K17ET is a low-power television station licensed

City of license

A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....

 to Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cedar Rapids is the second largest city in Iowa and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and east of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city...

. It is currently a repeater that broadcasts programming from the Trinity Broadcasting Network

Trinity Broadcasting Network

The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...

, via satellite. The station broadcasts on UHF

Ultra high frequency

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 channel 17, with no digital signal currently on-the-air.

On April 26, 2006, the station was granted a construction permit to begin converting operations to digital television. Upon completion, the station will broadcast at 15 kW on Channel 17.

TBN took K17ET silent March 25, 2010 due to declining support, which has been attributed to the digital transition.