It's hard to believe, but today, RabbitEars turns 18 years old. If it were a person, it could vote, be drafted, and smoke, although I suppose the server could choose to smoke at any time (hopefully not). To celebrate its 18th birthday, I'm finally publishing a feature I built years ago and have been  […]

On March 19, the FCC lifted its long standing freeze on new LPTV stations and major changes for LPTV and Class A stations. There have been many filings, and as new applications for construction permit don't generally appear in the RabbitEars tools, I've created a set of tools specific for this  […]

Friend of the site Scott Fybush is taking orders for the 2026 Tower Site Calendar: https://www.fybush.com/store/2026-tower-site-calendar/ According to him, this is likely the last year it will be published due to declining sales and increasing costs. If you want one, now is the time.

As always, questions, additions, comments and corrections welcome.

Programming Changes

• KTVW-DT 33.x Phoenix (KTVW License Partnership GP) has added channels 33.3 and 33.7 to its lineup, airing HSN and MovieSphereGold, respectively. The MovieSphere Gold website (moviespheregold.com) erroneously lists their network on channel 33.3.
• KUVE-DT 46.x (34) Green Valley (Univision Tucson LLC) has added MovieSphere Gold to its lineup on channel 46.4, which had not been in the lineup before. Between May 4 and June 8, KUVE also added the BT2 infomercial network on channel 46.7, a change overlooked in the May/June update.

As always, questions, additions, comments and corrections welcome.

New Licenses

• KGRF-LD 29.1 (21) Gila River Indian Co (Gila River Telecommunications Inc.) amended its request for license to cover its expired construction permit, adding affidavits witnessing that the station came online at its requested facilities in April 2021, one month after the construction permit was granted.
• KUWB-LD 30.x (22) Bloomington UT (Nexstar Media Inc.) has requested a reinstatement of its October 2018 construction permit that was built, but never licensed, and has also requested a license to cover the permit. Technical specifications: Ch 22; TL 37° 3' 49" N, 113° 34' 26" W (Webb Hill); Peak ERP 0.2 kW DA HP 1.25° EBT; HAAT 69 m / 225 ft.

As always, questions, additions, comments and corrections welcome.

Programming Changes

• KGUN 9.x Tucson (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) has replaced Ion Mystery on channel 9.6 with BUSTED, a new OTA digital network from Free TV Networks.
• KPPX-TV 51.x (31) Tolleson (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC) has replaced Laff on channel 51.4 with BUSTED, a new OTA digital network from Free TV Networks, and has replaced Get TV on channel 51.7 with Game Show Central, a new OTA digital network from Game Show Network.

Wishing all a blessed 2025!

As always, questions, additions, comments and corrections welcome.

New Licenses

• K36JX-D 7.x Many Farms (Hearst Properties Inc.) has been granted a license to cover its antenna, height and power changes. Technical specifications: Ch 36; TL 36° 37' 27" N, 109° 5' 35" W (Roof Butte); ERP 1.3 kW HP 1.5° EBT; HAAT 674 m / 2,211 ft.

I've recently been participating in a private Discord for people in a certain non-TV-related community I'm in. I've been enjoying it so much that I decided I'd try setting one up for RabbitEars. https://discord.gg/tnamT4eccd What is Discord, you may ask? It's basically a collection of chat rooms.  […]

It's baaaaaack! Other commitments have prevented the Arizona TV Station Update from posting in over six months, but we're back with a lot of updates. As always, questions, additions, comments and corrections welcome.

New Licenses

• KASW 61.x (27) Phoenix (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) has been granted a license to cover its NextGen (ATSC 3.0) operations. Technical specifications: Site 1 - Ch 27; 33° 20' 1" N, 112° 3' 47" W (South Mtn.); ERP 445 kW H / 111.25 kW V DA 0.95° EBT; HAAT 551 m / 1,807 ft. Site 2 - Ch 27; 33° 35' 47" N, 112° 5' 34" W (Shaw Butte); ERP 18.5 kW H / 5.55 kW V DA 1.5° EBT; HAAT 268 m / 879 ft.
• KPDF-CD 41.x (22) Phoenix (HC2 Station Group Inc.) requested and has been granted a license to cover its power increase. Technical specifications: Ch 22; TL 33° 20' 0" N, 112° 3' 47" W (South Mtn.); ERP 15 kW H / 3.75 kW V DA 1.75° EBT; HAAT 472 m / 1,548 ft.