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KBNK-LD

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KBNK-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
Founded1998
Former call signs
  • K07WB (1997)
  • K32EQ (1997–1999)
  • KMCF-LP (1999–2000)
  • KJEO-LP (2000–2009)
  • KJEO-LD (2009–2023)
LD7:
Blues Television Network (2020–2021)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID20559
ERP15 kW
HAAT648.6 m (2,128 ft)
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitekjeotv.com

KBNK-LD (channel 39) is a low-power television station in Fresno, California, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language religious network Canal de la Fe. It is owned by Cocola Broadcasting. Until late 2007, the then-KJEO-LP was also seen on KBID-LP channel 31.

History

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The station was first established in 1998 as K32EQ, and then KMCF-LP.

In 2000, Cocola Broadcasting acquired the call sign KJEO-LP for channel 32, after Fresno's CBS affiliate discarded the call sign in favor of KGPE. This call sign was changed to KJEO-LD in September 2009.

On March 30, 2023, Bridge Media Networks, the parent company of NewsNet and Sports News Highlights (SNH) (backed by 5-hour Energy creator Manoj Bhargava), announced it would acquire KJEO-LD and six other Cocola stations for $3.2 million.[3] Upon completion of the transaction, KJEO-LD would become a NewsNet owned-and-operated station for the Fresno–Visalia media market.

On July 20, 2023, the station changed its call sign to KBNK-LD.

Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KBNK-LD[4]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
39.1 720p 16:9 UniChur Main KBNK-LD programming / Canal de la Fe
39.3 480i 4:3 CBN CBN News
  • KBNK-LD broadcasts from the Corlew Meadows ("Meadow Lakes") towers location near Auberry, CA (37.073838 -119.432075).
  • Older, Fresno-area-based terrestrial tuners may/may not receive the Channel 39 broadcast(s). Sensitive terrestrial tuners may reduce tropospheric propagation effects through lowering floor noise, and inadvertently mask one lower-power channel set (i.e. KBNK-LD) and enhance another (i.e. KSDI-LD).

References

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  1. ^ "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 30, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KBNK-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $3,200,000". TVNewsCheck. April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for KBNK-LD". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
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