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Arizona TV Station Update - April 2023

Better late than never. As always, questions, additions, comments and corrections welcome.

Arizona TV Station Update wishes to thank AVS Forum members KyL416 and theMysticSeer for contributing to this month's update.

New Licenses

  • K25MK-D 12.x Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club Inc.) requested and has been granted a license to cover its antenna change. Technical specifications: Ch 25; TL 34° 28' 12" N, 111° 52' 25" W (Porcupine Mtn.); ERP 0.287 kW HP DA; HAAT 694 m / 2276 ft.

Branding changes

  • Gray TV has rebranded Arizona Family Sports & Entertainment Network to Arizona's Family Sports and has dropped the channel 44 logo from the network ID, as the network is being rolled out on other channels in the state.

Programming Changes

  • KVOA 4.x (23) Tucson (Tucson TV License Company LLC) has dropped channels 4.6 Comet TV, and 4.7 QVC.
  • KMSB 11.x (25) Tucson (Sander Operating Co V LLC DBA KMSB Television) has added Comet TV on channel 11.7 and QVC on channel 11.8. There is no channel 11.6.
  • KOLD-TV 13.x (32, 13) Tucson (Gray Television Licensee LLC) has added Arizona's Family Sports on channel 13.5, moving Charge! programming to channel 13.6.
  • NBC Universal has announced that it will be shutting down NBC LX. No timeframe has been given, but inside sources have said that mid-2023 is likely. NBC LX is seen in Arizona on the following channels:
    • KTAZ 39.4 Phoenix
    • KHRR 40.3 Tucson
    • KBLR 39.3 Las Vegas NV
  • KPDF-CD 41.x (22) Phoenix (HC2 Station Group Inc.) has replaced Magnificent Movies Network with Law & Crime Trial Network on channel 41.8.
  • KDVD-LD 50.x (25) Globe (Globe LPTV LLC) has replaced TBD with infomercials on channel 50.7.
  • K25MK-D 12.x Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club Inc.) is back on air.
  • K35OU-D 21.x Tucson (Ventana Television Inc.) is back on air.
  • KVCW 33.x (29) Las Vegas NV (KUPN Licensee LLC) is back on air.
  • KMCC 34.x (32) Laughlin NV (Ion Television Licensee LLC) will drop its Ion affiliation and become an independent station later this year, according to a press release from E.W. Scripps Company. The station will become the local broadcast home for Las Vegas Golden Knights hockey.
  • KGNG-LD 26.x Las Vegas NV (King Kong Broadcasting LLC) has dropped the audio stream of InfoWars on channel 26.11 for an audio service called NewsTalk Radio.

Construction Permits, Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) and Tolling Requests Granted

  • KBFY-LD 41.x (2) Yuma (KBFY LLC) has been granted a modification to its license, to change antenna and to move about 30 ft higher on its current tower. Technical specifications: Ch 2; TL 33° 3' 2" N, 114° 49' 41" W (Black Mtn.); ERP 3 kW DA HP; HAAT 389 m/1276 ft.
  • KDVD-LD 50.x (25) Globe (Globe LPTV LLC) requested and was granted a construction permit to increase power from its current 5.5 kW to the maximum allowed for an LPTV station, 15 kW. Technical specifications: Ch 25; TL 33° 19' 57" N, 112° 4' 0" W (South Mtn.); ERP 15 kW DA HP 2.5° EBT; HAAT 480 m / 1574 ft.
  • K25MK-D 12.x Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club Inc.) requested and was granted a construction permit to change its antenna system, from a Kathrein 70510210 to a Scala CL-1469B. No power or location changes are requested. Technical specifications: Ch 25; TL 34° 28' 12" N, 111° 52' 25" W (Porcupine Mtn.); ERP 0.287 kW HP DA; HAAT 694 m / 2276 ft.
  • K27PC-D Yuma (Jose Rivera Miramontes) has been granted a displacement construction permit to move to channel 26. Its new call sign is K26PX-D. Technical specifications: Ch 26; TL 32° 40' 21" N, 114° 20' 10" W (Telegraph Pass); ERP 1.8 kW DA HP; HAAT 355 m / 1164 ft.
  • KEGS-LD 30.x (24) Las Vegas NV (HC2 Station Group Inc.) requested and was granted an Engineering STA to operate at reduced power while it repairs its transmitter. Technical specifications: Ch 24; TL 35° 56' 46" N, 115° 2' 37" W (Arden Peak); ERP 7.5 kW DA HP; HAAT 548 m / 1797 ft.

