K25AL
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K25AL is a Class A
television station serving Lake Havasu City, Arizona
. It broadcasts in analog
on UHF
channel 25 as a Trinity Broadcasting Network
(TBN) affiliate and is locally owned by Lake Havasu Christian Television. The station's transmitter is located near downtown Lake Havasu City.
In the late 1980, K25AL broadcast locally produced programming in conjunction with Lake Havasu High School. K25AL broadcast a weekly student produced newscast called "Knight Life News". Segments were shot in the field, and student anchors introduced segments and performed interviews in a studio located in "I-Hall" on the LHHS campus. K25AL also owned a field production truck, mostly used to broadcast LHHS football games. Both home and away games were switched live to tape using a three camera setup. The recorded games were broadcast the following day. K25AL also occasionally broadcast LHHS basketball games and other city events such as the London Bridge Days parade. It is unknown when K25AL stopped producing local programming. The field production truck was still parked at K25AL as of November 2010.
K25AL also ran some syndicated programming in the 80's, such as fishing programs.
Class A television service
The class A television service is a system for regulating some low-power television stations in the United States. Class A stations are denoted by the broadcast callsign suffix "-CA" or "-CD" , although very many analog -CA stations have a digital companion channel that was assigned the -LD...
television station serving Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 41,938 people, 17,911 households, and 12,716 families residing in the city. The population density was 974.4 people per square mile . There were 23,018 housing units at an average density of 534.8 per square mile...
. It broadcasts in analog
NTSC
NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
on UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
channel 25 as a Trinity Broadcasting Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
(TBN) affiliate and is locally owned by Lake Havasu Christian Television. The station's transmitter is located near downtown Lake Havasu City.
History
An original construction permit for a low-power station on channel 25 was issued on July 10, 1984 to Lake Havasu Christian Television. Given the call sign K25AL, it was licensed on October 1, 1985 and upgraded its license to Class A on September 10, 2001. On October 19, 2007, the station was granted a construction permit to flash cut to digital, good for three years.Programming
K25AL broadcasts the entire TBN schedule. Although Class A licensees are generally required to broadcast a minimum of three hours per week of locally-produced programming, there is no evidence that K25AL does so.In the late 1980, K25AL broadcast locally produced programming in conjunction with Lake Havasu High School. K25AL broadcast a weekly student produced newscast called "Knight Life News". Segments were shot in the field, and student anchors introduced segments and performed interviews in a studio located in "I-Hall" on the LHHS campus. K25AL also owned a field production truck, mostly used to broadcast LHHS football games. Both home and away games were switched live to tape using a three camera setup. The recorded games were broadcast the following day. K25AL also occasionally broadcast LHHS basketball games and other city events such as the London Bridge Days parade. It is unknown when K25AL stopped producing local programming. The field production truck was still parked at K25AL as of November 2010.
K25AL also ran some syndicated programming in the 80's, such as fishing programs.