KJZZ-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KJZZ-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = It's Your TV!
station_branding = KJZZ 14
analog = 14 (UHF)
digital = 46 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = Independent station
network =
founded =
airdate = February 1989 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says February 10, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says February 14.]
location = Salt Lake City, Utah
callsign_meaning = Utah JaZZ
former_callsigns = KXIV (1989-1993)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Larry H. Miller
licensee = Larry H. Miller Communications Corporation
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = independent (1989-1995)
UPN (1995-2001)
MyNetworkTV(2006-2008)
(aired out of primetime; see article)
effective_radiated_power = 1410 kW (analog)
200 kW (digital)
HAAT = 1181 m (analog)
1266 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 36607
coordinates = coord|40|39|10.8|N|112|12|8.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|40|39|33|N|112|12|10|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.kjzz.com/ www.kjzz.com]
:"For the Tempe, Arizona-based FM radio station KJZZ, see KJZZ-FM."KJZZ-TV is a full-service Independent television station serving Salt Lake City, Utah, USA and surrounding areas, broadcasting in analog on UHF channel 14, and in digital on UHF channel 46. The KJZZ transmitter is located on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains. More than 80 translator stations relay KJZZ-TV signals to viewers throughout Utah, southwestern Wyoming, southeastern Idaho, southern and eastern Nevada, southwestern Colorado and northern Arizona.

History

An original construction permit was granted on December 6, 1984 for a full-service television station on UHF channel 14 to serve Salt Lake City and surrounding area. The station was originally intended as an over-the-air subscription television service per its original permits, filed in 1979, but by the time the construction permit was granted, over-the-air subscription TV had largely become obsolete, and the subscription TV application had already been dismissed. For nearly two years, the station did not even have call letters, but used its application ID, 790822KE, as its callsign. In November 1986, the station took the call letters KGBS, then changed to KXIV (for the Roman numeral form of 14) in February 1988.

After four replacement construction permits, KXIV was finally licensed on March 24, 1989 and began operations on April 14. Initially the station offered a general entertainment format with cartoons, classic sitcoms, drama shows, old movies, and religious shows. The station had been locally owned.

In February 1993, Larry H. Miller, owner of the NBA's Utah Jazz, purchased the station, later changing the call letters to KJZZ-TV to reflect both his ownership of the Utah Jazz and the station's status as the broadcast television outlet for Jazz games. The format remained the same initially but by the mid to late 90's talk and reality shows were mixed into the schedule. In 1995 KJZZ became a UPN affiliate but in January 2001 became independent once again.

In the Fall of 2005 KJZZ began a Local Marketing Agreement with KUTV. As a result second runs of shows like "Dr. Phil", "Wheel Of Fortune", and "Jeopardy!" were added to the schedule as well as newscasts from KUTV. (The latter two shows had aired on KTVX for about two decades prior to moving to KJZZ.)

On September 5, 2006 the station became affiliated with the new television network, MyNetworkTV. However, instead of showing the programs at 7PM MT (as with most other stations), KJZZ showed the network's programming weeknights at 11pm Mountain to start, but later moved it up to start at midnight [http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660206421,00.html] . Whether that was of the LMA with KUTV, the network's changing programming direction, or because of the Utah Jazz games that come on KJZZ frequently, was never learned.

KJZZ dropped the network and became an independent station again, effective on August 18, 2008. MNTV programming then moved to St. George's KCSG, which covers the Salt Lake City area via cable coverage. [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6580119.html?rssid=193]

Programming

KJZZ-TV is best known in the Salt Lake City television market as the broadcast television home of the Utah Jazz and University of Utah sporting events. It also broadcasts a variety of other programming, including reruns of popular sitcoms such as "Friends" and "My Wife and Kids", and talk shows including "Dr. Phil" and "The Tyra Banks Show" and newscasts from KUTV. It is one of the few television stations in the U.S. that broadcasts films of the LDS cinema genre, as Miller is a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and has financed a number of LDS-themed films.

UPN affiliation

KJZZ-TV was a charter affiliate of the United Paramount Network. In October 2000, KJZZ made national headlines when it demanded the right to back out of its UPN contract if UPN increased its "urban/ethnic programming" to more than two hours per week due to there being a lack of minorities within the Salt Lake Valley. UPN was outraged by KJZZ's demands and transferred the Salt Lake City affiliation to KAZG, a smaller station based in Ogden, by early 2001. That station is now known as KPNZ.

Translators

KJZZ-TV extends its coverage throughout the entire state of Utah, plus parts of Arizona, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming, using a network of more than 80 community-owned translator television stations listed below.

ee also

*List of Salt Lake City media

External links

* [http://www.kjzz.com/ KJZZ-TV website]
* [http://www.gobelle.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_24_98/ai_67688287 TV Network UPN Drops Utah Station That Objected To Black Shows]
*TVQ|KJZZ
*BIA|KJZZ|TV|TV

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