KPHE-LD
KPHE-LD (channel 44), branded on-air as Arizona's Family Sports, is a low-power independent television station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is owned by Gray Television alongside CBS affiliate KPHO-TV (channel 5) and independent station KTVK (channel 3), a grouping known as "Arizona's Family". KPHE-LD's transmitter is located atop South Mountain. Arizona's Family Sports is also broadcast on KAZF (channel 32) in Flagstaff, with transmitter on Mormon Mountain; KAZS (channel 27) in Yuma, with transmitter on Black Mountain in Imperial County, California; and as a subchannel of Gray-owned KOLD-TV in Tucson (13.3).
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| Branding | Arizona's Family Sports |
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Sister stations | KPHO-TV, KTVK |
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| Founded | March 17, 1992 |
First air date | July 13, 1995 |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 19 (UHF, 1995–2003), 44 (UHF, 2003–2010) |
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Call sign meaning | Phoenix |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 168602 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 487.9 m (1,601 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°20′1″N 112°3′48″W |
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Public license information | LMS |
| Website | www |
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First air date | September 26, 2023 |
Call sign meaning | Arizona's Family, the longtime slogan of KTVK and now an umbrella term for Gray's Phoenix cluster |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 776273 |
| ERP | 100 kW |
| HAAT | 433.1 m (1,421 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°58′7.6″N 111°30′30.6″W |
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First air date | September 26, 2023 |
Call sign meaning | Arizona Sports |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 776268 |
| ERP | 100 kW |
| HAAT | 433.9 m (1,424 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°3′2.1″N 114°49′40.9″W |
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On the air by the mid-1990s and originally on channel 19, the station broadcast programming from several sources and was also used in a trial of wireless internet broadcasting from low-power TV stations in the early 2000s. From 2003 to 2006, the station broadcast Bohemia Visual Music, a music video service. During that time, Lotus Communications purchased the station, and it relocated to channel 44. Lotus then relaunched the station with Spanish-language programming, some of it local.
In 2022, Gray Television acquired KPHE-LD. On March 1, 2023, the Arizona's Family Sports and Entertainment Network (shortened to Arizona's Family Sports) launched on channel 44, airing simulcasts of most of KTVK–KPHO's newscasts, Phoenix Rising FC soccer, Arizona Interscholastic Association sports, and other programming. Gray owns the rights to Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury basketball, which are aired in conjunction with KTVK and KPHO-TV. Gray acquired licenses for new full-power stations in Flagstaff and Yuma to expand the service's coverage.