K20HZ was a low-power

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in Palm Springs, California, broadcasting locally on channel 20 as an affiliate of

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. Founded March 16, 2007, the station was owned by Howard Mintz. K20HZ was an affiliate of

LAT TV LAT TV was a Spanish-language television network emphasizing family-oriented and educational programming. It was owned by Latin America Broadcasting of Houston, Texas and launched in May 2006, initially on five low-power television stations in ...

until the network's shutdown in 2008. In July 2009, K20HZ became "KMXX" (the call sign "MXX" as in "Mexico" and the Roman numeral for 20) to include Spanish-language programs like it had before. It remained a part-time schedule TV station and was not available on cable. In June 2013, K20HZ was slated to be sold to Landover 5 LLC as part of a larger deal involving 51 other low-power television stations; the sale fell through in June 2016. K20HZ went

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December 27, 2013, stating that it was in the process of converting to

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. The station's license was cancelled on November 17, 2015.

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