KPDF-CA
Encyclopedia
KPDF-CA is a low-power Class A
television station
in Phoenix, Arizona
, broadcasting locally in digital on UHF
channel 41 as an Azteca America
affiliate. The station is owned by Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC
of Dallas, Texas
, and is carried on several cable systems in the Phoenix area.
granted the station a modification to its permit to construct facilities on channel 41, with new callsign K41EN. The station was licensed on October 20, 1999 and shortly thereafter, took the call letters KPSW-LP.
The station's license was converted to Class A
in October 2001, and in May 2002, Venture Technologies sold KPSW-CA, along with stations KPHZ (now KTAZ
) and KPHZ-LP (now KDTP-LP
), to NBC
Telemundo
. The following December, NBC Telemundo acquired stations KHRR
and KDRX-CA (now KDPH-LP) from Television Apogeo, a company owned by Roy Disney. As part of payment for the stations, NBC Telemundo transferred KPSW-CA to Television Apogeo. In August 2003, the FCC
approved the sale of KPSW-CA to Una Vez Mas
, and in January 2004, the sale was consummated and KPSW-CA became KPDF-CA.
As a low power
TV station, KPDF-CA continued broadcasting in analog after June 12, 2009, which was the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations. Viewing this station required either a pass through converter box, a splitter, or use of cable or satellite.
On June 4, 2010, KPDF-CA flash-cut
its signal from analog to digital.
affiliate.
by the Independent News Network
. The station planned on having at least one reporter on duty in the Phoenix area filing news reports for the new news program.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6374560.html?display=News&referra
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 Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, broadcasting locally in digital 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 41 as an Azteca America
Azteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
affiliate. The station is owned by Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC
Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC
Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC is the owner of a group of low-power television stations, mostly in the Southwest, and is the largest Azteca América affiliate group in the United States...
of Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, and is carried on several cable systems in the Phoenix area.
History
KPDF-CA began as an original construction permit for station K69HJ, issued on June 14, 1995 to World Television, a subsidiary of Venture Technologies Group, LLC. In October 1997, 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 the station a modification to its permit to construct facilities on channel 41, with new callsign K41EN. The station was licensed on October 20, 1999 and shortly thereafter, took the call letters KPSW-LP.
The station's license was converted to Class A
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...
in October 2001, and in May 2002, Venture Technologies sold KPSW-CA, along with stations KPHZ (now KTAZ
KTAZ
KTAZ is a NBC Telemundo owned-and-operated television station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting in digital on UHF channel 39 from South Mountain. KTAZ airs Spanish-language programming from the Telemundo network.-History:...
) and KPHZ-LP (now KDTP-LP
KDTP-LP
KDTP-LP is a low-power television station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting locally on channel 58 as a Jewelry Television affiliate. The station is owned by Community Television Educators, Inc., a board set up by Daystar Television Network to manage their non-commercial license in accordance with...
), to NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
. The following December, NBC Telemundo acquired stations KHRR
KHRR
KHRR is a full-service television station, owned and operated by NBCUniversal, and serving Tucson, Arizona as the Telemundo station. The station broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 40, with 396 kW ERP on its digital signal...
and KDRX-CA (now KDPH-LP) from Television Apogeo, a company owned by Roy Disney. As part of payment for the stations, NBC Telemundo transferred KPSW-CA to Television Apogeo. In August 2003, the FCC
Federal 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...
approved the sale of KPSW-CA to Una Vez Mas
Una Vez Más
Una Vez Más is the third album by Venezuelan group Calle Ciega released in 2006.-Track listing:# Mi Cachorrita# Te Extraña Mi Cama# Sígueme# Vestido Rojo# Los Latinos# Una Vez Más# Tú y Yo# Cazadora# Porque Te Amo# Dejame Entrar a Tu Corazón...
, and in January 2004, the sale was consummated and KPSW-CA became KPDF-CA.
As a low power
Low-power broadcasting
Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same...
TV station, KPDF-CA continued broadcasting in analog after June 12, 2009, which was the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations. Viewing this station required either a pass through converter box, a splitter, or use of cable or satellite.
On June 4, 2010, KPDF-CA flash-cut
Flash-cut
A flash-cut, also called flash-cutover, is an immediate change in a complex system, with no phase-in period.Some telephone area codes were split immediately, rather than being phased in with a permissive dialing period. An example is telephone area code 213, which was split into 213 and 714 all at...
its signal from analog to digital.
Programming
The station was an affiliate of Home Shopping Español (HSE), likely from sign-on in 1999 until HSE was shut down in 2002. The station is also listed as an ACN affiliate (now Jewelry TV); presumably for the last half of 2002 and the first half 2003. In July 2003, the station became an Azteca AmericaAzteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
affiliate.
Newscast
In early 2007, KPDF was to start a local newscast, which will be produced in Davenport, IowaDavenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk...
by the Independent News Network
Independent News Network
For the consortium of non-profit investigative news organizations, see .The Independent News Network, also known as INN, is a television news service based in Davenport, Iowa. It syndicates "localized" news programs for television stations across the country with little budget for news...
. The station planned on having at least one reporter on duty in the Phoenix area filing news reports for the new news program.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6374560.html?display=News&referra
Digital channels
| Channel | Format | Programming |
|---|---|---|
| 41.1 | 480i | Main KPDF programming |
| 41.2 | 480i | Test pattern Test card A test card, also known as a test pattern in North America and Australia, is a television test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no program is being broadcast... |
| 41.3 | 480i | LATV LATV LATV is a bilingual music and entertainment network. LATV has been on the air in the Los Angeles market as KJLA since 2001 and is distributed through mostly digital television subchannels throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.... |
| 41.4 | 480i | Test pattern Test card A test card, also known as a test pattern in North America and Australia, is a television test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no program is being broadcast... |
See also
- KQBN-LPKQBN-LPKQBN-LP is a low-power television station licensed to Prescott, Arizona. The station is licensed to operate in analog on UHF channel 28 from a transmitter in the Bradshaw Mountains...
and KDFQ-LPKDFQ-LPKDFQ-LP channel 47 is the Azteca America affiliate for Prescott, Arizona. It is owned by Una Vez Más Holdings, LLC. It has once been on channel 24 as opposed to channel 47. The switch to ATSC broadcasting prompted a channel move, as KTVK in Phoenix began using channel 24. K24EP/KDFQ-LP was...
, co-owned LPTV stations in the Sun CitySun City, ArizonaSun City is a census-designated place and unincorporated town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 38,309 at the 2000 census...
and PrescottPrescott, ArizonaPrescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s....
areas carrying Azteca America - KHDF-CD, co-owned Azteca America affiliate for Las Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...