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Arizona TV station update - April 2008

dhett

dhett

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

New license

  • KUTP-DT has applied for a license to cover its pre-transition DTV facilities on channel 26.
  • K30ES Globe (Globe LPTV) has applied for a license to cover construction of its facilities on Usery Mountain in Mesa, completing its move from Globe to the Phoenix metro area. I have not seen a signal from it.

Silent station

  • KCOS-LP 28 Phoenix (Aracelis Ortiz Corporation) is silent. With K30ES and K57HX also silent, no signals from Usery Mountain are broadcasting.

Transactions

  • The FCC has approved the restructuring of ownership of the Univision and Telefutura stations in Arizona. KTVW-CA 6 Doney Park/Flagstaff, KDOS-LP 50 Globe and KZOL-LP 15 Safford are all repeaters of and under the same licensee as KTVW-TV 33 Phoenix, KTVW License Partnership. KUVE-CA 38 Tucson is a repeater of and under the same license as KUVE-TV 46 Green Valley, Univision Tucson LLC. KFPH-TV 13 Flagstaff and KFTU-TV 3 Douglas are each under their own licensees, Telefutura Partnership of Flagstaff and Douglas, respectively. KFPH-CA 35 Phoenix, K16FB Globe and K21GC Safford are under the same licensee, Telefutura Partnership of Phoenix. KFTU-CA and K48GX are under the same licensee, Telefutura Partnership of Tucson.
  • K53JA Flagstaff (Howard Mintz), a construction permit, is to be sold to EICB-TV East, along with 20 other LPTV stations the Mintz family owns. EICB - Excellence In Christian Broadcasting - programs their stations mostly with Christian and family fare, both in English and in Spanish. An Almavision station in the future, perhaps? The sale is pending approval from the FCC.
  • The sale of KMOH-TV 6 Kingman to Hero LicenseCo has been consummated.
  • The transfer of K33CG Sierra Vista from Richard Richards to his daughter, Florida Mae Balfour, has been consummated

New construction permits

  • KNAZ-TV 2 Flagstaff (Multimedia Holdings) has been granted a construction permit for its post-transition facilities.

Special temporary authorizations granted

  • KPHE-LP 44 Phoenix (Lotus TV of Phoenix) has been granted STA to continue operations at 150 kW.

Applications not yet granted

  • KWTA-LP 31 Tucson (Venture Technologies Group) has applied for authorization to flash cut to digital on its current analog channel. I suppose that means it will not be moving its facilities to channel 51, for which it had recently been granted a construction permit.
  • KSAZ-TV 10 Phoenix (KSAZ License) has submitted an application for its post-transition DTV facilities. Ch: 10; TL: 33-20-3 N, 112-3-43 W; HAAT: 558 m; ERP: 20 kW
  • K44BB Window Rock (The Navajo Nation) has applied for a transmitter location change. The new location is to be in Window Rock, near the airport, and will serve more of the town. Although I have never been able to receive the station, it is supposed to be a repeater for KNME 5 Albuquerque.
 
dhett said:
Silent station

  • KCOS-LP 28 Phoenix (Aracelis Ortiz Corporation) is silent. With K30ES and K57HX also silent, no signals from Usery Mountain are broadcasting.
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The station is back on the air. K30ES and K57HX are still silent.
 
dhett said:
dhett said:
Silent station

  • KCOS-LP 28 Phoenix (Aracelis Ortiz Corporation) is silent. With K30ES and K57HX also silent, no signals from Usery Mountain are broadcasting.
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The station is back on the air. K30ES and K57HX are still silent.
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K57HX was operating the last time I checked, but that was early April.

In other news, KVPA-LP 42 has been off the air for a few days now. I'm not sure if it's technical problems or if they shut down completely. The busy signals I got on their voice and fax numbers tell me that they've closed shop, but who knows.
 
I saw your note from 4/9/08 on the March update, saying K57HX was back up, yet the next night, I had them off again. They were also off on 4/30, which is why I reported them as silent, but last Sunday, they were back up.

I noticed last night that KVPA was off. I sent an e-mail inquiry to Lat TV requesting status. They've always been good about answering.

Also, K25DM doesn't use the "My2Fish" name anywhere in its programming anymore, and KWTA-LP 31 Tucson is listed as "Licensed and Silent". They are confirmed off the air.
 
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