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Arizona TV Station Update - May 2020

dhett

dhett

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

New Licenses


  • KKRP-LD 13.x (21) St. George UT (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) requested and has been granted a license to cover its displacement construction permit to move to an in-core channel with an antenna change. Technical specifications: Ch 21; TL 37° 3' 49" N, 113° 34' 24" W (Webb Hill); ERP 0.3 kW non-directional; HAAT 52 m.
  • K43CC-D 13.x (25) Santa Clara UT (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) has requested a license to cover its displacement construction permit to move to an in-core channel. When licensed, its new call sign will be K25PA-D. Technical specifications: Ch 25; TL 37° 9' 19" N, 113° 53' 0" W (West Mountain Peak); ERP 0.3 kW directional; HAAT 1109 m.

Programming Changes


  • KTVK 3.x (24) Phoenix (KPHO Broadcasting Corporation) has placed This TV on channel 3.4, moving Weather Now to channel 3.5.
  • KTAZ 39.x (29) Phoenix (NBC Telemundo License LLC) has begun airing Lx programming on channel 39.4.
  • KHRR 40.x (16) Tucson (NBC Telemundo License LLC) has begun airing Lx programming on channel 40.3.
  • KTVP-LD 23.x Phoenix (HC2 Station Group LLC) has added classic TV shows on channel 23.3. Although great to see classic shows from the 1950s and 1960s, content is lacking and I've seen the same two episodes of Bonanza on consecutive nights.
  • KPHE-LD 44.x Pheonix (Lotus TV of Phoenix) has changed channel 44.3 to NewsNet. The ONTV4U infomercials formerly on channel 44.3 have moved to channel 44.6.
  • K18JL-D 22.x Phoenix (HC2 Station Group LLC) has replaced Shop LC (the Liquidation Channel) on channel 22.4 with color bars.
  • K14RK-D 38.x Phoenix (Spanish Independent Broadcast Network Inc.) has replaced ShopHQ (f.k.a. Evine) with a blank screen.
  • KSNV 3.x (22) Las Vegas NV (KUPN Licensee LLC) has begun hosting one subchannel from co-owned KVCW, allowing KVCW to convert to NextGen operations. In addition to its own four subchannels, KSNV is now hosting KVCW's MyNetwork TV programming using virtual channel 33.2.
  • KLAS-TV 8.x (7) Las Vegas NV (Nexstar Broadcasting Inc.) has begun hosting three subchannels from KVCW, allowing KVCW to convert to NextGen operations. In addition to its own four subchannels, KLAS is now hosting KVCW's TBD, This TV and Comet TV programming using virtual channels 33.3, 33.4 and 33.5, respectively.
  • KTNV-TV 13.x Las Vegas NV (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) has begun hosting one subchannel from KVCW, allowing KVCW to convert to NextGen operations. In addition to its own four subchannels, KSNV is now hosting KVCW's CW programming using virtual channel 33.1.
  • KBLR 39.x (20) Paradise NV (Telemundo Las Vegas License LLC) has begun airing Lx programming on channel 39.3.
  • KHDF-CD 19.x Las Vegas NV (HC2 Station Group LLC) has changed channel 19.4 from 3ABN to infomercials.
  • KGNG-LD 26.x Las Vegas NV (King Kong Broadcasting LLC) has stopped broadcasting TalkRW on channel 26.11.
  • K36NE-D 43.x Las Veas NV (HC2 Station Group LLC) has changed channel 43.5 to the infomercial/Classic TV mix found on other HC2 stations.

Transactions


  • KYMA-DT 13.x Yuma (Blackhawk Broadcasting LLC) has filed for an extension of consummation of its sale to Terrier Media Buyer Inc.

Construction Permits and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) Granted


  • KDTP 11.x Holbrook (Community Television Educators, Inc.) has been granted a construction permit to maximize power from a location on the Mogollon Rim. Technical specifications: Ch 11; TL 34° 23' 19" N, 110° 59' 39" W (Bennett Butler Tank); ERP 160 kW non-directional; HAAT 54 m.
  • K16BP-D Cottonwood (Fox Television Stations LLC) requested and been granted a modification to its January 2020 construction permit, allowing it to change antennas. The station had completed work on the January construction permit and went live, then discovered that the new facility was not performing as expected, prompting several viewers to complain about a loss of service. Technical specifications: Ch 16; TL 34° 41' 13" N, 112° 7' 2" W (Mingus Mtn.); ERP 15 kW directional (2° electrical beam tilt); HAAT 777 m.
  • K16BP-D Cottonwood (Fox Television Stations LLC) requested and been granted an STA on its January 2020 construction permit, allowing it to change antennas. The station later requested and was approved for a modification to the construction permit with the same changes as in this STA. Technical specifications: Ch 16; TL 34° 41' 13" N, 112° 7' 2" W (Mingus Mtn.); ERP 15 kW directional (2° electrical beam tilt); HAAT 777 m.
  • K19CX Yuma (Arizona Board of Regents FBO ASU) was granted a construction permit to move to the next adjacent tower, about 100' north of its current tower, and to flash cut to digital operations. Technical specifications: Ch 19; TL 32° 40' 12" N, 114° 20' 8" W (Telegraph Pass); ERP 1.8 kW directional; HAAT 352 m.
  • K19CX Yuma (Arizona Board of Regents for ASU) was granted an STA to allow it to flash cut to digital operations using its current analog facilities. Technical specifications: Ch 19; TL 32° 40' 11" N, 114° 20' 8" W (Telegraph Pass); ERP 1.86 kW directional; HAAT 348 m.
  • K36AE-D Cottonwood (Fox Television Stations LLC) requested and been granted a modification to its January 2020 construction permit, allowing it to change antennas. The station had completed work on the January construction permit and went live, then discovered that the new facility was not performing as expected, prompting several viewers to complain about a loss of service. Technical specifications: Ch 36; TL 34° 41' 13" N, 112° 7' 2" W (Mingus Mtn.); ERP 15 kW directional (2° electrical beam tilt); HAAT 777 m.

Construction Permits and STAs Requested


  • K36AE-D Cottonwood (Fox Television Stations LLC) has requested an STA on its January 2020 construction permit, allowing it to change antennas. The station later requested and was approved for a modification to the construction permit with the same changes as in this STA, rendering this STA moot. Technical specifications: Ch 16; TL 34° 41' 13" N, 112° 7' 2" W (Mingus Mtn.); ERP 15 kW directional (2° electrical beam tilt); HAAT 777 m.
  • KMCC 34.x (32) Laughlin NV (Ion Television License LLC) has requested an STA to operate at variance to its license at its Dolan Springs site (site 1) due to systemic problems. The inductive output tube (IOT) has experienced mechanical failure and the site had gone off the air. Ion Television engineers have been able to get the station back to 50% power and have obtained recycled replacement parts for the obsolete tube from a decommissioned transmitter at another location and is looking at several replacement options that will allow the station to operate at 100% from the site.

Expired, Expiring, Canceled and Dismissed


  • The FCC has dismissed a minor modification request filed by KJPO-LP 49 Parker (Hispanic Christian Community Network Inc.). The station no longer claims to broadcast in analog, no longer claims to broadcast from Parker, and can no longer broadcast on channel 49. The application has been superseded by more recent requests.

NextGen TV


  • KVCW 33.x (29) Las Vegas NV (KUPN Licensee LLC) has converted to NextGen (ATSC 3.0) operation. In addition to airing its own signal, it serves as host for the following stations:
    • KSNV 3.x Las Vegas NV (KUPN Licensee LLC)
    • KLAS-TV 8.x Las Vegas NV (Nexstar Broadcasting Inc.)
    • KTNV-TV 13.x Las Vegas NV (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)

Notices


  • KTTU 18.x (19) Tucson (KTTU-TV Inc.) has notified the FCC that it has been forced to reduce its power to 1 kW due to a malfunctioning IOT. There is no timetable for restoration of the full power signal.

Channel Lineups

Phoenix Metro Area


  • KTVK 3.x (24) (KPHO Broadcasting Corporation)
    • 3.1 Independent
    • 3.2 Comet
    • 3.3 Circle TV
    • 3.4 This TV
    • 3.5 Weather Now
  • KPHO 5.x (17) (KPHO Broadcasting Corporation)
    • 5.1 CBS
    • 5.2 Cozi TV
    • 5.3 DABL
  • KAZT-CD 7.x (36) (KAZT LLC)
    • 7.1 Independent
    • 7.2 MeTV
    • 7.3 HSN
    • 7.4 Charge!
  • KAET 8.x (Arizona Board of Regents for ASU)
    • 8.1 PBS
    • 8.2 Eight Live
    • 8.3 World
    • 8.4 PBS Kids
    • 8.5 PBS Classical //KBAQ-FM
  • KSAZ-TV 10.x (NW Communications of Phoenix LLC)
    • 10.1 Fox
    • 10.3 Heroes & Icons
    • 10.4 Light TV
  • KPNX 12.x Mesa (Multimedia Holdings Corporation)
    • 12.1 NBC
    • 12.2 Weather Plus
    • 12.3 Justice Channel
    • 12.4 Quest
    • 35.3 Get TV
  • KNXV-TV 15.x (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)
    • 15.1 ABC
    • 15.2 Antenna TV
    • 15.3 Laff
    • 15.4 Court TV
    • 35.4 Court TV Mystery
  • KGRF-LD 19.x Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications LLC)
    • 19.1 FNX
  • KPAZ-TV 21.x (20) (Trinity Broadcasting of Arizona Inc.)
    • 21.1 TBN
    • 21.2 Hillsong Channel
    • 21.3 Smile
    • 21.4 Enlace
    • 21.5 Positiv TV
  • K18JL-D 22.x (HC2 LPTV Holdings Inc.)
    • 22.1 Good News TV
    • 22.2 Good News TV Latino
    • 22.3 SBN
    • 22.4 Color bars
    • 22.5 Blank screen
    • 22.6 Color bars
    • 22.7 Revenue Frontier
  • KTVP-LD 23.x (HC2 LPTV Holdings Inc.)
    • 23.1 OnTV4U
    • 23.2 Infomercials
    • 23.3 Infomercials/Classic TV
  • KGRQ-LD 29.x (21) Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications LLC)
    • 29.1 FNX
  • KTVW-DT 33.x (KTVW License Partnership GP)
    • 33.1 Univision
    • 33.2 Unimas
    • 33.3 Grit
    • 33.4 Bounce
    • 35.1 Unimas
  • KFPH-CD 35.x (Unimas Partnership of Phoenix) ATSC 3.0
    • 3.1 Independent
    • 5.1 CBS
    • 33.1 Univision
    • 35.1 Unimas
  • K14RK-D 38.x (Spanish Independent Broadcast Network LLC)
    • 38.1 RitmoVision
    • 38.2 Blank screen
    • 38.3 Alpha Musica de Fe
    • 38.4 Blank screen
    • 38.5 Infomercials
    • 38.6 Retro TV
    • 38.7 Rev'n
  • KTAZ 39.x (29) (NBC Telemundo License LLC)
    • 39.1 Telemundo
    • 39.2 TeleXitos
    • 39.3 Cozi TV
    • 39.4 Lx
  • KEJR-LD 40.x (32) (HC2 Station Group Inc.)
    • 40.1 Azteca America
  • KPDF-CD 41.x (22) (HC2 Station Group Inc.)
    • 41.1 Canal de la Fe
    • 41.2 Mision TV
    • 41.3 ESNE
    • 41.4 QVC
    • 41.5 OnTV4U
    • 41.6 Infomercials/Classic TV
  • KVPA-LD 42.x (34) (KRCA License LLC)
    • 42.1 Estrella TV
    • 42.4 ShopLC
  • KPHE-LD 44.x (16) (Lotus TV oF Phoenix LLC)
    • 44.1 LATV
    • 44.2 Telemax
    • 44.3 NewsNet
    • 44.4 JTV
    • 44.5 ONTV4U
    • 44.6 ONTV4U
  • KUTP 45.x (26) (Fox Television Stations LLC)
    • 10.2 Fox
    • 45.1 My Network TV
    • 45.2 Movies!
    • 45.3 Buzzr
    • 45.4 Decades
    • 45.5 Start TV
  • KFPB-LD 50.x (25) (Globe LPTV LLC)
    • 50.1 Nuestra Vision
    • 50.2 Infomercials
    • 50.3 This TV
    • 50.4 SBN
    • 50.5 Blank screen
    • 50.6 Stadium
    • 50.7 TBD
    • 50.8 Blue screen
  • KPPX-TV 51.x (31) Tolleson (Ion Media Phoenix License LP)
    • 51.1 Ion
    • 51.2 qubo
    • 51.3 Ion Plus
    • 51.4 Shop TV
    • 51.5 QVC
  • KASW 61.x (27) (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)
    • 61.1 CW
    • 61.2 HSN
    • 61.3 Grit
    • 61.4 Court TV Mystery
 
