KXPX-LP (channel 14) was a low-power analog

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, United States, which operated from 1991 to 2018. Last owned by

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, its final programming was the digital multicast network TBD. It was functionally replaced by a

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of co-owned

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affiliate KSCC (channel 38). The transmitter was located on Leopard Street in Corpus Christi.

History

The station went on the air as K66EB (channel 66) on March 15, 1991. It was originally an affiliate of

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with local programming consisting of lottery results and a weekly Catholic Mass and the

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in overnight hours. It lost Telemundo two years after startup to a new low-power station, K68DJ "KAJA", co-owned with local independent station K47DF "KDF". In 1999, the station moved to channel 14, adopted the call sign KXPX-LP, and affiliated with

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. It switched to The Sportsman Channel in 2003 and to

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in 2009. GH Broadcasting announced that it would sell KXPX to London Broadcasting Company, owner of KIII (channel 3), in March 2012. The sale fell through in early 2013, after which GH declared bankruptcy, remaining as debtor-in-possession. On July 3, 2012, GH informed the

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(FCC) that it would surrender its class A status, as it determined that it could no longer comply with the minimum requirements for the classification; KXPX had been a class A station since 2000. In late 2014, the sale of the station to Corpus 18,

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, a partnership formed by the noteholders of debt of GH and High Maintenance Broadcasting, owners of KUQI and a related business to GH, was finalized. On October 2, 2015, Corpus 18 agreed to sell KXPX-LP, KUQI, and KTOV-LP to

for $9.25 million. It changed programming to TBD in 2017. KXPX-LP's license was canceled by the FCC on April 3, 2018; its programming is now seen exclusively on KSCC-DT2.

References

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