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Arizona TV Station Update - July 2021 (Part 1 of 3)

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

New Licenses
  • KPNX 12.x (18) Mesa (Multimedia Holdings Corporation) requested and has been granted a license to cover its channel change from VHF 12 to UHF 18. Technical specifications: Ch 18; TL 33° 20' 0" N, 112° 3' 51" W (South Mtn.); ERP 1000 kW H / Unknown V (0.75° elec beam tilt); HAAT 535 m (1755 ft).
  • KGRX-LD 29.x (19) Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.) has requested a license to cover its original construction permit. Technical specifications: Ch 19; TL 33° 19' 57" N, 112° 3' 57" W (South Mtn); ERP 15 kW H / 15 kW V (1.2° elec beam tilt); HAAT 475 m (1558 ft).
  • K19CX-D 8.x Yuma (Arizona Board of Regents for ASU) requested and has been granted a license to cover its flash cut to digital and relocation to a different tower at Telegraph Pass. Technical specifications: Ch 19; TL 32° 40' 24" N, 114° 20' 14" W (Telegraph Pass); ERP 1.8 kW H directional; HAAT 390 m (1279 ft).
  • K10RP-D 2.x Santa Clara UT (KUTV Licensee LLC) requested and has been granted a license to cover its displacement flash cut to digital. Technical specifications: Ch 10; TL 37° 9' 19" N, 113° 53' 0" W (West Mountain Peak); ERP 1 kW directional; HAAT 1109 m (3638 ft).
Programming Changes
  • KPNX 12.x Mesa (Multimedia Holdings Corporation) has ended the lighthouse programming on RF channel 12, virtual channel 12.12.
  • KGRX-LD 29.x (19) Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.) has begun operating, airing FNX programming on virtual channel 29.1.
  • KGRY-LD 29.x (28) Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.) has begun operating, airing FNX programming on virtual channel 29.1.
  • KPCE-LP 29 Tucson (Word of God Fellowship Inc.) is silent.
Transactions
  • The sale of KVOA 4.x (23) Tucson from Quincy Media to Allen Media Broadcasting Evansville III LLC has been approved by the FCC as part if a divestiture of KVOA from the Gray Television Inc. acquisition of Quincy Media. The new licensee name will be Tucson TV License Company LLC. Translators K04QP-D Casas Adobes and K28OY-D Sierra Vista are also included in the transaction.
  • KPHE-LE 44.x (16) Phoenix (Lotus TV of Phoenix LLC) is proposed to be sold to Sovryn Holdings for $2 million. Sovryn Holdings is headed by Philip Falcone, who was the head of HC2 Holdings Inc. until his ouster in 2020.
  • KYMA-LD 15.x Yuma (Centro Cristiana Vida Abundante Inc.) has been granted a pro forma ownership transfer from its old board to its new board. The transfer was requested in February 2020.
  • Lowcountry 34 Media LLC has agreed to buy 108 LPTV construction permits from Landover 2 LLC and CTB Spectrum Services Two LLC for a total of one hundred (100) dollars. Lowcountry34 intends to build out as many of the stations as it can before the January 10, 2022, extended deadline, finding and moving to in-core channels where necessary, and share the revenues from the operational stations with Landover and CTB. Included in the proposed sale are the following Arizona stations:
    • K40MZ-D Golden Valley
    • K41MO-D Lake Havasu
    • K44MD-D Parker
    • K45MP-D Golden Valley
    • K45MW-D Sentiel
    • K50NK-D Parker
  • The sale of K30PL-D Las Vegas NV from Enlace Christian Television Inc. to Craig Ruark has been approved by the FCC and has been consummated.
  • The sale of KDLU-LP 26 St. George UT from CCR-St. George IV LLC to Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC has been consummated.
  • The sale of KVBT-LP 41 Santa Clara UT from CCR-St. George IV LLC to Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC has been consummated.
 
KGRX-LD 29.x (19) Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.) has been granted its license to cover.

Allen Media Broadcasting has consummated its purchase of KVOA Tucson.
 
I caught KGRX-KGRY running a scroll advising of their ATSC 3.0 changeover on September 20. The last part of the scroll text has me hearing Evoca's music...

On September 20, 2021, KGRX-LD and KGRY-LD will upgrade its current digital television broadcasts from the ATSC 1.0 transmission system to next-generation ATSC 3.0. KGRX-LD will still operate on Channel 19 and KGRY-LD will still operate on Channel 28, but you may need to obtain new equipment to receive the ATSC 3.0 transmissions of KGRX-LD and LGRY-LD [sic], and may need a subscription to receive new, added programming streams.
 
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