KTPN-LP first signed on the air from Tyler in 1990 as K48DP; originally operating as an independent station, it later became a charter affiliate of The WB when the network launched on January 11, 1995. KLPN-LP signed on in Longview as K22EH in 1995, serving as a repeater of K48DP and also carrying WB network programming. In 1997, the two stations both dropped their WB affiliations to join the United Paramount Network ; channels 48 and 58 were collectively branded as "UPN 22/48". The two stations were then collectively branded as "UPN 22/48". Accordingly, channel 48 changed its callsign to KTPN-LP. In 1998, K22EH moved to UHF channel 58 and changed its callsign to K58FS in order to allow KETK-TV to sign on its digital signal on UHF channel 22 ; two years later in 2000, K58FS changed its callsign to KLPN-LP to match its sister station. KTPN and KLPN received a full-power satellite when KCEB signed on in July 2003, simulcasting UPN programming from the low-power outlets; the three stations collectively branded as "UPN 54/58/48". In 2005, KCEB dropped its UPN affiliation to affiliate with The WB; subsequently thereafter in January 2006, KTPN-LP and KLPN-LP lost the UPN affiliation to CBS affiliate KYTX, which added the network as a second digital subchannel; this resulted in the two stations reverting into independent stations. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Time Warner's Warner Bros. Entertainment announced that the two companies would shut down The WB and UPN and combine the networks' respective programming to create a new "fifth" network called The CW. One month later on February 22, News Corporation announced the launch of a new "sixth" network called MyNetworkTV, which would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television. KTPN and KLPN became charter affiliates of MyNetworkTV when the network launched on September 5, 2006; KCEB took the CW affiliation when the network launched two weeks later on September 18. On April 24, 2013, the Communications Corporation of America announced the sale of its television stations, including KETK-TV, to Nexstar Broadcasting Group. KFXK and KTPN were planned be sold to Nexstar partner company Mission Broadcasting; in the case of KFXK, that station was being sold to Mission to comply with FCC duopoly rules. But on August 5, 2014, Mission withdrew its application to acquire KFXK. Nexstar continues to operate KFXK and KLPN under a shared services agreement with sister station KETK. The sale was completed on January 1, 2015.
Digital television
Digital channel
Analog-to-digital conversion
KLPN-LP shut down its analog signal over UHF channel 58 in January 2012, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation to UHF channel 47. KTPN-LP shut down its analog signal over UHF channel 48, in 2013, and flash-cut its digital signal into operation UHF channel 48.
Programming
programs broadcast by KTPN-LD include Jerry Springer, Maury, Two and a Half Men, The 700 Club, 2 Broke Girls, and Pawn Stars, among others.
