K17JI-D,

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12 ( UHF

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channel 17), is a low-powered, Class A 3ABN- affiliated

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, United States. Founded November 6, 1995, the station is owned by

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History

The station began with an original

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granted to Rollin Wong on November 6, 1995 to build a low-power station on VHF channel 12 (as K12OZ) to serve Fresno and surrounding area. 3ABN acquired the station in June 1998 and was granted a license on October 21, 1998. The license was upgraded to Class A on March 23, 2001. On February 6, 2013, the station's license to broadcast in digital was granted, with the station moving to channel 17 and changing its call sign to K17JI-D. 3ABN sold K17JI-D and 13 other stations to HC2 Holdings for $9.6 million in 2017.

Digital channels

The station's signal is

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