KCHF
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Santa Fe, New Mexico United States |
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| Branding | SBN - Son Broadcasting Network |
| Channels |
Digital: 10 (VHF) Virtual: 11 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Religious Independent |
| Owner | Belarmino Gonzalez (Son Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | January 21, 1984 |
| Sister station(s) | KNMQ-LD |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 11 (VHF, 1984–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT3: Heartland (2014–2016) |
| Transmitter power | 30 kW |
| Height | 608.1 m |
| Facility ID | 60793 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°46′49″N 106°31′36″W / 35.78028°N 106.52667°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | main: www.kchftv.com 11.2: kchf.antennatv.tv |
KCHF digital channel 10 (virtual channel 11) is an independent, Christian television station in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, serving the Albuquerque DMA from its transmitter location near Los Alamos. The station is owned by Belarmino “Blackie” Gonzalez and his nonprofit ministry, Son Broadcasting.
KCHF and its subchannels are also relayed on KNMQ-LD channel 43 Albuquerque, to provide improved reception in areas of the city where the KCHF signal from Los Alamos is hard to receive.
The original construction permit for KCHF was granted on January 19, 1983. The station signed on in January 1984 and was granted their initial license on June 29, 1984. It claims to be the first VHF Christian television station in the United States. During the analog era, KCHF was one of a few Christian television stations in the United States to operate on the VHF band (KJNP-TV in Fairbanks, Alaska is another example). KCHF's digital transmitter was licensed on January 26, 2006.
Some of the programs produced by KCHF include Restoring God's People, Healing Is For You, A Healthier You and God Answers Prayer.
God Answers Prayer is a weekday, studio-based talk show with a live call-in segment. A "best of" show, with highlights of the past week, is seen on Sundays.
As part of its compliance with the federal Children's Television Act, KCHF broadcasts over eight hours of E/I-compliant children's programming each week, mostly aimed at children under 10, including a five-hour block on Saturday mornings.
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
KCHF carried the country music channel Heartland on channel 11.3 beginning June 30, 2014. In early June 2016, Heartland was dropped for QVC with Antenna TV moving from 11.4 to 11.2 and WeatherNation moving from 11.2 to 11.6.
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