KDCD-TV

An independent station without network affiliation for its entire run, KDCD-TV had an extremely low effective radiated power from its transmitter atop downtown Midland's Wilco Building.

By February 7, the station was running advertising indicating it had suspended telecasting pending delivery of "better equipment" and promising a return to the air soon.

[2] During the first silence, KDCD attempted unsuccessfully to have the FCC assign a third regional very high frequency (VHF) channel, 10, to Midland.

[2] Its technical facilities were unchanged; it broadcast with an effective radiated power of 740 watts, and its Grade B (secondary) signal contour extended no further than 10 miles (16 km) beyond the Wilco Building site.

[16] The antitrust suit resulted in a license challenge to KMOM-TV and its sister stations, which in turn produced a distress sale of the set to minority-owned firms.

[13] In 1984, the FCC designated a second deal to sell the station to Plains Television, Ltd., for comparative hearing against a new application for channel 18 by West Texas Communications.