KDTL-LD (channel 16) is a low-power television station in

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, United States, airing programming from the digital multicast network

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alongside

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affiliate

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(channel 4). The two stations share studios at the Gateway Tower on Memorial Drive in

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, near the

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; KDTL-LD's

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is located in

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History

It began as K64DT in 1990. It increased its power, changing its callsign to KDTL-LP in 2004, referring to " Daystar Television St. Louis". Its former callsign, K64DT, was randomly assigned and has no meaning unlike the similar callsign it has now. On January 5, 2012, the station changed its call sign to the current KDTL-LD, reflecting its transition to digital broadcasting. On May 9, 2022, it was announced that Daystar parent company Word of God Fellowship would sell KDTL-LD to

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for $1 million; the sale was completed on July 1.

References

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