WKOB-LP
Encyclopedia
WKOB-LD is a low-powered DayStar
affiliate for the New York City
area, licensed, owned and operated by Nave Communications.
as W53AA. It was one of multiple Television
Broadcast Translator
s in New York City which operated at the upper end of the UHF band in order to provide reliable coverage to certain New York boroughs whose reception was ultimately compromised by construction of the World Trade Center
. This translator station relayed the signal of WCBS-TV
, which for decades prior and at that time operated over VHF
channel 2. The CBS ownership of the station would prove decades later to be quite ironic.
Originally, most of the New York City television stations operated their main transmitters from the Empire State Building
. However, reliable reception was ultimately compromised for some viewers once the majority of the World Trade Center was constructed, thus necessitating the use of the UHF translators. In response, nearly all of the TV stations, including WCBS-TV, relocated to the North Tower of the World Trade Center in 1975. CBS, however, maintained an auxiliary transmitter back at Empire.
CBS eventually sold the station on July 15, 1987 to Accord Communications, Inc. Accord, who purchased W53AA as an investment and intended to sell it for a profit, improved the station by relocating its transmitter to the Empire State Building and increasing its transmitting power to 7.2 KW.
Accord sold W53AA on October 6, 1989 to Pan-Asian Communications, Inc. whose president was Andrew H. Ohm, a major figure in Korean media in the United States. Ohm established the Korea Broadcasting Corp. (KBC) over W53AA, the first Korean owned television station in the United States. The station's emphasis was on Asian language programming and broadcasted throughout the New York metropolitan area.
On June 1, 1998, WKOB filed a displacement application to move to channel 48 due to the impending WFUT-DT operation on Channel 53.
In the late 1990s, programming was leased and consisted of religious programs and infomercials.
According to WKOB, in a filing to the FCC, the station had broadcast programming 24 hours a day under a time brokerage agreement with Paxson Communications LPTV, Inc. until August 31, 1999. The station then went silent because its time brokerage programming agreement expired. WKOB notified the FCC on September 17, 1999 that the station was back on the air with a “limited” amount of programming. WKOB-LP also stated that it had obtained locally-produced programming targeted to the needs of the Korean residents of New York City, and asserted that this specialized programming service supported an award of Class A status, which it was ultimately denied.
WRNN-TV
strongly objected to any operation that could interfere with channel 48, as they had been assigned this channel for their Kingston, NY. operation. In fact, WRNN-TV's owners took the unusual step to back-up their opposition by monitoring WKOB-LP for 39 days between April 28th and August 22, 2000. They hired a Korean language interpreter, and based upon the transcripts provided by that interpreter, and their visual review of the programming, they determined the majority of the programs observed were religious services conducted in churches located in Korea. In its August 10, 2001 reply to WRNN-TV’s opposition, WKOB-LP provided additional information regarding its programming, explaining that the programming is produced in New York, and edited in WKOB-LP’s studio, and contended that if a Class A station cannot incorporate footage shot outside its service area in a locally produced program, then “a local newscast would not get credit for local time during a news story on an address by the President in Washington.” WKOB also asserted that “its historical record of all-day programming coupled with its record of local service to the Korean minority community in New York justifies an exercise of the discretion granted to the Commission by the [CBPA] to act in the public interest.”
The FCC ultimately denied both the application for review filed by WKOB Communications, Inc., and dismissed the opposition filed by WRNN-TV Associates Limited Partnership describing it as "moot".
In the early 2000s, the station owner began to suffer financial problems. It went into receivership in 2001, and a voluntary sale was ultimately attempted, but this fell through, leading to a lawsuit with the buyer. However, financial problems still loomed, and the station ultimately requested Special Temporary Authority to go silent in January 2005.
Ohm sold the station to its present owners, Nave Communications LLC, on May 13, 2005 for $1,250,000. Under its new ownership, the station shortly thereafter became an Almavision
affiliate in 2006. In Late-2006, Almavision programming ceased on the station, and was replaced by DayStar programming, which is still broadcasting to this day.
The station was displaced from Channel 53 to Channel 42 due to the FCC granting WFUT-DT channel 53 for its pre-transition digital operations.
Desperate and with few alternatives, Nave turned to CBS, Inc
. with a last resort request: Would CBS object to WKOB-LP requesting Displacement to Channel 2? CBS, which ultimately selected Channel 33 for their post-transition operations, did not object and signed a Waiver Of Consent, ultimately accepting whatever interference a WKOB-LP operation over Channel 2
would have presented to WCBS-TV. On January 21, 2009, the Request for Displacement was approved.
WKOB-LP, however, did not commence operations on Channel 2 until seven months after WCBS-TV signed off Channel 2 for the final time in July 2009. The station finally began operations on RF Channel 2 on March 7, 2010 as WKOB-LD New York.
WKOB-LD once had a construction permit to broadcast a digital signal on channel 59 at 0.4 KW, which has since been modified to specify operation on channel 2 with 0.3 KW, the latter of which is on the air as of February 2010. The station subsequently filed an Application For Displacement to move its digital signal back to channel 42. The station has filed this application for the following reason:
"Applicant’s current operational facility is located on Channel 2
, a low band VHF
channel. VHF facilities, particularly low band VHF, are subject to reception problems due to impulse noise
. Applicant seeks a channel in the UHF band that will provide improved viewer reception."
The application has been accepted, however no official action has been taken. In 2011 Daystar was dropped on channel 42.1 to replace with GBC. Daystar is currently airs on 42.2.
Digital channels>
Channel
Name
Video
Aspect
Programming
42.1
WizeBuy
480i
4:3
Infomercial
s (WizeBuys TV)
42.2
Daystar
480i
4:3
Daystar
42.3
RetroTV
480i
4:3
WKOB 42.3 24/7 Movie Network
42.4
HOT TV
480i
4:3
HOT TV: History Of Television
Note: LATV
was added as a sub-channel around October 18, 2010. This is the second time LATV has appeared in the New York City market. It first appeared as a sub-channel on WPIX
, but was dropped just prior to the station adding ThisTV as a sub-channel. The addition of LATV as a sub-channel on WKOB-LD marks the second time a sub-channel was dropped by one station and later appeared over another in this Television market, as Azteca America
relocated from WNYN-LD 39.4 to WMBC-TV 63.6
.
The LATV affiliation ended after one week, however, as Daystar programming has returned to 42.1 and remains on 42.2.
January 12 - 19, 2011: WKOB-LD was apparently planning to add Tuff TV
on 42.4. A Test Pattern/Standard Color Bars is on this sub-channel with text reading as follows: Line 1: "TUFF TV" static, Line 2: "TUFF TV" blinking. This same day, a fifth sub-channel appeared for the first time on WKOB-LD, channel 42.5. A Test Pattern/Standard Color Bars is on this sub-channel with text reading as follows: Line 1: "WKOB-LP SD5" static, Line 2: "WKOB-LP" blinking. Until 1/12/11, this text appeared on 42.4, with the appropriate corresponding SD#. On January 19, 2011, WKOB-LD added Tuff TV
on 42.4.
March 1, 2011: Daystar programming has been removed from 42.1. The stream remains live, but no A/V content is being transmitted. Daystar remains on 42.2.
March 9, 2011: Daystar programming was returned to 42.1. WKOB-LD has added WizeBuys TV on 42.5. WizeBuys TV is a 24/7 national television network delivering both short and long form Direct Response advertising. It reaches over 30 million homes per day, including 15 of the top 20 DMAs that deliver an ever-growing audience. It is owned by The Cross Group, a subsidiary of Philadelphia based Cross MediaWorks.
During the final week of March 2011, an STL problem existed where only the aural portion of Tuff TV could be received and re-broadcast by WKOB. On March 30, 2011, Tuff TV has all but been dropped from WKOB. The PSIP still identified 42.4 as Tuff TV through late June, and about once an hour, a technical issue still exists where the Tuff TV audio can be heard for about two seconds when the new programming service briefly interrupts for station ID.
March 31, 2011: WKOB-LD has added HOT TV: History Of Television on 42.4. HOT TV is a classic TV station featuring TV shows and movies from the 1940s through the early 1960s.
A Facebook page created for the WKOB-LD affiliate can be found at http://www.facebook.com/pages/WKOB-HOT-TV-424/120976997979972
June, 2011: Daystar on channel 42.1 was replaced by color bars with a reference to GBC, and no further details. Daystar continues on 42.2. A few days later, infomercials appear on channel 42.1.
July 2, 2011: GBC World News was added to channel 42.1 at 8 AM.
August, 2011: GBC World News ceased operations, leaving a blank screen and no sound on 42.1
September, 2011: WizeBuy moved from 42.5 to 42.1 to replace the vacated space left by the demise of GBC, 42.5 deactivated
September 26, 2011: Retro Television Network (RTV)
affiliation canceled. Replaced immediately with WKOB 42.3 24/7 Movie Network. This new station is locally produced and consists of 1930s through 1960s public domain movies.
October 22, 2011: 24/7 Movie Network shifted to 42.1, HOT to 42.3 and WizeBuy to 42.4. WKOB also has an ad running stating that they are hiring salespersons for HOT TV 42.3.
November 25, 2011: The 24/7 Movie Network 42.1 has been removed and replaced by a Spanish themed infomercial channel, HOT 42.3 is off the air (running test color bars) and 42.4 is running 24/7 infomercials. Daystar remains active on 42.2.
Daystar Television Network
The Daystar Television Network is an American evangelical Christian television religious broadcasting network headquartered near Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Bedford, Texas...
affiliate for the New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
area, licensed, owned and operated by Nave Communications.
History as W53AA
This station was signed on over UHF channel 53 in the 1970s by its original owner CBS Inc.CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
as W53AA. It was one of multiple Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
Broadcast Translator
Broadcast relay station
A broadcast relay station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator , rebroadcaster , or repeater is a broadcast transmitter which relays, repeats, or reflects the signal of another radio station or television station, usually to an area not covered by the signal of the originating station...
s in New York City which operated at the upper end of the UHF band in order to provide reliable coverage to certain New York boroughs whose reception was ultimately compromised by construction of the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
. This translator station relayed the signal of WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. The station's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, both in Midtown Manhattan....
, which for decades prior and at that time operated over VHF
Very 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 2. The CBS ownership of the station would prove decades later to be quite ironic.
Originally, most of the New York City television stations operated their main transmitters from the Empire State Building
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived...
. However, reliable reception was ultimately compromised for some viewers once the majority of the World Trade Center was constructed, thus necessitating the use of the UHF translators. In response, nearly all of the TV stations, including WCBS-TV, relocated to the North Tower of the World Trade Center in 1975. CBS, however, maintained an auxiliary transmitter back at Empire.
CBS eventually sold the station on July 15, 1987 to Accord Communications, Inc. Accord, who purchased W53AA as an investment and intended to sell it for a profit, improved the station by relocating its transmitter to the Empire State Building and increasing its transmitting power to 7.2 KW.
Accord sold W53AA on October 6, 1989 to Pan-Asian Communications, Inc. whose president was Andrew H. Ohm, a major figure in Korean media in the United States. Ohm established the Korea Broadcasting Corp. (KBC) over W53AA, the first Korean owned television station in the United States. The station's emphasis was on Asian language programming and broadcasted throughout the New York metropolitan area.
History as WKOB
On February 19, 1996, the call-sign was changed to WKOB-LP.On June 1, 1998, WKOB filed a displacement application to move to channel 48 due to the impending WFUT-DT operation on Channel 53.
In the late 1990s, programming was leased and consisted of religious programs and infomercials.
According to WKOB, in a filing to the FCC, the station had broadcast programming 24 hours a day under a time brokerage agreement with Paxson Communications LPTV, Inc. until August 31, 1999. The station then went silent because its time brokerage programming agreement expired. WKOB notified the FCC on September 17, 1999 that the station was back on the air with a “limited” amount of programming. WKOB-LP also stated that it had obtained locally-produced programming targeted to the needs of the Korean residents of New York City, and asserted that this specialized programming service supported an award of Class A status, which it was ultimately denied.
WRNN-TV
WRNN-TV
WRNN-TV is an American independent television station licensed to Kingtson, New York.Broadcasting on digital channel 48, WRNN broadcasts a schedule of mainly infomercials and home-shopping programming. The station's studios are located in Rye Brook, New York, and its transmitter is based on Beacon...
strongly objected to any operation that could interfere with channel 48, as they had been assigned this channel for their Kingston, NY. operation. In fact, WRNN-TV's owners took the unusual step to back-up their opposition by monitoring WKOB-LP for 39 days between April 28th and August 22, 2000. They hired a Korean language interpreter, and based upon the transcripts provided by that interpreter, and their visual review of the programming, they determined the majority of the programs observed were religious services conducted in churches located in Korea. In its August 10, 2001 reply to WRNN-TV’s opposition, WKOB-LP provided additional information regarding its programming, explaining that the programming is produced in New York, and edited in WKOB-LP’s studio, and contended that if a Class A station cannot incorporate footage shot outside its service area in a locally produced program, then “a local newscast would not get credit for local time during a news story on an address by the President in Washington.” WKOB also asserted that “its historical record of all-day programming coupled with its record of local service to the Korean minority community in New York justifies an exercise of the discretion granted to the Commission by the [CBPA] to act in the public interest.”
The FCC ultimately denied both the application for review filed by WKOB Communications, Inc., and dismissed the opposition filed by WRNN-TV Associates Limited Partnership describing it as "moot".
In the early 2000s, the station owner began to suffer financial problems. It went into receivership in 2001, and a voluntary sale was ultimately attempted, but this fell through, leading to a lawsuit with the buyer. However, financial problems still loomed, and the station ultimately requested Special Temporary Authority to go silent in January 2005.
Ohm sold the station to its present owners, Nave Communications LLC, on May 13, 2005 for $1,250,000. Under its new ownership, the station shortly thereafter became an Almavision
Almavision
Almavision is an American television network broadcasting Christian programming in Spanish with affiliates across North and Central America. The network is carried via satellite on Echostar and SatMex 5, their slogan is "Television Cristiana...a la manera de Dios. " Almavision is an American...
affiliate in 2006. In Late-2006, Almavision programming ceased on the station, and was replaced by DayStar programming, which is still broadcasting to this day.
The station was displaced from Channel 53 to Channel 42 due to the FCC granting WFUT-DT channel 53 for its pre-transition digital operations.
Irony: Looking To The Past to Secure A Future
It is ironic that this station was originally signed on in the 1970s by CBS, Inc. In late 2008, Nave was uncertain if there would be any room left for its WKOB operation on the much smaller television band due to the DTV transition. Its attempt to secure Class A status and securing a spot on Channel 48 were both thwarted by WRNN-TV, and its Low Power classification relegated it to a secondary status. Making matters worse, its Channel 42 operation was predicted to cause interference to full power WSAH-TV Bridgeport, if their pending application to broadcast on Channel 41 from the Empire State Building was approved. That application was ultimately denied due to unacceptable interference to WXTV-DT Paterson.Desperate and with few alternatives, Nave turned to CBS, Inc
CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation is an American media conglomerate focused on commercial broadcasting, publishing, billboards and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. The President and CEO of the company is Leslie Moonves. Sumner Redstone, owner of National Amusements, is CBS's...
. with a last resort request: Would CBS object to WKOB-LP requesting Displacement to Channel 2? CBS, which ultimately selected Channel 33 for their post-transition operations, did not object and signed a Waiver Of Consent, ultimately accepting whatever interference a WKOB-LP operation over Channel 2
Channel 2
Channel 2 or variations thereof may refer to:*ABC1, Australian Broadcasting Corporation's main channel, broadcasting on VHF channel 2 in most Australian Capital Cities...
would have presented to WCBS-TV. On January 21, 2009, the Request for Displacement was approved.
WKOB-LP, however, did not commence operations on Channel 2 until seven months after WCBS-TV signed off Channel 2 for the final time in July 2009. The station finally began operations on RF Channel 2 on March 7, 2010 as WKOB-LD New York.
WKOB-LD once had a construction permit to broadcast a digital signal on channel 59 at 0.4 KW, which has since been modified to specify operation on channel 2 with 0.3 KW, the latter of which is on the air as of February 2010. The station subsequently filed an Application For Displacement to move its digital signal back to channel 42. The station has filed this application for the following reason:
"Applicant’s current operational facility is located on Channel 2
Channel 2
Channel 2 or variations thereof may refer to:*ABC1, Australian Broadcasting Corporation's main channel, broadcasting on VHF channel 2 in most Australian Capital Cities...
, a low band VHF
Band I
Band I is the name of a radio frequency range within the very high frequency part of the electromagnetic spectrum.Band I ranges from 47 to 88 MHz, and it is primarily used for radio and television broadcasting....
channel. VHF facilities, particularly low band VHF, are subject to reception problems due to impulse noise
Impulse noise
Impulse noise could mean:*impulse noise *Electromagnetic interference*Burst noise...
. Applicant seeks a channel in the UHF band that will provide improved viewer reception."
The application has been accepted, however no official action has been taken. In 2011 Daystar was dropped on channel 42.1 to replace with GBC. Daystar is currently airs on 42.2.
Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:Aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,...
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
Infomercial
Infomercials are direct response television commercials which generally include a phone number or website. There are long-form infomercials, which are typically between 15 and 30 minutes in length, and short-form infomercials, which are typically 30 seconds to 120 seconds in length. Infomercials...
s (WizeBuys TV)
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
Note: LATV
LATV
LATV is a bilingual music and entertainment network. LATV has been on the air in the Los Angeles market as KJLA since 2001 and is distributed through mostly digital television subchannels throughout the United States and Puerto Rico....
was added as a sub-channel around October 18, 2010. This is the second time LATV has appeared in the New York City market. It first appeared as a sub-channel on WPIX
WPIX
WPIX, channel 11, is a television station in New York City built, signed on, and owned by the Tribune Company. WPIX also serves as the flagship station of The CW Television Network...
, but was dropped just prior to the station adding ThisTV as a sub-channel. The addition of LATV as a sub-channel on WKOB-LD marks the second time a sub-channel was dropped by one station and later appeared over another in this Television market, as 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...
relocated from WNYN-LD 39.4 to WMBC-TV 63.6
WMBC-TV
WMBC-TV, virtual channel 63, is an independent television station licensed to Newton, New Jersey, USA, serving the New York City metropolitan area...
.
The LATV affiliation ended after one week, however, as Daystar programming has returned to 42.1 and remains on 42.2.
January 12 - 19, 2011: WKOB-LD was apparently planning to add Tuff TV
Tuff TV
TUFF TV is a digital broadcast network geared to men created by Lou Seals of Seals Entertainment Company LLC in a joint venture with Henry Luken of Luken Communications, the company that owns and operates RTV. Besides broadcast and cable distribution, TUFF TV Media Group, LLC plans to distribute...
on 42.4. A Test Pattern/Standard Color Bars is on this sub-channel with text reading as follows: Line 1: "TUFF TV" static, Line 2: "TUFF TV" blinking. This same day, a fifth sub-channel appeared for the first time on WKOB-LD, channel 42.5. A Test Pattern/Standard Color Bars is on this sub-channel with text reading as follows: Line 1: "WKOB-LP SD5" static, Line 2: "WKOB-LP" blinking. Until 1/12/11, this text appeared on 42.4, with the appropriate corresponding SD#. On January 19, 2011, WKOB-LD added Tuff TV
Tuff TV
TUFF TV is a digital broadcast network geared to men created by Lou Seals of Seals Entertainment Company LLC in a joint venture with Henry Luken of Luken Communications, the company that owns and operates RTV. Besides broadcast and cable distribution, TUFF TV Media Group, LLC plans to distribute...
on 42.4.
March 1, 2011: Daystar programming has been removed from 42.1. The stream remains live, but no A/V content is being transmitted. Daystar remains on 42.2.
March 9, 2011: Daystar programming was returned to 42.1. WKOB-LD has added WizeBuys TV on 42.5. WizeBuys TV is a 24/7 national television network delivering both short and long form Direct Response advertising. It reaches over 30 million homes per day, including 15 of the top 20 DMAs that deliver an ever-growing audience. It is owned by The Cross Group, a subsidiary of Philadelphia based Cross MediaWorks.
During the final week of March 2011, an STL problem existed where only the aural portion of Tuff TV could be received and re-broadcast by WKOB. On March 30, 2011, Tuff TV has all but been dropped from WKOB. The PSIP still identified 42.4 as Tuff TV through late June, and about once an hour, a technical issue still exists where the Tuff TV audio can be heard for about two seconds when the new programming service briefly interrupts for station ID.
March 31, 2011: WKOB-LD has added HOT TV: History Of Television on 42.4. HOT TV is a classic TV station featuring TV shows and movies from the 1940s through the early 1960s.
A Facebook page created for the WKOB-LD affiliate can be found at http://www.facebook.com/pages/WKOB-HOT-TV-424/120976997979972
June, 2011: Daystar on channel 42.1 was replaced by color bars with a reference to GBC, and no further details. Daystar continues on 42.2. A few days later, infomercials appear on channel 42.1.
July 2, 2011: GBC World News was added to channel 42.1 at 8 AM.
August, 2011: GBC World News ceased operations, leaving a blank screen and no sound on 42.1
September, 2011: WizeBuy moved from 42.5 to 42.1 to replace the vacated space left by the demise of GBC, 42.5 deactivated
September 26, 2011: Retro Television Network (RTV)
Retro Television Network
The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...
affiliation canceled. Replaced immediately with WKOB 42.3 24/7 Movie Network. This new station is locally produced and consists of 1930s through 1960s public domain movies.
October 22, 2011: 24/7 Movie Network shifted to 42.1, HOT to 42.3 and WizeBuy to 42.4. WKOB also has an ad running stating that they are hiring salespersons for HOT TV 42.3.
November 25, 2011: The 24/7 Movie Network 42.1 has been removed and replaced by a Spanish themed infomercial channel, HOT 42.3 is off the air (running test color bars) and 42.4 is running 24/7 infomercials. Daystar remains active on 42.2.