KMOH-TV: Difference between revisions

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| digital = 19 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])

| affiliations = {{plainlistubl|'''6.1:''' [[MeTV]]|''for others, see {{Section link||KMOH-TV subchannels}}''}}

| licensee = TVKMOH-49,TV Inc.LLC

| airdate = {{start date and age|1988|2|22|p=y}}<ref>{{efn|The ''Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook'' says February 22, while the ''Television and Cable Factbook'' says February 26.</ref>}}

| callsign_meaning = [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave County]]

| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''| 6 ([[Very high frequency|VHF]], 1988–2009)}}

* [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (1988–1995)

* [[WJAN-CD|América TeVé]] (2016–2018)

* [[Azteca América]] (2018−2021)

| erp = 25.2 [[kilowatt|kW]]

| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]

| website =

| embedded = {{Infobox television station

| abovebranding = =

| licensee = TVKEJR-49,LD Inc.LLC

| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''| 31 (UHF, 1992–2000)|, 43 (UHF, 2000–2010)|'''Digital:'''| 40 (UHF, 2010–2019)}}

* [[Telemundo]] (via [[KDPH-LP|KDRX-CA]], 2001–March 2005)

* América TeVé (2016–2018)<br
* />[[Azteca América]] (2018-20222018–2022)

'''KMOH-TV''' (channel 6), is a [[MeTV]] [[owned-and-operated station|owned-and-operated]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] toin [[Kingman, Arizona]], United States., Theairing stationprogramming isfrom owned by[[MeTV]]. [[ChicagoOwned and operated]]-based by [[Weigel Broadcasting]]., KMOH-TV'sthe studiosstation arehas locatedstudios on Kingman Avenue in Kingman, and its transmitter is located atop Oatman Mountain, near [[Oatman, Arizona]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/kmoh-tv |title=TV Station Profile |access-date=March 26, 2019 |work=FCC Public Inspection Files}}</ref>

An original [[construction permit]] to build a television station on [[Very high frequency|VHF]] channel 6 in Kingman granted to [[Grand Canyon]] Television Co. on April 8, 1985. Its transmitter facilities were to be located at Hualapai Peak, operating at an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 10 [[kilowatt|kW]].<ref>{{citation |title=For the Record |periodical=Broadcasting |page=106 |date=July 23, 1984 }}</ref> The permit was modified in August 1986 to specify Black Mountain as the transmitter location with an ERP of 100&nbsp;kW, which was the maximum allowed for a low-band VHF station.<ref>{{citation |title=Public Notice Comment |work=FCC CDBS database |date=July 21, 1986 }}</ref> The station first signed on the air on February 22, 1988, and was licensed on June 1.<ref>{{citation |title=Application Search Details |work=FCC CDBS database |date=June 1, 1988 }}</ref>

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, KMOH was an [[American English|English-language]] [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]], and also produced its own local newscast. In September 1995, KMOH became an affiliate of [[The WB]].<ref name="vud-kmohwb">{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Doug|title=TV News|url=https://www.wtfda.org/vud90s/1995/11-95vud.pdf|access-date=September 29, 2018|newspaper=VHF-UHF Digest|date=November 1995|page=13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419114044/https://wtfda.org/vud90s/1995/11-95vud.pdf|archive-date=April 19, 2015}}</ref> It was listed as an [[American Independent Network]] (AIN) affiliate in July 1996, and has also been listed as a [[Network One]] (N1) affiliate at an unknown date.<ref>{{citation|url=//www.n1.com/affiliate.htm |title=Network One Affiliate List |date=October 8, 1997 |access-date=December 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971008055026/http://www.n1.com/affiliate.htm |archive-date=October 8, 1997 }}</ref> KMOH was still primarily a WB affiliate in May 1997, when the broadcasting arm of the Gannett Company (now [[Tegna Inc.]]) bought the station, along with [[KNAZ-TV]] in [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]], from Grand Canyon Television Company.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/1997/05/26/daily1.html |title=Gannett acquires Arizona Stations |work=Phoenix Business Journal |date=May 26, 1997 |access-date=December 7, 2012}}</ref> In November 1999, Gannett converted KMOH into a [[Broadcast relay station#Satellite stations|satellite station]] of Phoenix-based [[NBC]] affiliate [[KPNX]] (channel 12).<ref>[http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/KidVid/public/report/10/query.faces KidVid Public Access] Search the call sign "KMOH" for the filing period of "1999 Q4"</ref> It was perceived as a redundant move, as KPNX was already available on cable in the Kingman area.

[[File:Kejr logo.png|frame|left|The former KEJR/KMOH logo, used until the change of affiliation to MTV Tr3sTr3́s.]]

