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KKFX-CD
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HAAT445 m (1,460 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°21′37.9″N 120°39′24.6″W / 35.360528°N 120.656833°W / 35.360528; -120.656833
Translator(s)KCOY-TV 12.2 Santa Maria
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.keyt.com

KKFX-CD (channel 24) is a

LLC. KKFX-CD and KCOY-TV share studios at West McCoy Lane and Skyway Drive in Santa Maria north of Santa Maria Public Airport; KEYT-TV maintains separate facilities on Miramonte Drive on TV Hill, overlooking downtown Santa Barbara. KKFX-CD's transmitter is located near Serrano and US 101 in the Los Padres National Forest. The station can be seen on channel 11 on most cable
systems in the market, hence the Fox 11 branding.

Although KKFX-CD identifies as a station in its own right, it is officially licensed as a translator of KCOY-TV. In addition to its own digital signal, KKFX-CD is simulcast in high definition on KCOY-TV's second digital subchannel from a transmitter on Tepusquet Peak in the Los Padres National Forest east of Santa Maria. KCOY-TV, in turn, is simulcast on KKFX-CD's second digital subchannel.

History

KKFX-CD signed on for the first time on November 6, 1998, as the area's Fox affiliate.

Cowles Publishing Company.[3] On May 7, 2008, the deal between Cowles and Newport Television closed.[4]

On September 20, 2013,

shared services agreement.[5] The sale was completed on December 13, 2013.[6]

On January 20, 2015, KKFX began broadcasting over the air in high definition

KSBB-CD channel 17.[7]

Newscasts

Fox 11 News in the Morning airs weekdays on KKFX from 7 to 8 a.m. A nightly hour-long newscast is included.

Subchannels

The station's signal is

multiplexed
:

Subchannels of KKFX-CD[8]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
24.1 720p
16:9
 FOX-HD Fox
24.2 480i KCOY-TV Telemundo (KCOY-TV)
24.3 Grit TV Laff (KCOY-TV)
  Simulcast of subchannels of another station

See also

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KKFX-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Clear Channel Communications. April 20, 2007. Archived from the original
    on April 25, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
  3. ^ "Deals - August 10, 2007 - Broadcasting & Cable".
  4. ^ "MSN - Outlook, Office, Skype, Bing, Breaking News, and Latest Videos". www.msnbc.msn.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008.
  5. ^ "KCOY to 'share services' with KEYT parent company under planned station purchases". Santa Maria Times. September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  6. ^ [1] Archived December 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine NewsChannel 3 Owner Completes Purchase of Fox 11, KEYT, December 13, 2013, Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  7. ^ a b Scholl, Claire (January 20, 2015). "CBS, Fox Now Over-The-Air in Most of SB, SLO Counties". KEYT. Archived from the original on January 25, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  8. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KKFX

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