Arizona TV Station Update - June 2014
By dhett on Wednesday, July 2 2014, 00:35 - Arizona Station Update - Permalink
As always, questions, additions, comments and corrections welcome.
Programming changes
- KPHE-LD 44.x Phoenix (Lotus TV of Phoenix, LLC) has added late-night infomercial programming on 44.1 and 44.2 after source station XEWH 6 Hermosillo SON goes off the air. The station has rebranded the subchannels as SíTV.
Transactions
- KTVK 3.x (24) Phoenix (Sander Operating Co. II) has been approved to transfer ownership of the station to KPHO Broadcasting Corporation and the sale has been consummated. The following KTVK and KASW translators are also included:
- K11LC-D Prescott (KTVK)
- K38AI-D Cottonwood (KTVK)
- K15HY Williams-Ash Fork (KTVK)
- K25MG-D Flagstaff (KTVK)
- K14NA-D Globe & Miami(KTVK)
- K34EE-D Prescott-Cottonwood (KASW)
- K41JE Williams-Ash Fork (KASW)
- KASW 61.x (49) Phoenix (Sander Operating Co. II) has been approved to transfer ownership of the station to SagamoreHill of Phoenix Licenses, LLC. The sale has been consummated.
Construction permits and Special Temporary Authorizations granted
- K14KK-D 8.x Flagstaff (Arizona Board of Regents for ASU) has been granted a construction permit to increase power from 0.1 kW to 0.63 kW. Technical specifications: Ch 14; TL 35-14-26 N, 111-35-48 W (Mt. Eldon TV Hill site); ERP 0.63 kW directional; HAAT 585 m.
Construction permits and Special Temporary Authorizations requested
- KTVP-LD 22.x Phoenix (Mako Communications, LLC) has requested a displacement change to channel 25, presumably due to excessive interference from KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff. I guess interference from co-channel KMSB (25) Tucson and from adjacent Phoenix channels KTVK (24) and KUTP (26) is expected to be less of a problem. If the channel change is approved, KTVP will almost certainly abandon its construction permit to increase power from 5 kW to 15 kW on channel 22, and it's safe to say that they gave up on moving to channel 14 after the FCC offered it to KPPX if they would abandon channel 51. And no, despite the change in community of license, the station is not planning a move to Las Vegas - that was a typo. Technical specifications: Ch 25; TL 33-19-58 N, 112-3-59 W (South Mountain); ERP 5 kW directional; HAAT 460 m.
Dismissed, canceled, expiring or expired
- The license for K33GE St. George UT (Brigham Young University) was canceled on May 23. The analog station had been silent since being replaced by digital station K39JZ-D.
- The license for K02BI Kanab UT (Western Kane County Special Service District #1) was canceled on May 20. The analog station had been silent since being replaced by digital station K20EC-D.
- The license for K05AX Kanab UT (Western Kane County Special Service District #1) was canceled on May 20. The analog station had been silent since being replaced by digital station K27JV-D.
- The license for K07ES Kanab UT (Western Kane County Special Service District #1) was canceled on May 20. The analog station had been silent since being replaced by digital station K24II-D.
- The license for K10ME Kanab UT (Western Kane County Special Service District #1) was canceled on May 20. The analog station had been silent since being replaced by digital station K40JM-D.
License Renewals
Arizona, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico licenses expire October 1, 2014, and the stations must file license renewals by June 1, 2014. The following stations have not yet filed license renewal applications:
- KCAB-LP 28 Casa Grande (Central Arizona Broadcasting)
- KCOS-LP 28 Phoenix (Aracelis Ortiz Corporation)
- KDPH-LP 48 Phoenix (Community Television Educators, Inc.)
- KDTP-LP 48 Phoenix (Community Television Educators, Inc.)
- K02FV York (Southern Greenlee County TV Association, Inc.)
- K02MT Parker (Arizona West Media, LLC)
- K07IR York (Southern Greenlee County TV Association, Inc.)
