KVHP
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| Lake Charles, Louisiana | |
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| Branding | Fox 29 |
| Channels | Digital: 30 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | National Communications, LLC |
| First air date | December 12, 1982 |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 29 (UHF, 1983-2009) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 315 m |
| Facility ID | 35852 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°17′25.2″N 93°34′36.6″W / 30.290333°N 93.576833°W |
| Website | www.myfoxlakecharles.com |
KVHP is a television station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, broadcasting locally on digital channel 30 as an affiliate of the Fox network. KVHP is owned by National Communications, LLC, and its transmitter is located halfway between Lake Charles and Beaumont, Texas in Vinton, Louisiana, allowing it to reach both markets.
In 2003, KVHP established a special low-powered Fox / UPN station for the Beaumont area, KUIL-LP on channel 64 (that station has since became a MyNetworkTV affiliate, with Fox now on KBTV-TV). KVHP also had another Texas-based repeater, KVHP-LD channel 44 in Jasper; in March 2011, programming from KVHP-LD was shifted from the main KVHP programming to programming from KBMT.
KVHP is transmitting 720p HD w/ 5.1 audio on 29.1 and their CW SD signal on 29.2. This signal was transmitted via their low power transmitter from the tower located next to the studio on Prien Lake Road in Lake Charles. The full power digital signal was moved to the 1300 ft (396m) tower near Edgerly around the beginning of 2009. KVHP signed on the air in late 1982 as an independent station with slogan Make a U-Turn to KVHP, Channel 29. In 1986, KVHP became a charter Fox affiliate.
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[edit] Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Name | Programming |
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| 29.1 | KVHP-DT | Main KVHP Programming / FOX |
| 29.2 | KVHP-DT2 | The CW Plus |
[edit] HD Programming
KVHP currently airs all of FOX network programming in High Definition. None of its syndicated programs, such as Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, air in HD.
[edit] Local Programming
KVHP briefly aired news capsules and newscasts in the late 80's and early 90's before dropping them for a number of years. The station began airing local news once again in 1999, and expanded to producing a 2-hour morning show and 5 PM newscast within a year of the launch. KVHP was never considered a serious threat to KPLC's dominance in the ratings and by 2004, local news was dropped from the lineup entirely.
Today, the station's only local programming is a 30-minute Public affairs program called "On The Air with Fox 29" which airs twice on Sundays.
[edit] WBRZ's newscasts on Fox 29
On Monday, April 27, 2009, KVHP began showing a tape-delayed 6 p.m. weeknight newscast from Baton Rouge station WBRZ-TV, under the name Fox 29 News from the Capital, Monday through Friday at 9 p.m.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KVHP
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KVHP-TV
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