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KHRR
kW
HAAT622 m (2,041 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°14′55.8″N 111°6′59.1″W / 32.248833°N 111.116417°W / 32.248833; -111.116417
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Websitewww.telemundotucson.com

KHRR (channel 40) is a

Owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group, the station maintains studios on North Stone Avenue in downtown Tucson, and its transmitter is located atop the Tucson Mountains
.

Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, KHRR is considered a

semi-satellite of KTAZ (channel 39) in Phoenix. As such, it simulcasts all Telemundo programming as provided through its parent, but airs separate commercial inserts and legal identifications, and has its own website. Local newscasts, produced by KTAZ and branded as Noticiero Telemundo Arizona, are simulcast on both stations. Although KHRR maintains its own facilities, master control
and most internal operations are based at KTAZ's studios on South 33rd Place in Phoenix.

History

KPOL

On November 28, 1983, a construction permit was granted to JP Communications, owned by Julius Polan of

KTVW.[4] JP beat out Valle Verde Broadcasting Corporation, which proposed a full-service Spanish-language outlet,[5] and five other applicants, including Focus Broadcasting and National Group Telecommunications.[6] The permit was approved after JP paid out a cash settlement to rival Sunwest Communications.[7]

Taking the call letters KPOL, construction began in 1984, forcing the KTVW translator to move to channel 52.[8] The station also secured a package of Phoenix Suns road games.[9] However, channel 40 missed its planned November start because its studios had not been completed. Meanwhile, minority investor David Jácome sued, saying that Polan had brought him in to add a minority owner to the ownership group but that he had been squeezed out.[10]

KPOL signed on January 5, 1985. It was the second new

KDTU channel 18 on the air; the two new outlets brought Tucson from one independent station to three,[11] which sent costs for syndicated programming soaring.[12] It turned out that Polan thought KDTU would not be as commercial a station as it was, and the diocese had not planned for another competitor.[12] Initially, channel 40 broadcast in the evening hours only.[13]

After its first year, KPOL had mostly shown up as Tucson's third-rated independent and was losing money.

Clear Channel Communications stepped in to buy channel 18 in February 1989.[12]

KPOL finally succumbed to its financial woes on October 17, 1989, when the station announced it would go off air at midnight.[16] In its final days, the station was selling ads for $10 and $15, and it had stopped subscribing to ratings services.[17]

The license remained active, and Polan engaged a broker to market channel 40 to potential bidders.[18] JP Communications filed for bankruptcy in February 1990, with $35,000 in assets and $2.65 million in liabilities.[19]

KHRR

KHRR and Phoenix sister station KTAZ Channel 39 share studio space at the Telemundo Arizona facilities in South Phoenix

In 1991, local Tucson businessman Jay S. Zucker purchased the dormant KPOL license out of bankruptcy for $45,000.

Telemax, the state network of the Mexican state of Sonora.[22] Zucker sold his broadcasting holdings in 1999 to The Apogee Companies, who maintained the Telemundo affiliation.[23]

KHRR became a Telemundo

Daystar O&O KDTP to Holbrook, Arizona
. The deal also transferred KDRX-CA to Daystar, where it became KDTP-CA.

In 2007, a restructuring plan by parent company

NBC Universal, called "NBCU 2.0", moved the KHRR and KTAZ newscasts to the Telemundo News Hub in Dallas
, along with news operations of other Telemundo stations in the West.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's ATSC 1.0 channels are carried on the

multiplexed
signals of other Tucson television stations:

Subchannels provided by KHRR (ATSC 1.0)[24]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming ATSC 1.0 host
40.1 1080i
16:9
 KHRR-DT Telemundo KUAT-TV/KUAS-TV
40.2 480i
4:3
 Exitos TeleXitos
40.3 16:9 NBC LX
NBC American Crimes
 KVOA
40.4 4:3 Oxygen
Oxygen
 KOLD-TV

In their Sixth Report and Order, dated April 3, 1997, proposing a

kW in October 1999, and eventually amended the ERP to 411.5 kW in February 2002.[27][28] In May 2003, in order to meet an FCC deadline for having a digital television station operational, KHRR requested special temporary authority (STA) to operate at 12.7 kW, which the FCC granted the following month.[29] After delays due to coordination with the Mexican government, interference issues, and the sale of the station from the Apogee Companies to NBC Telemundo, by June 2006, the station was still operating under their STA facilities, the STA having been extended several times. Having to meet another FCC deadline to have fully operational facilities by June 30, 2006, KHRR requested to make their STA facilities permanent.[30] The FCC granted the request on July 10, 2006, and the next day, KHRR applied for a license to cover their facilities, from which they were already broadcasting. The FCC granted the license on January 31, 2007.[31]

