KCHF

KCHF
Santa Fe, New Mexico
United States
Branding SBN - Son Broadcasting Network
Channels Digital: 10 (VHF)
Virtual: 11 (PSIP)
Subchannels (see article)
Affiliations Religious Independent
Owner Belarmino Gonzalez
(Son Broadcasting, Inc.)
First air date January 21, 1984 (1984-01-21)
Sister station(s) KNMQ-LD
Former channel number(s) Analog:
11 (VHF, 1984–2009)
Former affiliations DT3:
Heartland (2014–2016)
Transmitter power 30 kW
Height 608.1 m
Facility ID 60793
Transmitter coordinates 35°46′49″N 106°31′36″W / 35.78028°N 106.52667°W / 35.78028; -106.52667
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website main: www.kchftv.com
11.2: kchf.antennatv.tv

KCHF digital channel 10 (virtual channel 11) is an independent, Christian television station in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, serving the Albuquerque DMA from its transmitter location near Los Alamos. The station is owned by Belarmino “Blackie” Gonzalez and his nonprofit ministry, Son Broadcasting.

KCHF and its subchannels are also relayed on KNMQ-LD channel 43 Albuquerque, to provide improved reception in areas of the city where the KCHF signal from Los Alamos is hard to receive.

History

The original construction permit for KCHF was granted on January 19, 1983. The station signed on in January 1984 and was granted their initial license on June 29, 1984. It claims to be the first VHF Christian television station in the United States. During the analog era, KCHF was one of a few Christian television stations in the United States to operate on the VHF band (KJNP-TV in Fairbanks, Alaska is another example). KCHF's digital transmitter was licensed on January 26, 2006.

Programming

Some of the programs produced by KCHF include Restoring God's People, Healing Is For You, A Healthier You and God Answers Prayer.

God Answers Prayer is a weekday, studio-based talk show with a live call-in segment. A "best of" show, with highlights of the past week, is seen on Sundays.

As part of its compliance with the federal Children's Television Act, KCHF broadcasts over eight hours of E/I-compliant children's programming each week, mostly aimed at children under 10, including a five-hour block on Saturday mornings.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[1] Launch date on KCHF
11.1 720p 16:9 KCHF-DT Main KCHF programming
11.2 480i 4:3 Antenna Antenna TV August 15, 2014
11.3 QVC QVC June 8, 2016
11.4 QVC+ QVC Plus June 8, 2016
11.5 AM 730 KDAZ audio June 30, 2014
11.6 Weather WeatherNation TV August 2012

KCHF carried the country music channel Heartland on channel 11.3 beginning June 30, 2014.[2] In early June 2016, Heartland was dropped for QVC with Antenna TV moving from 11.4 to 11.2 and WeatherNation moving from 11.2 to 11.6.

Analog-to-digital conversion

KCHF shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 10.[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 11.

References

  1. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KCHF
  2. ↑ Luken Welcomes KCHF As Heartland Affiliate In Albuquerque -Santa Fe
  3. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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