KPOL (TV)

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For the Los Angeles television station that previously used the KPOL calls, see KWHY-TV.
KPOL
Tucson, Arizona
Channels Analog: 40 (UHF)
Affiliations defunct, frequency now used by KHRR
Owner JP Communications, Inc.
(Julius and David Polan)
First air date January 1, 1985
Former affiliations independent (1985-1989)
Transmitter Power 1550 kW
Height 619 m
Facility ID 30601
Transmitter Coordinates 32°14′55.7″N, 111°7′0.3″W

KPOL was an independent television station in Tucson, Arizona, broadcasting on UHF channel 40.

KPOL came into existence on November 28, 1983 with the grant of a permit to construct a full-service station on UHF channel 40 to serve the Tucson area. The station signed on New Year's Day 1985 as an English-language general entertainment independent station owned by the Polan family, and was licensed on November 20, 1985. However, the day before, KDTU (now MyNetworkTV affiliate KTTU-TV) signed on the air and over time the station couldn't compete in what was then an overcrowded market. KPOL signed off on October 17, 1989.

In 1991, local Tucson businessman Jay Zucker purchased the dormant KPOL license out of bankruptcy, and on July 1, 1992, channel 40 signed on as Telemundo affiliate KHRR.

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Broadcast television in Tucson/Sierra Vista, Arizona  (Nielsen DMA #68)