KHVM-LD
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KHVM-LD channel 48 is a digital low-power
television
station in Minneapolis, Minnesota
. Its main affiliation is with the Global Christian Network network. It broadcasts with a 15 kW signal from its Shoreview, Minnesota
tower, which it shares with sister station KTCJ-LD
channel 50, a Cornerstone Television Network affiliate, and Daystar Television Network
affiiate WDMI-LD channel 62. The channels' tower was hit by lightning around Memorial Day 2010 forcing both stations KHVM-LD and KTCJ-LD to go silent (WDMI converted from analog to digital about the same time). The RabbitEars.Info
website reports the stations as being back on the air.
KHVM broadcast a highly directional signal on channel 28 that carried southwest, to possibly to avoid signal conflicts with Wisconsin Public Television
station WHWC-TV channel 28 in Menomonie, Wisconsin
. KHVM has FCC "Special Temporary Authority" (STA) to broadcast at 0.35 kW power. In addition to WHWC, KAWB
in Brainerd, Minnesota
, which also broadcasts on channel 28, are displacing KHVM, which has a Construction Permit from the FCC to move to channel 48. KHVM bagan broadcasting on channel 48 over the last weekend in July 2011.
Low-power broadcasting
Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
station in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
. Its main affiliation is with the Global Christian Network network. It broadcasts with a 15 kW signal from its Shoreview, Minnesota
Shoreview, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there are 25,377 people, Males: 12,303 , Females: 13,074 , 9,965 households, and 7,021 families residing in the city. The population density is 2,315.9 people per square mile . There are 10,127 housing units at an average density of 919.2 per square mile...
tower, which it shares with sister station KTCJ-LD
KTCJ-LD
KTCJ-LD channel 50 is a digital low-power television station in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It's main affiliation is with the Cornerstone Television network. It broadcasts with a 15 kW signal from it's Shoreview, Minnesota tower, which it shares with sister station KHVM-LD channel 48, a Global...
channel 50, a Cornerstone Television Network affiliate, and Daystar Television Network
Daystar Television Network
The Daystar Television Network is an American evangelical Christian television religious broadcasting network headquartered near Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Bedford, Texas...
affiiate WDMI-LD channel 62. The channels' tower was hit by lightning around Memorial Day 2010 forcing both stations KHVM-LD and KTCJ-LD to go silent (WDMI converted from analog to digital about the same time). The RabbitEars.Info
RabbitEars
RabbitEars is a website dedicated to providing information on over-the-air digital television in the United States, its territories and protectorates, and border areas of Canada and Mexico. Aside from merely listing network affiliations and technical data, TVGOS, UpdateTV, Sezmi, Mobile DTV, and...
website reports the stations as being back on the air.
KHVM broadcast a highly directional signal on channel 28 that carried southwest, to possibly to avoid signal conflicts with Wisconsin Public Television
Wisconsin Public Television
Wisconsin Public Television is a state network of public television stations operated primarily by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board and the University of Wisconsin–Extension...
station WHWC-TV channel 28 in Menomonie, Wisconsin
Menomonie, Wisconsin
Two other spellings of the name appear elsewhere, see Menomonee and Menominee. For the town, see Menomonie .Menomonie is a city in and the county seat of Dunn County in the western part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city's population was 16,264 as of the 2010 census...
. KHVM has FCC "Special Temporary Authority" (STA) to broadcast at 0.35 kW power. In addition to WHWC, KAWB
KAWE
KAWE is a television station in Bemidji, Minnesota, broadcasting locally on channel 9 as a PBS member station. KAWE first took the air on June 1, 1980. The station also has a satellite station in Brainerd, Minnesota, KAWB channel 22 and rebroadcast on translator K42CU in Roseau, Minnesota...
in Brainerd, Minnesota
Brainerd, Minnesota
Brainerd is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,590 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Crow Wing County and one of the largest cities in Central Minnesota...
, which also broadcasts on channel 28, are displacing KHVM, which has a Construction Permit from the FCC to move to channel 48. KHVM bagan broadcasting on channel 48 over the last weekend in July 2011.