KADO-CD,

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40 (

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channel 36), is a low-power, Class A Daystar- affiliated

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, United States. The station is owned by Word of Life Ministries. KADO-CD's transmitter is located on Park Avenue west of downtown Shreveport. While the-then KADO-LP had voluntarily applied to the

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(FCC) for digital UHF channel 40, the station's management estimated the cost of

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to be between $150,000 and a quarter-million dollars, a prohibitive cost for a small low-power broadcaster. The station was licensed for digital operation on June 3, 2015.

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