KFAZ (defunct)
| Monroe, Louisiana | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Analog: 43 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC (secondary) |
| Owner | J. O. "Red" Willett and Howard E. Griffith (Delta Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | August 11, 1953 |
| Last air date | May 1, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | K (required) F (for Freda, wife of Howard Griffith) A (for "and") Z (for Zoe, wife of "Red" Willett) |
| Transmitter power | 20 kW visual, 10 kW aural |
| Height | 97.5 m (322') |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°31′57.7″N 92°6′42.0″W / 32.532694°N 92.111667°W |
KFAZ-TV, channel 43, was a television station in Monroe, Louisiana. The station was owned by J. O. "Red" Willett, owner of a natural gas pipeline stringing company. and Howard E. Griffith (later owner of AM radio station KUZN in West Monroe). KFAZ-TV was the first TV station in the Monroe area, the third TV station in Louisiana (behind WDSU in New Orleans and WAFB in Baton Rouge), and the first on-the-air between Dallas, TX and Jackson, MS.
After lifting the 1948 TV allocation "freeze" with its Sixth Report and Order (1952), the Federal Communications Commission allocated channels 8 and 43 to Monroe, Louisiana. "Red" Willett and Howard Griffith incorporated Delta Television to file for one of the two available allocations. Since, at the time, it was easier for applicants to be approved for a construction permit for a UHF station than a VHF station, Delta Television accepted the assignment of Channel 43 on December 10, 1952, and commenced construction of a two-studio facility at 2107 Forsythe Avenue in Monroe. The transmitter and tower were located at the studio building, as was common for television stations in the USA in the 1950s. The Channel 8 allocation was pursued by former governor James A. Noe and would become KNOE-TV.
KFAZ went on-the-air August 11, 1953 with a Federal Telecommunication Labs (FTL) FTL-20B 1 kW (visual) transmitter, and a Workshop Associates WA-25-43 14 dB gain antenna. The station's two studios shared two DuMont TA-142 Image Orthicon monochrome camera chains. One of the studio camera chains could also be used to broadcast film projected by either of two General Precision Labs 16mm motion picture projectors, with an FTL Poly-Efex dual flying spot monochrome slide scanner and effects mixer for televising still images (such as advertisement slides or station identification cards), and for producing limited special video effects. The noted equipment compliment allowed for two-camera studio operations, and switching to film without having to use a monoscope test pattern or still slide while moving a studio camera into position for film operations.
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