KTVP-LD

KTVP-LD (channel 23) is a low-power television station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The station is owned by Innovate Corp. KTVP-LD's transmitter is located on South Mountain.

KTVP-LD

Phoenix, Arizona United States
City	Phoenix, Arizona
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 23
Programming
Affiliations	see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Innovate Corp. (HC2 LPTV Holdings LLC)
History
Founded	1992
First air date	September 28, 1992 (1992-09-28)
Former call signs	K56FF (1992–1997) KTVP-LP (1997–2011)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 56 (UHF, 1995–2002), 64 (UHF, 2002–2006), 22 (UHF, 2006–2011) Digital: 22 (UHF, 2011–2019)
Former affiliations	American Independent Network (1996) Hispanic Television Network (1999–2002) America's Store (2002–20??)
Call sign meaning	Television Phoenix
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	60465
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	468.5 m (1,537 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°19′57″N 112°3′59″W
Links
Public license information	LMS

History

The original construction permit was granted September 28, 1992 to Simon, Inc. The station was given call sign K56FF, to broadcast on channel 56 from Usery Mountain in east Mesa. In March 1995, Simon, Inc. sold the permit to Keith L. Lowery, who licensed the station on November 28, 1995, then sold it to AIN Network, Inc. in June 1996. The station was listed as an American Independent Network affiliate as of July 1996. AIN Network, Inc. changed the station's calls to KTVP-LP in September 1997 and transferred the station to Hispano Television Ventures, Inc. (HTV), later called Hispanic Television Network Inc., in October 1999 as part of HTV's acquisition of AIN Network, Inc. HTV placed their new network, Hispanic Television Network (HTVN), on KTVP-LP, but facing financial difficulties, Hispanic Television Network Inc. sold the station to Mako Communications LLC in August 2001.

In 1998, ABC affiliate KNXV-TV (channel 15) was granted a permit to construct their digital facilities on channel 56, which forced KTVP-LP to move to a new channel. The station went silent for a time, but in 2002, Mako Communications moved the transmitter location to South Mountain and began broadcasting the America's Store shopping channel on channel 64. In January 2006, needing to vacate the 700 MHz band, KTVP-LP moved to channel 22. At that time, Mako Communications also switched programming to Almavision. On June 13, 2011, reflecting its conversion to digital operation, the station's call sign was changed to KTVP-LD.

In June 2013, KTVP-LD was slated to be sold to Landover 5 LLC as part of a larger deal involving 51 other low-power television stations; the sale fell through in June 2016. Mako Communications sold its stations, including KTVP-LD, to HC2 Holdings in 2017.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KTVP-LD

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
23.1	480i	4:3	KTVP-LD	Infomercials
23.2				Sonlife
23.3				Shop LC
23.4				Infomercials
23.5		16:9		BeIN Sports Xtra
23.6				The First TV
23.7				Outdoor America

Former translators

KTVP-LD's signal was formerly relayed on the following translator stations:

City	Callsign
Prescott, Arizona	K32LO-D
Yuma, Arizona	K24NI-D
Payson, Arizona	K34PG-D
Flagstaff, Arizona	K19IP-D
Verde Valley, Arizona	K46IL-D