As always, questions, additions, comments and corrections welcome.
New licenses
Returned to air
Silent stations
Construction permits granted
Proposed construction permits
Expired construction permits
Station sales
Applications filed but not yet approved
Applications dismissed
DTV status updates
Special Temporary Authorizations (STA)
Channel auctions for mutually exclusive proposals
The following applicants have been announced to go to auction 11/5/2008. The stations still can work out a mutually acceptable solution until 8/14.
Other station notes
New licenses
- KPCE-LP 29 Tucson (Word of God Fellowship [Daystar]) has been granted a license to cover construction of its new facilities at Towers Mtn. in Tucson and city of license change from Green Valley to Tucson.
- K30ES Globe (Globe LPTV) has been granted a license to cover construction of its new facilities at Usery Mtn. in Mesa. Despite its city of license and the name of the owner, the station doesn't come anywhere near to serving any part of Globe. Apparently, the FCC has no regulation for LPTV concerning how much of a station's city of license it must serve.
Returned to air
- After a long absence, KYUM-LP 2 Yuma (Centro Cristiano Vido Abundante) is back on air, once again broadcasting TeleVida Abundante (TVA) It's an analog signal that I think is broadcasting a digital satellite feed, but the station doesn't seem to have it quite tuned just right at this time. It looks like what you'd get with a fringe DTV signal.
Silent stations
- KVPA-LP 42 Phoenix (Latin America Broadcasting of Arizona) filed and was granted Special Temporary Authorization (STA) to remain silent.
Construction permits granted
- KTVW-TV 33.1 Phoenix (KTVW License Partnership [Univision]) has been granted permission to maximize post-transition DTV facilities.
- KNXV-TV 15.1 Phoenix (Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company) has been granted permission to maximize post-transition DTV facilities.
- K25HU Kingman (Gerald Benevides) has been granted permission to move its transmitter location from within the city of Kingman to the electronics site SE of Chloride, where it will serve Chloride and Golden Valley. Gerald Benevides is the owner of KVFW-LP in Dallas TX, so when the station ever does come on air, there's a good chance that it will be a Reino Unido station, rebroadcasting KVFW-LP.
- The FCC has granted an original construction permit to K20IA Prescott (Martin Weiss). Ch: 20; TL: 34-42-52 N, 112-31-33 W; ERP at horizon: 5 kW; Max ERP with beam tilt: 150 kW; HAAT: 113 m. Although licensed to Prescott, the transmitter site will be north of the city with its broadcast pattern to the north, east and west. The station should serve Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, far north Prescott near the airport, and Paulden. There's a very good chance that this CP will be converted to digital operations. The application had originally been dismissed, but was reopened in 2004 on request for reconsideration.
- KTNV 13.1 Las Vegas NV (Journal Broadcast Corporation) has been granted permission to maximize post-transition DTV facilities.
- KCSG 4.1 Cedar City UT (Southwest Media) has been granted permission to move the transmitter location and to reduce power for its post-transition facilities. The station will no longer serve any part of Arizona.
Proposed construction permits
- The FCC is prepared to grant a construction permit to K53JA Flagstaff (EICB-TV East) to move its transmitter to the Mt. Elden electronics site, to move to channel 42, and to operate in digital instead of analog. Petitions to deny are being accepted.
- The FCC is prepared to grant a construction permit to KKAX-LP 36 Hilltop/Kingman (Tri-State Broadcasting) to build a companion DTV channel on channel 38. The window is already closed to file petitions to deny. This application was in a mutually exclusive group but either settled with the other competing interests, or those dropped out.
- The FCC is prepared to grant a construction permit to KDPH-LP 48 Phoenix (Community Television Educators [Daystar]) to build a companion DTV channel on channel 46. The window is already closed to file petitions to deny. This application was mutually exclusive with an application from Una Vez Mas, but that application was dismissed due to Mexican objection.
Expired construction permits
- The original construction permit for KPDT-LP 41 (Word of God Fellowship [Daystar]) expired 7/27/2008. The station still has an LPDTV construction permit on channel 12 that is good through January 2010.
Station sales
- Latin America Broadcasting of Arizona has announced that KVPA-LP 42 Phoenix is in the process of being sold.
- The sale of KWBA 58 Sierra Vista to Journal Broadcast Corporation has been consummated.
- The FCC has approved the sale of K16DS Saint George UT from Broadcast West to Southwest Media. The sale has been consummated.
Applications filed but not yet approved
- KTAZ 39.1 Phoenix (NBC Telemundo) has requested to maximize facilities, raising post-transition ERP from 50 kW to 550 kW.
