K14RK-D

K14RK-D, is a low-power television station serving Phoenix, Arizona, United States, providing over-the-air service in digital on UHF channel 14 (virtual channel 38) from its transmitter on South Mountain. It is owned by Spanish Independent Broadcast Network of Phoenix and operates as a Spanish-language independent station.

K14RK-D
Phoenix, Arizona
ChannelsDigital: 14 (UHF)
Virtual: 38 (PSIP)
BrandingIZ TV
RitmoVision (DT1)
Alpha (DT2)
IZ Videos (DT3)
Evine (DT4)
The Action Channel (DT5)
Retro TV (DT6)
REV'N (DT7)
SloganIZTV;
La Tradición Continúa
Programming
SubchannelsSee below
AffiliationsIndependent
Alpha (DT2)
The Country Network (DT4)
This TV (DT5)
Ownership
OwnerAdrián Quiñones
(Spanish Independent Broadcast Network)
History
FoundedAugust 19, 1988
Former call signsK38IZ-D (2008-2018)
K53GF (2002-2008)
K67FE (1991-2000)
K69FM (1988-1991)
Former channel number(s)Analog:
69 (1990-1992)
67 (1992-2002)
53 (2002-2008)
Digital:
38 (2008-2018)
Former affiliationsKWHY-TV translator; inTV
Technical information
ERP20 kW
HAAT511 m
Links
Websitehttp://www.38iztv.com

History

The station began with an original construction permit for K69FM channel 69, granted to Broadcasting Systems, Inc. of Phoenix on August 19, 1988. The station was licensed on January 11, 1990, with city of license of South Phoenix. Early programming is unknown. In February 1991, the station was sold to Polar Broadcasting of Arizona, a San Francisco, California-based company, who shortly thereafter applied to move the station to channel 67 and change the city of license to Phoenix. The station licensed its new facilities and its callsign was changed to K67FE in December 1992.

In June 1996, Polar Broadcasting sold the station to Paxson Communications (now ION Media Networks and the station became part of Infomall TV Network, or inTV. Paxson Communications sold the station in August 1999 to Spanish Independent Broadcasting Network, who changed the programming to Spanish-language independent, rebroadcasting station KWHY-TV channel 22 of Los Angeles, California. The next year, needing to vacate the upper-700 MHz band (channels 60 - 69), the station applied for and was granted a permit to move to channel 53. The station was licensed in June 2002 as K53GF. Since then, the station has dropped the KWHY-TV rebroadcast and operates as an independent station, airing mostly movies and infomercials for local car dealers.

53-KGF logo used from 2002 - 2010

In May 2005, K53GF received a request to vacate channel 53 from Aloha Partners, who were winners of the FCC auction for the spectrum now occupied by channel 54.[1] However, with the DTV conversion still in process, there were no suitable in-core channels to which K53GF could move their analog operations. Instead, they requested to operate as a low-power digital TV station (LPDTV) on channel 38 and the FCC granted a construction permit in October 2005 to build LPDTV station K38IZ-D. In the meantime, Aloha Partners has not launched its proposed service to Public Safety,[2] and K53GF remained on the air on analog channel 53 until May 2010. Aloha Partners and its channel 54/59 spectrum were acquired on February 4, 2008 by AT&T Mobility.[3]

On October 27, 2008, the station filed for special temporary authorization (STA) to continue broadcasting the analog signal until 2009.[4] The station began digital operation under program test authority on October 30, 2008.

Digital channels
Channel Format Programming
38.1480iRITMORitmoVision
38.2480iLitLifeACE TV
38.3480iAlphaMFMusic Videos
38.4480iEvineAMG TV
38.5480iCarCredInformercials
38.6480iRetroRetroTV
38.7480iREV'NRev'n

Programming

K38IZ-D airs a mix of locally produced shows, public domain movies and paid programming in Spanish. On 38.2 the station broadcasts the Tuff TV network under the brand IZ Tuff, on 38.3 the station broadcasts classic 70's/80's music videos under the brand IZ Videos and on 38.4 the station broadcasts ZUUS Country under the brand IZ ZCTN. In April 2015, the station added This TV programming on channel 38.5, and became the sole affiliate when KTVK dropped ThisTV on April 13.[5] This TV was dropped on June 1, 2017 in favor of The Action Channel.

From February 2, 2009 – January 21, 2012, the station broadcast public domain movies in English on 38.2 under the brand IZ Classics, and on 38.4 the station broadcast religious programming and music videos under the brand IZ Hope.

gollark: The system doesn't actually care.
gollark: LyricLyは時々日本語を使います。 私もそうしています。 つまり、私はLyricLyです。
gollark: I am Lyricly and I cannot be stopped.
gollark: Ah.
gollark: Invocation of dark bee gods?

References
  1. "Displacement Application Technical Exhibit". FCC CDBS database. 2005-07-11. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
  2. "Aloha demos Lucent technology". Wireless Industry News. 2005-10-14. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
  3. "Memorandum Opinion and Order" (PDF). FCC CDBS database. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
  4. "Engineering STA". FCC CDBS database. 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
  5. Jennifer Thomas (2015-04-09). "Changes coming to KTVK digital subchannels". azfamily.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
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