Complex sentence: Instead, they requested to operate as a low-power digital TV station (LPDTV) on channel 38 and the FCC granted a construction permit in October 2005 to build LPDTV station K38IZ.
Split into simpler sentences: Instead, they have requested to operate as a low-power digital TV station (LPDTV) on channel 38. The FCC granted a construction permit in October 2005 to build LPDTV station K38IZ.