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Star Participant
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New licenses
Programming changes
Transactions
Construction permits and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) granted
Construction permits and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) requested
Dismissed, canceled, expiring or expired
License renewals
New licenses
- KHDF-CD 19.x Las Vegas NV (Northstar Las Vegas License, LLC) has requested a license to cover its construction permit to increase power. Technical specifications: Ch 19; TL 36-0-37 N, 115-0-20 W (Black Mtn.); ERP 9.6 kW directional; HAAT 297 m.
Programming changes
- K30JD-D 5.x Prescott (Meredith Corporation) went temporarily silent due to equipment failure, but has returned to air.
- KMCC 34.x (32) Las Vegas NV (Cranston Acquisition LLC) has been reported as silent for unspecified reason. The station has not yet filed a Silent STA request.
- XHNSS-TDT 31.x Nogales Son. MX (Jaime Juaristi Santos) is on the air as the first digital TV station in Nogales. It airs Cadena Trés programming as its only subchannel in 16x9 1080i format.
Transactions
- Luke Skelton has requested to transfer his three LPTV stations to Good News Broadcasting Network, Inc., which is managed by Skelton. The following stations are part of the transfer:
- K19IP-D Flagstaff
- K38LW-D Payson
- K50LV-D Prescott, operating via STA on channel 32 under temporary call sign K32LO-D.
- K48NG-D El Centro CA (Gulf-California Broadcast Company) has requested assignment of its construction permit to NPG of Yuma-El Centro, LLC. All of the other stations licensed to Gulf-California have already been reassigned to NPG of Yuma-El Centro.
Construction permits and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) granted
- KDTP-LP 58 Phoenix (Community Television Educators, Inc.) has requested an STA to operate on channel 48. Meanwhile, KDPH-LP, which is licensed to operate on channel 48, goes silent so that KDTP-LP can operate on that frequency. Actual effect? None. Daystar continues to air its programming in analog on channel 48 while CTE continues to attempt to secure permission to operate on channel 11 from adjacent-channel stations KSAZ-TV and KPNX.
- K14HC-D Prescott (Fox Television Stations, Inc.) requested and has been granted a construction permit to move its transmitter site from Badger Mtn. to Mt. Francis, co-locating with the most of the rest of the Prescott translators. The FCC is allowing the station to operate at a power level higher than the 1.2 kW maximum imposed on other Mt. Francis stations. Technical specifications: Ch 14; TL 34-29-35 N, 112-32-2 W (Mt. Francis); ERP 1.8 kW directional; HAAT 471 m.
- K30BQ Needles CA (Needles Community TV Club, Inc.) has been granted a digital flash cut construction permit with modifications that it had requested in July 2010. The station had been operating in digital for several years without authorization. Technical specifications: Ch 30; TL 35-2-9 N, 114-22-14 W (Goldroad Crest); ERP 0.1 kW directional; HAAT 455 m.
Construction permits and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) requested
- KZVE-LP 30 Littlefield (Hispanic Christian Community Network, LLC) has requested to flash cut to digital. The station, while licensed, has never been operational, and this flash cut moves the transmitter location about 30 miles south of the licensed analog location, putting it in an area where it might serve Meadview, but would most likely serve no one. KZVE also has an application for a digital companion on channel 17, which I assume will be dismissed if this application is granted. Technical specifications: Ch 30; TL 36-29-22 N, 113-55-14 W; ERP 15 kW non-directional; HAAT -125 m. (28 m. AGL).
- K41MO-D Lake Havasu (Landover 2 LLC) has requested an extension of its construction permit, citing uncertainties for LPTV caused by the repacking process.
- K43NM-D Roll (Landover 2 LLC) has requested an extension of its construction permit, citing uncertainties for LPTV caused by the repacking process.
- K50LV-D Prescott (Luke Skelton) has requested a one-year extension of its original construction permit, last extended on May 30 for six months. The station is looking to operate on channel 32 and is doing so per STA, but needs Mexican concurrence in order to formally change the channel assignment. Since the FCC doesn't generally extend permits more than six months at a time, it seems unlikely that the station would receive the full extension.
- K50LV-D Prescott (Luke Skelton) has requested an extension of its STA to operate on channel 32, which was granted on April 8. The displacement application is awaiting FCC action. The FCC has announced its intention to award the construction permit following a period for comments.
- K48NG-D El Centro CA (Gulf-California Broadcast Company) has requested an extension of its construction permit, citing uncertainties for LPTV caused by the repacking process.
Dismissed, canceled, expiring or expired
- K41MR-D Flagstaff (Northstar Media, LLC) did not build out its facilities within the time allotted and did not request an extension of time. Its construction permit has expired.
License renewals
- K17CM Duncan (Gospel Light Broadcasting, Inc.) has filed its license renewal application.
- KDPH-LP 48 Phoenix (Community Television Educators, Inc.) has filed its license renewal application.
- KDTP-LP 58 Phoenix (Community Television Educators, Inc.) has filed its license renewal application.