KASW 61.x (27) is running a crawl notifying viewers to rescan June 29. The station be moving its programming to other channels so that it can transition to NextGen TV.
 
Well, it looks like Ch. 14/38 is continuing its justified downward spiral. Not good.

They now have two blank screens as "content" in under a year. Congratulations!

Clearly, Q & H's recent "projects" since June 2019 have failed miserably, and they have nobody to blame but themselves. :rolleyes:



Quick questions d:

1. How are you able to obtain all of these station updates?

2. Do you think the majority of the stations above are aware of this site? Just curious. :cool:
 
The Media Observer said:
Quick questions d:

1. How are you able to obtain all of these station updates?

2. Do you think the majority of the stations above are aware of this site? Just curious. :cool:
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1. I get my license and technical information from FCC filings - mainly from the FCC Licensing and Management System. The programming information comes from my own observation, and from people in Tucson and Las Vegas who post their observations on RadioDiscussions and elsewhere. When I started, I would regularly drive all over AZ to make observations, but now, life changes have me more dependent on others' observations.

2. I post these updates here and on RabbitEars, and I'm sure engineers at most stations are aware of at least one of these sites. I have been contacted a couple of times by station personnel as a result of things I have written.
 
dhett said:
1. I get my license and technical information from FCC filings - mainly from the FCC Licensing and Management System. The programming information comes from my own observation, and from people in Tucson and Las Vegas who post their observations on RadioDiscussions and elsewhere. When I started, I would regularly drive all over AZ to make observations, but now, life changes have me more dependent on others' observations.

2. I post these updates here and on RabbitEars, and I'm sure engineers at most stations are aware of at least one of these sites. I have been contacted a couple of times by station personnel as a result of things I have written.
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Interesting. Thanks for responding. :cool:


Regarding my second question, yes, I also agree that many stations are aware of this site, more than some people realize.

Some of the so-called "hobbyists" here have worked (or currently work) in media, so it's not like there isn't any objective commentary posted. This site is definitely a valuable public service to broadcasters everywhere.
 
dhett said:
KASW 61.x (27) is running a crawl notifying viewers to rescan June 29. The station be moving its programming to other channels so that it can transition to NextGen TV.
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Apparently they scaled back their DTS plans to drop the San Tan Valley and Gila Bend sites, too. Just Shaw Butte and the main. Probably a COVID cutback, I'm imagining.
 
