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43 ( UHF digital channel 20), is a low-powered Bounce TV- affiliated

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, United States. The station is owned by

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. The station's

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is located in the

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History

The station signed on the air as K67HG on October 5, 1998. The station broadcast on UHF

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channels 35 (as K35CY) and 67. It moved to channel 43 after the callsign was changed to K43HB in 2007. The station was an affiliate of the Home Shopping Network from its 1998 inception until 2014, when DTV America acquired the station from Ventana Television. The station converted to digital in January 2012, remaining on channel 43 as a digital station, with a 15- kilowatt signal. On November 17, 2014, DTV America changed the station callsign to the current KMBD-LD. DTV America converted KMBD as a

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of former TBN owned-and-operated station KJNK-LD, retransmitting

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programming on its main channel, and

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, and eventually

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programming on KMBD-LD2 simulcasting with KJNK-LD2. In January 2016, KMBD-LD and KMBD-LD2 were converted to affiliates of Bounce TV and

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affiliates, respectively, and a third digital subchannel was launched to serve as a

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network affiliate, thereby making KMBD-LD a separate station again after more than a year as a satellite of KJNK-LD.RabbitEars.Info TV Query for DTV America
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, leaving channel 43 silent ahead of KMBD-LD's expected move to channel 20. KMBD-LD resumed broadcasting on channel 20 around September 25, 2020.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

* {{Other Minnesota Stations Bounce TV affiliates Ion Mystery affiliates Laff (TV network) affiliates Cozi TV affiliates Television stations in Minneapolis–Saint Paul Low-power television stations in the United States Innovate Corp. Television channels and stations established in 1998