• KGRX-LD 19.x Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.) will resume broadcasting in ASTC 1.0 in April. Unknown whether it will keep the BYUTV content that it had as a NextGen channel or revert to FNX programming.
• KEJR-LD 40.x (32) Phoenix (TV-49 Inc.) has added Story Television Network to its lineup on channel 40.3.
• K36JX-D 7.x Many Farms (Hearst Properties Inc.), a KOAT Albuquerque NM translator, is now airing Story Television Network on channel 7.5.
• KKRP-LD 13.x (21) St. George UT (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) has filed notice that it resumed operations on March 19. It had been turned off after KMYU St. George was granted a construction permit to broadcast on RF channel 21.
• From the rumor mill: NBC is said to be making the Oxygen cable channel available over-the-air to some of its owned-and-operated stations, as early as mid-April. Could NBC O&O station KTAZ be getting a new subchannel?

Transactions

• KMSB 11.x (25) Tucson (Sander Operating Co. V D/B/A KMSB Television) has filed for a transfer of control from Tegna Inc. to SGCI Holdings III LLC, a subsidiary of Standard General LP.
• Cox Media Group has announced its intent to sell stations in twelve (12) markets to a company called Imagicomm, an affiliate of cable network INSP. KYMA 13.x Yuma is among the stations being sold. Consummation of the sale is expected in the second half of 2022, assuming approval by the FCC.
• KTTU 18.x (19) Tucson (KTTV-TV Inc.) has filed for a transfer of control from Tegna Inc. to SGCI Holdings III LLC, a subsidiary of Standard General LP.
• KPHE-LD 44.x (16) Phoenix (Lotus TV of Phoenix LLC) has agreed to assign its license to Gray Television for a price of $1.75 million. The transaction is pending FCC approval.
• K18DD-D Camp Verde (George V. Young) has requested an involuntary assignment to the Estate of George V. Young following his death in November 2021. Control of the station will pass to his widow, Sherry L. Young, who is also Executrix of his estate.

Construction Permits and STAs Granted

• K04SE-D Parker (Lowcountry 34 Media LLC) has been granted tolling of its original construction permit until July 7, 2022.
• K06QW-D Sentinel (Lowcountry 34 Media LLC) has been granted tolling of its original construction permit until July 7, 2022.
• K08QN-D Golden Valley (Lowcountry 34 Media LLC) has been granted tolling of its original construction permit until July 7, 2022.
• K10RW-D Lake Havasu (Lowcountry 34 Media LLC) has been granted tolling of its original construction permit until July 7, 2022.
• K18JL-D Phoenix (HC2 Station Group Inc.) has been granted an extension of its Silence STA while it prepares to move to channel 12, following displacement by KPNX.
• K34QY-D Golden Valley (Lowcountry 34 Media LLC) has been granted tolling of its original construction permit until July 7, 2022.

Construction Permits and STAs Requested

• KJPO-LD 49.x (25) Tonopah (Iglesia Manmin Toda la Creacion USA Inc.) has requested a Silence STA, claiming that it ceased broadcasting on January 7 after losing access to its transmitter site. The station plans to file an application for modification to its license to specify a new transmission site. The electronics site on the White Tanks Mountains is about 30 miles from the currently licensed site.
• Saankhya Labs Pvt Ltd has requested an Experimental STA to operate NextGen facilities during the National Association of Broadcasters Show, scheduled for April 23 - 27. Saankhya plans to test a prototype Direct to Mobile Broadcast system, a 5G Broadcast technology. Temporary authorization is requested for April 21 - 28 with a community of license of Las Vegas NV. Technical specifications: Ch 31; TL 36° 8' 0" N, 115° 9' 28" W (Las Vegas Convention Center); ERP 0.04 kW EP; HAAT -12 m (-39 ft) (3 m AGL [10 ft]).

NextGen TV

• KGRX-LD 19.x Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.) has been granted a modification to its license to discontinue NextGen operations and return to ATSC 1.0 broadcasting.

License Renewals

Television licenses in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah expire October 1, 2022, and in California, December 1, 2022. License renewal applications are due four months prior to expiration, or June 1, 2022 for Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, and August 1, 2022 for California.

The following television stations have filed a license renewal application:

• KYPO-LD 27.x Tacna (LMO Christian Media Inc.)

Notes

• In the asset purchase agreement between Standard General and Tegna, it declares that neither KPNX Mesa nor KMSB Tucson is a top 4 station in its market. With each station being an affiliate of a Big 4 English-language television network, and even taking into account that the Spanish-language Univision station is likely one of the top 4 stations in each market, that declaration speaks volumes about Tegna's management. One can only hope that Standard General will do better.