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Arizona TV Station Update - August 2013

dhett

dhett

As always, questions, additions, comments and corrections welcome.

New licenses

  • K42AC-D 8.x Cottonwood (Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University) has been granted a license to cover its flash cut to digital. Technical specifications: Ch 42; TL 34-41-12 N, 112-6-59 W (Mingus Mtn.); ERP 5 kW directional; HAAT 770 m.
  • K43IB-D 8.x Globe-Miami (Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University) has been granted a license to cover its flash cut to digital. Technical specifications: Ch 43; TL 33-20-31 N, 110-52-14 W (Madera Peak); ERP 1 kW directional; HAAT 685 m.
  • K36AE-D 10.x Clarkdale (NW Communications of Phoenix, Inc.) has been granted a license to cover its flash cut to digital. Technical specifications: Ch 36; TL 34-41-14 N, 112-6-59 W (Mingus Mtn.); ERP 15 kW directional; HAAT 764 m.

License renewals

  • KYMA-DT 11.x Yuma (Yuma Broadcasting Company) has been granted a renewal of its license, over seven years after filing. The license expires in a little more than a year, on October 1, 2014. KYMA had had three imposed holds on the processing of its renewal - two related to obscenity complaints from NBC network programming that KYMA aired, and one that was considered by the FCC as a distorted news complaint, in which a KYMA viewer complained that a newscast reported that he was arrested for possession of heroin, when, in fact, he was arrested for possession of hashish. You can't make this stuff up. Those three complaints delayed granting of KYMA's license, but they have now been resolved in KYMA's favor.
  • Even more remarkable is the fact that KPHO-TV (Meredith Corporation) and KVOA (KVOA Communications, Inc. [Cordillera Communications]) still have outstanding license renewals.

Programming changes

  • KTVP-LD 22.x Phoenix (Mako Communications LLC) has resumed airing AlmaVisión on channel 22.5 and has placed another feed of MásTV on channel 22.2, while trading the color bars for a black screen on channel 22.6.
  • KVOA 4.x Tucson (KVOA Communications LLC) has now changed its PSIP description to show Cozi TV. No programming has begun; the station still airs color bars.

Transactions

  • KYMA-DT 11.x Yuma (Yuma Broadcasting Company) amended its application to transfer license to remove mention of three imposed holds, as they are no longer relevant. The station received approval from the FCC to transfer its license to Blackhawk Broadcasting LLC.
  • KNBX-CD 31.x (14) Las Vegas NV (Mako Communications LLC) has been granted permission by the FCC for its license to be assigned to Landover 5 LLC.
  • K40KZ St. George UT (R&D Media Group, Inc.) has agreed to sell the station to religious broadcaster EICB-TV East, LLC. in exchange for a construction permit in Aspen CO and ten dollars.

Construction permits, CP modifications and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) granted

  • K43IE Williams (NW Communications of Phoenix, Inc.) has been granted a contruction permit to flash cut to digital, with a modification to rotate its pattern from zero to 340° true azimuth to address interference concerns raised by the FCC, presumably to K43LW-D Prescott. Technical specifications: Ch 43; TL 35-12-1 N, 112-12-13 W (Bill Williams Mtn.); ERP 1.62 kW directional; HAAT 773 m.
  • K47GQ Parks (Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University) requested and has been granted an STA to flash cut to digital with 430 Watts ERP while it awaits FCC action on its construction permit modification request to increase to 750 Watts. Technical specifications: Ch 47; TL 35-12-1 N, 112-12-17 W (Bill Williams Mtn.); ERP 0.43 kW directional; HAAT 750 m.
  • K18LF-D Shiprock NM (Regents of the University of New Mexico) was granted an STA to construct a new digital LPTV station to serve Shiprock NM and to serve as a UHF relay for station K48AW Shiprock. The new station is proposed to transmit from Roof Butte in the Chuska Mountains in Arizona and send a signal primarily toward Shiprock, but should also be seen in Red Valley AZ. The signal would then be relayed via K48AW to the rest of the Shiprock area. Technical specifications: Ch 18; TL 36-27-30 N, 109-5-37 W (Roof Butte); ERP 0.495 kW directional; HAAT 691 m.
  • DK43DL Zuni NM (Regents of the University of New Mexico) has been granted an extension of its STA to operate digital facilities while it waits for a freeze on new stations to be lifted.

Proposed construction permits

The FCC has published a list of applications to which it proposes to grant construction permits. Petitions to deny must have been filed within 30 days of release of the list, so if none are filed for any given station, its application can be granted on or after September 13.

