KOHA-LP
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KOHA-LP is a low-power television station
in Omaha, Nebraska
. The station was formerly owned by Cornhusker Television, LLC and rebroadcast the Home Shopping Network on channel 65 before going dark in 2006. In 2007, the station returned to the air for a short period of time on channel 48, with an analog signal displaying a test pattern with the call sign and channel number. After a few months the station again went dark.
In May 2009, the sale of the station to Word of God Fellowship, which runs the Daystar Television Network
, was announced. The sale was completed on October 9, 2009.
A construction permit for digital broadcasting as KOHA-LD, digital channel 47, was allowed to expire on July 12, 2010. During this time, the analog signal also remained off the air. In September 2011, Word of God Fellowship filed a new application with the FCC to flash-cut to digital broadcasting on channel 48. This application was approved on October 6, 2011 and will expire on September 1, 2015. KOHA-LP returned to the air, transmitting Daystar programming over an analog signal, in November 2011.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
. The station was formerly owned by Cornhusker Television, LLC and rebroadcast the Home Shopping Network on channel 65 before going dark in 2006. In 2007, the station returned to the air for a short period of time on channel 48, with an analog signal displaying a test pattern with the call sign and channel number. After a few months the station again went dark.
In May 2009, the sale of the station to Word of God Fellowship, which runs the Daystar Television Network
Daystar Television Network
The Daystar Television Network is an American evangelical Christian television religious broadcasting network headquartered near Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Bedford, Texas...
, was announced. The sale was completed on October 9, 2009.
A construction permit for digital broadcasting as KOHA-LD, digital channel 47, was allowed to expire on July 12, 2010. During this time, the analog signal also remained off the air. In September 2011, Word of God Fellowship filed a new application with the FCC to flash-cut to digital broadcasting on channel 48. This application was approved on October 6, 2011 and will expire on September 1, 2015. KOHA-LP returned to the air, transmitting Daystar programming over an analog signal, in November 2011.