KFFV

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KFFV
KFFV TV.png
Seattle, Washington
Branding K44
Channels Digital: 44 (UHF)
Subchannels 44.1 Infomercials
44.2 Azteca América
44.3 AAT Television
44.4 YTN
Owner OTA Broadcasting, LLC
(OTA Broadcasting (SEA), LLC)
First air date January 1, 1999
Former callsigns KHCV (1999-2009)
KPST (2009-2010)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
45 (UHF, 1999-2009)
Former affiliations Military Channel
Value Vision
FUNimation Channel
GameZnFlix Entertainment Channel (GnF-TV)
Shop at Home
Jewelry TV
The Sportsman Channel
AMGTV
America One
Transmitter power 240 kW
Height 714 m
Facility ID 49264
Transmitter coordinates 47°30′17″N 121°58′6″W / 47.50472°N 121.96833°W / 47.50472; -121.96833
Website www.tv45.tv

KFFV is a commercial television station in Seattle, Washington, broadcasting locally on digital channel 44 as an affiliate of the Spanish-language Azteca América. In addition, the station airs English-language infomercials on its main channel and Chinese-language programming ("AAT Television") on a digital subchannel.

The station is owned by OTA Broadcasting, LLC, a company controlled by Michael Dell.

[edit] History

KHCV logo, used from 2006 (ca) to 2009.

The former KHCV call letters were assigned by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with a construction permit on October 2, 1989. The station signed on the air 10 years later on January 1, 1999 on Channel 45 after many permit extensions; ten years later, the call letters became KPST.

During the week of August 11, 2006, KHCV started carrying Azteca América on its analog channel 45 as well as its digital channel 44-2.

On December 20, 2006, Navarre's FUNimation Entertainment announced that the FUNimation channel would be broadcast on KHCV 44-3.[1]

On March 1, 2007, KHCV started broadcasting content from GFN Entertainment Network[2] on its digital subchannels 44-3 and 44-4. 44-3 carried GNF "Game & Music" and 44-4 carried GNF "Movie".

Previously, the analog broadcast (UHF 45) was exclusively Azteca América, while the Comcast broadcast of this channel (Channel 15) is Jewelry TV. As of September 10, 2007, it appears that the analog UHF channel 45 carries the Jewelry TV content which is the same as the digital UHF channel 44-1 and Comcast channel 15.

On October 15, 2007, programming from AAT Television started broadcasting on digital channel 44-3.

On April 19, 2008, it appears that the America One content on channel 44-4 has been replaced by The Sportsman Channel; it was later replaced with MBC-D, a Korean television channel.

On November 13, 2008, KHCV filed for a request for silent state for its analog signal. [3]

On September 28, 2009, KHCV became KPST.

KPST logo

On December 22, 2009, KPST went silent. The station was evicted from its studios and its STL link couldn't be operated from at the new location. KPST hoped to have the station up and running within a few weeks.[4][5] The station resumed broadcasting on February 4, 2010. According to its current schedule, KPST is presently airing only infomercials on its main channel, 24 hours a day, since its return to air.[6]

The call letters were changed to KFFV on November 15, 2010. The station was purchased at bankruptcy auction by OTA Broadcasting on June 30, 2011;[7] the sale was completed on October 12.

[edit] References

  1. ^ FUNimation Channel in Seattle
  2. ^ GNF Entertainment Signs Affiliate Agreement with Full Power Station KHCV for Digital Channel Carriage in Seattle, Washington
  3. ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101274792&formid=910&fac_num=49264
  4. ^ FCC Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA
  5. ^ NW Broadcasters
  6. ^ KPST schedule
  7. ^ "Troubled Seattle indy TV sold at auction". Television Business Report. July 2, 2011. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/troubled-seattle-indy-tv-sold-at-auction.html. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 

[edit] External links
Major network affiliates

KOMO (4.1 ABC, 4.2 This TV) • KING (5.1 NBC, 5.2 LWN) • KIRO (7.1 CBS, 7.2 RTV) • KCTS (9.1 PBS, 9.2 V-me, 9.3 Create) • KSTW (11.1 CW) • KCPQ (13.1 Fox, 13.2 AccuWX) • KZJO (22.1 MNTV, 22.2 KCPQ SD, 22.3 Antenna TV) • KBTC/KCKA (28.1/15.1 PBS, 28.2/15.2 Worldview, 28.3/15.3 TVW)
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KRUM-LD (23.1 Ind)
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KVOS 12 (Me-TV, Bellingham) • KONG 16 (Independent, Everett) • KTBW 20 (TBN, Seattle) • KBCB 24 (ShopNBC / Estrella TV, Bellingham) • KWPX 33 (ION, Bellevue) • KWDK 42 (Daystar, Tacoma) • KFFV 45 (AMGTV / Azteca América / AAT / MBC-D, Seattle) • KUNS 51 (Univision, Bellevue) • KUSE-LD 46 (gems TV, Seattle)
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