KMOH-TV

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KMOH-TV

Kingman, Arizona
Branding	KEJR Phoenix
Slogan	Para Ti
Channels	6 (VHF) analog, 19 (UHF) digital
Translators	KEJR-LP 43 Phoenix AZ
Affiliations	Independent (Spanish)
Owner	Bela Broadcasting
Founded	April 8, 1985
Call letters meaning	MOHave County
Former affiliations	NBC, The WB, AIN, Network One
Transmitter Power	100 kW (analog) 24.7 kW (digital)
Height	592 m (analog) 584 m (digital)
Facility ID	24753
Website	http://www.kejr43.com

KMOH-TV is a full-service, Spanish-language, independent television station in Kingman, Arizona. It provides over-the-air service to Kingman, Bullhead City/Laughlin, and surrounding Mohave County in analog on VHF channel 6 and in [[ATSC|digital} on UHF channel 19 from its transmitter on Black Mountain near Oatman. KMOH-TV was founded April 8, 1985 and is owned by Bela Broadcasting of Miami, Florida.

[edit] History

KMOH-TV began with an original construction permit granted to Standard Life Insurance Company on April 8, 1985, transmission specs unknown. A 1986 modification to the construction permit specified Black Mountain as the transmitter location with 100 kW effective radiated power. Standard Life Insurance Company licensed KMOH-TV on June 1, 1998, then transferred control of the station to Grand Canyon Television Company in December.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, KMOH-TV was an English-language, independent television station, with its own local newscast. It was listed as an American Independent Network (AIN) affiliate in July 1996 [1] and has also been listed as a Network One (N1) affiliate, date unknown [2]. In late 1996, KMOH-TV became an affiliate of The WB Television Network, then in May 1997, the Gannett Company bought the station from Grand Canyon Television Company and changed it to a satellite station of NBC affiliate KPNX channel 12 of Phoenix.

In August, 2004, Bela Broadcasting, looking to expand the reach of their family-oriented Spanish-language format, acquired KMOH-TV from Gannett, making the station a Spanish-language Independent, airing mostly the same content as KBEH of Oxnard, California, but not on the same schedule. From Kingman, they hoped to put signals into the heavily-Hispanic Phoenix and Las Vegas markets [3] and while it cannot be verified as a reason for buying KMOH-TV, a full-service station in the Phoenix media market, it is clear that Bela Broadcasting desired must-carry cable coverage in Phoenix as well. With KMOH-TV no longer a rebroadcaster of KPNX, Cox Communications petitioned the FCC to allow it to exclude KMOH-TV from must-carry provisions in its 16 Phoenix-area communities, since, while KMOH-TV is part of the Phoenix market, it is 165 miles away and did not put a signal into Phoenix. KMOH-TV fought the exclusion, but lost, in large part due to their lack of local programming directed at Phoenix, and in part due to not having any signal in Phoenix [4]. In November 2005 Bela Broadcasting acquired KQBN-LP (now KEJR-LP) channel 43 from Una Vez Mas, and made it a translator station of KMOH-TV, giving KMOH-TV a signal in Phoenix. As Phoenix is the much larger market, however, KMOH-TV is branded as KEJR Phoenix instead of the reverse.

[edit] Programming

KMOH-TV targets the 18-34 year-old Latino demographic with early-evening music video shows featuring music styles such as Reggaeton, Sonidero, hip hop and latino-flavored pop music. In addition, the variety/game show Atrévete aims to entertain the teenage/early adult Latino. They also offer Planeta Niños, a block of children's programming in the early-morning hours for the young children. Mid-mornings, late-afternoons and evening prime-time feature Spanish-language movies from Mexico, plus they offer a daily cooking show and a local public-affairs show.

Midday and overnight dayparts are dominated by paid programming, some in Spanish, some in English, and one that teaches English to Spanish speakers. Paid programming makes up 16 hours of the station's schedule on weekends.

Featured shows:

Jamz
Atrévete
La Casa de Wimzie
El Maravilloso Mago de Oz
El Mundo Fantastico de Richard Scarry
Con Sazón
Cine en su Hogar
El 6 Para Ti, a community affairs program focused on the Arizona Hispanic community

Note: While KMOH-TV/KEJR-LP and KBEH are co-owned, and broadcast many of the same programs, they do not air the same schedule, according to each station's website.

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Phoenix / Flagstaff / Kingman market (Nielsen DMA #13)
KNAZ 2 (NBC) - KTVK 3 (Ind) - KPHO 5 (CBS) - KMOH 6 / KEJR-LP 43 (Ind) - KNJO-LP 6 (A1) - KAZT 7 / 27 (Ind) - KAET 8 (PBS) - KCFG 9 (A1) - KBBA-LP 10 (CAM) - KSAZ 10 (Fox) - KDTP 11 / 48 (DS) - KPNX 12 (NBC) - KFPH 13 / 35 (TFU) - KNXV 15 (ABC) - KZOL-LP 15 (UNI) - K18DD / K23FZ (3ABN / ShopNBC) - K19FD 19 (HOPE) - KPAZ 21 (TBN) - K21GC 21 (TFU) - K21GE 21 (3ABN) - KTVP-LP 22 (Almavision) - K25AL 25 (TBN) - K25DM 25 (HSN) - K25HD 25 / K27EC 27 (CTVN) - KCAB-LP 28 (A1) - KCOS-LP 28 (ID) - KQBN-LP 28 (Silent) - KTVW 33 / 6 (UNI) - K36DU 36 (Worship) - KKAX-LP 36 (A1) - KVSW-LP 38 (A1) - KTAZ 39 (TEL) - KPDF-CA 41 (AZA) - KVPA-LP 42 (LAT) - KPHE-LP 44 (TV Inspiracion) - KLHU-CA 45 (Ind) - KUTP 45 (MNTV) - KPPX 51 (i) - K53GF 53 (Ind) - K57HX 57 (HSN) - KDTP-LP 58 (JTV) - KASW 61 (The CW)
Defunct television channels
KTFL 4 (FamilyNet)