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Arizona TV Station Update - October 2019

dhett

dhett

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

Programming Changes


  • KOLD-TV 13.x (32/13) Tucson (Gray Television Licensee LLC) has been announced as a charter affiliate of the new Circle TV diginet, set to launch in January. Circle TV is a joint venture between Opryland Entertainment Group and Gray Television, and plans to offer both linear television and an OTT (over-the-top) streaming service. The diginet will most likely appear on channel 13.3, which is currently vacant.
  • K14RK-D 38.x Phoenix (Spanish Independent Broadcast Network LLC) has dropped Car Credit TV from its lineup and brought Rev'n back. Channel 38.5 is now PAWS, AKA the squirrel channel, and channel 38.7 is once again Rev'n.
  • KPDF-CA 41.x (22) Phoenix (HC2 Station Group Inc.) has dropped QVC from channel 41.4; it is now a blank screen.
  • KGNG-LD 26.x Las Vegas NV (King Kong Broadcasting Inc.) reported that it was working on an all-request music channel to air on channel 26.11. Prior to Halloween, the station sent out spooky sounds on the 26.11 subchannel to take advantage of the season, and is now airing a service called Talk RW on that subchannel.
  • K36NE-D 43.x Las Vegas NV (HC2 Station Group Inc.) has added Liquidation Channel to its lineup on channel 43.4.

Transactions


  • The transfer of KTTU 18.x (19) Tucson (Tucker Operating Company DBA KTTU Television) to Tegna has been consummated. The new licensee is KTTU-TV Inc.
  • The FCC has approved the assignment of KVPA-LD 42.x (34) Phoenix (KRCA License LLC Debtor-In-Possession) to KRCA License LLC following Liberman Broadcasting Inc's emergence from bankruptcy. The transaction has been consummated.

Construction Permits and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) Granted


  • KDOS-LD 29.x Globe (KTVW License Partnership GP) has been granted its requested minor modification of its license, seeking to change channels due to displacement by KTAZ. Technical specifications: Ch 19; TL 33° 17' 21" N, 110° 49' 47" W (Pinal Mountain); ERP 12 kW directional (2° electrical/1° mechanical beam tilt); HAAT 1000 m.
  • KGRQ-LD 29.x (21) Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications Inc. (GRTI)) requested and has been granted an extension of its STA to broadcast at 4.5 kW, rather than at the 15 kW authorized in its license. The tower is only strong enough to hold three UHF panel antennas and needs to be reinforced in order to support the additional nine antennas that will bring power up to 15 kW. GRTI has been having trouble locating a tower crew, likely due to the repack.
  • KFPH-CD 35.x Phoenix (Unimas Partnership of Phoenix) has been granted an extension of its Experimental STA to serve as a test ATSC 3.0 station.
  • K38CX Shonto (Digital Networks Southwest) requested and has been granted a Silence STA due to corporate restructuring and system upgrades.
  • K47OC-D Las Vegas NV (Digital Networks Southwest LLC) requested and has been granted a Silence STA due to corporate restructuring and system upgrades.
  • K40KZ St. George UT (Edge Spectrum Inc.) requested and has been granted an STA to build a digital station at 10% of the power specified in its digital companion channel construction permit, claiming that it has the equipment on hand to build the STA facility immediately. Technical specifications: Ch 15; TL 37° 3' 49" N, 113° 34' 25" W (Webb Hill); ERP 0.1 kW directional; HAAT 59 m.

Expired, Expiring, Canceled or Dismissed


  • The FCC has dismissed an August 2009 application from Amy Meredith to build a new LPTV station at Lake Havasu City, but licensed to Parker. The antenna height that Meredith had provided in her application did not agree with the antenna height found in the FCC database for the antenna structure registration that she had provided in her application. In February 2019, she was notified that she had 30 days to correct the discrepancy, but failed to do so, so her application was dismissed.

Spectrum Repack


  • Those of us in the Phoenix East Valley with a clear shot to Tucson's Mt. Bigelow are getting hammered by co-channel interference, thanks to the repack. KTVP-LD 23.x, KFPB-LD 50.x (25), KEJR-LD 40.x (32) and KVPA-LD 42.x (34) are typically no-shows, thanks to co-channel interference from KVOA 4.x (23), KMSB 11.x (25), KOLD 13.x (32) and KUVE-DT 46.x (34), respectively. Meanwhile, KUAT 6.x (30) and KTTU 18.x (19) are frequently received, which will spell doom for K19JT-D and K30MM-D, both of which are constructing stations to broadcast from South Mtn.

