| Callsign: | KNTS-LP | ||||||||||||||
| Digital: | 19 (UHF) | ||||||||||||||
| Virtual: | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Owner: | Sanphyl Broadcast Network, LLC | ||||||||||||||
| Location: | Natchitoches, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Last Airdate: | (license canceled) | ||||||||||||||
| Callsign Meaning: | "Natchitoches" | ||||||||||||||
| Former Channel Numbers: | Analog: 17 (UHF, 1998–2012) | ||||||||||||||
| Former Affiliations: | America One, FamilyNet, AMGTV | ||||||||||||||
| Erp: | 15 kW | ||||||||||||||
| Class: | CD | ||||||||||||||
| Facility Id: | 56189 | ||||||||||||||
| Licensing Authority: | FCC | ||||||||||||||
| Embed Header: | Digital translator | ||||||||||||||
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KNTS-LP (channel 17) was a low-power television station in Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States.
In 1998, CP-Tel Network Services, a local Internet services provider, acquired a former Italian restaurant to convert it into studios for the station.[1] KNTS-LP went on the air in June and was affiliated with America One and FamilyNet;[2] the studios were completed later, at which time the station was added to local cable systems.[3] Weekday newscasts, originally at 6 p.m. and eventually also at 10 p.m., were added beginning in March 1999; the station also produced shows covering Northwestern State University and high school sports.
KNTS-LP ceased local operations and news production on March 31, 2001. CP-Tel president Richard Gill cited insufficient advertising revenue, rising costs, and the failure to secure a network affiliation.[4] The station was then sold to Sanphyl Broadcasting Network; it continued to air local sports and church services.[5] It moved from channel 17 to channel 19 in 2012.
Despite its broadcast in analog, KNTS-LP had a digital translator, KNYS-LD (channel 27). Sanphyl Broadcast Network surrendered the licenses for KNTS-LP and KNYS-LD to the Federal Communications Commission on February 15, 2021; the FCC cancelled both licenses the same day.