KNXV-TV
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Phoenix, Arizona United States |
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| Branding | ABC 15 (general) ABC 15 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Taking Action |
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Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 15 () |
| Translators | (see below) |
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| Owner |
E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Media, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 9, 1979 |
| Call letters' meaning |
New Television Corp. (original owner) Channel XV (Roman numeral 15) |
| Sister station(s) | KGUN-TV & KTNV-TV |
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| Transmitter power | 458 kWs |
| Height | 521 meters (1,709 ft) |
| Facility ID | 59440 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°19′59.9″N 112°3′48.4″W / 33.333306°N 112.063444°WCoordinates: 33°19′59.9″N 112°3′48.4″W / 33.333306°N 112.063444°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | abc15.com |
KNXV-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 15, is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. KNXV maintains studio facilities located on the city's east side (north of Sky Harbor International Airport), and its transmitter is located atop South Mountain on the city's south side. Its signal is relayed across northern Arizona through a network of 15 low-power translators.
In February 1975, pioneering UHF broadcaster Edwin Cooperstein announced that the Federal Communications Commission had granted a construction permit to his company, New Television Corp., to build a television station in Phoenix on UHF channel 15. It was expected to begin broadcasting within a year and was intended to place a heavy emphasis on news programming, airing three 90-minute newscasts at different times between 4 p.m. to midnight. Plans were soon delayed by the inability to secure financing in a difficult economy, and by the end of 1976, the station still had not been built. Finally on September 9, 1979, more than four-and-a-half years after the construction permit was granted, KNXV-TV signed on the air. Its programming originally consisted of first-run and off-network syndicated shows, and children's programs during the day, with the subscription television service ONTV being broadcast during the nighttime hours. One of the station's most memorable early promotions was the "Bluebird of Happy News," with the voice of Elroy "Buzz" Towers (who was voiced by an early station master control/videotape operator) in a helicopter taking jabs at local news on other stations.
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