KPKN-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KDKJ-LD
History
FoundedFebruary 25, 2010
First air date
April 2016 (2016-04)
Former call signs
K33KN-D (2010-2016)
Former channel number(s)
Digital: 33 (UHF, 2014-2022)
LD2: True Real (2021-2023)
Call sign meaning
Disambiguation of former K33KN translator calls
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID182593
ERP5 kW
HAAT458 feet (140 m)
Transmitter coordinates32°15′33.4″N 95°22′3.1″W / 32.259278°N 95.367528°W / 32.259278; -95.367528
Links
Public license information
LMS

KPKN-LD (channel 33[2][3]) is a low-power television station, licensed to Tyler, Texas, United States, serving East Texas as an affiliate of the Buzzr and Ion Television networks. Owned by DTV America Corporation of Sunrise, Florida, it is an in-market sister station to KDKJ-LD (channel 27), and shares spectrum on RF35 with KCEB (channel 54).

History

The Federal Communications Commission granted the construction permit for the station, as K33KN-D, on February 25, 2010. The station's call letters were changed to the current KPKN-LD on March 29, 2016. The station signed on in April 2016 as an affiliate of FremantleMedia’s Buzzr network. Buzzr was previously on KDKJ-LD4 until that point. Katz Broadcasting’s male-oriented Grit replaced Buzzr on KDKJ-LD4 upon KPKN’s sign on.[4][5]

On March 10, 2023, following the announcement of Scripps to combine the True Real and Defy TV networks in to one, KPKN-LD DT2 switched to Ion Television, becoming the area's second affiliate, alongside KETK-TV DT3.[6]

Subchannels

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming [2]
35.1 480i 16:9 KPKN-LD Buzzr
33.2 480i Ion Television
33.3 Court TV
33.4 Scripps News
33.5 480i Cozi TV
33.6 4:3 NBC LX
33.7 Jewelry TV

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KPKN-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. 1 2 Digital TV Market Listing for KPKN-LD
  3. ↑ KPKN-LD TYLER, TX Station Profile at RabbitEars.info
  4. ↑ KDKJ-LD TYLER, TX Station profile @ RabbitEars.Info
  5. ↑ Our Stations - DTV America
  6. ↑ Lafayette, Jon (2023-03-10). "E.W. Scripps Folding TrueReal Digital Network Into Defy TV". Broadcasting Cable. Retrieved 2023-03-10.


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