| Satellite of KPNX, Mesa–Phoenix, Arizona | |
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| Channels | |
| Branding | 12News |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Ownership | |
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| KPNX | |
| History | |
First air date | May 2, 1970 |
Former call signs | KOAI (1970–1981) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 2 (VHF, 1970–2009) |
Call sign meaning | Northern Arizona |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 24749 |
| ERP | 283 kW |
| HAAT | 465 m (1,526 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°58′6″N 111°30′31″W / 34.96833°N 111.50861°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www |
KNAZ-TV (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, affiliated with NBC. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains a news bureau on the campus of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, and its transmitter is located southeast of the city in rural Coconino County.
KNAZ-TV operates as a full-time satellite of Phoenix-based KPNX (channel 12, licensed to Mesa), whose studios are located at the Republic Media building on Van Buren Street in downtown Phoenix. KNAZ covers areas of northern Arizona that receive a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from KPNX. KNAZ is a straight simulcast of KPNX; on-air references to KNAZ are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during newscasts and other programming.
KNAZ is the only full-power television station in northern Arizona broadcasting one of the major English-language television networks. It was established as a full originating station in 1970 and continued to produce local newscasts until 2008. After a succession of owners, it came into common ownership with KPNX in 1997.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KNAZ-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.