KVHP

KVHP

Lake Charles, Louisiana United States
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 29
Branding	KVHP Fox 29 Fox 29 Now @ 9 (newscasts) SWLA ABC (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	29.1: Fox 29.2: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	American Spirit Media (KVHP License Subsidiary, LLC)
Operator	Gray Television via SSA
Sister stations	KPLC
History
First air date	December 12, 1982 (41 years ago) (1982-12-12)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 29 (UHF, 1982–2009) Digital: 30 (UHF, until 2018)
Former affiliations	Independent (1982–1986) The CW (DT2, 2009–2017) Ion Television (DT3, 2018–2020) DT6: TrueReal (2021–2023)
Call sign meaning	Hugh Van Eaton, Herschell Hardesty, Harold Protter (original owners)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	35852
ERP	400 kW
HAAT	393 m (1,289 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	30°17′27″N 93°34′36″W / 30.29083°N 93.57667°W / 30.29083; -93.57667
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	watchfox29.revrocket.us

KVHP (channel 29) is a television station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with Fox and ABC. It is owned by American Spirit Media, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Gray Television, owner of dual NBC/CW+ affiliate KPLC (channel 7), for the provision of certain services. The two stations share studios on Division Street in downtown Lake Charles; KVHP's transmitter is located in rural northwestern Calcasieu Parish five miles (8 km) northwest of Edgerly (halfway between Lake Charles and Beaumont, Texas, allowing the station's signal to reach both markets).