KVAT-LD is a low-power television station

Television station

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 licensed to Garfield, Texas

Garfield, Texas

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 (Austin

Austin, Texas

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 market), broadcasting digitally on channel 17. The station is owned by Mako Communications, LLC of Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, Texas

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.

The station was originally an affiliate of LAT TV

LAT TV

LAT TV was a Spanish-language television network emphasizing family-oriented and educational programming. It was owned by Latin America Broadcasting of Houston, Texas and launched in May 2006, initially on five low-power television stations in Texas and Arizona, four of which were in top-ten...

, a Houston

Houston, Texas

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-based Spanish-language television network that launched in May of 2006; however, the network folded 2 years later.

In December 2010, the station's call letters changed from KVAT-LP to KVAT-LD. The station also has a construction permit to relocate to channel 14.

The station currently airs 2 subchannels: Mexicanal

Mexicanal

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 on 17.1 and Retro Television Network

Retro Television Network

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on 17.2.

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