KCOS-LP

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KCOS-LP (a Class A station)
Phoenix, Arizona
Channels	28 (UHF) analog, App: 13 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Fe-TV (network temporarily off-the-air)
Owner	Aracelis Ortiz Corporation
Founded	June 26, 1995
Call letters meaning	Carlos Ortiz S
Former callsigns	K28FV, K68FB (CP only)
Former affiliations	LFN, HTVN
Transmitter Power	63 kW
Height	382 m
Class	Class A
Facility ID	8988

KCOS-LP is an LPTV Class A broadcast television station located in Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcasts in analog on UHF channel 28 from the Usery Mountains in Mesa. As of November 2006, the station broadcasts no programming, but instead displays a slate with the station's call letters, channel number and city of license on a desert background (shown). KCOS-LP is owned by Aracelis Ortiz Corporation of Harlingen, Texas and is not related to full-service PBS member station KCOS in El Paso, Texas. Although it is a Class A station, its call letters retain the "-LP" suffix.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 3 Digital television 4 External links

[edit] History

The original construction permit for KCOS-LP was granted on June 26, 1995 to Carlos Ortiz, Sr., pastor of Faith Pleases God Church in Harlingen, Texas. The station was to broadcast on channel 68, but was moved to channel 28 in anticipation of the FCC's requirement to vacate the 700 MHz band. It was licensed as K28FV on January 8, 1998, programming unknown. In January 2000, Hispanic Television Network, Inc. assumed operation of the station and changed the programming to Spanish-language network HTVN, although Carlos Ortiz remained the owner. Later that year, the station took the call letters KCOS-LP. Shortly afterward, Carlos Ortiz died and his widow, Aracelis Ortiz, as executrix of the estate, became the new owner. The station became part of Aracelis Ortiz Corporation in 2001. That same year, KCOS-LP was granted Class A status. By May 2002, the Ortiz family had resumed operation of the station, as Mrs. Ortiz stated in a Petition for Reconsideration of an FCC Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) that the station was broadcasting programming from La Familia Network (LFN) at the time of the cited violation [1] (¶ 4), which occurred in May 2002 [2] (¶ 3). The station was silent for a time, but in 2004, resumed operations with programming from Fe-TV, then returned to LFN in 2005. In July and August 2006, the station had various technical difficulties, prompting them to air a slate in English advising viewers of trouble with the video signal on the station's end. In August 2006, the station once again began airing Fe-TV, but shortly afterward changed to the station ID slate (pictured). Both LFN and Fe-TV are television services from Faith Pleases God Church.

[edit] Programming

As of October 2006, KCOS-LP airs no programming, but the April 2006 magazine from Fe-TV lists the station as an affiliate [3]. The website for Fe-TV states that the network will be off the air for six months for rebuilding and expansion [4]. The station went to ID slate in August 2006, so programming from Fe-TV is anticipated to return anywhere from late February 2007 to April 2007 or later.

[edit] Digital television

In May 2006, the FCC opened up a brief application period in which low-power television licensees and permittees could apply for a digital companion channel by short form application. KCOS-LP applied for VHF channel 13, to broadcast from the same location as the analog station. In September, the FCC identified the station as a singleton applicant, meaning that there were no competing applications on the same or adjacent channels, and giving the station until October 31 to file a long form application. On October 2, 2006, KCOS-LP formally applied for a digital companion channel on VHF channel 13.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for KCOS-LP
• La Familia Network (Español)
• FeTV (Español)
• Faith Pleases God Church