KVTE-LP
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KVTE-LP is a low power television station in Las Vegas, Nevada
owned by Mountain Ridge Holdings – a company based in Salt Lake City, Utah – with transmitter on Black Mountain in Henderson, Nevada
. The station is currently silent, transmitting only an ID over color bars and tone.
Robin Leach
became affiliated with KVTE in late 2004, and by March, 2005 had filed a lawsuit against owner Nathan Drage claiming, among other things, fraud against the corporation. Ultimately over a year later, in May 2006, Leach dismissed his lawsuit and claimed it was all a misunderstanding and that the allegations of fraud were the result of a miscommunication between Leach and his legal counsel.
After Leach's departure the station produced a completely different show line-up of all original programming geared towards a national and international audience for what it called the Las Vegas Television Network. By June 1, 2010, however, the station was airing color bars and tone and had filed for a silent Special Temporary Authority with the Federal Communications Commission. (Even if airing color bars, the FCC defines "on air" as broadcasting programming viewable to the public; WYLE, a now-defunct television station in Florence, Alabama, was silent for four days shy of a year (February 7, 2007 – February 3, 2008), then broadcast color bars 24 hours a day for over a year until the FCC ruled that the color bars were insufficient in March 2009.)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
owned by Mountain Ridge Holdings – a company based in Salt Lake City, Utah – with transmitter on Black Mountain in Henderson, Nevada
Henderson, Nevada
-Demographics:According to the 2000 census, there were 175,381 people, 66,331 households, and 47,095 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,200.8 people per square mile . There were 71,149 housing units at an average density of 892.8 per square mile...
. The station is currently silent, transmitting only an ID over color bars and tone.
History
On 15 April 1994, application JF0415CY was filed with the Federal Communications Commission. It was first granted a license to operate as K61GV channel 61 on April 15, 1996. On July 28, 1999, the station moved to its current frequency and changed its call-letters to K35FN, then changed callsigns to KYRK-LP on November 5, 1999. It gained its current call-sign of KVTE-LP on June 17, 2005.Robin Leach
Robin Leach
Robin Douglas Leach is an English celebrity writer famous for hosting his first show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, in the mid-1980s and into the mid-1990s, which focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic endeavors...
became affiliated with KVTE in late 2004, and by March, 2005 had filed a lawsuit against owner Nathan Drage claiming, among other things, fraud against the corporation. Ultimately over a year later, in May 2006, Leach dismissed his lawsuit and claimed it was all a misunderstanding and that the allegations of fraud were the result of a miscommunication between Leach and his legal counsel.
After Leach's departure the station produced a completely different show line-up of all original programming geared towards a national and international audience for what it called the Las Vegas Television Network. By June 1, 2010, however, the station was airing color bars and tone and had filed for a silent Special Temporary Authority with the Federal Communications Commission. (Even if airing color bars, the FCC defines "on air" as broadcasting programming viewable to the public; WYLE, a now-defunct television station in Florence, Alabama, was silent for four days shy of a year (February 7, 2007 – February 3, 2008), then broadcast color bars 24 hours a day for over a year until the FCC ruled that the color bars were insufficient in March 2009.)