Construction Permits, Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) and Tolling Requested

  • KOLD-TV 13.x (32/13) Tucson (Gray Television Licensee LLC) has applied for a construction permit to increase power from 0.3 kW to 1 kW at its Digital Replacement Transmitter. No other changes are requested, other than minor corrections. Technical specifications: Ch 13; TL 32° 14' 52" N, 111° 7' 1" W; ERP 1 kW HP (0.75° EBT); HAAT 618 m / 2027 ft.

Canceled, Dismissed, Expired, Expiring

  • KDTP 11.x Holbrook (Community Television Educators Inc.) has a construction permit to build a maximum power facility near the Mogollon Rim that will expire on May 19. Technical specifications: Ch 11; TL 34° 23' 19" N, 110° 59' 39" W (Bennett Butler Tank); ERP 160 kW HP; HAAT 54 m / 177 ft.

License Renewals

The FCC has renewed the licenses of the following stations:

  • KUTP 45.x (26) Phoenix (Fox Television Stations LLC)
  • K14HC-D 45.x Prescott (Fox Television Stations LLC)
  • K14HG-D 45.x Kingman (Fox Television Stations LLC)
  • K15CR-D 45.x Lake Havasu City (Fox Television Stations LLC)
  • K16BP-D 45.x Cottonwood (Fox Television Stations LLC)
  • K18CB-D 45.x Bullhead City (Fox Television Stations LLC)
  • K18JL-D (K12XP-D) 22.x (HC2 Station Group Inc.)
  • K25MK-D 12.x Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club Inc.)
  • K28CW-D 45.x Flagstaff (Fox Television Stations LLC)

Notices

  • K25MK-D 12.x Camp Verde (The Camp Verde TV Club Inc.) has filed a resumption of operations notice with the FCC, stating that the station resumed operations on May 3.
  • K35OU-D 21.x Tucson (Ventana Television Inc.) has filed a resumption of operations notice with the FCC, stating that the station resumed operations on April 19.
  • KVCW 33.x (29) Las Vegas NV (KUPN Licensee LLC) has filed a resumption of operations notice with the FCC, stating that the station resumed operations on March 17.

Television Lineups

Phoenix

KTVK 3.x (24) Phoenix (Gray Television Licensee LLC)

  • 3.1 Independent
  • 3.2 Comet TV
  • 3.3 Circle TV
  • 3.4 This TV
  • 3.5 Weather Now
  • 61.3 Ion Mystery (KASW)

KPHO 5.x (17) Phoenix (Gray Television Licensee LLC)

  • 5.1 CBS
  • 5.2 Cozi
  • 5.3 DABL
  • 5.4 ShopLC
  • 35.4 Ion Mystery (KFPH)

KAZT-CD 7.x (36) Phoenix (KAZT LLC)

  • 7.1 Independent
  • 7.2 MeTV
  • 7.3 HSN
  • 7.4 Charge!
  • 7.5 AZTV Local Plus

KAET 8.x Phoenix (Arizona Board of Regents for ASU)

  • 8.1 PBS
  • 8.2 Life
  • 8.3 World
  • 8.4 PBS Kids
  • 8.5 KBAQ 89.5 FM Phoenix (Audio)

KSAZ-TV 10.x Phoenix (NW Communications of Phoenix Inc.)

