KFLU-LD,

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20 and

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channel 35, is a low-powered

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- affiliated

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to Fort Smith,

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. The station is owned by

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of Sunrise, Florida.

History

The

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issued a construction permit for the station under the callsign of K20LU-D in 2012. The station’s callsign changed to the current KFLU-LD in 2013. station began broadcasting in 2015 as a

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KAJL-LD in

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, rebroadcasting programming of

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on the main channel, and the

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its the second

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. In December 2015, the station became a separate station and became a

affiliate, with the second subchannel becoming affiliated with Grit. DT3 and DT4 were both launched to serve as affiliates of

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and

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, respectively. Later, the station began broadcasting a fifth and a sixth digital subchannel that carried the

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and

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, respectively.

Digital channels

References

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