KVHP
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| HAAT | 393 m (1,289 ft) |
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| Transmitter coordinates | 30°17′27″N 93°34′36″W / 30.29083°N 93.57667°W |
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| Website | watchfox29 |
KVHP (channel 29) is a
History
The station first signed on the air on December 12, 1982, as an
In 2003, KVHP established a
On July 28, 2009, KVHP began carrying programming from
On March 10, 2016, National Communications, Inc. agreed to sell KVHP to KVHP License Subsidiary, LLC (a subsidiary of American Spirit Media) for $2 million.[5][6] American Spirit Media entered into a shared services agreement and studio lease agreement with Raycom Media (owner of local NBC affiliate KPLC) to operate KVHP when the acquisition was completed.[7] The application[8] was accepted for filing on March 18 by the Federal Communications Commission;[9] the sale was completed on August 15, 2016.[10]
Effects of Hurricanes Laura and Delta
KPLC and KVHP began airing continuous coverage of Hurricane Laura on August 25, 2020, from their studio facility in Lake Charles. The personnel of both stations evacuated to the facilities of Baton Rouge sister station WAFB in the afternoon hours of August 26, as mandatory evacuations for the city of Lake Charles had been issued ahead of the hurricane's landfall. On August 27, the hurricane made landfall in Cameron, Louisiana; the KPLC/KVHP studio transmitter link tower collapsed shortly after landfall, resulting in severe damage to the studio building and taking both stations out of commission.[11] While KPLC was able to resume operations from the facilities of WAFB after the hurricane, KVHP was forced to remain silent due to the lack of an alternate tower; Fox thus provided a Foxnet-like national feed to local cable providers until KVHP resumed operations at the end of 2020, and KPLC simulcast KVHP's Fox feed on channel 7.5 and ABC feed on channel 7.4.[citation needed]
Newscasts and local programming
KVHP aired news capsules and newscasts for a time during the late 1980s and early 1990s, before dropping them for a number of years. The station began airing local newscast once again in 1999, when it established an in-house news department and began producing a prime time newscast at 9 p.m. Within a year of the news department's launch, the station expanded its news programming and began producing a two-hour morning show and an hour-long 5 p.m. newscast. KVHP's newscasts were never considered a serious threat to the ratings dominance of NBC affiliate KPLC and by 2004, KVHP's news department was shut down with local news dropped from the station's lineup entirely.
Soon afterward, the station's only locally produced program consisted of a half-hour public affairs program called On the Air with Fox 29, which aired twice on Sundays and has since been canceled. On April 27, 2009, KVHP began broadcasting a tape-delay of
On May 7, 2012, KVHP reinstated an in-house news department with the launch of a half-hour midday newscast at noon on weekdays (currently titled Fox 29 News Express). On February 29, 2016, the station premiered a 30-minute evening newscast, Fox 29 News at 9, following Fox's prime time lineup. The standalone newscast was short lived, as KVHP's news operations were taken over by KPLC after American Spirit Media acquired the station in late 2016.
KVHP-DT2 did not simulcast any newscasts from either KPLC or KVHP during its time as a CW affiliate, but began simulcasting KPLC's morning, 5 p.m., and 10 p.m. newscasts when it joined ABC on August 31, 2017. In October 2017, it began airing a KPLC-produced 6:30 p.m. newscast, which is exclusive to KVHP-DT2.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
KVHP-HD | Fox |
| 29.2 | ABC | ABC | ||
| 29.3 | 480i | Circle | [Blank] | |
| 29.4 | ION | Ion Television | ||
| 29.5 | Defy | Defy TV | ||
| 29.6 | Laff | Laff |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KVHP shut down its analog signal, over
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KVHP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Yearbook" (PDF). www.americanradiohistory.com. 1993. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- ^ Sanders, Ashley (December 18, 2008). "FOX 64 to drop affiliate in New Year". The Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
- ^ Miller, Mark (August 23, 2017). "KVHP Launching ABC Feed On Subchannel". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- ^ Asset Purchase Agreement, part 1 - Federal Communications Commission
- ^ Asset Purchase Agreement, part 2 - Federal Communications Commission
- ^ "Shared Services Agreement and Leases - Federal Communications Commission".
- ^ "Application View ... Redirecting". licensing.fcc.gov.
- ^ "Application Search Details". licensing.fcc.gov.
- ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 16, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
- ^ FCC: LMS #120907 Request for Silent STA — KVHP
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KVHP". www.rabbitears.info.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.