KLPS-LP

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KLPS-LP
Indio, California
Channels	Analog: 19 (UHF)
Affiliations	silent
Owner	SMG Media Group (Palm Springs DTV)
Founded	March 4, 1997
First air date	1998
Former callsigns	K19DH
Former affiliations	FamilyNet
Transmitter Power	9.93 kW
Height	500 m
Facility ID	12690

KLPS-LP is a low-power television station in the Coachella Valley, California (or the Palm Springs-Indio Nielsen ratings television market), broadcasting locally over-the-air in analog on UHF channel 19. The station has been silent since April 17, 2008, having recently been acquired by SMG Media Group, as the new owners need to relocate the transmitter and main studio. The Special Temporary Authorization (STA) from the FCC is valid until October 17, 2008.^[1]

[edit] History

The station began as K19DH with an original construction permit granted to Communications Programming Agency, Inc., on March 4, 1997, but shortly thereafter, was sold to Desert Broadcasting, Inc., who completed construction and brought the station on air in late 1998. It was licensed by the FCC on January 25, 1999. Desert Broadcasting was sold to Methuselah Media, Inc., on April 16, 1999, then to a group headed by Fred Donaldson on May 1, 2001, and was renamed Desert Springs, Inc., in 2005. The station was a FamilyNet affiliate and its main studio facilities were located at a church. On March 31, 2008, SMG Media Group acquired the station and changed its call sign to KLPS-LP. Shortly thereafter, the new owners took the station silent so that they could relocate the main studio and transmitter.^[1]