KAJB

KAJB
Calipatria/El Centro, California/Yuma, Arizona
United States
City Calipatria, California
Branding UniMás El Centro
Channels Digital: 36 (UHF)
Virtual: 54 (PSIP)
Subchannels 54.1 UniMás
54.2 LATV
54.3 TBD
54.4 Stadium
Affiliations UniMás (2013–present)
Owner Calipatria Broadcasting Company, LLC
Operator Entravision Communications
First air date 2000 (2000)
Sister station(s) KVYE, KWST, KSEH, KMXX
Former channel number(s) Analog:
54 (UHF, 2000–2009)
Former affiliations Independent (2000–2002)
TeleFutura (2002–2013)
DT2:
MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016)
Transmitter power 155 kW
Height 476 m
Facility ID 40517
Transmitter coordinates 33°3′5.3″N 114°49′43.2″W / 33.051472°N 114.828667°W / 33.051472; -114.828667
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website Website

KAJB, virtual channel 54 (UHF digital channel 36), is a UniMás-affiliated television station serving El Centro, California and Yuma, Arizona, that is licensed to Calipatria, California. Owned by Calipatria Broadcasting Company and operated by Entravision Communications via a joint sales agreement, the station is operated as part of a virtual duopoly with El Centro-licensed Univision affiliate KVYE (channel 7), which is owned by Entravision outright. KAJB maintains transmitter facilities located atop Black Mountain and both stations share studios located on North Imperial Avenue in El Centro.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[1]
54.11080i16:9KAJB-HDMain KAJB programming / UniMás
54.2480i4:3LATVLATV
54.3TBDTBD (TV network)
54.4StadiumStadium (sports network)

Analog-to-digital conversion

KAJB was originally assigned UHF channel 50 for its digital companion channel, however, with Mexican television station XHRCS-TV broadcasting on the same frequency from San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, KAJB could not build its facilities without causing interference. The station released its allocation and participated in the FCC second round elections, selecting UHF channel 36 for its digital allocation instead. After years of efforts to obtain Mexican coordination for the use of channel 36, KAJB was granted a construction permit to build digital facilities in August 2008, nearly nine years after requesting authorization, and began airing in March 2009. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 54, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

References

  1. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KAJB


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