Arizona TV station update - January 2008

[dhett]

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

New licenses

• KUVE-TV 46.1 (47) Green Valley (Univision) was granted a license to cover the construction of their DTV station on channel 47.

New programming

• K25DM Phoenix (Mako Communications) has replaced Retro Jams with a music video service called My2Fish. I cannot find any information about the service.

Digital transition

• KAZT-CA 27 Phoenix (Londen Group) has transitioned to digital, shutting off its analog facilities on channel 27. The station IDs as 7.1 and continues to rebroadcast KAZT-TV 7 Prescott. The same signal is broadcast on channel 7.2, pending future addition of Retro Television Network on that subchannel. The rumored launch of Bohemia Visual Music on channel 7.3 seems to have been a false rumor.

Transactions

• Bela, owner of KMOH-TV 6 Kingman and KEJR-LP 43 Phoenix, has agreed to sell the stations, along with KBEH 63 Oxnard CA, to Hero Broadcasting LLC. Hero is essentially a new owner partnership, as Robert Behar serves as President of each entity.
• The transfer of control of ION network stations, including KPPX 51 Phoenix, from Paxson Management Group to CIG Media, has been consummated.

New construction permits

• KNXV-TV 15 Phoenix (Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company) has been granted permission to replace their analog-only transmitter with a dual analog/digital transmitter, reducing their analog ERP from 1070 kW to 750 kW.
• K25DM Phoenix (Mako Communications) has been granted a displacement construction permit to move to channel 6. When licensed, the station's new callsign will be K06OX. I assume that this will override the construction permit that they already received to build a digital companion to KTVP-LP on channel 6.

Applications not yet granted

• KNXV-TV 15 Phoenix (Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company) has filed for a license to cover the modifications to its broadcast facilities.
• K53GM Williams-Ash Fork (Belo/KTVK) has requested a displacement permit to move from channel 53 to channel 15.
• K54GI Flagstaff (Belo/KTVK) has requested a displacement permit to move from channel 54 to channel 17.
• K57BO Globe-Miami (Belo/KTVK) has requested a displacement permit to move from channel 57 to channel 14.

Applications dismissed

• An application by Fiberlessnet to build a LPTV station serving Littlefield on channel 39 has once again been dismissed. It had been dismissed in January 2007, but was granted reconsideration in April.
• An application by Fiberlessnet to build a LPTV station serving Peach Springs on channel 46 has once again been dismissed. It had been dismissed in January 2007, but was granted reconsideration in April.

License renewals

• KVYE-TV 7 El Centro CA (Entravision) has been granted renewal of its license.
• K16DS St. George UT (Broadcast West) has been granted renewal of its license.

 

[TexasTom]

• K25DM Phoenix (Mako Communications) has replaced Retro Jams with a music video service called My2Fish. I cannot find any information about the service.

What type of music is this service offering?

 

[EricStein]

• K25DM Phoenix (Mako Communications) has replaced Retro Jams with a music video service called My2Fish. I cannot find any information about the service.

What type of music is this service offering?

A couple KORN videos; a couple J. Holiday videos, a couple here and there from Common and Mary J. Blige. Not that many in rotation to be exact. But, they're main goal is to sell ringtones. (since they put a note next to the video which says "text XXX to this number to buy the ringtone" next to the videos).

 

[dhett]

Addition under new programming - discussed in earlier thread:

• KNXV-TV 15 Phoenix (Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company) has added a new travel service called goAZ.TV on channel 15.2, replacing their SDTV simulcast.

 

[EricStein]

As for their proposed Channel 6 signal to displace K25DM, it will be directional to point toward North Scottsdale and Central Phoenix, and not much else. This is to protect KUAT-TV and KMOH-TV, which if the digital transition goes as planned, will be off the air in almost a year. Some of the Channel 25 interference may go away then when KAZT Prescott moves its digital operations to its current analog Channel 7. So, what makes more sense, losing some of its coverage area by moving, or bear with the interference (which is not bad if you live in the line of sight from Shaw Butte) from same-channel DTV's 100 miles away?

 

[dhett]

• K25DM Phoenix (Mako Communications) has replaced Retro Jams with a music video service called My2Fish. I cannot find any information about the service.

What type of music is this service offering?

A couple KORN videos; a couple J. Holiday videos, a couple here and there from Common and Mary J. Blige. Not that many in rotation to be exact. But, they're main goal is to sell ringtones. (since they put a note next to the video which says "text XXX to this number to buy the ringtone" next to the videos).

I am not able to receive this station from my part of the Valley, but it doesn't surprise me that Mako would be airing such programming. Mako Communications, Amanda Orrick Mintz, Michael Mintz, Lawrence Howard Mintz, Howard Mintz, and the rest of the Mintz clan (it's all the same company) invest in LPTV stations all over and pretty much lease them out to whomever. They're the primary affiliate of Lat TV in Texas, they have My2Fish and Almavision stations in Phoenix, plus, I'm sure, a whole lot more affiliations.