  • Parker (Landover 2 LLC) - Ch 23; TL 33-40-4 N, 114-3-31 W (Guadalupe Mtn.); ERP 1 kW directional; HAAT 313 m.
  • Parker (Landover 2 LLC) - Ch 41; TL 33-42-12 N, 114-13-4 W (Town of Quartzsite); ERP 0.8 kW directional; HAAT -51 m. (20 m. AGL)
  • Parker (Landover 2 LLC) - Ch 44; TL 33-40-4 N, 114-3-31 W (Guadalupe Mtn.); ERP 1 kW directional; HAAT 313 m.
  • Parker (Landover 2 LLC) - Ch 50; TL 33-42-12 N, 114-13-4 W (Town of Quartzsite); ERP 0.8 kW directional; HAAT -51 m. (20 m. AGL)
  • Yuma (Jose Rivera Miramontes) - Ch 42; TL 32-40-22 N, 114-20-11 W (Telegraph Pass); ERP 1.9 kW directional; HAAT 386 m.

Applications submitted and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) requested

  • K23BJ Lake Havasu City (Tri-State Broadcasting, LLC) has applied for a digital flash cut on its current analog channel, giving up on a plan to run a digital companion channel. Technical specifications: Ch 23; TL 34-36-9 N, 114-22-13 W (Goat Hill); ERP 2.41 kW directional; HAAT m.
  • KGHD-LP 6 Las Vegas NV (Obidia Porras) has requested to move its transmitter to the Arden electronics site on Black Mountain, while continuing to broadcast in analog on channel 6. The requested ERP of 999 Watts is the maximum that an analog station can broadcast without having to seek Mexican coordination for the change. If granted, it would complete the station's migration from St. George UT. Technical specifications: Ch 6; TL 35-56-46 N, 115-2-34 W (Black Mtn. Arden site); ERP 0.999 kW directional; HAAT 570 m.
  • KGHD-LD 38 Overton NV (Obidia Porras) has filed an amendment to its digital companion channel construction permit to change the transmitter location to the Arden electronics site on Black Mountain. Although it is requesting to move more than 30 miles, it was originally filed as a companion when the analog station was located outside Overton. The station claims that that fact makes the modification grantable. I think it does too. Technical specifications: Ch 6; TL 35-56-46 N, 115-2-34 W (Black Mtn. Arden site); ERP 0.999 kW directional; HAAT 570 m.
  • KCSG1 14.x (27) St. George UT (Southwest Media, LLC) has requested an extension of its STA to operate a replacement digital channel serving the St. George UT, Littlefield AZ and Mesquite NV areas. Technical specifications: Ch 27; TL 37-9-18 N, 113-52-57 W (West Mountain Peak); ERP 1.1 kW directional; HAAT 1093 m.
  • K18LF-D Shiprock NM (Regents of the University of New Mexico) has filed application to construct a new digital LPTV station to serve Shiprock NM and to serve as a UHF relay for station K48AW Shiprock. The new station is proposed to transmit from Roof Butte in the Chuska Mountains in Arizona and send a signal primarily toward Shiprock, but should also be seen in Red Valley AZ. The signal would then be relayed via K48AW to the rest of the Shiprock area. The University has been granted an STA to waive the FCC new station freeze so that it can construct the station as soon as possible to serve an area of the Navajo Nation that is currently either underserved or unserved altogether. Technical specifications: Ch 18; TL 36-27-30 N, 109-5-37 W (Roof Butte); ERP 0.495 kW directional; HAAT 691 m.

Dismissed, canceled, expiring or expired

  • K51LF-D (Tri-State Broadcasting, LLC) has surrendered its construction permit for a digital companion channel to K23BJ. Tri-State will flash cut to digital on station K23BJ station.
 
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Programming changes

  • KVOA 4.* Tucson (KVOA Communications, Inc.) has finally begun running Cozi TV programming on channel 4.2, after several months of a test pattern.
 
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Dismissed, canceled, expiring or expired

  • The construction permit for K39KW-D Yuma (Jose Rivera Miramontes) is due to expire on September 28.
 
Have not been able to receive K39IT-D on Mt. Francis (KSAZ FOX 10) here in Prescott for some time. Can anyone verify reception ??? Since KUTP went digital on Mingus, with 10.2 in its suite of channels, it has really seems to confuse my flatpanels as well as my converter boxes. Thanks....
 
ShowLow said:
Cozi is a great channel, amazing NBC owns it.
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Cozi is no Antenna TV though (I prefer the comedies over the hour-long dramas and westerns). I hope to see both on the Phoenix airwaves sooner than later.
 
ShowLow said:
Tucson gets both.
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Lucky you guys. Up in Phoenix, it's either what the station's corporate parent wants (Live Well Network on 15.2) or what station managers who still live in 2007 think that their viewers want (5.2 weather/creepy kids show/"Enforcer" music bed channel).
 
