Sixty-six years after TV broadcasts began in Phoenix, and six years after the digital TV transition ended for full-power stations, the last analog station has ceased transmission. Lone analog holdout KDTP-LP (Daystar) has finally called it quits and is now broadcasting exclusively in digital.
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Phoenix Analog TV (1949-2015)
- Thread starter dhett
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Most stations in Arizona and surroundings are digital by now, but there still remain 22 analog stations in daily operation at last check, plus several more silent but licensed stations. All Class A stations are digital - Class A stations are still under FCC mandate to be digital by September 1 or cease broadcasting - and all LPTV stations that originate programming are digital. The remaining operating stations are either translators or satellite-fed LPTVs.
Remaining analog stations in the large cities:
Silent stations include 5 in Blythe CA (June 2015), 1 in Chinle (May 2012/renewed May 2014), 2 in Hildale UT (March 2013/renewals filed June 2014), 1 in Littlefield (phantom/July 2014), 1 in Salome (phantom June 2010/renewed June 2014), 1 in Mesquite NV (July 2014), 1 in Shiprock NM (May 2012/renewed May 2014), and 1 in Shonto AZ (July 2014 - hosts want it gone).
Remaining analog stations in the large cities:
- 1 in Tucson: KPCE-LP 29 (Daystar) - last checked June 2015.
- 2 in Flagstaff - 1 operational: K35FH (TBN), and 1 silent: K23HB (never known to broadcast) - last checked May 2015.
- 4 in Yuma - 2 operational: K19CX (KAET) and KESE-LP 35 (Telemundo), and 2 silent: K28FM (probably for good) and KBFY-LP (silent since KYMA took their channel for interim digital operations) - last checked October 2014.
- 2 in Las Vegas NV - 1 operational: KGNG-LP 47 (HSN) and 1 silent: KGHD-LP 6 (was a frankenFM) - last checked July 2015.
- 3 in Bullhead City/Laughlin - 1 operational: K22DR (KLAS) and 2 silent: KNTL (was KINC) and K51IO (was Tuff TV) - last checked July 2015.
- 7 in Camp Verde - 4 operational: K21GE (3ABN), K25MK-D (KPNX) (digital call sign but analog station), K31LZ (KPHO), K47IK (KAET) and 3 silent: K19FD (was AFTV), K23FZ (was KNXV) and K49HP (was KTVK) - last checked May 2015.
- 1 in Cottonwood: K46IL (Good News TV) - last checked May 2015.
- 1 in Globe: K22JD (KSAZ-TV) - last checked June 2015.
- 1 in Kingman: KKAX-LP 36 (America One) - last checked July 2015.
- 3 in Lake Havasu City: K23BJ (KKAX-LP), K25AL (TBN), and K36DU (Cornerstone) - last checked June 2015.
- 2 in Prescott - 1 operational: KDFQ-LP 47 (Azteca America), and 1 silent: K20IA (never known to broadcast) - last checked June 2015.
- 3 in Safford - 2 operational: K17CM (TBN), K21GC (KFPH) and 1 silent: KZOL-LP (was KTVW) - last checked June 2015.
- 2 in Show Low, both silent: KWKM-LP 10 and KWSJ-LP 12 (both were America One) - last checked July 2015.
- 1 in Sierra Vista: K20FO (KVOA) - last checked June 2015.
- 3 in Williams - 2 operational: K15HY (KTVK), K41JE (KASW) and 1 silent: K29DK (KAZT - maybe gone for good) - last checked October 2014.
- 3 in St. George UT, all silent, none known to have broadcast: K17JQ, KDLU-LP 26 and K40KZ - last checked July 2014.
Silent stations include 5 in Blythe CA (June 2015), 1 in Chinle (May 2012/renewed May 2014), 2 in Hildale UT (March 2013/renewals filed June 2014), 1 in Littlefield (phantom/July 2014), 1 in Salome (phantom June 2010/renewed June 2014), 1 in Mesquite NV (July 2014), 1 in Shiprock NM (May 2012/renewed May 2014), and 1 in Shonto AZ (July 2014 - hosts want it gone).
