KMPT (TV)
TV station in Oklahoma City (1953–1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KMPT, UHF analog channel 19, was a dual ABC/DuMont-affiliated television station licensed to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, which operated from November 22, 1953 to February 4, 1955. Owned by KLPR Television, Inc., it was a sister outlet to radio station KLPR (1140 AM, now KRMP). KMPT's studios were located on Southwest 28th and West Commerce Streets in southwest Oklahoma City's Capitol Hill neighborhood, and its transmitter was located on East Britton Road and North Lincoln Boulevard in northeast Oklahoma City.
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Affiliations | Defunct |
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Owner | KLPR Television, Inc. |
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First air date | November 22, 1953 (70 years ago) (1953-11-22) |
Last air date | February 2, 1955 (69 years ago) (1955-02-02) |
Forty years after the station ceased operations due to financial difficulties that led to KMPT's bankruptcy, the UHF channel 19 allocation was reassigned to the Equity Broadcasting Corporation, which launched a new station on that channel, K19EA (now Cornerstone Television affiliate KUOT-CD), in March 1995.