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Arizona TV Station Update - June 2021

dhett

dhett

Wishing all a happy Independence Day!!

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

New Licenses

  • KJPO-LD 25.x Tonopah (Iglesia Manmin Toda la Creacion USA Inc.) requested and was granted a license to cover its displacement construction permit. Technical specifications: Ch 25; TL 33° 31' 55" N, 113° 6' 32" W (Burnt Mtn.); ERP 15 H kW non-directional; HAAT 118 m.
  • K16BP-D 45.x Cottonwood (Fox Television Stations LLC) requested and was granted a license to cover its construction permit, as amended, to co-locate with K36AE-D. Technical specifications: Ch 16; TL 34° 41' 13" N, 112° 7' 2" W (Mingus Mtn.); ERP 15 kW H directional (2° elec beam tilt); HAAT 777 m (2549 ft).
  • K36AE-D 10.x Clarkdale (NW Communications of Phoenix Inc.) requested and was granted a license to cover its construction permit, as amended, to correct height and coordinates, and change to a broadband antenna that can also accommodate K16BP-D. Technical specifications: Ch 16; TL 34° 41' 13" N, 112° 7' 2" W (Mingus Mtn.); ERP 15 kW H directional (2° elec beam tilt); HAAT 777 m (2549 ft).

Programming Changes

  • KNXV-TV 15.x Phoenix (Scripps Broadcast Holdings LLC) has replaced Court TV on channel 15.4 with QVC.
  • KPPX-TV 51.x (31) Tolleson (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC) has replaced QVC on channel 51.5 with Defy TV, has added TrueReal on channel 51.6 and has added Grit on channel 51.7.
  • KWBA-TV 58.x (21) Sierra Vista (Scripps Broadcast Holdings LLC) has added Defy TV on channel 58.5 and TrueReal on channel 58.6.
  • K18JL-D 22.x Phoenix (HC2 LPTV Holdings Inc.) is silent.
  • KMCC 34.x (32) Laughlin NV (Ion Television License LLC) has added Defy TV on channel 34.5 and has replaced HSN on channel 34.6 with TrueReal.

Transactions

  • KDPH-LD 48.x (13) Phoenix (Community Television Educators Inc.) has been approved by the FCC to be assigned to Word of God Fellowship Inc., Daystar's commercial licensee, without compensation. The transaction has been consummated.
  • KDLU-LD 13.x (26) St. George UT (CCR-St. George IV LLC) has been approved by the FCC to be assigned to Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC), The transaction has not yet been consummated.
  • KVBT-LD 13.x (41) Santa Clara UT (CCR-St. George IV LLC) has been approved by the FCC to be assigned to Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC), The transaction has not yet been consummated.

Construction Permits and Special Temporary Authorization (STA) Requests Granted

  • K18JL-D 22.x Phoenix (HC2 LPTV Holdings Inc.) requested and has been granted a displacement construction permit. When licensed, its call sign will be K12XP-D. Technical specifications: Ch 12; TL 33° 19' 57" N, 112° 3' 59" W (South Mtn.); ERP 3 kW H (1.3° elec beam tilt); HAAT 465 m (1525 ft).
  • K19CX-D 8.x Yuma (AZ Board of Regents for ASU) has been granted a modification to its construction permit, allowing the station to be built on a different tower than previously approved. Technical specifications: Ch 19; TL 32° 40' 25" N, 114° 20' 12" W (Telegraph Pass); ERP 1.8 kW H directional; HAAT 393 m (1289 ft).
  • K30QT-D Parker (Landover 2 LLC) has been granted an extension of its construction permit, until January 10, 2022. Technical specifications: Ch 30; TL: 33° 40' 4" N, 114° 3' 31" W (Guadalupe Peak); ERP 1 kW H non-directional; HAAT 317 m (1040 ft).
  • K48NJ-D Needles CA (Good News Broadcasting Network, Inc.) has been granted a modification to its construction permit to change to a channel below the 600 MHz band. When completed, its new call sign will be K26PR-D. Technical specifications: Ch 26; TL 34° 49' 43" N, 114° 36' 41" W (Needles SDA Church); ERP 15 kW H directional (1.75° elec beam tilt, 3.1° mech beam tilt @ 300°); HAAT -67 m (-220 ft) (23 m [75 ft] AGL).

