K21GE

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K21GE
Camp Verde, Arizona
Channels	21 (UHF) analog
Affiliations	3ABN
Owner	The Camp Verde TV Club
Founded	April 30, 1979
Former callsigns	K61BG (1979-2001)
Transmitter Power	0.789 kW
Height	990 m

K21GE is a low-power television station serving Camp Verde, Arizona. It broadcasts on analog channel 21 from its transmitter located on Squaw Peak south of town, and is locally-owned by The Camp Verde TV Club. The station broadcasts programming from Three Angels Broadcast Network, or 3ABN, a Christian television network.

On February 19, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, K21GE-LP will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

[edit] History

An original construction permit was granted to The Verde Valley TV Club (now Camp Verde TV Club) on April 30, 1979 to build a low-power television station K61BG on channel 61 to serve Camp Verde. It was intended to be a translator for KPHO-TV in Phoenix. The station was licensed on February 24, 1982. In 2001, the FCC granted the station permission to move to channel 21, as it was necessary to abandon channel 61, which was in the 700 MHz band that the FCC was planning to auction off for other purposes. In September 2004, the station was licensed as K21GE.

[edit] External links

• 3ABN official site
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K21GE