K04QR-D (channel 38) is a
low-power television station
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licensed
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A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...
to
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, United States, as an
affiliate of
beIN Sports Xtra
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. The station is owned by
HC2 Holdings
INNOVATE Corp. (formerly known as HC2 Holdings, Inc. and Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc.) is an American public financial services company founded in 1994.
History
Beginning (1994–1997)
Primus commenced operations in 1994 intent on bei ...
. K04QR-D's transmitter is located in the
Crescent Ridge Village area in El Dorado Hills, California.
History
In June 2013, K04QR-D was slated to be sold to Landover 5 LLC as part of a larger deal involving 51 other low-power television stations;
the sale fell through in June 2016.
Mako Communications sold its stations, including K04QR-D, to HC2 Holdings in 2017.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital channel is
multiplexed
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:
Analog-to-digital conversion
In 2008, the station
flash-cut
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In the United States, some telephone area codes were split or overlaid immediately, rather than being phased in with a permissive dia ...
to digital. This was made before the
transition to DTV was required by the FCC.
References
External links
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Low-power television stations in the United States
HC2 Holdings
Classic Reruns TV affiliates
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