KMMA-CD, virtual and

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channel 41, was a low-powered, Class A

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- affiliated

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, United States. The station was owned by Caballero Television.

History

On May 15, 1996, KMMA-CD signed on as K18FF, and the station was later granted Class A status in 2003. On September 25, 2006, KMMA-CA switched to the new MTV Tres network (now simply known as

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since July 2010), which was created as a result of

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's acquisition of Mas Musica. On August 3, 2015, KMMA-CD dropped the MTV Tres affiliation and started broadcasting Spanish religious programming from 3ABN Latino. On September 30, 2016, KMMA-CD added a digital subchannel with Lifehacks DRTV, which features a near-all

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schedule. On April 13, 2017, the

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction ...

(FCC) announced that KMMA-CD was a successful bidder in the spectrum auction, and would be surrendering its license in exchange for $173,076.FCC Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction — Auction 1001 Winning Bids
/ref> Caballero Television surrendered KMMA-CD's license to the FCC for cancellation on July 27, 2017.

References

External links

* MMA-CD Low-power television stations in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1998 1998 establishments in California Defunct television stations in the United States Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017 2017 disestablishments in California MMA-CD {{California-tv-station-stub