Believe it or not, here in Prescott and other parts of Arizona, that actually get weather
other than Hot, Hotter and Unbelievable, I find 5.2's Weather Now very, very accurate
and helpful in knowing what's coming our way.
I don't have to go to my computer or turn on the radio. They accurately depicted
the recent 4 inch rainfall that damaged the Williamson Valley area, well ahead of the
actual event.
 
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Prescott Joe said:
Believe it or not, here in Prescott and other parts of Arizona, that actually get weather
other than Hot, Hotter and Unbelievable, I find 5.2's Weather Now very, very accurate
and helpful in knowing what's coming our way.
I don't have to go to my computer or turn on the radio. They accurately depicted
the recent 4 inch rainfall that damaged the Williamson Valley area, well ahead of the
actual event.
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The problem with 5.2 is not the accuracy, but the execution. Who in their right mind chose Sundays between 3 and 6pm as the time to air their FCC-mandated "educational" shows, using one of the worst shows available in syndication?

Also, there are so many good subchannels the Phoenix market is not receiving and not enough bandwidth to go around, because stations still want to get into the dead-before-it-launches Mobile DTV game. Antenna TV would get ten times the ratings (and probably make ten times the money) than the 5.2 weather channel. The response I got from KNXV's program director was "we already have a 15.2," but does she know that there may still be room for a 15.3? Is anyone really watching Live Well? I've been told Antenna TV has the ridiculous stipulation that the station must have cable coverage secured before they can affiliate with them (so that takes out all the digital LPTV's), why don't they put ATV on 15.2 and Live Well on 15.3?
 
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EricStein said:
The problem with 5.2 is not the accuracy, but the execution. Who in their right mind chose Sundays between 3 and 6pm as the time to air their FCC-mandated "educational" shows, using one of the worst shows available in syndication?
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A station that knows that its subchannel has few if any viewers in the first place and still needs to satisfy an antiquated FCC rule.

Also, there are so many good subchannels the Phoenix market is not receiving and not enough bandwidth to go around, because stations still want to get into the dead-before-it-launches Mobile DTV game. Antenna TV would get ten times the ratings (and probably make ten times the money) than the 5.2 weather channel.
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Really, is there any reason whatsoever for weather channels in Phoenix? Maybe to serve the outlying translators and their few hundred viewers each with their own weather forecasts, but I can't think of any other reason for these to exist.

The response I got from KNXV's program director was "we already have a 15.2," but does she know that there may still be room for a 15.3? Is anyone really watching Live Well? I've been told Antenna TV has the ridiculous stipulation that the station must have cable coverage secured before they can affiliate with them (so that takes out all the digital LPTV's), why don't they put ATV on 15.2 and Live Well on 15.3?
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Could that be a corporate edict - only Scripps-owned content on subchannels?
 
KeithE4 said:
Could that be a corporate edict - only Scripps-owned content on subchannels?
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I think you hit this one on the head, Keith. I remember all the changes made here at ABC15 and then visited my parents in San Diego to see the same marketing type of hype pumped into their newscasts. ABC15 added the Saturday morning 5-7am, 8-9am plus the Sunday Morning 5-7am local news and a few months later, KGTV (10News San Diego) was doing the same. I saw a note the other day that WRTV in Indianapolis is adding the same weekend morning news lineup and you guessed it, another Scripps station.
 
A curious sale. The national SDA church already owns a station in Yuma, formerly K52EG, now K17LM-D, which has not been seen on the air since licensing its digital operations. Moreover, the state SDA church is trying to launch stations in Flagstaff, Payson, Prescott and Lake Havasu City, and has been sending out solicitations for donations. Had they not been able to extend the CPs for Flag, Payson and Prescott, those would have expired last June without being built.
 
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Wasn't 35.2 supposed to have something good on by now? I've lost my notes, and I cannot find the information in this forum. Perhaps I didn't go back far enough.

Thanks.
 
While not certain whether it would be 35.2 or 33.3, yes, Univision is supposed to launch getTV in October, according to the getTV website, and possibly as soon as October 1. RabbitEars reports that it will be on 35.2, which seems reasonable. Univision launched a trial run of getTV in select markets, and in each, they put it on the Unimas station.
 
dhett said:
While not certain whether it would be 35.2 or 33.3, yes, Univision is supposed to launch getTV in October, according to the getTV website, and possibly as soon as October 1. RabbitEars reports that it will be on 35.2, which seems reasonable. Univision launched a trial run of getTV in select markets, and in each, they put it on the Unimas station.
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Time to get on the horn with the Chief Engineer of Univision TV Phoenix to see what his plans are, and explanation. I agree 35.2 would not be a good place to put GetTV, unless they find a way to get that signal up to par with its next door neighbor LP (KAZT-CD, which I believe has a good signal for an LP).
 
40.3(Tucson) has been color bars for like eight months now, used to be "sol" tv. I wonder what if anything will be done with it.
 
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