KWTA-LP
Encyclopedia
KWTA-LP is a low-power television station serving Tucson, Arizona
and surrounding area. It broadcasts on analog channel 31 and is an affiliate of Jewelry Television
. The station is owned by Venture Technologies Group of Los Angeles, California
.
to move to channel 51, as KWTA-LP receives serious interference from KUVE-TV
on channel 46.
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
and surrounding area. It broadcasts on analog channel 31 and is an affiliate of Jewelry Television
Jewelry Television
Jewelry Television is an American television network, similar to the Home Shopping Network. It was formerly called "America's Collectibles Network" . The privately-held company was founded in 1993 and broadcasts high definition programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to over 80 million unique...
. The station is owned by Venture Technologies Group of Los Angeles, California
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...
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History
An original construction permit to build a low power television station was granted to Venture Technologies Group on November 7, 1991. The station, to be constructed on channel 31, was given the callsign K31CK. After several modifications and expired construction permits, the station was licensed on September 5, 1997. The next month, the station changed its call letters to KWTA-LP. In April 2006, the station filed a displacement application with 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...
to move to channel 51, as KWTA-LP receives serious interference from KUVE-TV
KUVE-TV
KUVE-DT is a full-service television station in Green Valley, Arizona, broadcasting to the Tucson metropolitan area in digital on UHF channel 46 as an affiliate of Univisión. Founded October 31, 1988, the station is owned by Univisión, and has its main transmitter atop Mount Bigelow in the Santa...
on channel 46.