KDPH-LD

KDPH-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
  • 48.1: Daystar
  • 48.2: Daystar Español
  • 48.3: Daystar Reflections
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedAugust 23, 1989
Former call signs
  • K64DR (1989–1996)
  • KDRX-LP (1996–2003)
  • KDRX-CA (2003–2006)
  • KDTP-CA (2006–2008)
  • K48LK (2008)
Telemundo (1989–2006)
Call sign meaning
Daystar Phoenix
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID168565
ClassLD
ERP3 kW
HAAT470.9 m (1,545 ft)
Transmitter coordinates33°20′4″N 112°3′44″W / 33.33444°N 112.06222°W / 33.33444; -112.06222
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitedaystar.com

KDPH-LD (channel 48) is a low-power television station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, owned and operated by the Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located atop South Mountain on the city's south side.[2][3]

Daystar's presence in Phoenix dates to 2000, but the low-power license began in 1989 as the first Telemundo affiliate for Phoenix, originally on channel 64. Despite being a low-power station, the station, later known as KDRX-LP and KDRX-CA, produced local news programming. In 2002, Telemundo itself acquired KDRX and the co-owned Telemundo station in Tucson, KHRR. Telemundo and Daystar agreed in 2005 to an unusual license and facility swap; Telemundo traded a full-power station in Holbrook, Arizona, KPHZ, and the low-power channel 48 for its full-power KDTP (channel 39), which was accompanied by the redesignation of channel 39 for commercial use. This allowed Telemundo to compete more effectively with Univision in Phoenix when Telemundo moved to channel 39 as KTAZ in July 2006.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KDPH-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Television & Cable Factbook. Television Digest, Incorporated. 2010. ISBN 978-1-57696-062-2.
  3. ^ United States Congress, House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (1928). Jurisdiction of Radio Commission: Hearings ... Seventieth Congress, First Session ... U.S. Government Printing Office.