KFFX-TV

KFFX-TV
Pendleton, Oregon/Tri-Cities, Washington
United States
City Pendleton, Oregon
Branding Fox 11
Slogan Everybody's Watching Fox
Channels Digital: 11 (VHF)
Virtual: 11 (PSIP)
Subchannels 11.1 Fox
11.2 Telemundo
11.3 Ion Television
Translators KBWU-LD 11 (36 UHF) Richland, WA
Owner Northwest Broadcasting
(Mountain Licenses, L.P.)
First air date January 11, 1999 (1999-01-11)
Call letters' meaning FoX[1]
Sister station(s) KCYU-LD
Former callsigns KAUP (January–April 1999)
Former channel number(s) 11 (VHF analog, 1999–2009)
8 (VHF digital, –2009)
Transmitter power 60 kW
Height 471 m (1,545 ft)
Facility ID 12729
Transmitter coordinates 45°44′51.1″N 118°2′18.6″W / 45.747528°N 118.038500°W / 45.747528; -118.038500
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website fox11tricities.com

KFFX-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 11, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Pendleton, Oregon, United States and serving the Tri-Cities, Washington (Richland/Pasco/Kennewick) area. The station is owned by Northwest Broadcasting. KFFX's studios are located on Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick, and its transmitter is located in the Umatilla National Forest east of Pendleton.

KFFX operates a low-power semi-satellite in Yakima, KCYU-LD (channel 41). It repeats KFFX most of the day, though it airs separate legal identifications and commercial inserts and has its own website. On satellite, KFFX is only available on DirecTV, while Dish Network carries KCYU-LD instead.

History

Channel 11 signed on the air January 11, 1999 as KAUP; on April 25, the call letters were changed to KFFX-TV.[2] It was the first full-powered VHF station in what had previously been a "UHF island." It was also the first station on the Tri-Cities side of the market not to be a satellite of a station in Yakima.

The station replaced KBWU-LP (channel 66), a low-power semi-satellite of KAYU-TV in Spokane; KCYU-LP was also a semi-satellite of KAYU before the launch of KFFX. KAYU was also piped in by area cable companies. KBWU (which originally had the call sign K66BW,[3] though it was referred to as "KBW" outside of station identifications) had been on the air since October 1, 1989;[4] that station, now KBWU-LD (channel 36), is now a translator of KFFX.

Initially, the KFFX-TV license was owned by Communication Properties; Northwest Broadcasting, through its Mountain Broadcasting subsidiary, operated the station under a local marketing agreement.[5] Northwest filed to acquire KFFX outright in November 1999; however, the sale, approved on September 27, 2000, was not completed until January 14, 2003[6] because Northwest was required to divest another full-power television station in the Tri-Cities market, KBKI (channel 9, later known as KCWK) in Walla Walla, in order to complete its purchase of KFFX. KBKI was ultimately acquired by Pappas Telecasting.[7]

Digital channels

Channel Video Aspect PSIP short name Programming [8]
11.1720p16:9KFFX-HDMain KFFX-TV programming / Fox
11.2TelmundTelemundo
11.3480i4:3IONIon Television

KFFX has been digital-only since February 17, 2009.[9] As the station's transmitter site typically becomes inaccessible to standard vehicles due to eastern Oregon's typically harsh winters, Northwest Broadcasting provided station engineers with snowmobiles on February 16, 2009 to complete the final post-transition installations.

On April 21, 2009, the station added a digital subchannel which includes This TV, but was changed to Telemundo in 2016. [10]

Translators

KFFX-TV is rebroadcast on two low-powered translators.[11][12]

Programming

KFFX airs a 10 p.m. newscast, Fox First at Ten, produced by area NBC affiliate KNDO/KNDU and a 7–9 a.m. newscast, Good Day produced by Spokane's NBC affiliate KHQ-TV.

KFFX also offers a line-up of back-to-back sitcoms between 5 and 8 p.m. each weeknight along with many other popular shows including the NFL on Fox, Lethal Weapon and Empire.

References

  1. ↑ Nelson, Bob (June 2, 2009). "Call Letter Origins". 238. The Broadcast Archive. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Call Sign History (KFFX-TV)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History (KBWU-LD)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ Murphey, Michael (October 5, 1989). "KAYU TV partnership opens stations in Yakima, Tri-Cities". Spokane Chronicle. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ "OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 30, 2001. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Application Search Details (KFFX-TV, 1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ "KFFX-DT FCC Form 337 Exhibit 1" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 7, 2002. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KFFX#station
  9. ↑ FCC list of full-service US TV stations, February 16, 2009
  10. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101256472&formid=387&fac_num=12729
  11. ↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KBWU-LD#station
  12. ↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=K38KL-D#station
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