K38HE is a low-power religious

Religious broadcasting

Religious broadcasting refers to broadcasting by religious organizations, usually with a religious message. Many religious organizations have long recorded content such as sermons and lectures, and have moved into distributing content on their Internet websites.While this article emphasises...

 television station

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...

 on analog channel 38 in West Plains, Missouri

West Plains, Missouri

West Plains is a city in Howell County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,866 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Howell County. The West Plains Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of Howell County.-Geography:...

. It covers parts of southern Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

 and north-central Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

. It is also seen on Cobridge Communications

Cobridge Communications

Cobridge Communications is a cable television, high-speed internet, and digital telephone service provider.-Coverage:Serves parts of Arkansas = Beebe, Hardy, Maumelle, McAlmont, Shannon Hills, Vilonia, West Pulaski Alabama = Baileyton, Clanton, Columbiana, Double Springs, Elba, Elgin, Haleyville,...

 (channel 19) in West Plains and in Thayer, Missouri

Thayer, Missouri

Thayer is a city in Oregon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,243 at the 2010 census. Its original name was Augusta.Thayer is considered a railroad town, as it was laid out in 1882 to be a division point. Currently, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad travels through...

 and Mammoth Spring, Arkansas

Mammoth Spring, Arkansas

Mammoth Spring is a city in Fulton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 977 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Mammoth Spring is located at ....

 (channel 98), and on Rapid Cable (channel 9) in Alton, Missouri

Alton, Missouri

Alton is the county seat of Oregon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 668 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Alton is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land....

.

It carries local programing from 4PM until 10PM and TV network programing at all other times from TCT or WHT including all day on Sundays. Operations are supported by donations from loyal viewers.

In 2009, a severe thunderstorm late on the evening of July 11 seriously damaged the new 85 feet (26 m) radio tower at its new TV studio, which holds the microwave

Microwave

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-band dish antenna for the studio/transmitter link

Studio/transmitter link

A studio-transmitter link sends a radio station's or television station's audio and video from the broadcast studio to a radio transmitter or television transmitter in another location....

. In use for less than two weeks, it was made necessary because of a move in the studio location further away from the TV transmitter site, making the cost of leasing

Leasing

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 a much longer fiber-optic line than before prohibitive.

K38HE went off the air couple of times after an transmitter tube broke in the transmitter and returned to the air on October 9th,2009. However,this was short lived,On Monday night September 21, 2009 K38HE went off the air after a tube broke in the transmitter. This station has returned to the air on Monday night October 19, 2009. K38HE went off the air after a rebuilt tube broke in the transmitter. K38HE has replaced the tranmitter with a new tube and returned to the air Friday night October 23, 2009.

Technical problems

Ever since the move to the new studio, K38HE's picture and sound sometimes pixelates and weird audio sounds are heard multiple times an hour or freeze up completely at times. This has been witnessed by viewers. On Channel 38 they said the case of this was because they're still trying to get their new microwave link set up correctly and all the bugs out. This problem has never been completely fixed. Its still an ongoing problem.

Local programing

• Community Calendar - 4:00 PM - A program that tells whats going on around southern Missouri and north-central Arkansas.
• General Store - After Community Calendar - Viewers can call in and buy items that are being shown for sale. All sales help support the station.
• Inside Channel 38 - Monday nights at 8:00 PM - A program that lets you know whats going on behind the scenes at channel 38 television.
• Yours For a Song with Dan Duncan
• Pat and Thurman Ward - Saturdays 5:00 PM
• The Way Of Calvary with David Dunigan - Thursdays 8:30 PM
• Arnold Wade
• Arnold Kipfer - Tuesdays 5:00 PM
• Brenda Mantooth
• For Such a Time As This with Sarah George
• T. D. Jakes
• Bill & Marie Whiteside
• The Romans Family
• The Vonallmens
• In Him with Terry Snelling