KKEY-LP

KKEY-LP
Bakersfield, California
United States
Branding Telemundo 17.3
Slogan Juntos Imparables
Channels Digital: 13 (VHF)
Virtual: 13.1 (PSIP)
Translators KGET-DT 17.3 (25.3 UHF) Bakersfield
Affiliations Telemundo
Owner Nexstar Media Group
(Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.)
Founded 1997
First air date 2003 (2003)
Call letters' meaning KErn CountY
Sister station(s) KGET-TV
KGET-DT2
Former callsigns K14IK (1997–2003)
Former channel number(s) 14 (UHF) (1997–2003)
Transmitter power 3 kW
Height 376.5 m (1,235 ft)
Facility ID 694093
Transmitter coordinates 35°26′17.1″N 118°44′26.3″W / 35.438083°N 118.740639°W / 35.438083; -118.740639
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website http://www.telemundobakersfield.com/

KKEY-LP, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, is a low-power Telemundo affiliated television station licensed to Bakersfield, California, United States. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is a sister station to NBC affiliate KGET-TV (channel 17). The two stations share studios on L Street in downtown Bakersfield; KKEY's transmitter is located atop Mount Adelaide.

In addition to its own digital signal, KKEY is simulcast in standard definition on KGET's third digital subchannel (virtual channel 17.3, UHF channel 25.3) from the same transmitter site.

History

It was formerly known as K14IK and was carried a low powered signal on UHF channel 14. In 2003 it moved to VHF channel 11 and was renamed KKEY. On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television, a broadcasting holding company established by the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.[1] This deal closed on March 14, 2008. However, due to Providence Equity Partners' partial ownership stake in the Spanish-language network Univision, the owner of MyNetworkTV affiliate KUVI-TV (channel 45), KKEY-LP was sold along with KGET-TV and five other stations (KGPE in Fresno, California, KTVX and KUCW in the Salt Lake City DMA, WOAI-TV in San Antonio and WTEV-TV in Jacksonville, Florida) to High Plains Broadcasting. However, due to KKEY's low-power status, it was excluded along with KTVX from the deal, which was finalized on September 15, 2008. Newport Television continued to operate KGET through a shared services agreement.

Newport agreed to sell KKEY and KGET, as well as KGPE in Fresno, California, to Nexstar Broadcasting Group on November 5, 2012.[2] The sale was completed on February 19, 2013.[3]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[4]
13.11080i16:9TELMMain KKEY-LP programming / Telemundo

The analog signal went off the air on July 31, 2009, and for a year KKEY only existed as a subchannel of KGET and was even rebranded "Telemundo 17.3". On July 23, 2010 the analog signal on channel 11 came back on the air—just nine days before the station's analog license was to be cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In April 2014, the analog signal on channel 11 went off the air and a high definition digital signal went on the air on channel 13.

References

  1. ↑ "Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners" (Press release). Clear Channel Communications. 2007-04-20. Archived from the original on 2007-04-25. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  2. ↑ "Nexstar Adding Stations In CA, VT". TVNewsCheck. November 5, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  3. ↑ http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65597/nexstar-closes-on-three-calif-stations
  4. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KKEY-LP


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