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With Repack Phase 2 well underway, things have become very quiet in Arizona and surrounding communities in California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico.
Programming Changes
Construction Permits and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) Granted
NextGen TV
With Repack Phase 2 well underway, things have become very quiet in Arizona and surrounding communities in California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico.
Programming Changes
- K36NE-D 43.x Las Vegas NV (HC2 Station Group Inc.) has once again added channels 43.2 and 43.3, but instead of Seventh-Day Adventist programming provided by the station's previous owner, these subchannels now offer infomercials and shopping. Channel 43.2 is now OnTV4U.
Construction Permits and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) Granted
- KFPB-LD 50.x Globe (Globe LPTV LLC) has been granted a construction permit to vacate the 600-MHz band, after amending its displacement construction permit to specify RF channel 25 instead of RF channel 21, resolving its mutual exclusivity to an application from KGRQ-LD Gila River Indian Community. Technical specifications: Ch 25; TL 33° 19' 57" N, 112° 4' 0' W (South Mtn.); ERP 5.5 kW directional (2.5° electrical beam tilt); HAAT 480 m.
- K43GQ-D 4.x Klagetoh (KOB-TV LLC) has been granted a construction permit to vacate the 600-MHz band, after amending its displacement construction permit to specify RF channel 27 instead of RF channel 25, resolving its mutual exclusivity to an application from K38AU-D Tohatchi NM, which has also been granted. Its new call sign will be K27OR-D. Technical specifications: Ch 27; TL 35° 40' 29" N, 109° 12' 25" W (approx. 1/2 mi. S of AZ-264 and IR-201); ERP 0.205 kW (1.5° electrical beam tilt); HAAT 146 m.
NextGen TV
- KFPH-CD 35.x Phoenix (Unimas Partnership of Phoenix LLC) has requested a six-month extension of its Experimental STA to operate an ATSC 3.0 station on RF channel 35, serving as the host for the Phoenix test bed.
- KTVK 3.x Phoenix (KPHO Broadcasting Corporation) has requested a six-month extension of its Experimental STA to broadcast programming on ATSC 3.0 station KPFH-CD 35.x Phoenix.
- KPHO-TV 5.x Phoenix (KPHO Broadcasting Corporation) has requested a six-month extension of its Experimental STA to broadcast programming on ATSC 3.0 station KPFH-CD 35.x Phoenix.
- KAET 8.x Phoenix (Arizona Board of Regents for ASU) has requested a six-month extension of its Experimental STA to broadcast programming on ATSC 3.0 station KPFH-CD 35.x Phoenix.
- KSAZ-TV 10.x Phoenix (NW Communications of Phoenix Inc.) has requested a six-month extension of its Experimental STA to broadcast programming on ATSC 3.0 station KPFH-CD 35.x Phoenix.
- KPNX 12.x Mesa (Multimedia Holdings Corporation) has requested a six-month extension of its Experimental STA to broadcast programming on ATSC 3.0 station KPFH-CD 35.x Phoenix.
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