aza/portland100507.shtml |title=Azteca América Press Release|date=May 8, 2007 |access-date=July 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603064123/http://www.corporate-aztecaamerica.com/aza/portland100507.shtml |archive-date=June 3, 2007 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/05/07/daily17.html?jst=b_ln_hl|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|title=Portland getting Spanish TV station|date=May 9, 2007|access-date=July 26, 2007|archive-date=May 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521030754/http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/05/07/daily17.html?jst=b_ln_hl|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/05/portland_getting_new_spanishla.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|title=Portland getting new Spanish-language TV station|date=May 9, 2007|access-date=July 26, 2007|archive-date=May 16, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516092148/http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/05/portland_getting_new_spanishla.html|url-status=live}} The call letters were soon after changed to KXPD-LP.
On December 30, 2009, KXPD-LP went off the air citing "substantial decreases in its revenue flow" over the past three years.{{cite news|url=http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/business/24306542-41/radio-station-churchill-eugene-media.csp|newspaper=The Register-Guard|title=Local Spanish radio, TV stations go off the air|date=December 30, 2009|access-date=December 31, 2009|archive-date=January 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102135335/http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/business/24306542-41/radio-station-churchill-eugene-media.csp|url-status=live}} In its application to the FCC for special temporary authority to remain silent, the station's license holder claimed that "losses have reached the point that the station no longer generates sufficient funds to pay operating expenses" and that the company was seeking to either sell the station or refinance and return to operation. However, the station never returned to air, and its license was soon canceled by the FCC.{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?list=0&facid=130036|title=Station Search Details (DKXPD-LP)|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=November 10, 2011}}
References
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Category:2005 establishments in Oregon
Category:2009 disestablishments in Oregon
Category:Defunct television stations in the United States
Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2009
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2005
Category:Television stations in Oregon
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