Construction Permits and STA Requests Requested

  • K18JL-D 22.x Phoenix (HC2 LPTV Holdings Inc.) has requested Silence STA. The station has been displaced by KPNX Mesa, which intends to commence operations on RF channel 18 on July 8.
  • K23HB Flagstaff (Prism Broadcasting Network Inc.) has requested an extension of it construction permit to flash cut to digital, citing medical conditions with the owner, and COVID-related delays in getting equipment from the manufacturers.
  • K42IQ-D Flagstaff (Edge Spectrum Inc.) has requested an extension of its Silence STA, first filed in July 2020. Edge Spectrum had not filed for the extension in January 2021, so this extension request was from January 25 through July 2. K42IQ-D has also filed for a waiver of 47USC 312(g), allowing it to remain silent for more than a year. Edge Spectrum is trying to implement ATSC 3.0 on all of its stations and it would make no sense to build out the repacked station on RF channel 21 in ATSC 1.0, only to have to spend more money to convert to ATSC 3.0.
  • K42LS-D Yuma (Jose Rivera Miramontes) has requested to move to an in-core channel and to relocate to a new tower in the same electronics site. The 15 kW ERP requested seems to be at odds with a 1.8 kW ERP lTechnical specifications: Ch 31; TL 32° 40' 21" N, 114° 20' 10" W (Telegraph Pass); ERP 15 W H directional (0.25° elec beam tilt); HAAT 400 m (1312 ft).
  • KMYU 12.x (9) St. George UT (KUTV License LLC) has requested a construction permit to move to the UHF band. Technical specifications: Ch 21; TL 37° 3' 48" N, 113° 34' 26" (Webb Hill); ERP 250 kW H / 130 kW V non-directional (0.8° elec beam tilt); HAAT 43 m (141 ft).
  • KGHD-LP 6 Las Vegas NV (Obidia Porras) has requested a construction permit to flash cut to digital, and, if granted, an extension of the construction permit until January 10, 2022. Technical specifications: Ch 6; TL 35° 56' 46" N, 115° 2' 37" W (Arden Peak); ERP 3 kW H directional; HAAT 571 m (1873 ft).
  • K17JQ St. George UT (Edge Spectrum Inc.) has requested an extension to its construction permit.

Canceled, Denied, Dismissed, Expired or Expiring

  • The following stations have been notified by the FCC that they have not filed for a digital construction permit and that if no action is taken, their licenses will expire at 11:59 PM local time, July 13, 2021:
    • KCOS-LP 28 Phoenix (Aracelis Ortiz)
    • KWKM-LP 10 Show Low (KM Communications Inc.)
    • KWSJ-LP 12 Snowflake (KM Communications Inc.)
    • KYPO-LP 27 Tacna (LMO Christian Media Inc.)
    • K10IN Chinle (Hearst Properties Inc.)
    • K17CM Duncan (Gospel Light Broadcasting Inc.)
    • K20IA Prescott (Martin Weiss)
    • K25AL Lake Havasu City (Lake Havasu Christian Television)
    • K28FM Yuma (Broadcast Group Ltd.)
    • K35FH Flagstaff (Jerry Marth)
    • K07SC Hildale UT (KUTV Licensee LLC)
    • K07ZF Calexico CA (Broadcast Group Ltd.)
    • K24FA Blythe CA (Palo Verde Valley TV Club Inc.)
    • K26FS Blythe CA (Palo Verde Valley TV Club Inc.)
    • K29EC Blythe CA (Palo Verde Valley TV Club Inc.)
    • K31FE Blythe CA (Palo Verde Valley TV Club Inc.)
    • K33FD Blythe CA (Palo Verde Valley TV Club Inc.)

NextGen TV

  • KTVK 3.x (24) Phoenix (KPHO Broadcasting Corporation) requested and has been granted approval to commence ATSC 3.0 operations hosted by KFPH-CD on July 8.
  • KPHO-TV 5.x (17) Phoenix (KPHO Broadcasting Corporation) requested and has been granted approval to switch hosts for its ATSC 3.0 operations. KPHO is planning to move from KFPH-CD to KASW on July 8.
  • KPNX-TV 12.x Mesa (Multimedia Holdings Corporation) requested and has been granted approval to switch hosts for its ATSC 3.0 operations. KPNX is planning to move from KFPH-CD to KASW on July 8.
  • KNXV-TV 15.x Phoenix (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) requested and has been granted approval to license its ATSC 3.0 programming stream separately as KNXV-TV, and not as a multicast stream of KASW.
  • KASW 61.x (27) Phoenix (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) requested and has been granted a Legal STA to move two of its non-primary ATSC 1.0 programming streams to other hosts on July 8. Grit 61.2 will move to KPNX RF channel 18 and Court TV Mystery 61.3 will move to KTVK RF channel 24. HSN 61.4 will remain on KSAZ-TV RF channel 10.
 
K07ZF is a very dead duck. It was last useful in the 2013–15 period when XHILA had shut down analog but not the other Mexicali stations. And the SPR just got awarded RF 7 for Mexicali. Similarly, K28FM was replaced by K33MD-D, and TV Azteca has an RF 28 transmitter in Mexicali with a co-channel booster in San Luis Río Colorado.

K07SC was replaced by K08PC-D. K10IN...I think the intent is to have K36JX-D cover Chinle, but it doesn't, and in any event it was the last TV translator to be licensed to Chinle itself.

K17CM should have expired last cycle. Dunno why it didn't. There is a lot of dead wood that will be cleared out of FCC records (stations like that, KCOS-LP which has been known to be disconnected and dead) with this shutdown.
 
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As is K28FM and all of the **PO LPTV stations. LPTV licensees have been making a mockery of the FCC for years. KGRY-LD had to jump through hoops to get authorized for ch 28 in Phoenix, due to long-dead KCOS-LP.
 
dhett said:
As is K28FM and all of the **PO LPTV stations. LPTV licensees have been making a mockery of the FCC for years. KGRY-LD had to jump through hoops to get authorized for ch 28 in Phoenix, due to long-dead KCOS-LP.
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Speaking of KGRY-LD, they have commenced broadcasts from South Mountain. The PSIP shows "KGRQ-LD," but it is on RF 28. The lip sync has been off on the programs though.
 
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