While Northern Arizona may not yet be upgrading to Next Gen broadcast, the changes down in Phoenix
have affected us here. We are often getting "ghost" virtual channels. For example, my sets indicated
their tuners were receiving 15.6, 15.7, 15.8, and 15.9 recently. No audio or video on any of those.
Rescans are the order of the day.
 
I thought ATSC 3.0 was going to bring high-VHF and UHF signals back to parity.

I guess Channel 12's revenue has been hit that hard that they feel they need to do something now instead of wait when/if ATSC 3.0 becomes successful.
 
KeithE4 said:
Why in the world didn't they just stay on Channel 36 back in 2009? Same goes for KSAZ on 31 and KAET on 29, for that matter?
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Prior to the 2009 DTV transition, engineers thought VHF was going to be better for digital TV than UHF. In fact, VHF is worse in the digital era than UHF was in the analog days.
 
EricStein said:
I thought ATSC 3.0 was going to bring high-VHF and UHF signals back to parity.

I guess Channel 12's revenue has been hit that hard that they feel they need to do something now instead of wait when/if ATSC 3.0 becomes successful.
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The second phase of 3.0 testing begins Monday, COVID permitting, when Scripps converts their KASW RF 27 transmitter to the new format. CW programming is moving to Channel 15, but I don't know if the PSIP will be 61.1 or 15.x, what with the KASW license still being used for the Channel 27 transmitter. IIRC, the KASW subchannels will be divided between Channels 10 and 15. Correct me if I'm wrong there.

It would make sense for Tegna to keep the Channel 12 transmitter operable and use it as a VHF test bed for 3.0 after they move KPNX to 18, but I don't know if such a deal is possible.
 
KeithE4 said:
CW programming is moving to Channel 15, but I don't know if the PSIP will be 61.1 or 15.x, what with the KASW license still being used for the Channel 27 transmitter.
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All PSIPs will remain unchanged, just as KFPH's did. CW will continue to be 61.1, HSN 61.2, Grit 61.3 and Court TV Mystery 61.4.

KeithE4 said:
It would make sense for Tegna to keep the Channel 12 transmitter operable and use it as a VHF test bed for 3.0 after they move KPNX to 18, but I don't know if such a deal is possible.
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The FCC did allow Sinclair to use vacant RF channel 33 for testing, but Sinclair surrendered the channel before going live with NextGen TV on RF channel 29. Given the FCC's stance that stations would not be able to use companion channels for NextGen TV, it seems unlikely that they would allow Tegna the continued use of RF channel 12.

If the FCC approves Tegna's request to move to RF channel 18, HC2's K18JL-D (22.x) will have to find another frequency, and VHF is all that's left out there.
 
dhett said:
All PSIPs will remain unchanged, just as KFPH's did. CW will continue to be 61.1, HSN 61.2, Grit 61.3 and Court TV Mystery 61.4.
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Grit is on 61.5 and Mystery is on 61.6. My TVs don't show RF channels, so I have to guess that they're all on RF 15.
 
JeffGAz said:
My Tivo Scan shows 61.1 on 15, 61.2 on 10, 61.3/61.5 on 10, 61.4/61.6 on 10.
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That explains why some of my TVs only pick up 61.1. The other subs only are available on those TVs that can receive KSAZ on VHF 10 (as opposed to 10.2, which is KUTP RF 26). Makes sense now.
 
KPNX moving to Rf 18 will require K18DD-D a religious station atop Mingus Mtn to move.
Hopefully, it will move to low VHF, where no one can really watch it.
 
TrelDad said:
Is a new RF channel being set up to replace the service on RF 34?
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Rescan your TVs. 61.1 is now piggybacked onto Channel 15. The subchannels are now being carried on Channel 10. Should be the case for translators as well. I don't know if the former KASW translators will be used for ATSC 3.0.
 
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