KBRO-LD

KBRO-LD, virtual channel 34 (VHF digital channel 2), is a low-powered television station serving Fort Collins, Colorado that is licensed to Lyons. The station is owned by Echonet Corporation, a company majority owned by Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen.[1]

KBRO-LD
ATSC 3.0 station
CityLyons, Colorado
Channels
Programming
Affiliations34.1: Hopper
34.2: Dish PPV
34.3: Dish Studio
34.4-6: Dish CD
Ownership
OwnerEchonet Corporation
History
First air date
February 21, 1984 (1984-02-21)
(in Cheyenne, Wyoming; licensed moved to Fort Collins in 2019; later moved to Lyons, Colorado)
Former call signs
K49AY (1984–June 2015)
K16LE-D (June–July 2015)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
49 (UHF, 1986–2015)
Digital:
16 (UHF, 2015-2020)
HSN (1980s)
ABC (via KMGH-TV, 2000–2002)
Silent (2002-2005)
Almavision (2005-2015)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID18475
ClassLD
ERP1.4 kW
Transmitter coordinates40°13′29.5″N 105°16′44.4″W
Links
Public license information
LMS

History

In the 1980s, the then-K49AY carried a combination of Home Shopping Network and Spanish-language programming, serving Cheyenne, Wyoming. In 2000, it rebroadcast ABC affiliate KMGH (channel 7) in Denver.

K49AY was shut down on October 22, 2002, following the FCC fining the station for $10,000 for being on the air with an improper license, following its renewal. The fine was lowered to $4000, after it convinced the FCC that it was a clerical error on their part.[2][3]

K49AY remerged in 2005, carrying Almavision programming.

The station was licensed for digital operation on June 24, 2015, changing the call sign to K16LE-D. On July 17, 2015, the call letters were changed to KBRO-LD.[4] Echonet Corporation had earlier held a construction permit for a digital low power station (K18II-D) in Cheyenne that would have broadcast on UHF channel 18.[5]

Effective April 10, 2019, KBRO-LD was licensed to move its community of license from Cheyenne to Fort Collins.

References
  1. FCC Modification of a License for LPTV Station Application
  2. FCC document on K49AY shutdown
  3. News blurb on K49AY shutdown (under "Washington Beat")
  4. "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  5. FCC Record for Facility ID 168465
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