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The station eventually dropped its ShopNBC affiliation and began to fill its empty timeslots with infomercials and religious programming. In 2005, KLDT became the temporary broadcaster of the FC Dallas soccer team, whose game telecasts also eventually moved to KFWD. īy this time, most of the station's sports programming had moved to former Telemundo affiliate KFWD (channel 52), which became a general entertainment independent in January 2002. Due to several missteps, the network ceased operations in 2003 and the station again broadcast home shopping programs, affiliating with ShopNBC. KLDT subsequently became the flagship station of the Hispanic Television Network, which aired programming targeted towards Hispanic viewers from Mexico. However, that same year, the station received a much needed shot in the arm. During this time, the station adopted the slogan 'TV55 Has the Shows You Know'.īy 2000, KLDT quietly dropped most of its entertainment programming in favor of infomercials, or shopping programming from ACN.

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Originally served as an affiliate of the America's Collectibles Network home shopping service (now Jewelry Television), the station soon relegated shopping programming to the nighttime hours, and began broadcasting syndicated classic television series and movies, as well as business news programming from Bloomberg Television, collegiate sporting events syndicated by ESPN Plus, Lone Star Park horse racing, and Houston Astros Major League Baseball games simulcast from sister station KNWS-TV (now KYAZ) in Houston. Shortly after its sign-on, the station quickly changed its call letters to KLDT. Short-lived KLDT-DT 55 logo prior to affiliation with Azteca America.

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The station lost its license in the mid-1990s. KLDT was noted for a hefty $15,500 fine that was imposed by the FCC in 1995 for failing to adequately staff its main studio, for not making its public inspection file freely available, and for other filing violations. However, Tilton's poor record with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prevented this, and the request was dropped by 1991 amidst an exposé on Tilton and other televangelists that aired on the ABC newsmagazine Primetime Live. Thornton, unable to find programming resources and operating capital, attempted to add Dallas-based preacher Robert Tilton as a partner, with KLDT to serve as the flagship television outlet for his 'Word of Faith' ministry. The station's original transmitter site was located in Lewisville. The station's programming originally consisted of Christian-oriented music videos, before converting to a general religious format. The station was founded as a joint venture between Opal Thornton and Johnson Broadcasting (owned by businessman Doug Johnson). The UHF channel 55 allocation in the Dallas– Fort Worth market was formerly occupied by KLDT (standing for either 'Lake Dallas, Texas' or 'Lake Dallas Television'), which signed on the air on December 25, 1990. History Prior history of UHF channel 55 in Dallas–Fort Worth

1.1 Prior history of UHF channel 55 in Dallas–Fort Worth.

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