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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Radio stations in Phoenix, Arizona, Television stations in Phoenix, Arizona, KTVK, KSAZ-TV, KNXV-TV, KPNX, KPHO-TV, KAZT-TV, KNRJ, KASW, Arizona Rubber, KAET, KTAR-FM, Phoenix New Times, KZON, KUTP, KZZP, KPPX-TV, KOY, The Arizona Republic, K25DM, KTAZ, K38IZ-D, KOOL-FM, KPDF-CA, KKFR, Ahwatukee Foothills News, KDUS, KDKB, KASC, KMVA, KFYI, KNIX-FM, KAJM, KSLX-FM, KHOT-FM, KMVP, KVIT, KLNZ, KBAQ, KYOT-FM, KUPD, KESZ, KOMR, KSWG, KVVA-FM, KDTP-LP, KFLR-FM, KMIK, KMXP, KPKX, KRDE, KASA, Sun Sounds of Arizona, KWSS-LP, Phoenix Gazette, The Rep. Excerpt: KTVK (known on-air as 3TV) is a full-service, independent television station in Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 24 from a transmitter located on South Mountain in Phoenix, and can be seen across northern Arizona on a network of nearly two dozen translator stations. Per Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations, the station identifies itself on television tuners as channel 3 through PSIP. KTVK is owned by the Belo Corporation of Dallas, Texas. KTVK airs syndicated programs such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Inside Edition and other sitcoms. From its sign on in 1955 until 1995, KTVK was affiliated with ABC and was one of that network's strongest affiliates. Former Senator Ernest McFarland, author of the GI Bill, was awed by the new medium of television. With a few friends, he formed the Arizona Television Company and applied for a television license. On March 1, 1955-shortly after McFarland was elected governor of Arizona-KTVK signed on as Phoenix's fourth television station. It immediately became an ABC affiliate. McFarland chose the calls "because TV will be our middle name." KTVK cleared most of ABC's network schedule except lower-rated daytime shows, as well as an occasional show during prime time. It was broadcast across the whole sta...
