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Arizona TV Station Update - January/February 2021 (Part 1 of 2)

dhett

dhett

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

New Licenses

  • KSAZ-TV 10.x Phoenix (NW Communications of Phoenix Inc.) requested and has been granted a license to cover its construction permit to increase power on its auxiliary transmitter. Technical specifications: Ch 10; TL 33° 20' 3" N, 112° 3' 43" W (South Mtn); ERP 38.4 kW H (0.75° elec beam tilt); HAAT 500 m (1640 ft)
  • K47OC-D Searchlight NV (Digital Networks-Southwest LLC) has been granted a license to cover its displacement construction permit. Technical specifications: TL 35° 37' 41" N, 115° 16' 27" W (Beer Bottle Pass); ERP 3 kW H directional; HAAT 327 m (1073 ft).
  • K39JZ-D St. George UT (Brigham Young University) requested and has been granted a license to cover its displacement construction permit. Technical specifications: TL 37° 3' 49" N, 113° 34' 20" W (Webb Hill); ERP 0.25 kW H (1.75° elec beam tilt); HAAT

Programming Changes

  • KMOH 6.x (19) Kingman (TV-49 Inc.) has replaced Azteca America programming on channel 6.1 with MeTV.
  • KAZT-TV 7.x Prescott (KAZT LLC) has added channel 7.5 to the lineup with the PSIP description of "Testing". It simulcasts the primary subchannel.
  • KSAZ-TV 10.x Phoenix (NW Communications of Phoenix Inc.) has begun airing The Grio on channel 10.4.
  • KPPX-TV 51.x (31) Tolleson (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC) has dropped Qubo from channel 51.2 in favor of Bounce, Ion Plus from channel 51.3 in favor of CourtTV and Shop TV from channel 51.4 in favor of Laff. Channel 51.1 remains Ion and channel 51.5 remains QVC.
  • KWBA-TV 58.x (21) Sierra Vista has added KGUN channel 9.1 to its lineup on program 5, moving Court TV to program 6 as channel 58.4
  • K14RK-D 38.x Phoenix (Spanish Independent Broadcast Network LLC) has dropped AMG from channel 38.4 in favor of a duplication of channel 38.5, now a general music video channel mixed with infomercials.
  • KPVT-LD 2.x (27) Las Vegas NV (DNV Spectrum Holdings LLC) has replaced YouToo America on channel 2.3 with NTD TV. PSIP also shows Faith TV on channel 2.8, but it is a blank screen.
  • KHMP-LD 18.x Las Vegas NV (DNV Spectrum Holdings LLC) has replaced Faith TV on channel 18.3 with BIZ TV, has added Hermosillo, Sonora-based Telemax to channel 18.5, and YouToo America to channel 18.7. PSIP also shows NVision on channel 18.6, but it is color bars.
  • KGNG-LD 26.x Las Vegas NV (King Kong Broadcasting Inc.) has replaced Light TV on channel 26.5 with The Grio.

Call Sign Changes

  • K28MO-D Gila River Indan Community (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.) has changed its call sign to KGRY-LD, reviving the calls of a former station that had transmitted from the Blackwater district of the reservation, near Coolidge, before KGRQ-LD moved to Sacaton Peak.
  • KFPB-LD 50.x (25) Globe (Globe LPTV LLC) has changed its call sign to KDVD-LD.
  • K47OC-D Searchlight NV (Digital Networks-Southwest LLC), has changed its call sign twice, first to K12XL-D, then to KVGA-LD, having been granted a license to cover its displacement construction permit. It has also changed its city of license to Las Vegas NV.
  • K39JZ-D St. George UT (Brigham Young University) has changed its call sign to K14RO-D, having been granted a license to cover its displacement construction permit.

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

  • KPNX 12.x Mesa (Multimedia Holdings Corporation) has been granted its request for rulemaking to change the allotment for Mesa from RF channel 12 to RF channel 18.
  • KMYU 12.x St. George UT (KUTV Licensee LLC) has requested rulemaking to change the allotment for St. George from RF channel 9 to RF channel 21.

