KMOH-TV

KMOH-TV
Kingman, Arizona ; United States;
Channels	Digital: 19 (UHF); Virtual: 6;
Branding	MeTV Arizona
Programming
Affiliations	6.1: MeTV ; for others, see § KMOH-TV subchannels ;
Ownership
Owner	Weigel Broadcasting ; (KMOH-TV LLC);
History
First air date	February 22, 1988(36 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 6 (VHF, 1988–2009);
Former affiliations	Independent (1988–1995); The WB (1995–1999); NBC (as satellite of KPNX, 1999–2004); Spanish independent (2004–2006); Tr3́s (2006–2012); MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016); América TeVé (2016–2018); Azteca América (2018−2021);
Call sign meaning	Mohave County
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	24753
ERP	25.2 kW
HAAT	578.2 m (1,897 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°1′56.7″N114°21′58.9″W / 35.032417°N 114.366361°W
Links
Public license information	Public file ; LMS ;
Translator
	KEJR-LD
Phoenix, Arizona ;
Channels	Digital: 32 (UHF); Virtual: 40;
Programming
Affiliations	40.1: MeTV+ ; for others, see § KEJR-LD subchannels ;
Ownership
Owner	Weigel Broadcasting; (KEJR-LD LLC);
History
Founded	June 5, 1992
First air date	August 22, 1995(28 years ago)
Former call signs	K31DI (1992–2001); K43GV (2001–March 2005); KQBN-LP (March–November 2005); KEJR-LP (November 2005–2010);
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 31 (UHF, 1992–2000), 43 (UHF, 2000–2010); Digital: 40 (UHF, 2010–2019);
Former affiliations	Telemundo (via KDRX-CA, 2001–March 2005); Almavision (March–November 2005); Spanish independent (November 2005–2006); Tr3́s (2006–2012); MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016); América TeVé (2016–2018); Azteca América (2018–2022);
Technical information
Facility ID	168349
Class	CD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	468.5 m (1,537 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°19′57″N112°3′59″W / 33.33250°N 112.06639°W
Links
Public license information	LMS

Last updated June 27, 2024

KMOH-TV (channel 6) is a television station in Kingman, Arizona, United States, airing programming from MeTV. Owned and operated by Weigel Broadcasting, the station has studios on Kingman Avenue in Kingman, and its transmitter is located atop Oatman Mountain, near Oatman, Arizona.^[4]

History

An original construction permit to build a television station on VHF channel 6 in Kingman granted to Grand Canyon Television Co. on April 8, 1985. Its transmitter facilities were to be located at Hualapai Peak, operating at an effective radiated power (ERP) of 10 kW.^[5] The permit was modified in August 1986 to specify Black Mountain as the transmitter location with an ERP of 100 kW, which was the maximum allowed for a low-band VHF station.^[6] The station first signed on the air on February 22, 1988, and was licensed on June 1.^[7]

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, KMOH was an English-language independent station, and also produced its own local newscast. In September 1995, KMOH became an affiliate of The WB.^[8] It was listed as an American Independent Network (AIN) affiliate in July 1996, and has also been listed as a Network One (N1) affiliate at an unknown date.^[9] KMOH was still primarily a WB affiliate in May 1997, when the broadcasting arm of the Gannett Company (now Tegna Inc.) bought the station, along with KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, from Grand Canyon Television Company.^[10] In November 1999, Gannett converted KMOH into a satellite station of Phoenix-based NBC affiliate KPNX (channel 12).^[11] It was perceived as a redundant move, as KPNX was already available on cable in the Kingman area.

The former KEJR/KMOH logo, used until the change of affiliation to MTV Tr3́s.

