KMLU (TV)
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Columbia/Monroe, Louisiana/El Dorado, Arkansas United States |
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| Branding | MeTV Monroe |
| Channels |
Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 11 () |
| Affiliations | MeTV (2015–present) |
| Owner | Legacy Broadcasting, LLC |
| Founded | November 25, 1996 |
| First air date | December 10, 1998 |
| Call letters' meaning | KMLU = airport code for Monroe Regional Airport |
| Former callsigns | KAQY (1998–2014) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 11 (VHF, 1998–2009) Digital: 57 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
ABC (1998–2014) Dark (2014–2015) |
| Transmitter power | 12.3 kW |
| Height | 518 m (1,699 ft) |
| Facility ID | 52046 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°11′50″N 92°4′14″W / 32.19722°N 92.07056°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
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Profile CDBS |
KMLU, virtual and VHF digital channel 11, is a MeTV-affiliated television station serving the El Dorado, Arkansas/Monroe, Louisiana market, licensed to Columbia, Louisiana, United States. The station is owned by Legacy Broadcasting. KMLU's transmitter is located in Columbia, and its studios are located in Monroe.
The station launched in December 1998 as KAQY, the new ABC affiliate for the market. The station was taken over by Hoak Media and KNOE-TV in 2008 following its sale to Parker Broadcasting; as a result of recent scrutiny towards joint sales agreements by the FCC, new owner Gray Television (who acquired the station as part of a deal with Hoak) elected to shut down KAQY, move its programming to a digital subchannel of KNOE, and sell KAQY's license to the minority-owned Legacy Broadcasting.
KMLU signed on December 10, 1998, as ABC affiliate KAQY, returning that network to the market after its previous affiliate, KARD, became a Fox affiliate in 1994. It was owned by businessman Charles Chatelain, who owned Fox affiliate KADN in Lafayette, LA and several other small TV stations in south Louisiana, via Monroe Broadcasting.
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