K57HX

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = K57HX
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 57 (UHF)
digital =
other_chs =
affiliations = HSN
founded = January 11, 1988
location = Mesa, Arizona
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = K17BU
owner = Londen Media Group
former_affiliations = AZ-TV, KUSK
effective_radiated_power = 25.3 kW
HAAT = 385 m
facility_id = 63273
homepage = http://www.kaz.tv http://www.hsn.com

K57HX is a low-power television station in Mesa, Arizona. It provides over-the-air analog service on UHF channel 57 to Mesa and the East Valley from its transmitter on Usery Mountain and broadcasts programming from Home Shopping Network (HSN). K57HX is owned by Londen Media Group of Phoenix.

History

The original construction permit for K17BU channel 17 in Mesa was issued to KUSK LLC of Prescott, Arizona on January 11, 1988. After several extensions of the construction permit and assignment of the license to Stephen Atwood, the station was licensed on March 17, 1992 as a retransmitter for KUSK channel 7 in Prescott.

In October 1998, KPHO-TV was issued a construction permit to build their digital facilities on channel 17, and as a secondary service, K17BU was forced to move to another channel. Before the KPHO-TV application was approved, K17BU applied to move to channel 53, then withdrew the application a year later, leaving the channel available for K67FE to move to. K17BU then applied to move to channel 57 and in June 2000, was licensed as K57HX.

Later that year, Stephen Atwood agreed to sell the station to Azteca Phoenix LLC (which would have likely flipped the station to Azteca America), but the deal was never finalized. In April 2002, Londen Media Group acquired the station, along with all of the KUSK properties, and made K57HX a translator for KAZT-TV Prescott, co-owned by Londen Media Group. One of Londen's other acquisitions for their AZ-TV channels was station KHSK (now KAZT-CA), which put a good signal into the area covered by K57HX, making it redundant. Londen Media Group switched affiliation to HSN in June 2005.

External links

* [http://www.hsn.com HSN official site]
* [http://www.kaz.tv AZ-TV official site]
*TVQ|K57HX