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{{Short description|Television station in Houma, Louisiana}}
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{{Infobox television station dual
| name1 = KFOL-CD
| city1 = [[Houma, Louisiana]]
| logo = HTV10.png
| logo_size = 175px
| branding = HTV 10
| digital1 = 30 ([[UHF]])
| virtual1 = 30
| affiliations = [[Independent station|Independent]]
| owner = Folse Communications, [[LLC]]
| country = United States
| airdate = '''Both stations:''' {{start date and age|1989|8|28|p=y}}
| callsign_meaning1 = Folse Communications (owner)
| former_callsigns1 = K30EM, K60GH (CP-never used), K11SY
| former_channel_numbers1 = 
| former_affiliations = 
| erp1 = 15 [[kW]]
| haat1 = {{convert|122.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = [[Class A television service|CD]]
| facility_id1 = 24978
| coordinates1 = {{Coord|29|36|25.2|N|90|41|42.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.htv10.tv/}}
| name2 = KJUN-CD
| city2 = [[Morgan City, Louisiana]]
| digital2 = 7 ([[VHF]])
| virtual2 = 30
| callsign_meaning2 = K-JUN ([[Cajun]])
| former_callsigns2 = K07UT
| erp2 = 2.75 kW
| haat2 = {{convert|99.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id2 = 24979
| coordinates2 = {{Coord|29|45|15.6|N|91|10|25.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
}}

'''KFOL-CD''' (channel 30) is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[independent television station]] in [[Houma, Louisiana]], United States. It is owned by station manager and news anchor Martin Folse via licensee Folse Communications. KFOL-CD's studios are located on Main Street/[[LA 24]] in downtown Houma, and its transmitter is located on Hunley Court (southwest of the Saint Louis Bayou) on the city's northeast side.

KFOL's programming is [[simulcast]] on [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator station]] '''KJUN-CD''' ([[VHF]] digital channel 7) in [[Morgan City, Louisiana|Morgan City]], with transmitter on [[LA 70]] in rural southern [[St. Martin Parish]] (northeast of Morgan City). Together, the two stations utilize the unified brand '''HTV 10''' ("HTV" meaning "Houma Television").

==History==
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KFOL and KJUN both first signed on the air on August 28, 1989.

On September 1, 2008, during the height of [[Hurricane Gustav]], KFOL's transmitter tower, located behind its studio facility, collapsed. Interrupting a live news broadcast on the station, anchor Martin Folse thought that the loud crash came from the station's tape library (located behind the studio), until an operator in KFOL/KJUN's control room informed him that the tower had fallen to the ground. Until new transmitter facilities were set up, the station temporarily streamed local news updates focused on [[Terrebonne Parish]] via its website. KFOL provided a direct feed to area cable providers, restoring service until a temporary tower was erected.

On January 20, 2014, KFOL began broadcasting from a new studio facility located on Main Street in downtown Houma, within a building that formerly housed a Dupont's Department Store location.

==Programming==
The two stations generally carry locally produced programming including news and [[public affairs (broadcasting)|public affairs]] programs. Programs broadcast by KFOL/KJUN include the weeknight news, interview and call-in program ''Bayou Time''; the interview program ''One on One''; the [[New Orleans Saints]]–focused sports magazine series ''Saints on the Bayou''; the college football analysis program ''The Charlie Stubbs Show''; the sports wrap-up program ''Friday Night Sports'', and ''The Beat'' (a series similar in format to the long-running reality series ''[[Cops (TV program)|Cops]]'' that follows local police officers).

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
KFOL and KJUN's signals are [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
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! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 30.1 
| [[1080i]] || [[16:9]] || rowspan="4"|HTV-10 || rowspan="2"| Main programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 30.2 
| rowspan="3"|[[480i]] || rowspan="3"|[[4:3]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 30.3 
| [Blank]
|-
! scope = "row" | 30.4 
| Local weather
|}

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
In 2010, KFOL [[flash-cut]] its digital signal into operation through the activation of a new transmitter tower located on the east side of Houma, operating at 15&nbsp;kW. KJUN also activated its new transmitter facility, operating at 300 watts, near its existing site off of Highway 70. On January 20, 2014, KFOL began broadcasting all in-studio and field segments within its programming in 1080i [[high-definition television|high definition]].

==See also==
*[[Channel 7 digital TV stations in the United States]]
*[[Channel 10 branded TV stations in the United States]]
*[[Channel 30 digital TV stations in the United States]]
*[[Channel 30 low-power TV stations in the United States]]
*[[Channel 30 virtual TV stations in the United States]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.htv10.tv/ Official website]

{{Houma, Louisiana}}
{{New Orleans TV}}
{{Baton Rouge TV}}
{{Lafayette TV}}
{{Other Louisiana Stations}}

[[Category:1989 establishments in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Houma, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Independent television stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1989]]