KAXT-CA
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KAXT-CD is a low-powered analog and digital television station licensed to Santa Clara, California
. Founded May 31, 1989, the station is owned by Broadland Properties, Inc.
television station
. It broadcasted in analog on UHF channel 22 as a network affiliate
of Spanish-language Christian television Tiempos Finales TV, formerly being an affiliate of TBN
from 1989 to 2003, and of Almavision
from 2003 to 2006.
KAXT began ATSC
digital TV transmissions on UHF channel 42 on July 31, 2009 with the call sign KAXT-LD, later becoming KAXT-CD. The station was the first digital television station to broadcast 12 video streams on a standard 6 Mhz 19.39 Mbps ATSC stream. Using statistical multiplexing
technology in the encoders and multiplexer, the system provides variable bit rate compression needed to provide full quality standard definition video across all of the channels with enough bandwidth for radio (audio only) services.
Broadcast Engineering nominated KAXT as Station of the Year for 2009 , the first low power television station ever to receive such a distinction.
The DTV virtual channels between KAXT-LD's Channel 22 (physical: 22) and KRCB
's Channel 22 (physical: 23) Cotati
, had significant overlap
that caused a PSIP conflict
, forcing KAXT-CD to a new virtual channel, 1.1. The station operates with a PSIP of Channel 1, with 12 different video program streams and eight audio-only channels for a total of 20 virtual channels.
Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city is the site of the eighth of 21 California missions, Mission Santa Clara de Asís, and was named after the mission. The Mission and Mission Gardens are located on the...
. Founded May 31, 1989, the station is owned by Broadland Properties, Inc.
History
KAXT-CA was a low-power analog class-AClass A television service
The class A television service is a system for regulating some low-power television stations in the United States. Class A stations are denoted by the broadcast callsign suffix "-CA" or "-CD" , although very many analog -CA stations have a digital companion channel that was assigned the -LD...
television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
. It broadcasted in analog on UHF channel 22 as a network affiliate
Network affiliate
In the broadcasting industry , a network affiliate is a local broadcaster which carries some or all of the television program or radio program line-up of a television or radio network, but is owned by a company other than the owner of the network...
of Spanish-language Christian television Tiempos Finales TV, formerly being an affiliate of TBN
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
from 1989 to 2003, and of Almavision
Almavision
Almavision is an American television network broadcasting Christian programming in Spanish with affiliates across North and Central America. The network is carried via satellite on Echostar and SatMex 5, their slogan is "Television Cristiana...a la manera de Dios. " Almavision is an American...
from 2003 to 2006.
KAXT began ATSC
ATSC
ATSC standards are a set of standards developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee for digital television transmission over terrestrial, cable, and satellite networks....
digital TV transmissions on UHF channel 42 on July 31, 2009 with the call sign KAXT-LD, later becoming KAXT-CD. The station was the first digital television station to broadcast 12 video streams on a standard 6 Mhz 19.39 Mbps ATSC stream. Using statistical multiplexing
Statistical multiplexing
Statistical multiplexing is a type of communication link sharing, very similar to dynamic bandwidth allocation . In statistical multiplexing, a communication channel is divided into an arbitrary number of variable bit-rate digital channels or data streams. The link sharing is adapted to the...
technology in the encoders and multiplexer, the system provides variable bit rate compression needed to provide full quality standard definition video across all of the channels with enough bandwidth for radio (audio only) services.
Broadcast Engineering nominated KAXT as Station of the Year for 2009 , the first low power television station ever to receive such a distinction.
The DTV virtual channels between KAXT-LD's Channel 22 (physical: 22) and KRCB
KRCB
KRCB is a Sonoma County Public television station, broadcasting on UHF Channel 23, and public radio station, broadcasting at 91.1 MHz FM.-Television:KRCB first went on the air December 2, 1983, with a broadcast of the PBS show NOVA...
's Channel 22 (physical: 23) Cotati
Cotati, California
Cotati is an incorporated city in Sonoma County, California, U.S.A., located about north of San Francisco in the 101 corridor between Rohnert Park and Petaluma....
, had significant overlap
Adjacent-channel interference
Adjacent-channel interference is interference caused by extraneous power from a signal in an adjacent channel. ACI may be caused by inadequate filtering , improper tuning or poor frequency control .ACI is distinguished from crosstalk.Broadcast...
that caused a PSIP conflict
Co-channel interference
Co-channel interference or CCI is crosstalk from two different radio transmitters using the same frequency. There can be several causes of co-channel radio interference; four examples are listed here....
, forcing KAXT-CD to a new virtual channel, 1.1. The station operates with a PSIP of Channel 1, with 12 different video program streams and eight audio-only channels for a total of 20 virtual channels.
Digital subchannels
| Digital Channel | Format | Programming |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | video | WhatsOn - Electronic Program Guide Electronic program guide Electronic program guides and interactive program guides provide users of television, radio, and other media applications with continuously updated menus displaying broadcast programming or scheduling information for current and upcoming programming... listing of all over-the-air TV stations in the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose DMA |
| 1.2 | My Family TV My Family TV My Family TV is a United States general entertainment television network jointly owned by ValCom and Luken Communications, and based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.-History:... |
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| 1.3 | Diya TV - First ever South Asian broadcast channel | |
| 1.4 | Bounce TV Bounce TV Bounce TV is a United States television network airing on digital terrestrial television stations. Promoted as "the first 24/7 digital multicast broadcast network created exclusively for African Americans," Bounce TV launched on September 26, 2011 and features programming geared toward blacks in... |
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| 1.5 | Quê Hương - Vietnamese Vietnam Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –... |
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| 1.6 | NetV - Vietnamese/English | |
| 1.7 | EMTV - Entertainment Movie Television - Vietnamese Vietnam Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –... |
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| 1.8 | FAN - First ever Filipino Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... broadcast channel |
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| 1.9 | TVHS - Taiwanese Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... |
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| 1.10 | Tiempos Finales - Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the... Christian Christian A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament... |
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| 1.11 | Jewelry Television Jewelry Television Jewelry Television is an American television network, similar to the Home Shopping Network. It was formerly called "America's Collectibles Network" . The privately-held company was founded in 1993 and broadcasts high definition programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to over 80 million unique... |
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| 1.12 | Peanut TV - Local Real Estate | |
| 1.13 | audio | Brioso Classical Music (Radio on TV) |
| 1.14 | QH Radio (Radio on TV) | |
| 1.15 | Classic Country Classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades.This genre generally follows one of two formats: those specializing in hits from the 1920s through the early 1970s, and focus primarily on innovators and artists from country music's Golden... (Radio on TV) |
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| 1.16 | Classic Hindi/Bollywood (Radio on TV) | |
| 1.17 | Bhajans - Spiritual (Radio on TV) | |
| 1.18 | Desi Jams - Modern Hindi music (Radio on TV) | |
| 1.19 | Tagalog (Radio on TV) | |
| 1.20 | Punjabi Radio USA (Radio on TV) |