  • 10.1 Fox
  • 10.3 H&I (Heroes & Icons)
  • 10.4 The Grio
  • 10.5 Fox Weather
  • 61.4 HSN (KASW)

KPNX 12.x (18) Mesa (Multimedia Holdings Corporation)

  • 12.1 NBC
  • 12.2 ShopLC
  • 12.3 True Crime Network
  • 12.4 Quest
  • 12.5 Twist
  • 61.2 Grit (KASW)

K14RK-D 14.x Phoenix (Good News Broadcasting Network Inc.)

  • 14.1 Good News TV
  • 14.2 GNTV Latino
  • 14.3 GNTV Kids
  • 14.4 Good News Music
  • 38.7 Lighthouse

KNXV-TV 15.x Phoenix (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)

  • 15.1 ABC
  • 15.2 Antenna TV
  • 15.3 Laff
  • 15.4 QVC
  • 15.5 QVC2
  • 61.1 CW (KASW)

KGRX-LD 19.x Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.)

  • 19.1 FNX (First Nations Experience)
  • 19.5 TCH (The Country Network)

KPAZ-TV 21.x (20) Phoenix (Trinity Broadcasting of Arizona Inc.)

  • 21.1 TBN
  • 21.2 Inspire
  • 21.3 Smile
  • 21.4 Enlace
  • 21.5 Positiv

K12XP-D 22.x Phoenix (HC2 Station Group Inc.)

  • 22.1 Infomercials
  • 22.2 MMN (Magnificent Movies Network)
  • 22.3 Timeless TV
  • 22.4 Infomercials

KTVD-LD 23.x Phoenix (HC2 Station Group Inc.)

  • 23.1 BeIN Sports Xtra ñ
  • 23.2 SBN (SonLife Broadcasting Network)
  • 23.3 ShopLC
  • 23.4 Novelisima
  • 23.5 BeIN Sports Xtra
  • 23.6 Infomercials

KGRY-LD 28.x Gila River Indian Community (NextGen) (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.)

  • 28.1 Silent (Listed as BYU TV)
  • 100.2 Listed as ENI (Subscription)
  • 100.90 Listed as Curiosity (Subscription)
  • 100.100 Liste as Insight (Subscription)
  • 100.133 LIsted as MAVTV Motor Network (Subscription)

KGRF-LD 29.x (21) Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.)

  • 29.1 FNX

KGRQ-LD 29.x (21) Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.)

  • 29.1 FNX

K30MM-D 31.x Gila River Indian Community (Globe LPTV LLC)

  • 31.1 Infomercials
  • 31.2 ACE TV (American Classic Entertainment)
  • 31.3 The Nostalgia Channel
  • 31.4 Retro TV
  • 31.5 Heartland
  • 31.6 iSports
  • 31.7 The Walk
  • 31.8 NuestraVision

KTVW-DT 33.x Phoenix (KTVW License Partnership GP)

  • 33.1 Univision
  • 33.2 Unimas
  • 33.3 Grit
  • 33.4 Bounce
  • 33.5 ShopLC
  • 35.1 Unimas (KFPH)

KFPH-CD 35.x Phoenix (NextGen) (Unimas Partnership of Phoenix)

  • 3.1 Independent
  • 8.1 PBS
  • 33.1 Univision
  • 35.1 Unimas

KTAZ 39.x (29) Phoenix (NBC Telemundo License LLC)

  • 35.3 get TV
  • 39.1 Telemundo
  • 39.2 TeleXitos
  • 39.3 Cozi
  • 39.4 NBC LX
  • 39.5 Oxygen True Crime

KEJR-LD 40.x (32) Phoenix (KEJR-LD LLC)

  • 40.1 MeTV+
  • 40.2 MeTV+
  • 40.3 Story Television
  • 40.12 Infomercials

KPDF-CD 41.x (22) Phoenix (HC2 Station Group Inc.)

