KFFV

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KFFV
KFFV 44.png
Seattle–Tacoma, Washington
United States
CitySeattle, Washington
ChannelsDigital: 16 (UHF)
Virtual: 44
BrandingMeTV Seattle
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerWeigel Broadcasting
(KFFV-TV LLC)
KVOS-TV
History
First air date
January 1, 1999 (22 years ago) (1999-01-01)
Former call signs
KHCV (1999–2009)
KPST (2009–2010)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
45 (UHF, 1999–2009)
Digital:
44 (UHF, until 2019)
Analog/DT1:
Military Channel
AMGTV
Jewelry TV (1999–2009)
Silent (2009–2010)
Infomercials (2010–201?)
Evine (201?–2018)
DT2:
Azteca América (2006–2018)
DT3:
Funimation Channel (2006–2007)
GameZnFlix Entertainment Channel (GnF) "Game & Music" (March–October 2007)
(October 2007–2018)
DT4:
GnF "Movie" (2007–200?)
America One (200?–2008)
Sportsman Channel (2008–20??)
MBC-D (20??–2018)
KBS World
DT5:
WeatherNation (2013–201?)
Cozi TV (201?–2018)
Call sign meaning
Channel Forty-Five
(former analog/virtual channel allocation)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID49264
ERP260 kW
HAAT259 m (850 ft)
Transmitter coordinates47°36′55.6″N 122°18′33.8″W / 47.615444°N 122.309389°W / 47.615444; -122.309389Coordinates: 47°36′55.6″N 122°18′33.8″W / 47.615444°N 122.309389°W / 47.615444; -122.309389
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
WebsiteKFFV page on MeTV.com

KFFV, virtual channel 44 (UHF digital channel 16), is a MeTV owned-and-operated television station licensed to Seattle, Washington, United States and also serving Tacoma. Owned by Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting, it is part of a duopoly with Bellingham-licensed Heroes & Icons owned-and-operated station KVOS-TV, channel 12 (which KFFV simulcasts on its third digital subchannel).[1] Both stations share studios on Third Avenue South in Seattle, while KFFV's transmitter is located on Capitol Hill east of downtown.

History[]

Early years[]

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 on January 1, 1999 on Channel 45 after many permit extensions.

Channel launches[]

During the week of August 11, 2006, KHCV started carrying Azteca América on its analog channel 45 and on 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.[2]

On March 1, 2007, KHCV started broadcasting content from GNF Entertainment Network[3] on its digital subchannels 44.3 and 44.4. 44.3 carried GNF "Game & Music" and 44.4 carried GNF "Movie".

Network changes[]

The analog broadcast (UHF 45) had been exclusively Azteca América, while the Comcast broadcast of this channel (Channel 15) is Jewelry TV. On September 10, 2007, analog UHF channel 45 carried the same Jewelry TV content as 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, America One content on channel 44.4 was replaced by 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.[4]

KPST logo

On September 28, 2009, KHCV became KPST. On December 22, 2009, KPST went silent. The station was evicted from its studios and its STL link couldn't be operated from the new location. KPST hoped to have the station up and running within a few weeks.[5][6] The station resumed broadcasting on February 4, 2010. During that time, KPST aired only infomercials on its main channel, 24 hours a day.[7]

As KFFV-TV[]

KFFV's logo as "K44," used circa 2011

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;[8] the sale was completed on October 12.

KFFV's logo used circa 2013

In January 2013, WeatherNation was added to channel 44.5. It was later replaced by Cozi TV.

On March 12, 2015, KFFV's sister station KVOS-TV's main channel, MeTV, had "soft-launched" to sub-channel 44.6.[9]

Weigel Broadcasting agreed to acquire KFFV and KVOS-TV, along with KAXT-CD and KTLN-TV in San Francisco, in a $23.2 million deal on October 18, 2017.[10] The sale was closed on January 15, 2018, with KFFV and KVOS now under Weigel ownership.[11]

On January 17, 2018, Weigel terminated KFFV's carriage agreements with the networks aired under OTA ownership, and switched to a near-duplication of KVOS' services, with MeTV replacing Evine on channel 44.1, Movies! replacing Azteca América on 44.2, and AAT replaced by H&I on 44.3 (AAT moved to KUSE-LD4).[1] Cozi returned to Seattle on two other Seattle area stations: low-powered TV station KYMU-LD in 2019 and on KIRO-TV's third digital subchannel in 2020.[12][13] Azteca and KBS World have yet to find new channel locations in Seattle.

Technical information[]

Subchannels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[14]
44.1 720p 16:9 KFFV-HD MeTV
44.2 480i Movies Movies!
44.3 Heroes Simulcast of KVOS-TV / H&I
44.4 Decades Decades
44.5 MeTV+ MeTV Plus

References[]

  1. ^ a b KVOS TV (2018-01-12). "KVOS TV". Facebook. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  2. ^ FUNimation Channel in Seattle[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ GNF Entertainment Signs Affiliate Agreement with Full Power Station KHCV for Digital Channel Carriage in Seattle, Washington[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101274792&formid=910&fac_num=49264
  5. ^ FCC Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA
  6. ^ NW Broadcasters
  7. ^ KPST schedule
  8. ^ "Troubled Seattle indy TV sold at auction (dead link)". Television Business Report. July 2, 2011. Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  9. ^ KVOS TV
  10. ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  11. ^ KVOS Turns Its Back On Canadian Advertisers at Fraser Valley News Network
  12. ^ https://www.cozitv.com/get-cozi-tv/ COZI TV – Get Cozi TV
  13. ^ TV Listings: Watch your favorites (KIRO-TV) kiro7.com (Content provided via TitanTV) 29 December 2020 (same-day retrieval)
  14. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KFFV

External links[]

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