KESE is an interesting case, and there is good reason for it not to be flash cut.
There is a digital 35 application to Mexicali + San Luis Río Colorado that won't be built until 2016/2017 at the earliest. It would have been part of the Grupo Radio Centro national concession package, until GRC realized it just couldn't pony up all the pesos it needed to and waived its rights.
Of course, Yuma viewers can probably receive XHLRT-44 and XHRCS-50 with regularity. XHRCS showed up in the IFT Public Registry of Concessions (sort of like the FCC Query, except it's not) with an authorization to go digital on channel 30 at 10.2 kW. XHLRT-44 has no such authorization, but it is highly likely that they are in digital on channel 22. At this point XHLRT-44 analog is a real hindrance as it screens SLRC viewers from receiving XHMEX-TDT (which is on another network from XHLRT).
K28FM won't ever appear again, as it was superseded by K33MD-D. XHAQ-TDT Mexicali broadcasts on the frequency, and it has a shadow channel (a fancy term for "translator about which we don't know a lot", and in digital, almost always co-channel to its parent station) in SLRC. The FCC lists both XHAQ and XHEXT's shadows in its database (shadows appear as "LD" with the FCC, though there are shadows that operate at ERPs as high as 200 kW!) and says that their ERP is 830 watts.
The listed coordinates for those shadows are not near XHLRT-44 (Av. 16 de Septiembre x Calle 3, 4400 feet from the border!) and XHRCS-50's tower is 100 feet away. (XHRCS is co-located with co-owned XHCRS-FM 88.5.)
If you're wondering, Mexico has made astounding progress on its analog-digital transition and it looks pretty set to go completely digital on the 31st of December. Telemax, the Sonora state network, is going HD within days and has some of its transmitters authorized for digital. Nearly every Televisa and Azteca station is on in digital, though near the border about a couple dozen flip between analog and digital on the same frequency for spectrum conservation (and avoidance of 600 MHz) reasons. Mexicali went all-digital in late March.
There is a digital 35 application to Mexicali + San Luis Río Colorado that won't be built until 2016/2017 at the earliest. It would have been part of the Grupo Radio Centro national concession package, until GRC realized it just couldn't pony up all the pesos it needed to and waived its rights.
Of course, Yuma viewers can probably receive XHLRT-44 and XHRCS-50 with regularity. XHRCS showed up in the IFT Public Registry of Concessions (sort of like the FCC Query, except it's not) with an authorization to go digital on channel 30 at 10.2 kW. XHLRT-44 has no such authorization, but it is highly likely that they are in digital on channel 22. At this point XHLRT-44 analog is a real hindrance as it screens SLRC viewers from receiving XHMEX-TDT (which is on another network from XHLRT).
K28FM won't ever appear again, as it was superseded by K33MD-D. XHAQ-TDT Mexicali broadcasts on the frequency, and it has a shadow channel (a fancy term for "translator about which we don't know a lot", and in digital, almost always co-channel to its parent station) in SLRC. The FCC lists both XHAQ and XHEXT's shadows in its database (shadows appear as "LD" with the FCC, though there are shadows that operate at ERPs as high as 200 kW!) and says that their ERP is 830 watts.
The listed coordinates for those shadows are not near XHLRT-44 (Av. 16 de Septiembre x Calle 3, 4400 feet from the border!) and XHRCS-50's tower is 100 feet away. (XHRCS is co-located with co-owned XHCRS-FM 88.5.)
If you're wondering, Mexico has made astounding progress on its analog-digital transition and it looks pretty set to go completely digital on the 31st of December. Telemax, the Sonora state network, is going HD within days and has some of its transmitters authorized for digital. Nearly every Televisa and Azteca station is on in digital, though near the border about a couple dozen flip between analog and digital on the same frequency for spectrum conservation (and avoidance of 600 MHz) reasons. Mexicali went all-digital in late March.
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