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channel 36), is a low-powered

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, United States. The station is owned by Promised Land Ministries. It covers parts of southern

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and north-central

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. It is also seen on Fidelity Communications (channel 8) in West Plains and in

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and

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(channel 18). It carries local and nationally known programming from noon through 6am daily and network programming from 6am until noon from TCT. Operations are supported by donations from loyal viewers. In 2009, a

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late on the evening of July 11 seriously damaged the new

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at its new

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, which holds the

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for the

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. In use for less than two weeks, it was made necessary because of a move in the studio location further away from the

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site, making the cost of

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a much longer

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line than before prohibitive. K38HE went off the air couple of times after a transmitter tube broke in the transmitter and returned to the air on October 9, 2009. However, this was short-lived. On Monday night September 21, 2009, K38HE went off the air after a tube broke in the transmitter. This station has returned to the air on Monday night October 19, 2009. K38HE went off the air after a rebuilt tube broke in the transmitter. K38HE has replaced the transmitter with a new tube and returned to the air on October 23, 2009.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's signal is

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Analog-to-digital conversion

K38HE, on December 9, 2014, has completed the required transition to digital broadcasting.

Local programming

*''Community Calendar'': A program that tells whats going on around southern Missouri and north-central Arkansas. *''General Store''/''Community Calendar'': Viewers can call in and buy items that are being shown for donations. All donations help support the station. *''The Calling'' *''Forgiven with Velma Childers'' *''Ed Carter Ministries'' *''For Such a Time As This with Sarah George'' *''Joanie Buchanan Ministries'' *''Inside Channel 38'' *''Fire Desire'' *''Yours For a Song with Dan Duncan'' *''OMC Hospice'' *''The Hour of Vision'' *''The Evangelist with Robby Mitchell'' *''Charles Nichols & Friends'' *''Ozark Tradition with Carl Trantham and Friends'' *''From Our Hearts with Richie (the Mule Jump Preacher) & Carolyn DeMent'' *''Vetrice Earith'' *''Rhonda Spreutels'' *''The Bottom Line'' *''Growing in Grace with Brenda Mantooth'' *''Grace Revealed with Apostle Peter Barnes'' *''Holiness Unto the Lord with Pat Ward'' *''Arnold Wade'' *''Central Calvary Baptist Church'' *''Eastgate Ministries'' *''The Voice of Breakthrough'' *''1st Baptist Church of West Plains'' *''True Connection'' *''Generation Now'' *''The Kevin Shorey Show''

References

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