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Shreveport, Louisiana United States |
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Branding | V45 |
Slogan | V45 Is On |
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Digital: 44 (UHF) Virtual: 45 () |
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Owner |
White Knight Broadcasting (White Knight Broadcasting of Shreveport License Corporation) |
Operator | Nexstar Media Group |
Founded | October 31, 1989 |
First air date | April 15, 1994 |
Call letters' meaning |
SHreVeport (also the airport code for Shreveport Regional Airport) |
Sister station(s) | KMSS-TV, KTAL-TV |
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Transmitter power | 500 kW |
Height | 505.1 m |
Facility ID | 73706 |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°39′58.8″N 93°56′0.3″W / 32.666333°N 93.933417°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | www.arklatexhomepage.com |
KSHV-TV, virtual channel 44 (UHF digital channel 45), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station located in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. KSHV is owned by White Knight Broadcasting. It is operated under a shared services agreement by Nexstar Media Group, which owns NBC affiliate, KTAL-TV; Nexstar also operates Fox affiliate KMSS-TV, under a shared services agreement with owner Marshall Broadcasting. KSHV and KMSS share studio facilities located on Jewella Avenue, between Claiborne Avenue and Ninock Street, on the western side of Shreveport; KSHV's transmitter located near Mooringsport (southeast of Caddo Lake). On cable, the station is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 9.
The station signed on the air on April 15, 1994 as KWLB, operating as an independent station. It mostly aired religious programs, family-oriented shows and cartoons. On July 26, 1995, the station changed its callsign to KSHV-TV and on August 28 of that year, it became an affiliate of the fledgling United Paramount Network; it took the affiliation from KSLA-TV (channel 12), which carried UPN programming as a secondary affiliation from the network's January 1995 debut. In addition, the station added more secular programs and most of the religious programs were quickly phased out.