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Lafayette, Louisiana United States |
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| Branding | Fox 15 (general) NBC 15.2 (DT2) News 15 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Focused on Family And The Community |
| Channels |
Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 15 () |
| Subchannels | 15.1 Fox 15.2 NBC 15.3 MyNetworkTV |
| Affiliations | Fox (1986–present) |
| Owner |
Bayou City Broadcasting (BCBL License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | February 29, 1980 |
| Call letters' meaning | K AcaDiaN |
| Sister station(s) | KLAF-LD |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 15 (UHF, 1980–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: Independent (1980–1986) Secondary: CBS (1980-2005) |
| Transmitter power | 800 kW |
| Height | 359 m |
| Facility ID | 33261 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°21′44.9″N 92°12′53.3″W / 30.362472°N 92.214806°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | kadn |
KADN-TV, channel 15, is a Fox-affiliated television station located in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. KADN-TV is owned by Bayou City Broadcasting, and is a sister station to NBC affiliate KLAF-LD, which is simulcast on its second digital subchannel. Its studios are located on Eraste Landry Road in Lafayette with transmitter based south of Church Point, in rural Acadia Parish.
Channel 15 in Lafayette was originally home to KLNI-TV, which operated as an NBC affiliate beginning on September 16, 1968. With ABC affiliate KATC-TV (channel 3) and CBS station KLFY-TV (channel 10) already operating, the Lafayette market was considered too small at the time to support three TV stations. After suffering financial difficulties for the few years it was on the air, KLNI discontinued operations on February 21, 1975, leaving WBRZ (and later WRBT, now WVLA) from Baton Rouge and KPLC from Lake Charles as the region's de facto NBC affiliates. The allocation for channel 15 in Lafayette as a commercial TV station remained after the demise of KLNI, but the frequency stayed dark for the next five years.
KADN-TV, the current incarnation of channel 15, began broadcasting on February 29, 1980 as an independent station, offering mainly movies, old sitcoms, children's programming, and local sports. It was owned by Charles Chatelain and his company, Delta Media Corporation. The station used the on-air slogan "Acadiana's Alternative," and also called itself "The Movie Station."
Unusually for an independent station in such a small market, KADN was innovative in creating its own original programming, especially in the music genre. Shows such as The Larry Brasso Show (country music), Cypress with Warren Storm (swamp pop) and the long-running Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler (Cajun French music) were a Saturday mainstay during the station's early years. The latter program also aired in reruns aired weekday mornings under the title Bon Temps Rouler Encore. A music video hour aired daily called Acadiana Music Box around the same time MTV was catching on.
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