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LPTV station bumped by DTV.(Brief Article)

By Kerschbaumer, Ken; McConnell, Bill
Publication: Broadcasting & Cable
Date: Monday, March 20 2000

Sacramento owner awaits FCC action on request for new channel assignment

A new law protecting low-power TV stations from losing their channel allotments came too late to save a Sacramento, Calif., station.

KBTV-LP Sacramento went off the air in late February after being forced to turn over its allotment for channel to KOVR-TV Sacramento. The low-power station has struggled to find another assignment but, after a string of unsuccessful requests to the FCC, finds itself with no place to relocate.

Owner and manager Bob Suffel complains that the 1997

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