KFFV
CitySeattle, Washington
Channels
BrandingMeTV Seattle
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KVOS-TV
History
First air date
January 1, 1999 (1999-01-01)
Former call signs
  • KHCV (1999–2009)
  • KPST (2009–2010)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 45 (UHF, 1999–2009)
  • Digital: 44 (UHF, until 2019)
Call sign meaning
Channel Forty-Five (former analog/virtual channel allocation)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID49264
ERP260 kW
HAAT259 m (850 ft)
Transmitter coordinates47°36′55.6″N 122°18′33.8″W / 47.615444°N 122.309389°W / 47.615444; -122.309389
Links
Public license information
WebsiteKFFV page on MeTV.com

KFFV (channel 44) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, airing programming from MeTV. It is owned and operated by Weigel Broadcasting alongside Bellingham-licensed Univision affiliate KVOS-TV (channel 12).[2] The two stations share studios on Third Avenue South in Seattle; KFFV's transmitter is located on Capitol Hill east of downtown.

History

Early years

The former KHCV call letters were assigned by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with a construction permit on October 2, 1989. The station signed on the air on January 1, 1999, on Channel 45 after many permit extensions.

Channel launches

During the week of August 11, 2006, KHCV started carrying Azteca América on its analog channel 45 and on its digital channel 44.2.

On December 20, 2006, Navarre's FUNimation Entertainment announced that the Funimation Channel would be broadcast on KHCV 44.3.[3]

On March 1, 2007, KHCV started broadcasting content from GNF Entertainment Network[4] on its digital subchannels 44.3 and 44.4. 44.3 carried GNF "Game & Music" and 44.4 carried GNF "Movie".

Network changes

The analog broadcast (UHF 45) had been exclusively Azteca América, while the Comcast broadcast of this channel (Channel 15) was Jewelry TV. On September 10, 2007, analog UHF channel 45 carried the same Jewelry TV content as digital UHF channel 44.1 and Comcast channel 15.

On October 15, 2007, programming from AAT Television started broadcasting on digital channel 44.3.

On April 19, 2008, America One content on channel 44.4 was replaced by Sportsman Channel; it was later replaced with MBC-D, a Korean television channel.

On November 13, 2008, KHCV filed for a request for silent state for its analog signal.[5]

On September 28, 2009, KHCV became KPST. On December 22, 2009, KPST went silent. The station was evicted from its studios and its STL link could not be operated from the new location. KPST hoped to have the station up and running within a few weeks.[6][7] The station resumed broadcasting on February 4, 2010. During that time, KPST aired only infomercials on its main channel, 24 hours a day.[8]

As KFFV-TV

KFFV's logo as "K44," used circa 2011

The call letters were changed to KFFV on November 15, 2010. The station was purchased at bankruptcy auction by OTA Broadcasting on June 30, 2011;[9] the sale was completed on October 12.

KFFV's logo used circa 2013

In January 2013, WeatherNation was added to channel 44.5. It was later replaced by Cozi TV.

On March 12, 2015, KFFV's sister station KVOS-TV's main channel, MeTV, had "soft-launched" to sub-channel 44.6.[10]

Weigel Broadcasting agreed to acquire KFFV and KVOS-TV, along with KAXT-CD and KTLN-TV in San Francisco, in a $23.2 million deal on October 18, 2017.[11] The sale was closed on January 15, 2018, with KFFV and KVOS now under Weigel ownership.[12]

On January 17, 2018, Weigel terminated KFFV's carriage agreements with the networks aired under OTA ownership, and switched to a near-duplication of KVOS' services, with MeTV replacing Evine on channel 44.1, Movies! replacing Azteca América on 44.2, and AAT replaced by H&I on 44.3 (AAT moved to KUSE-LD4).[2] Cozi returned to Seattle on two other Seattle area stations: low-power TV station KYMU-LD in 2019 and on KIRO-TV's third digital subchannel in 2020.[13][14] Azteca and KBS World have yet to find new channel locations in Seattle.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KFFV[15]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
44.1 720p16:9KFFV-HDMeTV
44.2 480iMoviesMovies!
44.3 HeroesH&I
44.4 DecadesCatchy Comedy
44.5 MeTV+MeTV Plus
44.6 StoryStory Television
44.12 EMLWOnTV4U

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KFFV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. 1 2 KVOS TV (January 12, 2018). "KVOS TV". Facebook. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  3. ↑ FUNimation Channel in Seattle
  4. ↑ GNF Entertainment Signs Affiliate Agreement with Full Power Station KHCV for Digital Channel Carriage in Seattle, Washington
  5. ↑ "CDBS Print".
  6. ↑ FCC Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA
  7. ↑ NW Broadcasters
  8. ↑ KPST schedule
  9. ↑ "Troubled Seattle indy TV sold at auction". Television Business Report. July 2, 2011. Archived from the original on July 4, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  10. ↑ KVOS TV
  11. ↑ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  12. ↑ KVOS Turns Its Back On Canadian Advertisers at Fraser Valley News Network
  13. ↑ https://www.cozitv.com/get-cozi-tv/ COZI TV – Get Cozi TV
  14. ↑ TV Listings: Watch your favorites (KIRO-TV) kiro7.com (Content provided via TitanTV) December 29, 2020 (same-day retrieval)
  15. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KFFV
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