In August 2004, Bela Broadcasting, looking to expand the reach of its family-oriented Spanish-language format, acquired KMOH from Gannett, making the station a Spanish-language independent station, airing mostly the same content as sister station KBEH in Oxnard, California, but on a different schedule. From Kingman, Bela hoped to put signals into the Phoenix and Las Vegas markets, both of which have large Hispanic populations.^[12] While it cannot be verified as a reason for buying KMOH, a full-power station in the Phoenix media market, it is clear that Bela Broadcasting desired must-carry cable coverage in Phoenix as well. With KMOH no longer a rebroadcaster of KPNX, Cox Communications petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow it to exclude the station from must-carry provisions in its 16 Phoenix-area communities, since, while it is part of the Phoenix market, it operates 165 miles (266 km) away from the city itself and the station's signal did not reach into Phoenix. KMOH fought the exclusion, but lost, in large part due to the station's lack of local programming directed at Phoenix viewers, and also in part due to not being receivable in Phoenix.^[13] In November 2005, Bela Broadcasting acquired KQBN-LP (channel 43, now KEJR-LP) from Una Vez Más Holdings, and made it a translator station of KMOH-TV, giving the station a translator in Phoenix. As Phoenix is the much larger market, both stations were branded as "KEJR 43 Phoenix" instead of as "KMOH 6".

On November 27, 2006, Bela dropped the Spanish independent format from all of its stations and made them affiliates of MTV Tr3́s. Bela Broadcasting sold KMOH and KEJR to Hero Broadcasting in January 2008.^[14] KMOH and KEJR became charter affiliates of the MundoFox Spanish-language network when it launched on August 1, 2012, replacing Tr3́s. MundoFox changed its name to MundoMax in 2015, and shut down on December 1, 2016; KMOH-TV and KEJR-LD then switched affiliations to América TeVé. HC2 Holdings agreed to acquire KMOH-TV and KEJR-LD from Hero Broadcasting on December 29, 2017;^[15] the sale was completed on June 18, 2018.^[16] HC2 replaced América TeVé programming with Azteca América, which is also owned by HC2.

In December 2020, HC2 sold KMOH-TV and KEJR-LD, along with two other stations, to Weigel Broadcasting, owner of (or managing partner in) five diginets. MeTV was placed on KMOH 6.1 on February 13, 2021.

logo as MundoFox, 2012–2015

logo as MundoMax, 2015–2016

KEJR-LD history pre-2005

Raul Infante, Jr. was granted an original construction permit for a television station on UHF channel 31, which was assigned the callsign K31DI, on June 5, 1992, and licensed on August 22, 1995. The original transmitter site was in Sun City. Early programming is unknown.

In June 1998, Infante sold the station to Hispanic Television of Phoenix, who in turn sold it to Television Apogeo de Phoenix in October. In 1999, the FCC granted Fox owned-and-operated station KSAZ-TV (channel 10) permission to build its digital signal on channel 31; as a result, K31DI was forced to move to another channel. Television Apogeo took the station silent in March 2000, but returned it to the air in October, when the company was granted special temporary authority to operate on channel 43. Television Apogeo licensed the station on channel 43 with new call letters, K43GV, in December 2001. By this time, it was simulcasting Telemundo programming from KDRX-CA (now KDPH-LP).

Una Vez Más Holdings acquired the station in January 2004 and applied to move the transmitter location from Sun City to South Mountain in Phoenix. The permit was granted and the new facilities were licensed in October 2005. Meanwhile, Una Vez Más resurrected a set of call letters the company had used for its station in Tucson, and renamed the station KQBN-LP in March 2005. Telemundo programming was also replaced by the Spanish-language Christian network Almavision.

Even before the station was licensed at its new South Mountain transmitter site, Una Vez Mas sold the station to Bela Broadcasting, with the transaction finalized in November 2005. Upon taking ownership, Bela again changed the call letters, this time to KEJR-LP, and made the station a translator for KMOH-TV.

Technical information

The stations' signals are multiplexed:

KMOH-TV subchannels

Subchannels of KMOH-TV^[17]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
6.1	720p	16:9	MeTV-HD	MeTV
6.2	480i		H&I	Heroes & Icons
6.3			MeTV+	MeTV Plus
6.4			Story	Story Television
6.5		4:3		MeTV Toons

KEJR-LD subchannels

Subchannels of KEJR-LD^[18]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
40.1	480i	16:9	MeTV+	MeTV+
40.2			TOONS	MeTV Toons
40.3			Story	Story Television
40.6	720p		MeTV	MeTV (unmapped)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
40.12	480i		EMLW	Infomercials

Encrypted or hidden subchannel

Analog-to-digital conversion

KMOH-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 6, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 19,^[19] using virtual channel 6.