In August 2004, Bela Broadcasting, looking to expand the reach of its family-oriented [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish-language]] format, acquired KMOH from Gannett, making the station a Spanish-language independent station, airing mostly the same content as itssister station [[Oxnard, CaliforniaKBEH]] stationin [[KBEHOxnard, California]], but on a different schedule. From Kingman, Bela hoped to put signals into the Phoenix and [[Las Vegas]] markets, both of which have large Hispanic populations.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2004/12/30/news/news04.txt |title=New TV station signals a shift in the market |authorfirst=S. |last=Mihailovich |work=Las Vegas Business Press |date=December 30, 2004 |access-date=December 7, 2012}}</ref> While it cannot be verified as a reason for buying KMOH, a full-power station in the Phoenix [[media market]], it is clear that Bela Broadcasting desired [[must-carry]] cable coverage in Phoenix as well. With KMOH no longer a rebroadcaster of KPNX, [[Cox Communications]] petitioned the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) to allow it to exclude the station from must-carry provisions in its 16 Phoenix-area communities, since, while it is part of the Phoenix market, it operates {{convert|165|mi|km|0}} away from the city itself and the station's signal did not reach into Phoenix. KMOH fought the exclusion, but lost, in large part due to the station's lack of local programming directed at Phoenix viewers, and also in part due to not being receivable in Phoenix.<ref>{{citation |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-2248A1.pdf |title=Memorandum Opinion and Order |work=FCC CDBS Database |date=August 9, 2005 |access-date=December 7, 2012}}</ref> In November 2005, Bela Broadcasting acquired KQBN-LP (channel 43, now KEJR-LP) from [[Una Vez Más Holdings]], and made it a translator station of KMOH-TV, giving the station a translator in Phoenix. As Phoenix is the much larger market, both stations were branded as "KEJR 43 Phoenix" instead of as "KMOH 6".

On November 27, 2006, Bela dropped the Spanish independent format from all of its stations and made them affiliates of [[MTV Tres|MTV Tr3́s]]. Bela Broadcasting sold KMOH and KEJR to Hero Broadcasting in January 2008.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/deals/84192 |title=Deals |work=Broadcasting & Cable Magazine |date=January 13, 2008 |access-date=April 8, 2017}}</ref> KMOH and KEJR became charter affiliates of the MundoFox Spanish-language network when it launched on August 1, 2012, replacing Tr3́s. MundoFox changed its name to [[MundoMax]] in 2015, and shut down on December 1, 2016; KMOH-TV and KEJR-LD then switched affiliations to [[WJAN-CD|América TeVé]]. [[HC2 Holdings]] agreed to acquire KMOH-TV and KEJR-LD from Hero Broadcasting on December 29, 2017;<ref name="fcc-saletohc2">{{cite web|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1775275&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=24753|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=January 17, 2018|date=January 3, 2018}}</ref> the sale was completed on June 18, 2018.<ref name="kmohsalecloses">{{cite web|title=Consummation Notice|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101787021&formid=905&fac_num=24753|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=July 16, 2018|date=June 18, 2018}}</ref> HC2 replaced América TeVé programming with Azteca América, which is also owned by HC2.

In December 2020, HC2 sold KMOH-TV and KEJR-LD, along with two other stations, to Weigel Broadcasting, owner of (or managing partner in) five diginets. MeTV was placed on KMOH 6.1 on February 13, 2021. Azteca América remains on KEJR-LD 40.1.

Raul Infante, Jr. was granted an original construction permit for a television station on UHF channel 31, which was assigned the callsign '''K31DI''', on June 5, 1992, and licensed on August 22, 1995. The original transmitter site was in [[Sun City, Arizona|Sun City]]. Early programming is unknown.

In June 1998, Infante sold the station to Hispanic Television of Phoenix, who in turn sold it to Television Apogeo de Phoenix in October. In 1999, the FCC granted [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] [[owned-and-operated station]] [[KSAZ-TV]] (channel 10) permission to build its digital signal on channel 31; as a result, K31DI was forced to move to another channel. Television Apogeo took the station silent in March 2000, but returned it to the air in October, when the company was granted Special[[special Temporarytemporary Authorityauthority]] to operate on channel 43. Television Apogeo licensed the station on channel 43 with new call letters, '''K43GV''', in December 2001. By this time, it was simulcasting [[Telemundo]] programming from KDRX-CA (now [[KDPH-LP]]).

Una Vez Más Holdings acquired the station in January 2004 and applied to move the transmitter location from Sun City to [[South Mountains (Arizona)|South Mountain]] in Phoenix. The permit was granted and the new facilities were licensed in October 2005. Meanwhile, Una Vez Más resurrected a set of call letters the company had used for its station in Tucson, and renamed the station '''KQBN-LP''' in March 2005. Telemundo programming was also replaced by the Spanish-language [[Christianity|Christian]] network [[Almavision]].

Even before the station was licensed at its new South Mountain transmitter site, Una Vez Mas sold the station to Bela Broadcasting, with the transaction finalized in November 2005. Upon taking ownership, Bela again changed the call letters, this time to '''KEJR-LP''', and made the station a translator for KMOH-TV.

====KMOH-TV digital channels=subchannels===

====KEJR-LD digital channels=subchannels===

KMOH-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[Very high frequency|VHF]] channel 6, on June 12, 2009, the official date inon which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 19.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |access-date=2012-03-March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-August 29, 2013 }}</ref> Through the use of [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]], digital television receivers display the station'susing [[virtual channel]] as its former VHF analog channel 6.

==ExternalFurther linksreading==

* [http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6396746.html?display=Top+Stories ''Multichannel News'' article about the switch to MTV Tr3sTr3́s]

* [http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-2248A1.pdf FCC ruling in Cox must-carry case] ([[Portable Document Format|PDF]])