K55KD
Encyclopedia
K55KD is a low-power Class A
television station
in Van Nuys, California, broadcasting locally in analog
on UHF
channel 57. Founded on August 4, 1998 as a Santa Barbara
station on UHF channel 66, K55KD is owned and operated by Almavision
, and serves the Los Angeles
area on channel 57 through Special Temporary Authorization, instead of channel 55, for which it is licensed.
granted an original construction permit to Penny Drucker on August 4, 1998 to build low-power television station K66FV to serve Santa Barbara, California. With the impending reallocation of the 700 MHz spectrum, however, Drucker received permission to move the station to UHF channel 46. At the completion of construction, the station went on the air as K46GC, an affiliate of Christian Television Network
. The FCC licensed the station on April 12, 2001. Penny Drucker transferred the station to Seattle Streaming Radio, LLC on September 22, 2003.
More changes were on the way. In 2004, full-service KFTR-TV
received permission to adjust its signal pattern. Interference studies predicted that the new pattern would greatly increase interference, so the station requested to move to channel 55. While waiting for the FCC to grant or deny the application, Seattle Streaming Radio entered an airtime agreement with Almavision, where Almavision would immediately begin programming the station, pending consummation of the sale. On December 1, 2004, K46GC became an Almavision affiliate, and when the sale was completed January 10, 2005, an O&O station for Almavision. The station was granted a permit to move to channel 55 and licensed the new facilities on December 1, 2005. Its new callsign was K55KD with city of license of Oxnard, California
. The station again changed its city of license on March 31, 2006, to Simi Valley
, then changed it to Van Nuys on July 19, 2006.
The station's stay on channel 55 would be short-lived. Qualcomm
, which had purchased exclusive rights to broadcast on the frequencies occupied by channel 55, notified the station that it was causing interference to their operations, and demanded that they cease operations at once. On January 24, 2007, the station applied to move to channel 57 and requested Special Temporary Authority (STA) to operate there pending grant of the application. The STA was granted the next day.
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
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Van Nuys, California, broadcasting locally 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 57. Founded on August 4, 1998 as a Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
station on UHF channel 66, K55KD is owned and operated by Almavision
Almavision
Almavision is an American television network broadcasting Christian programming in Spanish with affiliates across North and Central America. The network is carried via satellite on Echostar and SatMex 5, their slogan is "Television Cristiana...a la manera de Dios. " Almavision is an American...
, and serves the Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
area on channel 57 through Special Temporary Authorization, instead of channel 55, for which it is licensed.
History
The FCCFederal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
granted an original construction permit to Penny Drucker on August 4, 1998 to build low-power television station K66FV to serve Santa Barbara, California. With the impending reallocation of the 700 MHz spectrum, however, Drucker received permission to move the station to UHF channel 46. At the completion of construction, the station went on the air as K46GC, an affiliate of Christian Television Network
Christian Television Network
Christian Television Network is a non-profit broadcast television network of small owned-and-operated stations that broadcasts religious programming. It is based in Largo, Florida , and the flagship station is WCLF channel 22, which signed on the air in the Tampa Bay Florida region in 1979...
. The FCC licensed the station on April 12, 2001. Penny Drucker transferred the station to Seattle Streaming Radio, LLC on September 22, 2003.
More changes were on the way. In 2004, full-service KFTR-TV
KFTR-TV
KFTR-DT "TeleFutura 46 Los Angeles" is an Univisión operated television station in the Los Angeles area, operating on digital UHF channel 29.1 and it's the West Coast flagship station of the TeleFutura network, its second Spanish language 24-hour network founded in January, 2002. KFTR is licensed...
received permission to adjust its signal pattern. Interference studies predicted that the new pattern would greatly increase interference, so the station requested to move to channel 55. While waiting for the FCC to grant or deny the application, Seattle Streaming Radio entered an airtime agreement with Almavision, where Almavision would immediately begin programming the station, pending consummation of the sale. On December 1, 2004, K46GC became an Almavision affiliate, and when the sale was completed January 10, 2005, an O&O station for Almavision. The station was granted a permit to move to channel 55 and licensed the new facilities on December 1, 2005. Its new callsign was K55KD with city of license of Oxnard, California
Oxnard, California
Oxnard is the 113th largest city in the United States, 19th largest city in California and largest city in Ventura County, California, by way of population. It is located at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, and is an important agricultural center, with its distinction as the...
. The station again changed its city of license on March 31, 2006, to Simi Valley
Simi Valley, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Simi Valley had a population of 124,237. The population density was 2,940.8 people per square mile...
, then changed it to Van Nuys on July 19, 2006.
The station's stay on channel 55 would be short-lived. Qualcomm
Qualcomm
Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...
, which had purchased exclusive rights to broadcast on the frequencies occupied by channel 55, notified the station that it was causing interference to their operations, and demanded that they cease operations at once. On January 24, 2007, the station applied to move to channel 57 and requested Special Temporary Authority (STA) to operate there pending grant of the application. The STA was granted the next day.