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KMLU, channel 11, is a MeTV-affiliated television station serving the El Dorado, Arkansas/Monroe, Louisiana market, licensed in Columbia, Louisiana. Owned by Legacy Broadcasting, KMLU's transmitter is located in Columbia, and its studios are located in Monroe. The station launched in December 1998 as KAQY, the new ABC affiliate for the market. The station was taken over by the Hoak Media Corporation and KNOE-TV in 2008 following its sale to Parker Broadcasting; as a result of recent scrutiny towards joint sales agreements by the FCC, new owner Gray Television (who acquired the station as part of a deal with Hoak) elected to shut down KAQY, move its programming to a digital subchannel of KNOE, and sell KAQY's license to the minority-owned Legacy Broadcasting. ==History== KMLU signed on December 10, 1998 as KAQY, returning ABC to the market after its previous affiliate, KARD, became a Fox affiliate in 1994. In the interim, ABC programming was available on some cable systems via KLAX-TV from Alexandria or KTBS from Shreveport. On June 23, 2008, original local owner Monroe Broadcasting filed an application with the FCC to sell KAQY to Parker Broadcasting for $10 million. Included in the application were proposed agreements to allow Hoak Media, the owner of KNOE-TV, to operate the station. The sale was completed on October 9, 2008. As a result, all four major network affiliates in the Ark-La-Miss are now operated by two companies. On November 20, 2013, Gray Television announced it would purchase Hoak Media and Parker Broadcasting in a $335 million deal. KAQY was to be acquired by Excalibur Broadcasting, and remain under an LMA with KNOE's new owners.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/72138/gray-buying-hoak-prime-stations-for-3425m )〕 However, upon the closing of the sale on June 13 and the FCC scrutinizing joint sales arrangements, Excalibur would later abandon its plans to acquire the station.〔(Gray closes Hoak deal; completes refinancing. ), rbr.com, Retrieved 13 June, 2014.〕 Gray would continue to operate to KAQY in the interim, at which it would later move its programming to a subchannel of KNOE. KAQY would then be spun off to minority interests pending approval from the FCC, which under this arrangement would allow the station to continue operating on the conditions that it would continue to operate the station independently and not make any partnerships or sharing arrangements with other broadcasters.〔(Gray retains MMTC as broker for former SSA’d stations ), rbr.com, Retrieved 13 June, 2014.〕 On August 27, 2014, Gray announced that it would sell KAQY's license, along with KHAS-TV, KNDX, and KXND, to Legacy Broadcasting, a new broadcasting company controlled by Sherry Nelson and daughter Sara Jane Ingram. A month later, KAQY signed off, and its programming was moved to KNOE's digital subchannels. On November 28, 2014, the call letters were changed to KMLU. The sale was completed on December 15. 〔(Consummation Notice ). ''CDBS Public Access'', Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 16 December 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KMLU (TV)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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