KDTP-LP is a low-power television station

Television station

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 in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

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, broadcasting locally on channel 58 as a Jewelry Television

Jewelry Television

Jewelry Television is an American television network, similar to the Home Shopping Network. It was formerly called "America's Collectibles Network" . The privately-held company was founded in 1993 and broadcasts high definition programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to over 80 million unique...

 affiliate. The station is owned by Community Television Educators, Inc., a board set up by Daystar Television Network

Daystar Television Network

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 to manage their non-commercial license (co-owned KDTP

KDTP

This article is about the full-service Daystar station on channel 11 in Holbrook, Arizona. See KDPH-LP for the Daystar station on channel 48 in Phoenix and KDTP-LP for the JTV station on channel 58 in Phoenix....

) in accordance with FCC regulations.

History

The original construction permit for low-power television station K58DV was granted to Atrium Broadcasting Company (later Venture Technologies Group) on August 21, 1990, with the transmitter to be located on South Mountain in Phoenix. The FCC

Federal Communications Commission

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 granted the license on September 29, 1992. Originally, K58DV aired programming from The Box, a music video channel based in the UK

United Kingdom

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. In February 1996, the station took the call letters KPHZ-LP.

In 2000, the station changed its programming to America's Collectibles Network, or ACN (now Jewelry Television). In September 2002, Venture Technologies Group sold KPHZ-LP to NBC

NBC

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 Telemundo

Telemundo

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, along with stations KPHZ and KPSW-CA (now KTAZ

KTAZ

KTAZ is a NBC Telemundo owned-and-operated television station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting in digital on UHF channel 39 from South Mountain. KTAZ airs Spanish-language programming from the Telemundo network.-History:...

 and KPDF-CA

KPDF-CA

KPDF-CA is a low-power Class A television station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting locally in digital on UHF channel 41 as an Azteca America affiliate...

, respectively). In June 2006, as part of the Telemundo/Daystar license swap, NBC Telemundo sold KPHZ-LP to Daystar, along with station KDRX-CA (now KDPH-LP). In August 2006, Daystar changed the station's call letters to KDTP-LP.