KUOK-CA
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KUOK-CA was a low-power television station in Norman, Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
Norman is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is located south of downtown Oklahoma City. It is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, Norman was to have 110,925 full-time residents, making it the third-largest city in Oklahoma and the...

. The station, which operated on channel 11, was owned by Equity Broadcasting
Equity Broadcasting
Equity Media Holdings was a broadcasting company based in Little Rock, Arkansas that owned and operated television stations across the United States. Prior to March 30, 2007, the company was known as Equity Broadcasting, which is now used for its broadcast station subisdary...

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History

KUOK-CA signed on in 1997 as KDSA-LP, carrying programming from Worship Network, which had already broadcast on KMNZ (now KOPX
KOPX
KOPX-TV, virtual channel 62 , is the Ion Television affiliate in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is owned and operated by Ion Media Networks. The station's studios and transmitter are located at 13424 Railway Rd...

) before and after that station affiliated with PAX (now ION Television). In 2000, KDSA affiliated with religious broadcaster Daystar
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...

. After the affiliation switch to Univisión was announced, the Daystar affiliation was passed on to newly signed on KOCM
KOCM
KOCM is a religious television station in Norman, Oklahoma, serving the Oklahoma City market locally on channel 46 as an affiliate of Daystar. The station is owned by the Word of God Fellowship, the parent company of the Daystar Television Network....

 channel 46 in December 2003. In the summer of 2004, the station requested to the FCC
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...

 to have its call letters changed from KDSA-LP to KUOK-CA officially changing the calls to KUOK-CA that fall. As of December 2006, it can no longer be seen in the Oklahoma City area itself.

KUOK-CA began carrying LAT TV programming beginning May 30, 2007, as part of a new deal between LAT TV and Equity. http://www.lattv-english.com/en/rel/?20 Prior to that date, KUOK-CA was a satellite of Equity-owned KUOK
KUOK
KUOK also known as "Univisión 36" or "Univisión Oklahoma" is a network of television stations airing programming from Spanish-language television network Univisión based in Oklahoma City...

 in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...

. LAT TV folded in 2008, and KUOK went silent. On June 18, 2010, KUOK-CA license was cancelled.
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