KHPK-LP is a television station serving the Dallas

Dallas, Texas

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 / Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas

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 area. It is owned and operated by Mako Communications, LLC. It is not available on either Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable

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, Charter Communications

Charter Communications

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, or Verizon FiOS

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 at this time.

The station began as an independent with the callsign K69BS on channel 69, then in 2003 it has moved its broadcasts to channel 28 and was rebranded K28HU. In less than a month, the call letters were once again changed to KHPK (so named after the three principal owners (Investors) Ric Halden (H), Marc Pace (P), and Ron Knott (K) and it became an Urban America Television

Urban America Television

Urban America Television was an over-the-air television broadcast network in the United States. According to the company's website, the network had 70 affiliate stations. UATV had a reach of 22 million households in the United States. It was a successor to the earlier American Independent...

 network affiliate, because these three owners were shareholders in Urban (UATV). The format was similar to Pax TV's (now ION TV (formerly i)) format. KHPK aired the UATV signal 24 hours a day and was programmed and designed by Fred Hutton (of American Independent Network

American Independent Network

The American Independent Network was one of the first major attempts at building a television network, consisting of low-powered television stations. Started by Don Shelton, Randy Moseley, and Lynn Synder, it was similar to the older Channel America , and was the foundation for Urban America TV...

). After UATV ceased operations on May 1, 2006 due to lack of necessary resources, KHPK became a temporary repeater for former Almavision

Almavision

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 affiliate KNAV-LP

KNAV-LP

KNAV is a low-power digital TV station that serves the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex, operated by Tuck Properties.-History:KNAV was originally started in Corsicana, Texas in 1983 as a station run by Navarro College. It was sold in 2004 to Tuck Properties...

. However, when the Genesis Television Network

Genesis Television Network

The Genesis Television Network is a religious network in Cedar Hill, Texas, USA, and is owned and operated by GTN INC-History:Genesis was launched in 2006, originally only viewable in the Dallas/Ft...

 was launched, it gave both stations a window of opportunity. KNAV aired Genesis's Spanish broadcast, and KHPK showed the same network's English broadcast.

When K31GL switched from analog to digital broadcasting in November, 2008, Genesis moved from KHPK and KNAV to K31GL, and KHPK began broadcasting K31GL's former infomercial format. In January 2009, KHPK began broadcasting a directional digital signal towards Dallas on channel 3. The infomercials which had moved from K31GL to KHPK moved yet again to KNAV. KHPK's analog channel 28 began broadcasting Spanish religious programming from RedADvenir.org.

On March 13, 2009, KHPK 3.2 became an AMGTV

AMGTV

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 affiliate. However, AMGTV has since moved to K31GL-D. As of December 2010 KHPK channel 3 is off the air and will broadcast on channel 28 at a future date.

Digital television

Channel	Programming
28.1	Silent Dark (broadcasting) In the broadcasting industry, dark is a term used to describe a radio station or television station that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , a "silent" station...
28.2	Silent Dark (broadcasting) In the broadcasting industry, dark is a term used to describe a radio station or television station that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , a "silent" station...

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