License renewals

• KYMA-DT 11.x Yuma (Yuma Broadcasting Company) has been granted a renewal of its license, over seven years after filing. The license expires in a little more than a year, on October 1, 2014. KYMA had had three imposed holds on the processing of its renewal - two related to obscenity complaints from NBC network programming that KYMA aired, and one that was considered by the FCC as a distorted news complaint, in which a KYMA viewer complained that a newscast reported that he was arrested for possession of heroin, when, in fact, he was arrested for possession of hashish. You can't make this stuff up. Those three complaints delayed granting of KYMA's license, but they have now been resolved in KYMA's favor.
• Even more remarkable is the fact that KPHO-TV (Meredith Corporation) and KVOA (KVOA Communications, Inc. [Cordillera Communications]) still have outstanding license renewals.

Programming changes

• KTVP-LD 22.x Phoenix (Mako Communications LLC) has resumed airing AlmaVisión on channel 22.5 and has placed another feed of MásTV on channel 22.2, while trading the color bars for a black screen on channel 22.6.
• KVOA 4.x Tucson (KVOA Communications LLC) has now changed its PSIP description to show Cozi TV. No programming has begun; the station still airs color bars.

Transactions

• KYMA-DT 11.x Yuma (Yuma Broadcasting Company) amended its application to transfer license to remove mention of three imposed holds, as they are no longer relevant. The station received approval from the FCC to transfer its license to Blackhawk Broadcasting LLC.
• KNBX-CD 31.x (14) Las Vegas NV (Mako Communications LLC) has been granted permission by the FCC for its license to be assigned to Landover 5 LLC.
• K40KZ St. George UT (R&D Media Group, Inc.) has agreed to sell the station to religious broadcaster EICB-TV East, LLC. in exchange for a construction permit in Aspen CO and ten dollars.

Construction permits, CP modifications and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) granted

• K43IE Williams (NW Communications of Phoenix, Inc.) has been granted a contruction permit to flash cut to digital, with a modification to rotate its pattern from zero to 340° true azimuth to address interference concerns raised by the FCC, presumably to K43LW-D Prescott. Technical specifications: Ch 43; TL 35-12-1 N, 112-12-13 W (Bill Williams Mtn.); ERP 1.62 kW directional; HAAT 773 m.
• K47GQ Parks (Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University) requested and has been granted an STA to flash cut to digital with 430 Watts ERP while it awaits FCC action on its construction permit modification request to increase to 750 Watts. Technical specifications: Ch 47; TL 35-12-1 N, 112-12-17 W (Bill Williams Mtn.); ERP 0.43 kW directional; HAAT 750 m.
• K18LF-D Shiprock NM (Regents of the University of New Mexico) was granted an STA to construct a new digital LPTV station to serve Shiprock NM and to serve as a UHF relay for station K48AW Shiprock. The new station is proposed to transmit from Roof Butte in the Chuska Mountains in Arizona and send a signal primarily toward Shiprock, but should also be seen in Red Valley AZ. The signal would then be relayed via K48AW to the rest of the Shiprock area. Technical specifications: Ch 18; TL 36-27-30 N, 109-5-37 W (Roof Butte); ERP 0.495 kW directional; HAAT 691 m.
• DK43DL Zuni NM (Regents of the University of New Mexico) has been granted an extension of its STA to operate digital facilities while it waits for a freeze on new stations.

Proposed construction permits

The FCC has published a list of applications to which it proposes to grant construction permits. Petitions to deny must have been filed within 30 days of release of the list, so if none are filed for any given station, its application can be granted on or after September 13.

• Parker (Landover 2 LLC) - Ch 23; TL 33-40-4 N, 114-3-31 W (Guadalupe Mtn.); ERP 1 kW directional; HAAT 313 m.
• Parker (Landover 2 LLC) - Ch 41; TL 33-42-12 N, 114-13-4 W (Town of Quartzsite); ERP 0.8 kW directional; HAAT -51 m. (20 m. AGL)
• Parker (Landover 2 LLC) - Ch 44; TL 33-40-4 N, 114-3-31 W (Guadalupe Mtn.); ERP 1 kW directional; HAAT 313 m.
• Parker (Landover 2 LLC) - Ch 50; TL 33-42-12 N, 114-13-4 W (Town of Quartzsite); ERP 0.8 kW directional; HAAT -51 m. (20 m. AGL)
• Yuma (Jose Rivera Miramontes) - Ch 42; TL 32-40-22 N, 114-20-11 W (Telegraph Pass); ERP 1.9 kW directional; HAAT 386 m.

Applications submitted and Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) requested

• K23BJ Lake Havasu City (Tri-State Broadcasting, LLC) has applied for a digital flash cut on its current analog channel, giving up on a plan to run a digital companion channel. Technical specifications: Ch 23; TL 34-36-9 N, 114-22-13 W (Goat Hill); ERP 2.41 kW directional; HAAT m.
• KGHD-LP 6 Las Vegas NV (Obidia Porras) has requested to move its transmitter to the Arden electronics site on Black Mountain, while continuing to broadcast in analog on channel 6. The requested ERP of 999 Watts is the maximum that an analog station can broadcast without having to seek Mexican coordination for the change. If granted, it would complete the station's migration from St. George UT. Technical specifications: Ch 6; TL 35-56-46 N, 115-2-34 W (Black Mtn. Arden site); ERP 0.999 kW directional; HAAT 570 m.
• KGHD-LD 38 Overton NV (Obidia Porras) has filed an amendment to its digital companion channel construction permit to change the transmitter location to the Arden electronics site on Black Mountain. Although it is requesting to move more than 30 miles, it was originally filed as a companion when the analog station was located outside Overton. The station claims that that fact makes the modification grantable. I think it does too. Technical specifications: Ch 6; TL 35-56-46 N, 115-2-34 W (Black Mtn. Arden site); ERP 0.999 kW directional; HAAT 570 m.
• KCSG1 14.x (27) St. George UT (Southwest Media, LLC) has requested an extension of its STA to operate a replacement digital channel serving the St. George UT, Littlefield AZ and Mesquite NV areas. Technical specifications: Ch 27; TL 37-9-18 N, 113-52-57 W (West Mountain Peak); ERP 1.1 kW directional; HAAT 1093 m.
• K18LF-D Shiprock NM (Regents of the University of New Mexico) has filed application to construct a new digital LPTV station to serve Shiprock NM and to serve as a UHF relay for station K48AW Shiprock. The new station is proposed to transmit from Roof Butte in the Chuska Mountains in Arizona and send a signal primarily toward Shiprock, but should also be seen in Red Valley AZ. The signal would then be relayed via K48AW to the rest of the Shiprock area. The University is requesting an STA to waive the FCC new station freeze so that it can construct the station as soon as possible to serve an area of the Navajo Nation that is currently either underserved or unserved altogether. Technical specifications: Ch 18; TL 36-27-30 N, 109-5-37 W (Roof Butte); ERP 0.495 kW directional; HAAT 691 m.

Dismissed, canceled, expiring or expired

• K51LF-D (Tri-State Broadcasting, LLC) has surrendered its construction permit for a digital companion channel to K23BJ. Tri-State will flash cut to digital on station K23BJ station.