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1 History  



1.1  Early years  



1.1.1  Channel launches  





1.1.2  Network changes  







1.2  As KFFV-TV  







2 Technical information  



2.1  Subchannels  







3 References  





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Coordinates: 47°3655.6N 122°1833.8W / 47.615444°N 122.309389°W / 47.615444; -122.309389
 

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KFFV
  • United States
  • CitySeattle, Washington
    Channels
  • Virtual: 44
  • BrandingMeTV Seattle
    Programming
    Affiliations
  • for others, see § Subchannels
  • Ownership
    Owner
  • (KFFV-TV LLC)
  • Sister stations

    KVOS-TV
    History

    First air date

    January 1, 1999 (25 years ago) (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)
  • Former affiliations

  • AMGTV
  • Jewelry TV (1999–2009)
  • Dark (2009–2010)
  • Infomercials (2010–201?)
  • Evine (201?–2018)
  • 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

  • LMS
  • WebsiteKFFV page on MeTV.com

    KFFV (channel 44) is a television stationinSeattle, Washington, United States, airing programming from MeTV. It is owned and operatedbyWeigel 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[edit]

    Early years[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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-TVinSan 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 left the air at the end of 2022 without ever finding a new Seattle affiliate, with KBS World's coverage expanding on local cable channel KO-AM TV, which it already affiliated with.

    Technical information[edit]

    Subchannels[edit]

    The station's signal is multiplexed:

    Subchannels of KFFV[15]
    Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
    44.1 720p 16:9 KFFV-HD MeTV
    44.2 480i Movies Movies!
    44.3 Heroes H&I
    44.4 Decades Catchy Comedy
    44.5 MeTV+ MeTV Plus
    44.6 Story Story Television
    44.7 4:3 MeTV Toons
    44.12 16:9 EMLW OnTV4U

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KFFV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  • ^ a b KVOS TV (January 12, 2018). "KVOS TV". Facebook. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  • ^ FUNimation Channel in Seattle[permanent dead link]
  • ^ GNF Entertainment Signs Affiliate Agreement with Full Power Station KHCV for Digital Channel Carriage in Seattle, Washington[permanent dead link]
  • ^ "CDBS Print".
  • ^ FCC Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA
  • ^ NW Broadcasters
  • ^ KPST schedule
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ KVOS TV
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ KVOS Turns Its Back On Canadian Advertisers at Fraser Valley News Network
  • ^ https://www.cozitv.com/get-cozi-tv/ COZI TV – Get Cozi TV
  • ^ TV Listings: Watch your favorites (KIRO-TV) kiro7.com (Content provided via TitanTV) December 29, 2020 (same-day retrieval)
  • ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KFFV
  • External links[edit]


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