KADO-LP
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KADO-LP is a low-power family and religious television station
in Shreveport, Louisiana
, broadcasting locally on UHF channel 15.
The station does not currently broadcast a digital signal. While KADO has voluntarily applied to the Federal Communications Commission
for digital channel UHF 40, the station's management estimates the cost of digital transition
to be between $150,000 and a quarter-million dollars, a prohibitive cost for a small low-power broadcaster.
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 Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
, broadcasting locally on UHF channel 15.
The station does not currently broadcast a digital signal. While KADO has voluntarily applied to the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
for digital channel UHF 40, the station's management estimates the cost of digital transition
DTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
to be between $150,000 and a quarter-million dollars, a prohibitive cost for a small low-power broadcaster.