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Arizona TV Station Update - March-August 2024 (pt. 2 of 4)

dhett

dhett

It's baaaaaack! Other commitments have prevented the Arizona TV Station Update from posting in over six months, but we're back with a lot of updates. This post is the second of four parts due to size restrictions in Radio Discussions. (Part 1) (Part 3) (Part 4)
As always, questions, additions, comments and corrections welcome.

Programming Changes
  • KTVK 3.x (24) Phoenix (Gray Television Licensee LLC) has dropped This TV on channel 3.4 for infomercials, following shutdown of the diginet. The change is also seen on its translators: K12OF-D Bullhead City, K16EV-D Bullhead City, K32ME-D Camp Verde, K28OA-D Cottonwood, K25MG-D Flagstaff, K14NA-D Globe/Miami, K23FV-D Kingman, K29FD-D Lake Havasu City, K25DH-D Meadview, K11LC-D Prescott, and K15HY-D Williams/Ash Fork.
  • KVOA 4.x (23) Tucson (Tucson TV License Company LLC) has filled in programming on channel 4.4 with MeTV Toons, has dropped channel 4.5, which was Grit, and has added KHRR's American Crimes stream as channel 40.3. The change is also seen on KVOA's translators, K04QP-D Casas Adobes and K28OY-D Sierra Vista.
  • KUAT 6.x (30) Tucson (AZ Board of Regents FBO U of A) has added KHRR's Telemundo and TeleXitos streams as channels 40.1 and 40.2. The change is also seen on its translator K20GG-D Duncan.
  • KAZT-TV 7.x Prescott (KAZT LLC) has become the new CW affiliate for the Phoenix market, branding as CW7. The station has replaced HSN programming on channel 7.3 with Merit Street Media, and has replaced local programming on channel 7.5 with Rewind TV. The change is also seen on KAZT-CD 7.x (36) Phoenix and all translator stations: K24DK-D Bullhead City, K30DT-D Flagstaff, K20ID-D Kingman, and K17DA-D Lake Havasu City.
  • KMSB 11.x (25) Tucson (Sander Operating Co. V DBA KMSB Television) has dropped Movies! from channel 11.2 and moved Quest from channel 11.4 to channel 11.2. Nosey replaces Quest on channel 11.4.
  • KPNX 12.x (18) Mesa (Multimedia Holdings Corporation) has replaced the duplicate feed of True Crime Network on channel 12.5 with The Nest. The change is also seen on satellite station KNAZ-TV 2.x (22) Flagstaff and on all KPNX translators: K08PK-D Bullhead City, K25PJ-D Chloride, K35EI-D Dolan Springs, K26OD-D Globe/Miami, K21EG-D Golden Valley, K35MX-D Kingman, K28PO-D Lake Havasu City, K23DK-D Meadview, and K26GF-D Peach Springs.
  • KFPH-DT 13.x Flagstaff (Unimas Partnership of Flagstaff) has dropped channel 13.4, which carried Ion Mystery programming. Scripps, owner of the diginet, did not renew its carriage agreements with Univision/Unimas.
  • KOLD-TV 13.x (32/13) Tucson (Gray Television Licensee LLC) has replaced Defy TV with Ion Plus on channel 13.4, and is hosting KHRR's Oxygen True Crime as channel 40.4.
  • KTTU-TV 18.x (19) Tucson (KTTU-TV Inc.) has become the new CW affiliate for the Tucson market, branding as CW18. MyNetwork programming moves to channel 18.2, the former home of now-defunct ThisTV. The Nest, which had replaced ThisTV, moves to channel 18.3, while H&I, formerly on channel 18.3, moves to channel 18.5, replacing The Grio, which was dropped. Streaming network Confess by Nosey rounds out the lineup on channel 18.7, replacing Quest, which was also dropped. StartTV on channel 18.4 and HSN on channel 18.6 remain as they were.
  • KPAZ-TV 21.x (20) Phoenix (Trinity Broadcasting of Arizona Inc.) launched Merit Street Media on channel 21.2 on April 2. KPAZ moved TBN Inspire to channel 21.3, Smile to channel 21.4, and dropped Enlace, which is now online only.
  • KUAS 27.x (28) Tucson (AZ Board of Regents FBO U of A) has added KHRR's Telemundo and TeleXitos streams as channels 40.11 and 40.21.
  • KAZF 32.x Flagstaff (Gray Television Licensee LLC) has added Defy on channel 32.2, Bark TV on channel 32.3, The 365 on channel 32.4, and infomercials on channel 32.5 and 32.6, making its lineup identical to that of AZ Family Sports flagship station KPHE-LD Phoenix.
  • KTVW-DT 33.x Phoenix (KTVW License Partnership GP) has dropped channel 33.3, which carried Grit programming, and channel 33.4, which carried Bounce programming. The change is also seen on KTVW-CD 6.x (27) Flagstaff and on KTVW translator KDOS-LD 19.x (29) Globe. Scripps, owner of the diginet, did not renew its carriage agreements with Univision/Unimas.
  • KTAZ 39.x (29) Phoenix (NBC Telemundo License LLC) has added the diginet Nosey on channel 39.6.
  • KHRR 40.x (16) Tucson (NBC Telemundo License LLC) has converted to NextGen (ATSC 3.0) lighthouse operations. The station carries the NextGen broadcasts for KVOA 4.1 (NBC), KUAT 6.1 (PBS), KGUN-TV 9.1 (ABC), KMSB 11.1 (Fox) and KOLD-TV 13.1 (CBS), as well as its own Telemundo broadcast on channel 40.1.
  • KUVE-DT 46.x (34) Green Valley (Univision Tucson LLC) has dropped channel 46.4, which carried Ion Mystery. Scripps, owner of the diginet, did not renew its carriage agreements with Univision/Unimas.
