K17MJ-D (channel 51) is a low-power television station in San Antonio, Texas, United States, affiliated with beIN Sports Xtra and owned by Innovate Corp.
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First air date | December 9, 1991 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2555 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 132.6 m (435 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°26′29.9″N 98°30′22.8″W / 29.441639°N 98.506333°W |
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Public license information | LMS |
History
editThis station began broadcasting in 1991 as independent outlet K52EA; it was based in the Tower Life Building and aired religious programming from the Faith Pleases God Church in Harlingen.[2] In the mid- to late 1990s, it was a translator for Ortiz-owned KTRG-TV of Del Rio. It served as the only full-time source of UPN programming in San Antonio from June 1998[3] until the 2000 launch of KBEJ (channel 2).[4][5] The station was acquired by Hispanic Television Network (HTVN) in a deal announced in 1999.[6] It picked up the Multimedios network in early 2006 and moved to channel 51 in December of that same year, changing its call sign to K51JF.
In June 2013, K51JF was slated to be sold to Landover 5 LLC as part of a larger deal involving 51 other low-power television stations;[7] the sale fell through in June 2016.[8]
The station was issued its license for digital broadcasting on channel 17 on August 29, 2017, changing its call sign to K17MJ-D.
Mintz Broadcasting sold the station to HC2 Holdings in 2017.[9]
Subchannels
editThe station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 51.1 | 480i | 16:9 | K17MJ-D | beIN Sports Xtra |
| 51.2 | beIN Sports Xtra en Español | |||
| 51.3 | Advenimiento TV | |||
| 51.4 | 4:3 | MtrSpt1 | ||
| 51.5 | Outlaw | |||
| 51.6 | Infomercials | |||
| 51.7 | The365 | |||
| 51.8 | [blank] |
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for K17MJ-D". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Alexander, Wiley (January 15, 1995). "Rivera's only 30, but he's a one-man television station". San Antonio Express-News. p. TV Now 20.
- ^ Jakle, Jeanne (June 16, 1998). "UPN returns to airwaves at low power". San Antonio Express-News. p. 5E.
- ^ Jakle, Jeanne (September 8, 1999). "Spinoff city - Winning programs give birth to 5 shows". San Antonio Express-News. p. 1G.
- ^ Jakle, Jeanne (July 27, 2000). "New TV station coming Aug. 3 - UPN affiliate to broadcast Spurs games". San Antonio Express-News. p. 1B.
- ^ Poling, Travis E. (December 30, 1999). "Company to buy S.A. TV station". San Antonio Express-News. p. 1C.
- ^ Seyler, Dave (June 24, 2013). "Anatomy of an LPTV deal extravaganza". Television Business Report. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ "Notification of Non-consummation". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 23, 2016. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 11, 2017. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ "RabbitEars query of K17MJ-D". RabbitEars. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
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