  • 41.1 Vision Latina
  • 41.2 LATV
  • 41.3 ESNE (El Sembrador Nueva Evangelización)
  • 41.4 QVC
  • 41.5 Silent (Listed as Infomercials)
  • 41.6 Silent (Listed as Timeless TV)
  • 41.7 EEE (El Evangelio Eterno)
  • 41.8 Law & Crime Trial Network
  • 41.9 Carz & Trax

KVPA-LD 42.x (34) Phoenix (Estrella Television License LLC)

  • 42.1 Estrella TV
  • 42.2 Estrella News
  • 42.3 JTV (Jewelry Television)
  • 42.4 ShopLC

KPHE-LD 44.x (16) Phoenix (Gray Television Licensee LLC)

  • 44.1 Arizona's Family Sports
  • 44.2 Bark TV
  • 44.3 Infomercials
  • 44.4 Infomercials

KUTP 45.x (26) Phoenix (Fox Television Stations LLC)

  • 10.2 Fox
  • 45.1 Fox 10 Xtra
  • 45.2 Movies!
  • 45.3 Buzzr
  • 45.4 Catchy Comedy TV
  • 45.5 Start TV

KDPH-LD 48.x (13) Phoenix (Word of God Fellowship Inc.)

  • 48.1 Daystar
  • 48.2 Daystar ES
  • 48.3 Music/Scriptures

KDVD-LD 50.x (25) Globe (Globe LPTV LLC)

  • 50.1 NuestraVision
  • 50.2 Telemax
  • 50.3 Comfy TV
  • 50.4 SBN
  • 50.5 GEB TV
  • 50.6 Stadium
  • 50.7 Infomercials
  • 50.8 Biz TV

KPPX-TV 51.x (31) Tolleson (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC)

  • 51.1 Ion
  • 51.2 Bounce
  • 51.3 Court TV
  • 51.4 Scripps News
  • 51.5 Defy TV
  • 51.6 Grit
  • 51.7 JTV
  • 51.8 QVC

KASW 61.x (27) Phoenix (NextGen) (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)

  • 5.1 CBS
  • 10.1 Fox
  • 12.1 NBC
  • 15.1 ABC
  • 45.1 Fox 10 Xtra
  • 61.1 CW

Tucson

KVOA 4.x (23) Tucson / K04QP-D Casas Adobes (Tucson TV License Company LLC)

  • 4.1 NBC
  • 4.2 Cozi
  • 4.3 Ion Mystery
  • 4.4 DABL
  • 4.5 Grit

KUAT 6.x (30) Tucson (Arizona Board of Regents FBO U of A)

  • 6.1 PBS
  • 6.2 PBS Kids
  • 6.3 PBS 6+

KGUN 9.x Tucson / K27OP-D 9.x Oro Valley (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)

  • 9.1 ABC
  • 9.2 Laff
  • 9.3 Antenna TV
  • 9.4 Bounce
  • 9.5 ION
  • 9.6 Scripps News

KMSB 11.x (25) Tucson (Sander Operating Co. V LLC DBA KMSB Television)

  • 11.1 Fox
  • 11.2 Movies!
  • 11.3 True Crime Network
  • 11.4 Quest
  • 11.5 ShopLC
  • 11.7 Comet TV
  • 11.8 QVC

KOLD 13.x (32) Tucson / KOLD 13.x Tucson (Gray Television Licensee LLC)

  • 13.1 CBS
  • 13.2 MeTV
  • 13.3 Circle TV
  • 13.4 Defy TV
  • 13.5 Arizona's Family Sports
  • 13.6 Charge!

KUDF-LD 14.x Tucson (LM Media Group Inc.)

  • 14.1 Estrella TV
  • 14.2 Vision Latina
  • 14.3 LATV
  • 14.4 Good News TV
  • 14.5 Telemax
  • 14.6 GNTV Latino

KTTU 18.x (19) Tucson (KTTU-TV Inc.)

  • 18.1 My Network TV
  • 18.2 This TV
  • 18.3 H&I
  • 18.4 Start TV
  • 18.5 The Grio
  • 18.6 HSN
  • 18.7 Twist

K35OU-D 21.x Tucson (Ventana Television Inc.)