- K11JJ York (Southern Greenlee County TV Association, Inc.)
- K11OB Bouse (Bouse Booster Club, Inc.)
- K15DX Fredonia (Western Kane County Service District #1)
- K17CM Duncan (Gospel Light Broadcasting, Inc.)
- K19FD Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club)
- K20HS Flagstaff (Turner Enterprises)
- K21GE Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club)
- K23FZ Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club)
- K25MK-D Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club)
- K31LZ Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club)
- K32FK Shiprock Chinle (Christian Broadcasting Communications)
- K33CG Sierra Vista (Florinda Mae Balfour)
- K33DA Duncan (Southern Greenlee County TV Association, Inc.)
- K35CP Duncan (Southern Greenlee County TV Association, Inc.)
- K35FH Flagstaff (Jerry Marth)
- K41CV Duncan (Southern Greenlee County TV Association, Inc.)
- K43CN Duncan (Southern Greenlee County TV Association, Inc.)
- K44BB Window Rock (The Navajo Nation)
- K45LU-D 5.x Window Rock (The Navajo Nation)
- K46IL Verde Valley (The Camp Verde TV Club)
- K47DA Duncan (Southern Greenlee County TV Association, Inc.)
- K47IK Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club)
- K49BX Martinez Lake (Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation & Drainage District)
- K49CH Duncan (Southern Greenlee County TV Association, Inc.)
- K49HP Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club)
- K51AV Chinle (The Navajo Nation)
- K51DG Duncan (Southern Greenlee County TV Association, Inc.)
- KGNG-LP 47 Las Vegas NV (King Kong Broadcasting, Inc.)
- KGNG-LD 47.x (48) Las Vegas NV (King Kong Broadcasting, Inc.)
- K12ND Kanab UT (Kanab Lions)
Comments
July has been a rough month for Las Vegas LPTV-ers. KHDF 19.2, 19.3, and 19.3 is stuck on a computer 'startup" graphic, instead of their usual "for lease" billboard. KHMP-18 spent days with strong signal but no programming. That seems to have been corrected, and all four sub-channels are back to their normal. My signal for KGNG-47 dropped from a normal 78 to as lows as 37, preventing display on my main tv and causing my DVR to not always get a reliable signal to record. No other stations dropped for me, so I'm not sure it's antenna orientation. Although Vegas did have some good winds of late.
KGNG 47.2, usually Aviva, has been airing public domain cartoons and informercials for several weeks. Aviva is siad to be having issues at their end. While the Family Channel is rumored to be on KGNG 47.6, the station continues to pump out a slate of movies from a local server, much like their Movies+ on 47.5. No specific ID, but only a generic KGNG-47 has been spotted. My suggestion of Sin City Cinema, or Cinema Six, has gone un-noticed.
Full power KMCC-34 lost The Cool from their .2 sub several weeks ago. It was restored yesterday, along with a simulcast of the music video network on 34.3..Would this be timed for the appearance of Escape and/or Grit on August 18th? Or perhaps the .3 will allow Weather Nation two years after it was announced that KMCC was to be an affiliate.
Escape and Grit, mentioned above, may make it to Vegas for their national launch on the 18th of August. Univision O&O's are affiliates in many markets, as well as some Entravision stations. Entravision's KINC-15 Vegas might be home to either, or both, new networks. They could even move LATV from 15.2 to their little sister KELV 27.2 to allow the new networks access to a full power berth on KINC. But this is all speculation. .
In Las Vegas, LPTV KGNG 47.2 yieled their cartoon and infomercial fest of late for a local launch of McCasa Broadcast Network this week. This is an English language network aimed at Latinos. Programming includes titles such as Cisco Kid, Acapulco Heat, Loco Comedy Jam, Barrio Beats, Cinematic Movies, and a whole lot more. However, KGNG seems to have assigned too few bits to the sub-channel for the network.