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channel 15), is a low-powered

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- affiliated

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, United States. The station is owned by the Teletul Media Group. KXAP maintains studio facilities located on East 2nd Street and Peoria Avenue (just off of

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) in

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Tulsa, and its transmitter is located between South 103rd Avenue and the Mingo Valley Expressway/ U.S. 169 in southeast Tulsa. On

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, the station is available on

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channel 444.

History

The original application for the UHF channel 51 license was filed to the

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(FCC) on September 15, 1998 under the callsign K51FR; the FCC granted an application on July 5, 2000 to have the station's callsign changed to KOPE-LP. On July 8, 2008, the station launched as a

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under the callsign KXAP-LP; the station signed on with the intent to run locally produced programs for half of its daily schedule. The station also began carrying two local newscasts each weekday, an hour-long morning news program ''Buenos Dias Oklahoma'' and an hour-long newscast each weeknight at 6 p.m. The station was originally scheduled to debut on

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, 2008, but its sign-on was delayed due to technical issues. On July 19, 2010, KXAP-LD became an affiliate of

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's Spanish-language broadcast network Estrella TV.

Digital channel

On September 1, 2011, KXAP-LD filed an application with the FCC to change its digital channel allocation from UHF channel 51 to channel 38; if granted, the station will use

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to display KXAP-LD's virtual channel as "51.1".APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT OR MAKE CHANGES IN A LOW POWER TV, TV TRANSLATOR OR TV BOOSTER STATION
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References

External links

KXAP-LD official websiteEstrella TV official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kxap-Ld XAP-LD Low-power television stations in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1999 1999 establishments in Oklahoma XAP-LD