KFFX-TV

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KFFX-TV
Pendleton, Oregon/Tri-Cities, Washington

Branding	Fox 11
Channels	Digital: 11 (VHF)
Affiliations	Fox This TV (DT2)
Owner	Northwest Broadcasting, Inc. (Mountain Licenses, LP)
First air date	January 11, 1999
Call letters' meaning	KFFX="FOX"^[1]
Sister station(s)	KCYU-LD
Former callsigns	KAUP (construction permit only)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1999-2009) Digital: 8 (VHF)
Transmitter power	60 kW
Height	472 m
Facility ID	12729
Transmitter coordinates	45°44′49″N 118°2′15.6″W / 45.74694°N 118.037667°W / 45.74694; -118.037667
Website	www.myfoxtricities.com

KFFX-TV, Fox 11, is a Fox affiliate serving the Tri-Cities, Washington (Richland/Pasco/Kennewick) area. Licensed to Pendleton, Oregon and owned by Northwest Broadcasting, it also operates a satellite station in Yakima, KCYU-LD channel 41. On satellite, KFFX-TV is normally available on DirecTV although they have been in a contract dispute since 8/13/2012; Dish Network carries KCYU-LD instead. It operates from studios on Falls Avenue in Kennewick.

History

KFFX-TV signed on the air January 11, 1999. It was the first full-powered VHF station in what had previously been a "UHF island." Distinctively, it is one of two markets where Fox is on VHF, while the other major networks are on UHF; the other one is Austin, Texas (KTBC).

It was also the first station on the Tri-Cities side of the market not to be a satellite of a station in Yakima. Before KFFX-TV's sign-on, cable companies piped in KAYU-TV in Spokane, which operated KCYU as a satellite.

Translators

KFFX-TV is rebroadcast on two low-powered translators.^[2]^[3]

KBWU-LD Channel 36 Richland (owned by Northwest Broadcasting)
K38KL-D Channel 38 Ellensburg (owned by Kittitas County)

Programming

KFFX-TV's 10PM newscast, Fox First at Ten, is produced by KNDO in Yakima, with KNDU in the Tri-Cities providing local stories.

KFFX-TV also offers the "Laugh Pack" line-up of back to back sitcoms between 5 and 8 PM each Monday through Friday along with many other popular shows including American Idol, Glee and Fringe.

Digital television

KFFX-TV has been digital-only since February 17, 2009,^[4] when KFFX-TV's digital broadcasts moved to VHF channel 11. As the station's transmitter site typically becomes inaccessible to standard vehicles in early November, Northwest Broadcasting provided the station's broadcast engineers with snowmobiles on February 16, 2009 to complete the final post-transition installations.

On April 21, 2009, KFFX-TV added a digital subchannel which includes This TV. ^[5]

References

↑ Nelson, Bob (June 2, 2009). "Call Letter Origins" 238. The Broadcast Archive. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KBWU-LD#station
↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=K38KL-D#station
↑ FCC list of full-service US TV stations, February 16, 2009
↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101256472&formid=387&fac_num=12729

External links

v t e Broadcast television in Central Washington, including Yakima

Yakima	KUNW-CD (2.1 UNI) KNDO (23.1 NBC, 23.3 SWX) KIMA-TV (29.1 CBS, 29.2 The CW) KAPP (35.1 ABC, 35.2 KXMN-LD) KCYU-LD (41.1 Fox, 41.2 This TV) KYVE (47.1 PBS, 47.2 V-me, 47.3 Create, 47.5 PBS-HD) K51JG-D (73.1 3ABN, 73.2 3ABN Latino, 73.3 3ABN Radio, 73.4 Radio74)

Ellensburg	K25FP-D 25 (3ABN) K39DM 39 (TBN)

Tri-Cities	KFFX-TV (11.1 Fox, 11.2 This TV) KVVK-CA 15/KORX-CA 16 (UNI) KEPR-TV (19.1 CBS, 19.2 The CW) KNDU (25.1 NBC, 25.3 SWX) KTNW (31.1 PBS-HD, 31.2 V-me) KVEW (42.1 ABC, 42.2 KXMN-LD) KRLB-LD (49.1 TBN)

Walla Walla	KTVR 13 (PBS/OPB) K21JQ-D 22 (Hope/Worship) K33EJ (3ABN) KWWO-LP 47 (TBN)

Wenatchee	KNEE-LD 10 (Ind) K34EM (TBN) KWCC-LD 47 (Ind)

Defunct stations	KCWK 9/KCWK-LP 27 (Fox/AZA/CW) KCWT 27 (Fox/CA/TBN)

See also List of television stations in Washington List of television stations in Oregon Seattle Spokane Portland Boise TV

v t e Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Washington

KFFX 11/KCYU 41 (Tri-Cities/Yakima) KCPQ 13 (Seattle / Tacoma) KAYU 28 (Spokane)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Washington

v t e Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Oregon

KFFX 11 (Pendleton) KPTV 12 (Portland) KMVU 26 (Medford) KLSR 34 (Eugene) KFXO-LD 39 (Bend)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Oregon

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