K30MF-D

K30MF-D is an upcoming low-powered television station that is licensed to serve Jonesboro, Arkansas. Owned by DTV America Corporation and operated by HC2 Holdings, the station will broadcast a digital signal on UHF channel 30.[1] The station's transmitter is located in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.[2]

K30MF-D
ChannelsDigital: 30 (UHF/PSIP) (CP)
AffiliationsSilent
Possible future Antenna TV affiliate
OwnerHC2 Holdings
LicenseeDTV America Corporation
FoundedSeptember 22, 2011
First air dateTBA
Transmitter power6 kW = 6,000 watts
Height53 feet (16 m)
Facility ID187270
Transmitter coordinates36°3′29.7″N 90°56′35.5″W

History

The station's construction permit was granted to DTV America by the Federal Communications Commission in September 2011.[1]

In 2015, the MyNetworkTV website listed K30MF-D to become the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Jonesboro area in the near future[3]; however, the addition of the programming service to KJNB-LD3 and KJNE-LD3 on September 3, 2018 means that Waypoint Media, LLC (not DTV America Corporation/HC2 Holdings) picked up the MyNetworkTV affiliation in the Jonesboro market.[4][5][6] In August 2015, KJNB-LD recently signed on to become Fox and CBS affiliates,[7][8] with KJNE-LD serving as a translator of that station since August 2015 (that has since been upgraded into digital[9]). With CBS, Fox and MyNetworkTV available on KJNB-LD/KJNE-LD and ABC, NBC, and CW coming from KAIT, Jonesboro now offers all four major television networks, as well as The CW and the MyNetworkTV programming service. Prior to September 1, 2018, WLMT served as the default over-the-air CW affiliate, while prior to September 3, 2018, Memphis, Tennessee's KPMF-LD, along with Paducah, Kentucky's WDKA, served as the default MyNetworkTV affiliates in Jonesboro; because KJNB-LD3 and KJNE-LD3, as of the fall 2018 season, provides MyNetworkTV programming, K30MF-D will probably air the Antenna TV schedule full-time.

Since DTV America owns the station, the station will probably become affiliated with Antenna TV. The Doctor Television Channel (DrTV) may also become available through at least a second digital signal. If the station does follow that plan, the station's programming schedule will be virtually identical to those of DTV America's other Antenna TV affiliates like WCZU-LD in Bowling Green, Kentucky and KPJO-LD in Pittsburg, Kansas (which serves the Joplin, Missouri market). Atlantic Coast Conference football and basketball from the Raycom Sports-operated ACC Network may also become available on the station, depending on when the station signs on.

References
  1. Digital TV Market Listing for K30MF-D
  2. http://www.rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=2001190
  3. ""MyNetworkTV Affiliate List"". Archived from the original on November 3, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  4. RabbitEars TV Query for KJNB-LD
  5. RabbitEars TV Query for KJNE-LD
  6. "Northeast Arkansas/Southeast Missouri Cable TV Channel Lineup". © 2018 Ritter Communications. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  7. "Jonesboro Gets New Fox TV Affiliate". Talk Business. June 7, 2015.
  8. "CBS makes debut in northeast Arkansas"
  9. RabbitEars TV Query for KJNE-LD
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