- KBFG-LP 51 Flagstaff (KM Communications) has applied to move its transmitter site from Bill Williams Mtn. outside of Williams to Mormon Mtn. SE of Flagstaff, to be co-located with approved KBFG-LD transmitter and with co-owned KCFG-DT facilities. It would reduce its ERP from 150 kW to 2.5 kW, and instead of coverage from Ash Fork to west Flagstaff in a bowtie pattern, it will have a narrower pattern serving just Lower Lake Mary and the outermost SE fringe of Flagstaff. The station's original analog CP expires on 8/17/2008, but the DTV companion channel CP doesn't expire until January 2010.
- K27IJ Tacna (Hispanic Christian Community Network) has corrected the coordinates of its construction permit, specifying a site near Vicksburg AZ instead of Orange County CA. The station's CP expires 8/16/2008.
- K55KC Quartzsite (Hispanic Christian Community Network) has corrected the coordinates of its construction permit, specifying a site near Salome AZ instead of Orange County CA. The station's CP expires 8/16/2008.
- KBLR 39.1 (40) Las Vegas NV (Telemundo Las Vegas License) has requested to maximize facilities, raising post-transition ERP from 230 kW to 1000 kW.
- K63HJ Laughlin NV (9th Island Broadcasting) has requested to lower its ERP, from 150 kW to 0.82 kW. At the old ERP, the station would have served the entire Mohave Valley. At the new ERP, it will just serve the casino district of Laughlin NV and the part of Bullhead City near the airport. It is also looking to change to a different antenna in the same area. The station's CP expires 8/19/2008.
Applications dismissed
- The FCC has dismissed the application of KVFA-LP 6 Yuma (KM Communications) to increase its ERP from 50 W to 1330 W, increasing its coverage from the area immediately north of the airport and Marine Corps Air Station, to covering all of Yuma and Winterhaven. No reason was given for dismissal, but Mexican objection due to proximity to XHAQ 5 Mexicali is likely, even though KM Communications showed that there would be no prohibited overlap.
- The FCC has dismissed an application filed by Pappas Telecasting to construct a new 9.6 kW low-power station on channel 15 to serve Yuma. No reason is given, but Mexican objection is probable due to proximity to adjacent channel XHBM 14 Mexicali. Either that, or the FCC understood that given the financial condition of Pappas Telecasting, there's no way they were going to build a new analog LPTV station that would eventually have to be converted to digital.
DTV status updates
- KUVE-TV 46.1 Tucson (Univision Tucson) has begun broadcasting notification of its September 1 analog shutdown. The station is awaiting grant of its application to maximize its signal and Mexican concurrence.
- KCFG 9.1 (32) Flagstaff (KM Communications) is awaiting action on its Petition for Rule Making that will allow it to change its post-transition channel to VHF channel 9.
- KSWT 13.1 (16) Yuma (Pappas Telecasting) is awaiting action on its Petition for Rule Making that will allow it to change its post-transition channel to VHF channel 13. It also states that it is awaiting permission to extend its CP to build full-power post-transition DTV facilities until 2/17/2009. The station was not among the twenty granted permission this month.
- KPPX 51 Tolleson (America 51 [ION]) reports that on 6/14/2008, it reduced power by 50%, from 4900 kW to 2450 kW, so that ION can move part of the transmitter to KPXG-DT in Salem OR. The power reduction is expected to cut off service to 0.08% of the population of roughly 4 million, or about 3200 people. Which begs the question: were the extra 3200 people really worth the cost of the extra power?
- KNAZ-TV 2.1 Flagstaff (Multimedia Holdings Corporation [Gannett]) explained its reasoning for requesting to change it post-transition election from channel 2 to pre-transition channel 22. The current channel 2 antenna is literally and slowly burning itself up and they may lose analog channel 2 completely in the near future. See details..
- KPNX 12.1 Mesa (Media Holdings Corporation [Gannett]) is awaiting authorization to maximize facilities and Mexican concurrence.
- KFPH-TV 13.1 Flagstaff (Telefutura Partnership of Flagstaff [Univision]) has begun broadcasting notification of its September 1 analog shutdown.
- KFTU-TV 3.1 Douglas (36) (Telefutura Partnership of Douglas [Univision]) is awaiting authorization for post-transition facilities and Mexican concurrence.
- KNXV-TV 15.1 Phoenix (Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company) has completed all preliminary work necessary for DTV transition and is ready to test its post-transition facilities.
- KTAZ 39.1 Phoenix (NBC Telemundo License) has ordered equipment to convert backup transmitter for DTV operation. The station is awaiting authorization to maximize facilities and Mexican concurrence.
- KGUN 9.1 Tucson (Journal Broadcast Corporation) is awaiting authorization to maximize facilities and Mexican concurrence.
- KHRR 40.1 Tucson (NBC Telemundo License) is awaiting approval of phased transition plan, to complete transition by 04/11/2009.
