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KKJB
Channels
BrandingTelemundo Boise
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Cocola Broadcasting
  • (Boise Telecasters,LP)
see§ Sister stations
History
First air date
July 2005;19 years ago(2005-07)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:39 (UHF, 2005–2009)
  • Digital:39 (UHF, 2009–2018)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35097
ERP20.7kW
HAAT534 m (1,752 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°44′22.6″N116°8′18.4″W/ 43.739611°N 116.138444°W/43.739611; -116.138444
Links
Public license information

KKJB(channel 39) is atelevision stationinBoise, Idaho,United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language networkTelemundo.Owned by Cocola Broadcasting, the station maintains a transmitter north of the city in theBoise National Forest.

History

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KKJB signed on the air in July 2005 as an affiliate ofAmerica One.In 2009, the station switched its affiliation toDaystar.In 2014, KKJB changed its Daystar affiliation toTelemundo.

Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's signal ismultiplexed:

Subchannels of KKJB[2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
39.1 1080i 16:9 Tele Telemundo
39.2 480i Cozi Cozi TV
39.3 4:3 ANT-TV Antenna TV
39.4 16:9 Buzzr Buzzr
39.6 QVCPlus QVC2

Analog-to-digital conversion

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Because it was granted an originalconstruction permitafter theFCCfinalized theDTVallotment plan on April 21, 1997,[3]the station did not receive a companion channel for a digitaltelevision station.KKJB shut down its analog signal, overUHFchannel 39, instead, on or before June 12, 2009. The station "flash-cut"its digital signal into operation UHF channel 39.

On November 30, 2018, KKJB switched from channel 39 to channel 15.

Sister stations

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Cocola Broadcasting also owns the followinglow-powerstations in the Boise area:

Two other LPTV stations owned by Cocola, KKIC-LD and KEVA-LD, were sold toBridge Media Networks[4]andSagamoreHill Broadcasting,[5]respectively.

References

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  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for KKJB".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^"RabbitEars TV Query for KKJB".RabbitEars.info.RetrievedJuly 21,2024.
  3. ^"Final Digital TV (DTV) Channel Plan from FCC97-115".Transmitter.com.RetrievedJuly 21,2024.
  4. ^"Notification of Consummation".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.July 11, 2023.RetrievedJuly 21,2024.
  5. ^"Notification of Consummation".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.October 2, 2023.RetrievedJuly 21,2024.