KCOS-LP
Encyclopedia
KCOS-LP is an low-power broadcast television station located in Phoenix, Arizona
. It broadcasts in analog
on UHF
channel 28 from the Usery Mountains in Mesa
. KCOS-LP is owned by Aracelis Ortiz Corporation of Harlingen, Texas
. Despite the similar call letters, KCOS-LP is not related to full-service PBS member station KCOS in El Paso, Texas
.
requirement to vacate the 700 MHz band. It was licensed as K28FV on January 8, 1998, programming unknown. In January 2000, Hispanic Television Network, Inc. assumed operation of the station and changed the programming to Spanish-language network HTVN, although Carlos Ortiz remained the owner. Later that year, the station took the call letters KCOS-LP. Shortly afterward, Carlos Ortiz died and his widow, Aracelis Ortiz, as executrix of the estate, became the new owner. The station became part of Aracelis Ortiz Corporation in 2001. That same year, KCOS-LP was granted Class A status. By May 2002, the Ortiz family had resumed operation of the station, as Mrs. Ortiz stated in a Petition for Reconsideration of an FCC Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) that the station was broadcasting programming from La Familia Network
(LFN) at the time of the cited violation http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2005/DA-05-52A1.html ( 4), which occurred in May 2002 http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2004/DA-04-358A1.html ( 3). Like Fe-TV, LFN is a television service from Faith Pleases God Church. The station was silent for a time, but in 2004, resumed operations with programming from Fe-TV, then returned to LFN in 2005. The April 2006 magazine from Fe-TV lists the station as an affiliate http://www.fe-tv.com/FETVMAGVol01.pdf.
In July and August 2006, the station had various technical difficulties, prompting them to air a slate in English advising viewers of trouble with the video signal on the station's end. In August 2006, the station once again began airing Fe-TV, but shortly afterward changed to the station ID slate (pictured). The August 2006 update of the website for Fe-TV stated that the network was to be off the air for six months for rebuilding and expansion http://www.fe-tv.com. The station went silent again in mid-2007, but returned in September 2007, first broadcasting programming from Fe-TV
, then switching to LFN
.
In August 2011, the station’s class status was changed from Class A status to low power status, because they had not filed children’s television programming reports for the fourth quarter in 2008 and all four quarters in 2009 and 2010.
channel 13, to broadcast from the same location as the analog station. In September, the FCC identified the station as a singleton applicant, meaning that there were no competing applications on the same or adjacent channels, and giving the station until October 31 to file a long form application. On October 2, 2006, KCOS-LP formally applied for a digital companion channel on VHF channel 13, but as of December 2007, a construction permit has not yet been granted.
On November 7, 2011, KCOS-LP filed an application to flash-cut
the station from analog to digital.
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
. It broadcasts in analog
NTSC
NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
on UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
channel 28 from the Usery Mountains in Mesa
Mesa, Arizona
According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:* White: 77.1% * Hispanic or Latino : 26.54%* Black or African American: 3.5%* Two or more races: 3.4%* Native American: 2.4%...
. KCOS-LP is owned by Aracelis Ortiz Corporation of Harlingen, Texas
Harlingen, Texas
Harlingen is a city in Cameron County in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, United States, about from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The city covers more than , and is the second largest city in Cameron County and the sixth largest in the Rio Grande Valley...
. Despite the similar call letters, KCOS-LP is not related to full-service PBS member station KCOS in El Paso, Texas
El Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
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History
The original construction permit for KCOS-LP was granted on June 26, 1995, to Carlos Ortiz, Sr., pastor of Faith Pleases God Church in Harlingen, Texas. The station was to broadcast on channel 68, but was moved to channel 28 in anticipation of the FCC'sFederal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
requirement to vacate the 700 MHz band. It was licensed as K28FV on January 8, 1998, programming unknown. In January 2000, Hispanic Television Network, Inc. assumed operation of the station and changed the programming to Spanish-language network HTVN, although Carlos Ortiz remained the owner. Later that year, the station took the call letters KCOS-LP. Shortly afterward, Carlos Ortiz died and his widow, Aracelis Ortiz, as executrix of the estate, became the new owner. The station became part of Aracelis Ortiz Corporation in 2001. That same year, KCOS-LP was granted Class A status. By May 2002, the Ortiz family had resumed operation of the station, as Mrs. Ortiz stated in a Petition for Reconsideration of an FCC Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) that the station was broadcasting programming from La Familia Network
La Familia Network
La Familia Network, or LFN, is a Spanish language, family-oriented television network based in Harlingen, Texas. Clark Ortiz is President of LFN.-History :La Familia Network was created by Mr. Clark Ortiz from Harlingen, Texas...
(LFN) at the time of the cited violation http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2005/DA-05-52A1.html ( 4), which occurred in May 2002 http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2004/DA-04-358A1.html ( 3). Like Fe-TV, LFN is a television service from Faith Pleases God Church. The station was silent for a time, but in 2004, resumed operations with programming from Fe-TV, then returned to LFN in 2005. The April 2006 magazine from Fe-TV lists the station as an affiliate http://www.fe-tv.com/FETVMAGVol01.pdf.
Fe-TV
Fe-TV is a Spanish-language broadcast television network providing Christian programming to the Hispanic community. Based in Harlingen, Texas, the network is an outreach of Faith Pleases God Church, along with sister network La Familia Network . In August 2006, the network went off the air for what...
, then switching to LFN
La Familia Network
La Familia Network, or LFN, is a Spanish language, family-oriented television network based in Harlingen, Texas. Clark Ortiz is President of LFN.-History :La Familia Network was created by Mr. Clark Ortiz from Harlingen, Texas...
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In August 2011, the station’s class status was changed from Class A status to low power status, because they had not filed children’s television programming reports for the fourth quarter in 2008 and all four quarters in 2009 and 2010.
Programming
As of December 2007, KCOS-LP is airing programming from LFN, continuing a pattern of switching back and forth between the two networks owned by Faith Pleases God Church.Digital television
In May 2006, the FCC opened up a brief application period in which low-power television licensees and permittees could apply for a digital companion channel by short form application. KCOS-LP applied for VHFVery high frequency
Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
channel 13, to broadcast from the same location as the analog station. In September, the FCC identified the station as a singleton applicant, meaning that there were no competing applications on the same or adjacent channels, and giving the station until October 31 to file a long form application. On October 2, 2006, KCOS-LP formally applied for a digital companion channel on VHF channel 13, but as of December 2007, a construction permit has not yet been granted.
On November 7, 2011, KCOS-LP filed an application to flash-cut
Flash-cut
A flash-cut, also called flash-cutover, is an immediate change in a complex system, with no phase-in period.Some telephone area codes were split immediately, rather than being phased in with a permissive dialing period. An example is telephone area code 213, which was split into 213 and 714 all at...
the station from analog to digital.