NextGen TV


  • KPNX 12.x Mesa (Multimedia Holdings Corporation) has requested an extension of its Experimental STA to provide content to KFPH-CD for broadcast in ATSC 3.0 format. The STA is requested to be coterminous with KFPH's Experimental STA to host ATSC 3.0 broadcasts.
 
KOLD Tucson

Those of us in Fountain Hills are sheltered from South Mountain and often have a more or less clear shot to Tucson. Up until this summer, I would receive all the Tucson stations including KOLD fairly reliable all the time. Now, KOLD has disappeared and not receivable here at all. Anyone know if they made changes to antenna, or TX? A review of FCC filings shows nothing official.

  • Those of us in the Phoenix East Valley with a clear shot to Tucson's Mt. Bigelow are getting hammered by co-channel interference, thanks to the repack. KTVP-LD 23.x, KFPB-LD 50.x (25), KEJR-LD 40.x (32) and KVPA-LD 42.x (34) are typically no-shows, thanks to co-channel interference from KVOA 4.x (23), KMSB 11.x (25), KOLD 13.x (32) and KUVE-DT 46.x (34), respectively. Meanwhile, KUAT 6.x (30) and KTTU 18.x (19) are frequently received, which will spell doom for K19JT-D and K30MM-D, both of which are constructing stations to broadcast from South Mtn.
 
VoiceofWayne said:
Those of us in Fountain Hills are sheltered from South Mountain and often have a more or less clear shot to Tucson. Up until this summer, I would receive all the Tucson stations including KOLD fairly reliable all the time. Now, KOLD has disappeared and not receivable here at all. Anyone know if they made changes to antenna, or TX? A review of FCC filings shows nothing official.
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KEJR-LD is probably causing enough interference to KOLD. Even though you're sheltered from South Mtn, there could be enough signal getting through to cause interference, but not enough to decode. Unfortunately, that's the bad part of digital TV. Whereas analog would give you ghosts, digital doesn't show up at all.

Just my theory.
 
Programming Changes

A quick trip to Tucson reveals the following programming changes:

  • KVOA 4.x (23) Tucson (KVOA License LLC) is confirmed to have added Dabl on channel 4.4 and Grit on channel 4.5. The changes are also seen on K04QP-D Casas Adobes and assumed on K28OY-D 4.x Sierra Vista.
  • KOLD-TV 13.x (32, 13) Tucson (Gray Television Licensee LLC) is confirmed to have added Grit on channel 13.3 and Ion on channel 13.4.
  • KHRR 40.x (16) Tucson (NBC Telemundo License LLC) is confirmed to have dropped Ion programming from channel 40.3, replacing the programming with a graphic telling viewers that Ion was no longer being carried.
  • K35OU-D 21.x Tucson (Ventana Television Inc.) is confirmed to have added five subchannels, bringing theiir total to six. Channel 21.1 remains HSN, QVC goes on channel 21.2, HSN2 on channel 21.3, QVC2 on channel 21.4, QVC3 on channel 21.5 and Dabl channel 21.6. As of 11/5, HSN, QVC3 and Dabl are on air and channel 21.3 shows a test pattern. Channels 21.2 and 21.4 still have no programming.
 
Programming Changes

  • KPAZ-TV 21.x (20) Phoenix (Trinity Broadcasting of Arizona Inc.) went off the air sometime on Wednesday 11/6. A call to TBN determined that it was due to transmitter and satellite failure, and that engineers were working on it. No estimate could be given for when the station would be back on the air.
 
Man east mesa is just hosed now.

Ive lost these completely and others have suffered quality decrease.

FOX KSAZ-DT 10.1 hd_720 -
HEROICN Heroes 10.3 sd -
NBC KPNX-HD 12.1 hd_1080 -
ABC ABC15 15.1 hd_720 -
ANTENNA ANTENNA 15.2 sd -
LAFF LAFFTV 15.3 sd -

Anyone aware of problems or is antenna pointless now? :)
 
tgwaste said:
Man east mesa is just hosed now.

Ive lost these completely and others have suffered quality decrease.

FOX KSAZ-DT 10.1 hd_720 -
HEROICN Heroes 10.3 sd -
NBC KPNX-HD 12.1 hd_1080 -
ABC ABC15 15.1 hd_720 -
ANTENNA ANTENNA 15.2 sd -
LAFF LAFFTV 15.3 sd -

Anyone aware of problems or is antenna pointless now?
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No problems with any of the above-mentioned channels in west Chandler. What kind of antenna are you using? Is it indoor, in the attic or outdoor? If indoor, is your house stucco construction, and if so, is your antenna near a window? If in the attic, what kind of roofing material is on your house? All of these affect signal reception.
 
dhett said:
KPAZ-TV 21.x (20) Phoenix (Trinity Broadcasting of Arizona Inc.) went off the air sometime on Wednesday 11/6. A call to TBN determined that it was due to transmitter and satellite failure, and that engineers were working on it. No estimate could be given for when the station would be back on the air.

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The problems seem to have been fixed; channel 21 has returned to air.
 
dhett said:
No problems with any of the above-mentioned channels in west Chandler. What kind of antenna are you using? Is it indoor, in the attic or outdoor? If indoor, is your house stucco construction, and if so, is your antenna near a window? If in the attic, what kind of roofing material is on your house? All of these affect signal reception.
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I am currently using this in the attic

GE Pro Attic Mount TV Antenna, Outdoor, Attic, Long Range Antenna, Digital, HDTV Antenna, 4K 1080P VHF UHF, Compact Design, 29884

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYMVPVX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_XL3YDb1PSSH65

Not sure what kind of roofing. Maybe I’ll just try a leaf in the window.
 
dhett said:
No problems with any of the above-mentioned channels in west Chandler. What kind of antenna are you using? Is it indoor, in the attic or outdoor? If indoor, is your house stucco construction, and if so, is your antenna near a window? If in the attic, what kind of roofing material is on your house? All of these affect signal reception.
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tgwaste is having the same problems I have a few miles north of him (near the Red Mountain/202 and Recker). My house is stucco/lath-encrusted, and the Falcon Field flight path limits my antenna height. But my neighborhood is roughly 400 feet above the rest of the Valley, in the foothills of Usery Mountain. So the only things blocking my signal from South Mountain are my trees and the house behind me.

A relatively simple antenna will work outside, but indoors is tough on some channels, even with a preamp. Especially 8, 10, and 12 on VHF and the low power UHFs. I build my own antennas, so I'm able to properly tweak things, but further design reviews will be necessary.

You shouldn't have any issues in west Chandler at all, given that you're only 5-10 miles from South Mountain. When I lived in Ahwatukee, I was able to get the Tucson stations just as well as Phoenix, although an FM trap was necessary to prevent tuner overload. San Tan Mountain blocks the Mesa-to-Tucson path now.
 
tgwaste said:
I am currently using this in the attic

GE Pro Attic Mount TV Antenna, Outdoor, Attic, Long Range Antenna, Digital, HDTV Antenna, 4K 1080P VHF UHF, Compact Design, 29884

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYMVPVX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_XL3YDb1PSSH65

Not sure what kind of roofing. Maybe I’ll just try a leaf in the window.
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That antenna should be fine for UHF and high-VHF. By roofing, I was wondering if shingle or tile, and if there is a radiant barrier in the attic. Radiant barriers kill reception.

You shouldn't be having any problems, although you might be plagued by what KeithE4 mentioned. If things worked before, and now they don't, you might check your antenna connections. Loose connections will also cause an antenna to stop working.

Not sure what luck you'll have with a Leaf. I'm not a fan of mudflap antennas, but hey, give it a try. One warning - they're not really designed for VHF.

In any case, my questions, and mention of my west Chandler location, were meant to say that TV station outages aren't the cause of your issues.
 
FWIW, I've installed several of the GE Pro Antennas and have found them
to be very, very good performers, especially for their size. My only complaints
would be that they are time consuming to assemble and the plastic portions
probably won't last too long.....
 
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