  • 21.1 HSN
  • 21.2 QVC
  • 21.3 HSN2
  • 21.4 QVC2
  • 21.5 QVC3
  • 21.6 DABL

KUAS 27.x (28) Tucson (Arizona Board of Regents FBO U of A)

  • 27.1 PBS
  • 27.2 PBS Kids
  • 27.3 PBS 6+

KPCE-LD 29.x Tucson (Word of God Fellowship Ins.)

  • 29.1 Daystar
  • 29.2 Daystar ES
  • 29.3 Music/Scriptures

KFTU-CD 34.x (18) Tucson (Unimas Partnership of Tucson)

  • 34.1 Unimas
  • 34.2 Univision

KHRR 40.x (16) Tucson (NBC Telemundo License LLC)

  • 40.1 Telemundo
  • 40.2 TeleXitos
  • 40.3 Cozi
  • 40.4 Oxygen True Crime

KUVE-CD 42.x (36) Tucson (Univision Tucson LLC)

  • 42.1 Univision
  • 42.2 Unimas
  • 42.3 get TV
  • 42.4 Ion Mystery
  • 42.5 ShopLC

KUVE-DT 46.x (34) Green Valley (Univision Tucson LLC)

  • 46.1 Univision
  • 46.2 Unimas
  • 46.3 get TV
  • 46.4 Ion Mystery
  • 46.5 ShopLC

KWBA-TV 58.x (21) Sierra Vista (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)

  • 9.1 ABC
  • 58.1 CW
  • 58.2 Court TV
  • 58.3 Grit
  • 58.4 Defy TV
  • 58.5 JTV
  • 58.6 QVC2

Yuma/El Centro CA

KVYE 7.x (22) El Centro CA (Entravision Holdings LLC)

  • 7.1 Univision
  • 7.2 Circle TV
  • 7.3 Comet TV
  • 7.4 Charge!
  • 7.5 Court TV

K19CX-D 8.x Yuma (//KAET 8.x Phoenix) (Arizona Board of Regents for ASU)

  • 8.1 PBS
  • 8.2 Life
  • 8.3 World
  • 8.4 PBS Kids
  • 8.5 KBAQ 89.5 FM Phoenix (Audio)

KECY-TV 9.x El Centro CA (NPG of Yuma-El Centro LLC)

  • 9.1 Fox
  • 9.2 ABC
  • 9.3 CW
  • 9.4 Telemundo

KYMA-DT 13.x Yuma (Imagicomm Yuma LLC)

  • 11.1 NBC
  • 13.1 CBS
  • 13.3 Estrella TV
  • 13.4 Ion

KYUM-LD 15.x Yuma (Centro Cristiano Vida Abundante Inc.)

  • 15.1 TVA (TeleVida Abundante)
  • 15.2 TVA Radio (Audio)

K24NI-D Yuma (Good News Broadcasting Network Inc.)

  • 24.1 Good News TV
  • 24.2 GNTV Latino
  • 24.3 GNTV Kids
  • 24.4 GN Music

K33MD-D Yuma (//XHILA 66.x Mexicali BCN) (Broadcast Group Ltd.)

  • 33.1 Canal 66
  • 33.2 Canal Catorce
  • 33.3 Canal 66 (2 hr delay)
  • 33.4 Milenio TV

KESE-LD 35.x Yuma (NPG of Yuma-El Centro LLC)

  • 35.1 Telemundo

KBFY-LD 41.x (2) Fortuna (KBFY LLC)

  • 41.1 Blank
  • 41.2 Scripps News
  • 41.3 Laff
  • 41.4 Defy TV
  • 41.5 Unknown
  • 41.6 Buzzr

KAJB 54.x (36) Calipatria CA (Calipatria Broadcasting Company LLC)

  • 54.1 Unimas
  • 54.2 LATV
  • 54.3 TBD
  • 54.4 Stadium

Comments

1. On Tuesday, June 6 2023, 14:40 by Goaliebob99

Still no update on who the ATSC 3.0 night light station will be in Tucson and when that will appear! Such a disappointment to see much smaller markets adopting 3.0 while we still don’t have any signals in our market!