KQRY-LD
KQRY-LD, virtual channel 36 (VHF digital channel 5), is a low-powered Univision-affiliated television station licensed to Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, serving the Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas (including Fayetteville). Owned by Pinnacle Media LLC, it is a sister station to low-powered Class A Estrella TV affiliate KFDF-CD (channel 44). The two stations share studios on North College Avenue in Fayetteville; KQRY-LD's transmitter is located southwest of Winslow, Arkansas.
Fort Smith/Fayetteville, Arkansas United States | |
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Channels | Digital: 5 (VHF) Virtual: 36 (PSIP) |
Branding | Univision Arkansas |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 36.1: Univision |
Ownership | |
Owner | Pinnacle Media, LLC |
KFDF-CD | |
History | |
First air date | September 14, 1995 |
Former call signs | K43EZ (1995-2004) KXUN-LP (2004-2013) KXUN-LD (2013-2019) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 43 (UHF, 1996-2013) Digital: 43 (UHF, 2013-2019) |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 14386 |
Class | LD |
ERP | 5.8 kW |
HAAT | 247.93 m (813 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°26′50.0″N 91°21′54.0″W |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
History
At one point, KQRY-LP (as KXUN-LP) aired local newscasts; they were produced out of Little Rock, Arkansas, with reports produced in Fort Smith. The newscasts were canceled in June 2008, after then-owner Equity Media Holdings instituted a companywide suspension of news programs.[1]
After failing to find a buyer at a bankruptcy auction,[2] KXUN was sold to Pinnacle Media in August 2009 (after having initially been included in Silver Point Finance's acquisition on June 2 of several Equity stations[3]), with Pinnacle assuming control under a local marketing agreement on August 5.[4]
KXUN was previously seen on KPBI's digital subchannel 34.2; after KPBI was sold to Local TV, LLC and renamed KXNW, the KXUN simulcast was replaced with a simulcast of new sister station KFSM-TV. On February 5, 2019, KXUN-LD swapped call signs with KQRY-LD in Sallisaw, Oklahoma.
References
- Manthey, Toby (2008-06-14). "Equity ends newscasts; N.Y. station buy teeters". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- "Equity stations still on the block". Television Business Report. April 20, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 15, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
- "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 14, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2009.