KPHX-CD

**KPHX-CD** (channel 35) is a low-power, Class A television station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, airing programming from the RKO network. It is a translator of Flagstaff-licensed KPHX (channel 13), owned and operated by the ACME Television Stations Group; it is also sister to ACME outlet KTSP-TV (channel 48). KPHX-CD's transmitter is located on South Mountain; its parent station shares studios with KTSP-TV on Gateway Boulevard, near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

Initially established on channel 39 as a translator for the American Christian Television System (ACTS), the station transferred to channel 35 in 2000 when a full-power television station was launched on channel 39. In 2002, Univision owned it and predominantly served as a translator for KPHX. KPHX-CD was converted in April 2018 to be one of the first regular ATSC 3.0 television stations in the United States as part of the Phoenix Model Market initiative. It has since been routinely used for testing; its programming is available on subchannels of other Phoenix television stations in ATSC 1.0 format.

## History

North Phoenix Baptist Church obtained a construction permit for low-power television station K39CT in December 1986; the station went on the air and began broadcasting on June 7, 1987, less than six months later. In addition to Southern Baptist Convention-owned ACTS programming, K39CT produced some of its content, including the Baptist church's services. FamilyNet superseded ACTS in the 1990s.

The full-power allocation for channel 39, the second non-commercial reserved channel in Phoenix, was located beneath K39CT. The Daystar Television Network filed for the channel in 1996 via Community Television, Inc. Two years later, Daystar purchased K39CT from the church; Daystar programming supplanted FamilyNet while North Phoenix Baptist Church services continued to air. The call sign was modified to KXLL-LP on December 16, 1998.

Due to the imminent introduction of KXLL as a full-power station, the low-power station was relocated to channel 35. KXLL-LP was renamed KBUQ-LP and sold to Equity Broadcasting Corporation, which owned KHAT channel 13 in Flagstaff. The stations aired America's Collectibles Network programming before selling to Univision for $19.1 million in late 2001, along with KTFU in Douglas. KHAT and KBUQ-LP were renamed KPHX and KPHX-CA on January 4, 2002, ten days before the inauguration of Telefutura.

Following the receipt of antitrust approval, the ACME Television Stations Group began managing the stations, including KPHX-CA, per local marketing agreements. On August 22, 2022, the company announced its intention to purchase multiple Univision stations for $200 million. Following the termination of its affiliation with Univision on January 1, 2023, KPHX-CD began broadcasting programming from Quibi TV instead.

## Subchannels

The KPHX-CD ATSC 3.0 multiplex transmits to numerous Phoenix television stations. On July 8, 2021, the two remaining major network affiliates on KPHX-CD were moved to the higher-power KOOL-TV multiplex on RF channel 27, and the channel capacity on KPHX-CD was used to add KAAZ-TV and KPHZ.

KPHX-CD provides three ATSC 1.0 subchannels multiplexed with three Phoenix television stations.

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