KJZZ-TV

KJZZ-TV
ATSC 3.0 station
Salt Lake City, Utah; United States;
Channels	Digital: 19 (UHF); Virtual: 14;
Branding	KJZZ 14
Programming
Affiliations	14.1: Independent; 14.3: TBD; 14.5: Dabl;
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group; (KJZZ Licensee, LLC);
Sister stations	KUTV, KMYU
History
First air date	February 14, 1989
Former call signs	KXIV (1988–1993)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 14 (UHF, 1989–2009); Digital: 46 (UHF, 2003–2018);
Former affiliations	Independent (1989–1995, 2001–2006); UPN (1995–2000); MyNetworkTV (2006–2008);
Call sign meaning	Formerly co-owned with the Utah Jazz
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	36607
ERP	312 kW
HAAT	1,258.8 m (4,130 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°39′33″N 112°12′10″W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	kjzz.com

KJZZ-TV (channel 14) is an independent television station in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside CBS affiliate KUTV (channel 2) and MyNetworkTV affiliate KMYU (channel 12) in St. George. The stations share studios on South Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City; KJZZ-TV's transmitter is located on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains, southwest of Salt Lake City. KJZZ-TV is the ATSC 3.0 (Next Gen TV) host station for the Salt Lake City market; in turn, other stations broadcast its subchannels on its behalf.

The station went on the air as KXIV in 1989. It functioned as the second independent station for the Salt Lake City area. In 1993, Larry H. Miller, the then-owner of the Utah Jazz of the NBA, purchased the station and renamed it KJZZ-TV; it also became the new TV home of the basketball team for 16 seasons. During Miller's ownership, the station affiliated for five years with UPN, with the station's decision not to renew leading to accusations of racism against management; in the latter years, operations and programming were outsourced in turn to two other Salt Lake stations.

Sinclair purchased KJZZ-TV from the Miller family in 2016; the station airs syndicated programming and local newscasts from KUTV. In 2023, pre-season and regular season Jazz games returned to the station under a new rights agreement between current Jazz owner Ryan Smith and Sinclair.

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