KPNZ
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HAAT | 1,229 m (4,032 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°39′33″N 112°12′10″W / 40.65917°N 112.20278°W |
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Website | www |
KPNZ (channel 24) is a
History
The station first signed on the air on December 6, 1998, as KAZG, originally operating as an independent station. It became the Salt Lake City market's UPN affiliate, after the network disaffiliated from KJZZ-TV (channel 14) in January 2001. This change came about due to several factors, most notably a disagreement over affiliate compensation, preemption terms, and what KJZZ ownership saw as the lack of financial viability of urban-themed programming in the Salt Lake City market. In October 2000, KJZZ made national headlines when it demanded the right to back out of its UPN contract if UPN increased its "urban/ethnic programming" to more than two hours per week. UPN responded by moving their programming to KAZG, which then changed its call letters to KPNZ. In August 2001, the station moved its operations from its original studio facility in Ogden to the International Center in Salt Lake City.
On January 24, 2006, the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner and CBS Corporation announced that the two companies would shut down The WB and UPN and combine the networks' respective programming to create a new "fifth" network called The CW.[3][4] Later that year, KPNZ stopped using UPN branding on its website, referring to the station as "Utah's 24". On June 5, 2006, KPNZ removed UPN programming from its schedule in retaliation for being passed over by both The CW (which went to former WB affiliate KUWB, channel 30, now KUCW)[5] and another new netlet, News Corporation's MyNetworkTV (which at the time went to KJZZ-TV, which has since reverted to independent status).
On May 30, 2007, Utah Communications,
On June 20, 2018, Liberman announced it was selling KPNZ to
On March 18, 2021, it was announced that KPNZ and sister station KWKB in Iowa City, Iowa, would be sold to Marion, Illinois–based Tri-State Christian Television for $4 million.[8] The sale was completed on August 2.[9]
Legal battles
In May 2005, human resources director/accounting manager Brad Brewer was fired from KPNZ for embezzlement. Two months later, Brewer, general manager Kurt Gentry and traffic manager Bonnie Dunn were arrested by Salt Lake City Police on charges of theft, fraud and forgery. The charges against Gentry were dropped after investigation by the
In February 2014, KPNZ was involved in the FCC ruling to pay a $9,000 fine. This was due to the station "willfully and repeatedly violat[ing] Section 11.35(a) of the Commission's rules...by failing to maintain operational Emergency Alert System (EAS) equipment and logs."[10]
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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24.1 | 720p | 16:9
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KPNZ HD | TCT |
24.3 | 480i | SBN | Sonlife
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24.4 | ShopLC | Shop LC | ||
24.5 | BuzzrTV | Buzzr | ||
24.6 | INFO CH | Infomercials | ||
24.7 | Heart | Heartland |
Analog-to-digital conversion
Because it was granted an original
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KPNZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b "Digital TV Market Listing for KPNZ". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- CNNMoney.com, January 24, 2006.
- ^ UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network, The New York Times, January 24, 2006.
- ^ "UPN makes early exit". Deseret News. June 22, 2006. Retrieved June 22, 2006.
- ^ "FM Query Results -- Audio Division (FCC) USA". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 26, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- ^ "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- ^ "Notification of Consummation". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture". Federal Communications Commission. February 7, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ^ Final Digital TV (DTV) Channel Plan from FCC97-115 transmitter.com
- ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived August 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine