KQRY-LD explained

Callsign:KFFS-CD
Digital:36 (UHF)
Virtual:36
Owner:Pinnacle Media, LLC
Licensee:KTV Media, LLC
Location:Fayetteville, Arkansas
Country:United States
Sister Stations:KFDF-CD
Former Channel Numbers:Analog: 36 (UHF, 1996–2013)
Erp:15 kW
Haat:114.90NaN0
Class:CD
Facility Id:52430
Coordinates:36.1472°N -94.1872°W
Licensing Authority:FCC
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Callsign:KQRY-LD
Digital:5 (VHF)
Virtual:36
Affiliations:see KFFS-CD infobox
Owner:Pinnacle Media, LLC
Licensee:KTV Media, LLC
Location:Fort Smith, Arkansas
Country:United States
Erp:3 kW
Haat:247.90NaN0
Facility Id:14386
Coordinates:35.7969°N -94.1681°W
Class:LD
Licensing Authority:FCC

KFFS-CD (channel 36) is a low-power, Class A television station in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with the digital multicast network Court TV. It is owned by Pinnacle Media alongside Estrella TV affiliate KFDF-CD (channel 44). The two stations share studios on North College Avenue in Fayetteville; KFFS-CD's transmitter is located on South 56th Street in Springdale.

KQRY-LD (channel 36) in Fort Smith is a translator of KFFS-CD; this station's transmitter is located near Winslow, Arkansas.

KQRY-LD history

At one point, KQRY-LP (as Univision affiliate KXUN-LP) aired local newscasts; they were produced out of Little Rock, Arkansas, with reports produced in Fort Smith. The newscasts were canceled in June 2008, after then-owner Equity Media Holdings instituted a companywide suspension of news programs.[1]

After failing to find a buyer at a bankruptcy auction,[2] KXUN was sold to Pinnacle Media in August 2009 (after having initially been included in Silver Point Finance's acquisition on June 2 of several Equity stations[3]), with Pinnacle assuming control under a local marketing agreement on August 5.[4]

KXUN was previously seen on KPBI's digital subchannel 34.2; after KPBI was sold to Local TV LLC and renamed KXNW, the KXUN simulcast was replaced with a simulcast of new sister station KFSM-TV. On February 5, 2019, KXUN-LD swapped call signs with KQRY-LD in Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KQRY-LD! Channel! Res.! Aspect! Short name! Programming
36.1 CourtTV Main KQRY-LD programming / Court TV
36.2 QVC QVC
36.3 QVC2 QVC2
36.4 Spirit Spirit TV

Notes and References

  1. News: Toby . Manthey . Equity ends newscasts; N.Y. station buy teeters . . 2008-06-14 . 2008-06-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090206235312/http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/228628/ . February 6, 2009 .
  2. News: Equity stations still on the block. April 20, 2009. Television Business Report. April 28, 2009.
  3. Web site: APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE. June 15, 2009. CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 25, 2009.
  4. Web site: APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE . August 14, 2009. CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 25, 2009.