KBRO-LD

KBRO-LD
Cheyenne, Wyoming
United States
Channels Digital: 16 (UHF)
Virtual: 49 (PSIP)
Affiliations Almavision
Owner Echonet Corporation
Former callsigns K49AY (1984-2015)
K16LE-D (June–July 2015)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
49 (1986-2015)
Former affiliations HSN (to 2000)
ABC (2000-2002)
silent (2002-2006)
Transmitter power 9.7 kW
Facility ID 18475
Transmitter coordinates 41°8′4.0″N 104°49′2.0″W / 41.134444°N 104.817222°W / 41.134444; -104.817222 (KBRO-LD)

KBRO-LD is a low-power television station in Cheyenne, Wyoming, carrying Spanish-language programming from Almavision. The station is owned and operated by Echonet Corporation.

History

In the 1980s, the then-K49AY carried a combination of Home Shopping Network and Spanish-language programming. In 2000 (ca), it repeated the signal of Denver ABC affiliate, KMGH.

K49AY was shut down on October 22, 2002, following the FCC fining the station for $10,000 for being on the air with an improper license, following its renewal. The fine was lowered to $4000, after it convinced the FCC that it was a clerical error on their part.[1][2]

K49AY remerged in 2005, carrying Almavision programming.

The station was licensed for digital operation on June 24, 2015, changing the call sign to K16LE-D. On July 17, 2015, the call letters were changed to KBRO-LD.[3] Echonet Corporation had earlier held a construction permit for a digital low power station (K18II-D) in Cheyenne that would have broadcast on UHF channel 18.[4]

References

  1. ↑ FCC document on K49AY shutdown
  2. ↑ News blurb on K49AY shutdown (under "Washington Beat")
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ FCC Record for Facility ID 168465
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