- KAZT 7.1 Prescott (KAZT LLC [Londen Group]) is awaiting correction of antenna ID specified in DTV Table of Allotments. The station also has expressed intent to further modify facilities in accordance with the FCC's maximization procedures. Post-transition KAZT-DT is currently authorized for 3.2 kW @ 792 m; per 47 CFR Sect. 73.622(7)(iii), the maximum ERP allowed at that HAAT is 12.83 kW, which seems kind of weak, considering that 610 m HAAT gets 30.5 kW.
- KUAT 6.1 (30) Tucson (AZ Board of Regents/U of A) has returned to full-power DTV operation after operating at reduced power following a lightning strike.
- KSAZ-TV 10.1 Phoenix (KSAZ License [Fox]) is awaiting FCC approval of their plan to convert their auxiliary analog transmitter to digital and to use that for initial DTV post-transition operation while the main transmitter is being converted following analog shutdown. The station is also awaiting authorization to maximize facilities and Mexican concurrence.
- KUTP 45.1 (26) Phoenix (Fox Television Stations) is awaiting FCC grant of license application for final DTV facilities. The station is also awaiting approval to convert analog channel 45 auxiliary transmitter to digital channel 26 auxiliary transmitter.
- KECY-TV 9.1 El Centro CA (Gulf-California Broadcast Company) is awaiting FCC grant of license application for pre-transition DTV facilities, and is awaiting approval of its post-transition DTV facilities, which is being held up by a delay in getting Mexican concurrence. The delay is having a ripple effect, as co-owned stations in Idaho Falls ID and Palm Springs CA are dependent on activity at KECY.
- KAJB 54 Calipatria CA (Calipatria Broadcasting Company) is in limbo, having again been denied use of a DTV channel. Its planned facilities on channel 36 met with Mexican objection, as did its earlier planned facilities on channel 50. Despite being allowed a digital companion channel, the station has never had a DTV signal. If KSWT can gain Mexican concurrence and FBI approval of their plan to move back to channel 13, KAJB might be able to build facilities on channel 16.
- KVYE 7.1 (22) El Centro CA (Entravision Holdings) has been awaiting grant of their DTV license for more than a year.
- KBLR 39.1 (40) Las Vegas NV (Telemundo Las Vegas License) is awaiting authorization to maximize facilities.
- KOVT 10.1 Silver City NM (Hearst-Argyle), which had considered shutting down, has decided to continue to operate and is awaiting authorization to build post-transition facilities and Mexican concurrence. Its signal is expected to reach into southern Greenlee County in AZ. The station intends to shut down its pre-transition DTV operations on channel 12 on or after November 17 in order to convert its DTV transmitter for operation on channel 10.
- KOBG-TV 6.1 (12) Silver City NM (KOB-TV LLC [Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation]), is awaiting authorization to build DTV facilities on channel 12, as the station has no companion DTV channel and has a low-VHF analog allocation. It is also awaiting Mexican concurrence. It will coordinate with KOVT, which is currently operating on channel 12.
Special Temporary Authorizations (STA)
- KFTU-TV 3 Douglas (Telefutura Partnership of Douglas [Univision]) has requested STA to operate at reduced power while an amplifier is being repaired. The station is operating at 40% power.
- KNAZ-TV 2 Flagstaff (Multimedia Holdings Corporation [Gannett]) was granted STA to operate at 50% power due to damage to its antenna.
Channel auctions for mutually exclusive proposals
The following applicants have been announced to go to auction 11/5/2008. The stations still can work out a mutually acceptable solution until 8/14.
- Arizona 1 - Flagstaff: Lawrence Mintz is competing with TBN to build a station on channel 29; Mintz at Flagstaff, and TBN at Cottonwood. These are far enough apart that one would think they could work out an engineering solution that would remove both from the MX list.
- Arizona 2 - Lake Havasu City: Smoke and Mirrors (Rick Murphy) is competing with Tri-State Broadcasting to build a station on channel 51.
- Arizona 3 - Phoenix: KDMA Channel 25 is competing with Una Vez Mas to build a station on channel 14.
- Arizona 4 - Tucson: Ventana Television is competing with Word of God Fellowship (Daystar) to build a station on channel 49.
- Nevada 1 - Las Vegas: Christian Communications of Chicagoland is competing with Nevada Channel 6 (Equity) to build a station on channel 51.
- Utah 3 - Saint George: CCR St. George IV, Lamar Veasey, and Bonneville Holdings are all competing to build a station, CCR and Bonneville on channel 29, Veasey on channel 30.
- Utah 4 - Saint George: TCCSA (TBN) and CCR St. George IV are competing to build a station on channel 13, TCCSA at St. George, and CCR at Toquerville.
Other station notes
- Cranston Acquisition II, licensee of KMCC 34 and KMCC-DT 34.1 (32) Laughlin NV, has declared bankruptcy. The station's licensee has been changed from Cranston Acquisition II to Cranston Acquisition, Debtor-in-Possession.
