KAUO-LD,

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15 (

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channel 14), is a low-powered Country Network- affiliated

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Amarillo, Texas Amarillo ( ; Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 14th-most populous city in Texas and the largest city in the Texas Panhandle. A portion of the city extends into Randall County ...

, United States. Owned by

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, it is a

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affiliates

KLKW-LD KLKW-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 22, is a low-powered Estrella TV- affiliated television station licensed to Amarillo, Texas, United States. Owned by HC2 Holdings, it is a sister station of KNKC-LD (channel 29) in Lubbock. History Its ...

(channel 22) and

KNKC-LD KNKC-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 29, is a low-powered Estrella TV- affiliated television station licensed to Lubbock, Texas, United States. Owned by DTV America Corporation, it is a sister station to fellow Estrella TV affiliate KL ...

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History

The station's

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under the callsign K14NO-D was originally owned by EICB TV, LLC. The construction permit was granted by the

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on February 25, 2010. The station sale to DTV America Corporation was instituted in early 2016. DTV America signed on KAUO-LD upon the station's callsign change in June 2016. It became a Bounce TV affiliate. The

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(DrTV) returned to the Amarillo area through KAUO-LD2, and the

Katz Broadcasting Katz Broadcasting, LLC, doing business as Scripps Networks, is an American specialized digital multicasting network media company and a subsidiary of E. W. Scripps Company. The company owns (as of 2022) nine television networks that each carry ...

-operated comedy network

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became available on the third subchannel (the network can also be seen on

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affiliate

KAMR-TV KAMR-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Amarillo, Texas, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside low-power MyNetworkTV affiliate KCPN-LD (channel 33); Nexstar also provides certain services Fox ...

's third digital subchannel). DrTV was previously available via

2 until December 2015. In March 2018, the station added

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programming to its seventh digital subchannel. In June 2018, the station's fourth digital subchannel replaced

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with

Justice Network True Crime Network (formerly Justice Network) is an American digital multicast television network that is operated by True Crime Network, LLC, a limited liability company, which is owned by Tegna Inc. The network specializes in true crime, inv ...

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is

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, as of July 16, 2021, as follows:

References

External links

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DTV America
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