KMLU (TV)

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 Hoak Media 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.