KBNK-LD explained

Callsign:KBNK-LD
Digital:14 (UHF)
Virtual:39
Founded:1998
Location:Fresno, California
Country:United States
Owner:Cocola Broadcasting
(sale to Bridge Media Networks pending[1])
Licensee:Cocola Broadcasting Companies, LLC
Former Affiliations:LD7:
Blues Television Network (2020–2021)
Erp:15 kW
Haat:648.6m (2,128feet)
Facility Id:20559
Licensing Authority:FCC
Website:kjeotv.com

KBNK-LD (channel 39) is a low-power television station in Fresno, California, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language religious network Canal de la Fe. It is owned by Cocola Broadcasting. Until late 2007, the then-KJEO-LP was also seen on KBID-LP channel 31.

History

The station was first established in 1998 as K32EQ, and then KMCF-LP.

In 2000, Cocola Broadcasting acquired the call sign KJEO-LP for channel 32, after Fresno's CBS affiliate discarded the call sign in favor of KGPE. This call sign was changed to KJEO-LD in September 2009.

On March 30, 2023, Bridge Media Networks, the parent company of NewsNet and Sports News Highlights (SNH) (backed by 5-hour Energy creator Manoj Bhargava), announced it would acquire KJEO-LD and six other Cocola stations for $3.2 million.[2] Upon completion of the transaction, KJEO-LD would become a NewsNet owned-and-operated station for the Fresno–Visalia media market.

On July 20, 2023, the station changed its call sign to KBNK-LD.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel! scope = "col"
Res.AspectShort nameProgramming
39.1UniChur Main KBNK-LD programming / Canal de la Fe
39.3CBN CBN News

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assignments. Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 30, 2023. March 30, 2023.
  2. Web site: Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $3,200,000. TVNewsCheck. April 5, 2023. April 5, 2023.