KQFX-LD

KQFX-LD (channel 22), branded on-air as Fox 22, is a low-power television station licensed to Columbia, Missouri, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Columbia–Jefferson City market. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongside dual ABC/MyNetworkTV affiliate KMIZ (channel 17, also licensed to Columbia). Both stations share studios on the East Business Loop 70 in Columbia, while KQFX-LD's transmitter is located west of Jamestown near the Moniteau–Cooper county line.

KQFX-LD
CityColumbia, Missouri
Channels
BrandingFox 22 KQFX
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KMIZ
History
FoundedJanuary 14, 1988 (1988-01-14)
First air date
  • 1991 (1991) (former license)
  • February 20, 2004 (2004-02-20) (current license)
Last air date
June 12, 2009 (2009-06-12) (former license)
Former call signs
  • Former license:
  • K11TB (1991−2003)
  • K38II (2003−2009)
  • Current license:
  • K11SN (1988−2004)
  • KZOU-LP (2004–June 2009)
  • KQFX-LP (June−July 2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 11 (VHF, 1990-2003), 38 (UHF, 2003-2009)
  • Digital: 22 (UHF, 2008-2020)
Call sign meaning
refers to Fox affiliation
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID56176
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT349.6 m (1,147 ft)
Transmitter coordinates38°46′32.1″N 92°33′24.9″W
Translator(s)
  • KMIZ-DT 17.4 (UHF) Columbia
  • K18KK-D 18 (UHF) Columbia
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitewww.abc17news.com/fox22

In addition to its own digital signal, KQFX-LD is simulcast in high definition on KMIZ's fourth digital subchannel (17.4) from the same transmitter site.

History

The low-power station went on the air in 1991 as K11TB. It became a Fox affiliate in 1997. In October 2003, the station moved to channel 38 (as K38II) and increased its power to cover both Columbia and Jefferson City from its tower site near Ashland. During its Fox era, it used "KQFX" (then a fake call sign) as part of its brand identity. K38II remained on the air until June 12, 2009, when the license for sister station KZOU-LP became KQFX-LD on digital channel 22 and took the Fox programs. This was the only new television broadcast in Mid-Missouri when the "digital transition" occurred. Fox 22 now reaches the vast majority of Mid-Missouri homes with a digital antenna and is available on all cable and satellite systems in Mid-Missouri.

Before June 14, 2009, this license was called KZOU-LP and carried UPN programs (and later MyNetworkTV as "My Zou 32"). K38II picked up the call letters shortly after KZOU came KQFX-LD. K38II became KZOU-LP on June 22, 2009, to keep the call letters. On September 3, 2010, the FCC canceled KZOU-LP's license.[2]

On July 26, 2012, JW announced that KQFX and its sister stations were sold to News-Press & Gazette Company for $16 Million.[3] The sale was consummated on November 1.[4]

News operation
Further information: KMIZ § News operation

With the debut of its high definition newscasts and the market's only 6:30 p.m. newscast, KMIZ began offering five hours of local news every weekday. It broadcasts an hour-long newscast on KQFX on weekdays and a 30-minute newscast on Saturdays and Sundays. On September 2, 2013, KMIZ added weekday newscasts at 9 a.m. and noon.[5]

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KQFX-LD[6]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
22.1 720p16:9FOX 22Main KQFX-LD programming / Fox
22.2 480i4:3LaffLaff
22.3 GritGrit
22.4 EscapeIon Mystery
22.5 16:9DablDabl

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for KQFX-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=21234
  3. JW Sells KMIZ-KQFX Columbia (Mo.) to NP&G from Broadcasting & Cable (July 26, 2012)
  4. "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  5. KMIZ Columbia Adding 9:00 a.m., Noon News TVNewsCheck, August 21, 2013.
  6. "Rabbitears TV Query for KQFX-LD".
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