Analog-to-digital conversion

KHRR discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over

UHF channel 40, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated from analog to digital television.[32] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 42 to channel 40.[33]

ATSC 3.0

Subchannels of KHRR (ATSC 3.0)[34]
Channel Res. Short name Programming
4.1 1080p KVOA-NG NBC (KVOA) DRM
6.1 KUAT-NG PBS (KUAT-TV)
9.1 KGUN-NG ABC (KGUN-TV) DRM
11.1 KMSB-NG Fox (KMSB) DRM
13.1 KOLD-NG CBS (KOLD-TV) DRM
40.1 KHRR-NG Telemundo DRM
  Subchannel broadcast with digital rights management

References

  1. ^ "Channel 40 now a Telemundo outlet". Arizona Daily Star. July 21, 1992. p. 11B. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KHRR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ Smith, Jeff (August 3, 1984). "KPOL will take over Channel 40 soon". Tucson Citizen. p. 9C. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  4. ^ Stern, Sherry (October 23, 1980). "Tucson to get Spanish TV outlet Nov. 1". Arizona Daily Star. pp. 1A, 8A. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  5. ^ Stern, Sherry (March 7, 1981). "Firm seeks Tucson Spanish-language TV station". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  6. ^ Hatfield, David (July 1, 1981). "3 stations changing hands, but only 1 its Spanish tune". Arizona Daily Star. p. 8C. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "FCC approves cash settlement". Arizona Daily Star. Associated Press. October 22, 1983. p. 4C. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  8. ^ Wilkinson, Bud (July 26, 1984). "Applicants seem to be cool to new channels in hot market". Arizona Republic. p. E5. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  9. ^ Hansen, Greg (September 30, 1984). "New UHF channel to air Suns road games". Arizona Daily Star. p. 4D. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  10. ^ Smith, Jeff (November 7, 1984). "Delays show all is not well with KPOL". Tucson Citizen. p. 5B. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  11. ^ Moulton, Kristen (December 31, 1984). "New stations take optimistic outlook". Arizona Daily Star. p. 3C, 8C. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  12. ^ a b c Radcliffe, Jim (March 12, 1989). "Local TV stations jockey to stay on in crowded market". Arizona Daily Star. pp. 1E, 7E. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  13. ^ Smith, Jeff (January 4, 1985). "Starting tomorrow, there'll be more TV programs than ever when Tucson starts watching UHF". Tucson Citizen. p. 1D, [1]. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  14. ^ Wilson, Terry (April 2, 1986). "He liked TV, so he bought a station". Tucson Citizen. p. 3F. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  15. ^ Radcliffe, Jim (October 13, 1988). "KDTU's money woes trigger Catholic diocese job losses". Arizona Daily Star. p. 3C. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  16. ^ "Channel 40 to go off air at midnight". Tucson Citizen. October 17, 1989. p. 1A. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  17. ^ Rosenblum, Keith (October 18, 1989). "Channel 40, KPOL, goes off the air". Arizona Daily Star. pp. 1A, 2A. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  18. ^ "KPOL closes, fulfills TV prophecy". Tucson Citizen. October 18, 1989. p. 1B. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  19. ^ "KPOL-TV files for liquidation". Arizona Daily Star. February 22, 1990. p. 8B. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  20. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 18, 1991. pp. 85, 86. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  21. ^ "Channel 40 now a Telemundo outlet". Arizona Daily Star. July 21, 1992. p. 11B. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  22. ^ "TV Tucson". Arizona Daily Star. June 25, 1995. p. I10. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  23. ^ Pittman, David (January 20, 1999). "Spanish-language station sold". Tucson Citizen. p. 5C. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
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  25. ^ "Proposed DTV Table of Allotments" (PDF). FCC Sixth Report and Order, Appendix B. Federal Communications Commission. April 3, 1997. p. 12. Retrieved March 24, 2007.
  26. ^ "1998 Initial DTV Table of Allotments" (PDF). Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration of the Sixth Report and Order, Appendix B. Federal Communications Commission. February 17, 1998. p. 19. Retrieved March 24, 2007.
  27. ^ "Original DTV application". Federal Communications Commission. October 28, 1999. Retrieved March 24, 2007.[permanent dead link]
  28. ^ "Amended DTV application". Federal Communications Commission. February 21, 2002. Retrieved March 24, 2007.[permanent dead link]
  29. ^ "Amended STA request" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. August 29, 2003. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2004. Retrieved March 24, 2007.
  30. ^ "Application to make STA facilities permanent". Federal Communications Corporation. June 26, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2007.[permanent dead link]
  31. ^ "DTV license application". Federal Communications Commission. July 11, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2007.[permanent dead link]
  32. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-288530A2.pdf Archived October 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
  33. ^ "DTV channel election". Federal Communications Commission. February 9, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2007.[permanent dead link]
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