KSVN-CA
Encyclopedia
KSVN-CA is a low-power Class A
television station
in Ogden, Utah
, broadcasting locally in digital on channel 25 as an affiliate of Azteca America
. It is also broadcasting digitally on channel 39 in Salt Lake City
. Founded March 28, 1995, the station is owned by Azteca Broadcasting Company, a company unrelated to the Azteca Stations Group or Azteca International Corporation, the parent company of Azteca America. Unlike many low-powered stations, it is seen on Channel 98 through Comcast
cable in the Salt Lake City area in addition to its low powered signal.
On October 16, 1995, Collantes was issued a construction permit to build a low-power translator station on UHF channel 66 to serve Salt Lake City. The station, given callsign K66FN, was also licensed on March 1, 1996. In July 2006, the station applied for permission to move to UHF channel 39. As of January 19, 2010, K66FN is off air on channel 66 and has begun broadcasting digitally on channel 39.
As of January 2010, KSVN's Salt Lake City translator (K66FN) has completed a construction permit to broadcast a digital signal. The main station has also applied to broadcast digitally on channel 25.1 (UHF). The new callsign is to be KSVN-LD.
K66FN, which served the Salt Lake City area, has been replaced by a digital signal, K39JS-D channel 39.1.
regular season games.
Class A television service
The class A television service is a system for regulating some low-power television stations in the United States. Class A stations are denoted by the broadcast callsign suffix "-CA" or "-CD" , although very many analog -CA stations have a digital companion channel that was assigned the -LD...
television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Ogden, Utah
Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...
, broadcasting locally in digital on channel 25 as an affiliate of Azteca America
Azteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
. It is also broadcasting digitally on channel 39 in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
. Founded March 28, 1995, the station is owned by Azteca Broadcasting Company, a company unrelated to the Azteca Stations Group or Azteca International Corporation, the parent company of Azteca America. Unlike many low-powered stations, it is seen on Channel 98 through Comcast
Comcast
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cable in the Salt Lake City area in addition to its low powered signal.
History
The station began with an original construction permit issued to Rolando Collantes on March 28, 1995 to build a low-power station on UHF channel 21 to serve the Ogden, Utah, area. Station K21ET was licensed on March 1, 1996, with programming mostly from the Univision network. (Univision was later replaced with another network.) A month later, the station took the call letters KSVN-LP. In 1999, Collantes formed a new company, Azteca Broadcasting Company, and moved the station's license under the new entity. In September 2000, facing displacement from channel 21, the station moved to channel 49 and in December 2000, upgraded to a Class A license. They changed their call letters to KSVN-CA a month later.On October 16, 1995, Collantes was issued a construction permit to build a low-power translator station on UHF channel 66 to serve Salt Lake City. The station, given callsign K66FN, was also licensed on March 1, 1996. In July 2006, the station applied for permission to move to UHF channel 39. As of January 19, 2010, K66FN is off air on channel 66 and has begun broadcasting digitally on channel 39.
Digital television
June 12, 2009, was the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations in the United States, and does not apply to low power stations. Therefore, KSVN-CA has been able to convert to digital broadcasts on their own schedule.As of January 2010, KSVN's Salt Lake City translator (K66FN) has completed a construction permit to broadcast a digital signal. The main station has also applied to broadcast digitally on channel 25.1 (UHF). The new callsign is to be KSVN-LD.
K66FN, which served the Salt Lake City area, has been replaced by a digital signal, K39JS-D channel 39.1.
Programming
KSVN was the first local Spanish station that aired live Real Salt LakeReal Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake is an American professional soccer club based in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. They currently play their home games at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake won...
regular season games.