  • KPPX-TV 51.x (31) Tolleson (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC) has replaced Defy on channel 51.5 with Ion Plus.
  • KWBA-TV 58.x (21) Sierra Vista (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) has become an independent station, following the move of the CW affiliation to KTTU-TV. The station now brands as Arizona 58, similar to co-owned KASW, which brands as Arizona 61, but its programming appears to be distinct.
  • KUDF-LD 14.x Tucson (LM Media Group Inc.) has dropped Vision Latina from channel 14.2 in its lineup, replacing it with a black screen. The transport stream shows Azteca as the service name on channel 14.1 and Estrella on 14.2, but it appears that Estrella is still on 14.1. There is also a seventh subchannel, service name KUDF.7, but there seems to be no programming on it and it is being given no bandwidth.
  • KTVP-LD 23.x Phoenix (HC2 Station Group Inc.) has replaced Bein Sports Xtra ñ on channel 23.1 with infomercials, Novelisma on channel 23.4 with infomercials, infomercials on channel 23.6 with The First TV, and Timeless TV on channel 23.7 with Outdoor America.
  • KGRY-LD 28.x Gila River Indian Co (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.) has returned to air. Its NextGen signal transmits one stream, FNX, on channel 28.1.
  • KFPB-LD 31.x (30) Gila River Indian Co (Globe LPTV LLC) has replaced infomercials on channel 31.1 with Newsmax2 and Nuestra Vision on channel 31.8 with Purple TV, a leftist political channel that claims to promote centrist political ideas, but whose tagline reads "Turning red votes blue" and who states in their About Us section, "We all want a bright blue future". The channel only plans to broadcast through the election in November.
  • KFPH-CD 35.x Phoenix (Unimas Partnership of Phoenix) has dropped channel 35.4 from host KPHO-TV's lineup. Channel 35.4 carried Ion Mystery programming. Scripps, owner of the diginet, did not renew its carriage agreements with Univision/Unimas.
  • KEJR-LD 40.x (32) Phoenix (KEJR-LD LLC) has replaced its duplicate stream of MeTV+ on channel 40.2 with MeTV Toons.
  • KUVE-CD 42.x (36) Tucson (Univision Tucson LLC) has dropped channel 42.4, which carried Ion Mystery. Scripps, owner of the diginet, did not renew its carriage agreements with Univision/Unimas.
  • KVPA-LD 42.x (34) Phoenix (Bridge News LLC) has replaced its News Net programming on channel 42.1 with ShopHQ and its Sports News Headline programming on channel 42.2 with Fun Roads, following the shutdown of News Net. The station has also added ACE TV on channel 42.5, One America News on channel 42.6, AWE Encore on channel 42.7, and infomercials on channel 42.8.
  • KPHE-LD 44.x (16) Phoenix (Gray Television Licensee LLC) has replaced Rewind on channel 44.3 with Defy.
  • KDVD-LD 50.x (25) Globe (Globe LPTV LLC) has replaced Family Channel programming on channel 50.3 with Newsmax2, the scan for updates slide on channel 50.5 with Binge TV, and Biz TV on channel 50.8 with ACN - American Country Network.
  • K06QW-D Sentinel (Quad Marketing Group) is on the air, rebroadcasting WBPI-CD 49.x (19) Augusta GA. The first program airs Watchmen Broadcasting and IDs as channel 6.1. Program 2 appears to be programming from Rocky Mountain Pro, program 3 is a blank screen, and program 4 is Fun Roads; however, the channel number is 0.0 for programs 2 through 4.
  • K08QN-D Golden Valley (Bridge News LLC) has likely replaced its News Net programming on channel 8.1 with ShopHQ and its Sports News Headline programming on channel 8.2 with Fun Roads, following the shutdown of News Net.
  • K12XP-D 22.x Phoenix (HC2 Station Group Inc.) has replaced Magnificent Movies Network on channel 22.2 with Salem News Channel, a blank screen on channel 22.4 with Timeless TV, infomercials on channel 22.5 with Timeless TV, and blank screens on channels 22.6 and 22.7 with Bein Sports Xtra and infomercials, respectively.
  • K19FD-D 3.x Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club) is now airing KTVK 3.x Phoenix (Independent).
  • K21GE-D Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club) is silent.
  • K32ME-D Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club) is silent.
  • K34QY-D Golden Valley (Bridge News LLC) has likely replaced its News Net programming on channel 34.1 with ShopHQ and its Sports News Headline programming on channel 34.2 with Fun Roads, following the shutdown of News Net.
  • K35OU-D 21.x Tucson (Ventana Television Inc.) has dropped channels 21.6 and 21.7. They had been QVC Fashion Finds and QVC in the Kitchen, respectively.
  • KVYE-DT 7.x (22) El Centro CA (Entravision Holdings LLC) has added Majestad TV, broadcasting on channel 7.6. It appears that the station has not replaced programming on channel 7.2 since Circle TV closed.
 
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