KDEV-LP, UHF

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channel 40, was a low-powered

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- affiliated

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, United States. The station was owned by Stratus Media Holdings.

History

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for a low-power station on channel 40 in Cheyenne was granted on March 15, 2004 and assigned the call sign K40HP; on October 4, the station's call sign was changed to KKTU-LP. On June 24, 2008, the station's call sign was changed to KDEV-LP. The station carried

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programming from

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, the ABC affiliate in

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, after equipment failure of

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's analog facilities on June 27, 2008. In August 2009, KDEV-LP, K61DX in Laramie and K21CV in Rawlins were sold to Fusion Communications, after the bankruptcy of former owner

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. In September 2009, ABC programming was moved to KLWY's 27.2 subchannel as a

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of KTWO. On September 15, 2010, KDEV (after being off the air for a year) reemerged as a

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affiliate. As of 2011, KDEV now carries

.Where to Watch Me-TV: KDEV
/ref> In 2012, Fusion Communications was acquired by Stratus Media Holdings. KDEV-LP left the air on September 28, 2012 in order to upgrade the station's equipment to a fiber-based system; it never resumed broadcasting, and on September 26, 2013 Stratus returned its license to the

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, which canceled it on September 30.

References

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