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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 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 Tr3s.]]
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