Transactions

  • KMSQ-LD 15.x Mesquite NV (Tiny Tortoise Investments LLC) has been granted permission by the FCC to be assigned to First Kings Broadcasting Inc., a Mesquite-based corporation headed by Mark C. Nolte. Nolte is also General Manager of Mountain Ridge Holdings Inc., the licensee of KVTE-LD in Las Vegas NV. The transaction is still awaiting consummation.

Construction permits and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) granted

  • KPNX 12.x Mesa (Multimedia Holdings Corporation) requested and has been granted a construction permit to change its broadcast channel. KPNX's move to RF channel 18 displaces K18DD-D Camp Verde, K18JL-D Phoenix and K18NN-D Globe, so look for those stations to file displacement applications or shut down altogether soon. Technical specifications: Ch 18; TL 33° 20' 0" N, 112° 3' 51" W (South Mtn.); ERP 1000 kW H / Unknown V, directional, 0.75° elec beam tilt; HAAT 535 m. (1,755 ft).
  • KGRF-LD 19.x Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.) has been granted a construction permit to move to channel 21. Technical specifications: Ch 21; TL 33° 22' 37" N, 112° 13' 34" W (Near 75th Ave. & Baseline Rd.); ERP 15 kW (1.5° elec beam tilt); HAAT -19 m. (33 m. AGL).
  • KEJR-LD 40.x (32) Phoenix (TV-49 Inc.) has been granted a modification to its license to move the antenna higher on its tower, to change from a directional broadcast pattern to non-directional, and to change from circular polarization to elliptical. Technical specifications: Ch 32; TL 33° 19' 57" N, 112° 3' 59" W (South Mtn.); ERP 15 kW H / 10.5 kW V, non-directionak, 1° elec beam tilt; HAAT 483 m (1584 ft).
  • KBFY-LD 41.x (2) Fortuna (Jeff Chang) requested and has been granted a construction permit to move its broadcast location from the Gila Pass electronics site to a site atop a building in Yuma. The STA was granted nearly two weeks later; one would think that the construction permit would have rendered it moot. Technical specifications: Ch 2; TL 32° 40' 58" N, 114° 37' 33" W (SW Cor 4th Av/24th St); ERP 0.15 kW H directional; HAAT 43 m (141 ft).
  • KPDF-CD 41.x (22) Phoenix (HC2 Station Group Inc.) has been granted a construction permit to move to a different tower in its current antenna farm and to maximize power from its authorized 12.6 kW H. Technical specifications: Ch 22; TL 33° 20' 4" N, 112° 3' 44" W (South Mtn.); ERP 15 kW H / 15 kW V, non-directional, 1.75° elec beam tilt; HAAT 472 m (1548 ft).
  • KVGA-LD 12.x Las Vegas NV (Digital Networks Southwest-LLC) requested and has been granted a construction permit to relocate its broadcast facilities to Arden Peak outside of Las Vegas. Technical specifications: Ch 12; TL 35° 56' 45" N, 115° 2' 37" W (Arden Peak); ERP 2 kW H directional; HAAT 566 m (1856 ft).
 
To clarify d, Ch. 14/38 calls their "general music video channel"... Store TV???? WTF??? 🤣

Fact is, the music is just backround noise for the infomercials. They desperately added the videos again because they know they screwed up big time by abandoning the former channel in the first place.

Too little, too late to fix now. Q&H should stop embarrassing themselves, and stop underestimating their viewers as well. In short order, they didn't appreciate what they had until they gutted it. Pathetic! 🤢
 
From a Vegas-area reader:

Programming Changes
  • KHDF-CD 19.x Las Vegas NV (HC2 Station Group Inc.) has added channel 19.6, airing Shop HQ.
 
RF 18 must protect co-channel Class A station KFTU-CD, which broadcasts from Mt. Bigelow. Were KFTU a regular low-power station, then it would not be protected, being a secondary service (like K18JL-D Phoenix and K18NN-D Globe, which will be displaced), but KFTU is a Class A low-power station and as such, has spectrum rights with being a primary service, the same as KPNX.
 
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