KGNG-LD
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Programming | |
Affiliations | HSN |
Ownership | |
Owner | King Kong Broadcasting |
History | |
Founded | February 21, 1992 |
First air date | 1995 |
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Former channel number(s) |
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Call signmeaning | King Kong Broadcasting |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 168638 |
ERP | 15 kW |
HAAT | 541 m (calculated; 15.2 mabove ground level) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°56′44″N115°2′33″W/ 35.94556°N 115.04250°W |
Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
Website | www |
KGNG-LD(channel 26) is alow-power television stationinLas Vegas, Nevada,United States,affiliatedwithHSN.It is owned by King Kong Broadcasting, with itstransmitterlocated outside ofHendersononBlack Mountain.
History
[edit]The station began as K25DB, a construction permit granted in February 1992 to Terry Zick, for a low power operation to broadcast fromPotosi Mountain,southwest of Las Vegas.[2]After several extensions of the construction permit, Zick sold the station in 1996 to King Kong Broadcasting, which had started the previous year with the goal of operating an Asian-language station.[3][4]The new owners immediately changed the station's call sign to KGNG-LP, and the following year, moved the station from Potosi Mountain to Black Mountain, and from channel 25 to channel 47.[5][6]Shortly thereafter, theFederal Communications Commission(FCC) granted KGNG its license to operate.[7]
The station filed for a digital companion channel construction permit in October 2006, to broadcast on UHF channel 48. Digital programming began December 31, 2008.
Starting on September 23, 2018, KGNG-LD has moved to channel 26.x.[8]
Digital channels
[edit]The station's signal ismultiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[9][10] |
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26.1 | 480i | 4:3 | KGNGHSN | Home Shopping Network |
26.2 | 16:9 | Tel-Ant | Tele-Antenna | |
26.3 | GETTV | getTV | ||
26.4 | BUZZR | Buzzr | ||
26.5 | CTVLV | MediaMeta | ||
26.6 | VentanaTV | Latino Religion | ||
26.7 | TheGrio | TheGrio | ||
26.8 | FilAmTV | VegasLifeTV | ||
26.9 | VNA TV | VNA-TV | ||
26.10 | QVC2 | QVC2 | ||
26.11 | Audio only | Talk | TalkRadioTV |
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for KGNG-LD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Public Notice Comment".CDBS database.FCC.RetrievedJanuary 28,2013.
- ^"Public Notice Comment".CDBS database.FCC.RetrievedJanuary 28,2013.
- ^C. Sieroty (September 30, 2012)."Digital TV widens viewer choices, broadcaster profit chances".Las Vegas Review-Journal.RetrievedJanuary 28,2013.
- ^"Call Sign History".CDBS database.FCC.RetrievedJanuary 28,2013.
- ^"Public Notice Comment".CDBS database.FCC.RetrievedJanuary 28,2013.
- ^"Application Search Details".CDBS database.FCC.RetrievedJanuary 28,2013.
- ^"Facebook Post".Facebook.RetrievedSeptember 25,2018.
- ^kgngtv.com channel list
- ^KGNG-LD LAS VEGAS, NV