KMPH-TV

KMPH-TV

Visalia–Fresno, California United States
City	Visalia, California
Channels	Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 26
Branding	Fox 26
Programming
Affiliations	26.1: Fox for others, see § KMPH-TV subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (KMPH Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	KFRE-TV
History
First air date	October 11, 1971 (53 years ago) (1971-10-11)
Former call signs	KMPH (1971–2006)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 26 (UHF, 1971–2009)
Former affiliations	Independent (1971–1988) The WB (secondary, 1997–2001)
Call sign meaning	Mike, Pete, and Harry Pappas (station founders)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	51488
ERP	245 kW
HAAT	792 m (2,598 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°40′2″N 118°52′45″W / 36.66722°N 118.87917°W / 36.66722; -118.87917
Translator(s)	KMPH-CD 17.1 (19 UHF) Merced–Mariposa KFRE-DT 26.4 (36.5 UHF) Sanger
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	kmph.com

KMPH-TV (channel 26) is a television station licensed to Visalia, California, United States, serving the Fresno area as an affiliate of the Fox network. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Sanger-licensed CW affiliate KFRE-TV (channel 59). The two stations share studios on McKinley Avenue in eastern Fresno; KMPH-TV's transmitter is located on Big Baldy Mountain in northwestern Tulare County.

The station's signal is relayed to the northern part of the market on low-power Class A translator KMPH-CD (originally KMPH-LD from 2007 to 2011), channel 17, licensed to Merced and Mariposa, with transmitter on Mount Bullion. Unlike its parent station, the translator does not broadcast in high definition.