KLAF-LP
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KLAF-LP is the Communications Corporation of America-owned My Network TV affiliate in Lafayette, Louisiana
, and is the sister station of Fox
-affiliated KADN
. KLAF is carried on cable TV channel 13 on Cox
cable systems throughout the Acadiana region. It brands itself as MyKLAF TV.
KLAF broadcast its analog signal on UHF channel 62 but because of its low power output and distance from the city of Lafayette it was relayed across a small network of three translator stations:
programming mixed in with some repurposed local shows from KADN - such as Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler and In Brief - along with local USL sports and Houston Astros
baseball games. K62DW was renamed to Variety TV in late 1993 and VTV shortly thereafter.
When UPN launched in January 1995, K62DW became a charter affiliate as "UPN Lafayette" and dropped Channel America programming. At the same time, Delta Media signed on translators in New Iberia (K55HA) and Church Point (K69HD) and K62DW picked up the callsign KLAF-LP. Shortly after the KLAF-LP transmitter moved to Opelousas and K46DG signed on in Lafayette. KLAF added a secondary WB affiliation in August of 1995 but lost it in 1998 when the WB100+ network of cable stations was launched. KLAF went through branding changes in 1997, when "UPN Lafayette" was dropped in favor of "KLAF," then in 2004, under pressure from the network to standardize all affiliates' branding, KLAF became "UPN 17," reflecting its cable position on the local cable system.
UPN and the WB
announced in early 2006 that network operations would shutter that September. Shortly after the announcement Fox created the MyNetwork TV syndication service, and on March 15, 2006, it was announced that KLAF would become Lafayette's MyNetwork TV affiliate http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6316234.html?display=breakingnews at the network's launch in September. During a transitional period that ran from August 15, 2006 to September 4, 2006, the on-air branding reverted to "KLAF", with no network or channel number designation.
On September 4, 2006, KLAF became a full-fledged MyNetwork TV affiliate as "MyKLAF TV."
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...
, and is the sister station of Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
-affiliated KADN
KADN
KADN-TV is the Fox affiliate in Lafayette, Louisiana.-History:Channel 15 in Lafayette was originally home to KLNI-TV, which operated as an NBC affiliate beginning on September 16, 1968. With KATC-TV and KLFY already operating, the Lafayette market was considered too small at the time to support...
. KLAF is carried on cable TV channel 13 on Cox
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...
cable systems throughout the Acadiana region. It brands itself as MyKLAF TV.
KLAF broadcast its analog signal on UHF channel 62 but because of its low power output and distance from the city of Lafayette it was relayed across a small network of three translator stations:
- K58GA (channel 46) in Lafayette
- K55HA (channel 55) in New Iberia, and
- K69HD (channel 69) in Church Point
History
KLAF's origins begin in 1991 when Delta Media (who then owned KADN) signed on low-power K62DW in Lafayette as "K62TV". In its beginnings, K62TV broadcast mostly Channel AmericaChannel America
Channel America was the first United States terrestrial broadcast television network to be intentionally assembled out of LPTV, or low-power television licensees. The network was founded by David Post in 1987 and launched in 1988...
programming mixed in with some repurposed local shows from KADN - such as Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler and In Brief - along with local USL sports and Houston Astros
Houston Astros
The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
baseball games. K62DW was renamed to Variety TV in late 1993 and VTV shortly thereafter.
When UPN launched in January 1995, K62DW became a charter affiliate as "UPN Lafayette" and dropped Channel America programming. At the same time, Delta Media signed on translators in New Iberia (K55HA) and Church Point (K69HD) and K62DW picked up the callsign KLAF-LP. Shortly after the KLAF-LP transmitter moved to Opelousas and K46DG signed on in Lafayette. KLAF added a secondary WB affiliation in August of 1995 but lost it in 1998 when the WB100+ network of cable stations was launched. KLAF went through branding changes in 1997, when "UPN Lafayette" was dropped in favor of "KLAF," then in 2004, under pressure from the network to standardize all affiliates' branding, KLAF became "UPN 17," reflecting its cable position on the local cable system.
UPN and the WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
announced in early 2006 that network operations would shutter that September. Shortly after the announcement Fox created the MyNetwork TV syndication service, and on March 15, 2006, it was announced that KLAF would become Lafayette's MyNetwork TV affiliate http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6316234.html?display=breakingnews at the network's launch in September. During a transitional period that ran from August 15, 2006 to September 4, 2006, the on-air branding reverted to "KLAF", with no network or channel number designation.
On September 4, 2006, KLAF became a full-fledged MyNetwork TV affiliate as "MyKLAF TV."