Notes

↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says February 22, while the Television and Cable Factbook says February 26.
↑ MeTV's audio and video streams are carried on KEJR-LD's signal because the translator is fed by KMOH-TV, but they are not included in the virtual channel table because KAZT-TV and KAZT-CD have the over-the-air rights to MeTV in the Prescott and Phoenix areas.

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v t e Spanish-language television stations in the state of Arizona
Telemundo affiliates	KESE-LD 35 / KECY-DT 9.4 (Yuma/El Centro, CA) KTAZ 39 (Phoenix) KHRR 40 (Tucson)
UniMás affiliates	KFTU-DT 3 / KFTU-CD 34 (Douglas/Tucson) KFPH-DT 13 / KFPH-CD 35 _{ATSC 3.0} (Flagstaff/Phoenix) KAJB 54 (Calipatria, CA)
Univision affiliates	KVYE 7 (Yuma) KTVW-DT 33 / KTVW-CD 6 (Phoenix/Flagstaff) KUVE-DT 46 / KUVE-CD 42 (Green Valley/Tucson)
Other stations	KVYE-DT 7.2 (El Centro, CA) LATV KYMA-DT 13.3 Yuma Estrella KUDF-LP 14.1 Tucson Estrella (14.1), Visión Latina (14.2) KYUM-LD 15 Yuma Vida KTVP-LD 23 Phoenix Almavisión K33MD-D 33.x (Yuma repeating XHILA-TDT Mexicali) KTAZ 39.2 Phoenix TeleXitos KPDF-CD 41 Phoenix Visión Latina KVPA-LD 42 Phoenix Estrella Phoenix Nuestra Visión (50.1), Telemax (50.2)
Defunct	KCOS-LP 28 (Phoenix, was LFN)
See also English stations Spanish stations

v t e Weigel Broadcasting
Network-affiliated stations	ABC WBND-LD CBS WDJT-TV CW WCIU-TV WCWW-LD Jewelry Television KSFV-CD KVME-TV MyNetworkTV WMYS-LD Spectrum News 1 KAZD Telemundo WYTU-LD ¹ WFBN-LD ¹ Univision KVOS-TV
MeTV and/or MeTV+ O&O stations	KAZA-TV KAZD ⁸ KCSG KFFV KHTV-CD KMOH-TV KNLC KREG-TV KYAZ WBME-CD ² WDME-CD WHCT-LD WJFB WJLP WMEI WWME-CD ³
Catchy Comedy and/or H&I O&O stations	KAXT-CD KCSG-LD KDIT-CD KTLN-TV KVOS-TV ⁹ KPOM-CD WOCV-CD WZDS-LD
Story TV O&O stations	WNWT-LD WZME
Independent stations	WMEU-CD ³ WMLW-TV ⁷
Radio stations	WRME-LD ⁴
National subchannel networks	Catchy Comedy Dabl ⁶ Heroes & Icons MeTV MeTV+ MeTV Toons ¹⁰ Movies! ⁵ Start TV ⁶ Story Television
MeTV original programming	Collector's Call Svengoolie Sventoonie Toon In with Me
Former programming	First Business Green Screen Adventures Through the Decades
Defunct	TouchVision
¹Carried on a digital subchannel of WMLW & WMYS. ²Carried on a digital subchannel of WDJT. ³Carried on a digital subchannel of WCIU. ⁴Owned by Venture Technologies Group; operated by Weigel under an LMA as a radio station. ⁵Joint venture with Fox Television Stations. ⁶Joint venture with CBS News and Stations. ⁷Shares spectrum with WBME-CD. ⁸Carried on a digital subchannel of KAZD. ⁹Carried on a digital subchannel of KVOS. ¹⁰Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery Networks.