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FOX: City TV viewers ensured NFL coverage► Continued from A1ny, said Monday it had agreed to switch five of its stations, and seven others it will buy in the next year, over to Fox. Eight of the stations are CBS affiliates, three are with ABC and one is with NBC. All 12 stations are on the high-powered VHF frequency; most are in key markets such as Detroit, Cleveland, Dallas and Atlanta.Locally, cable subscribers have been able to see Fox programming both on KMPH and on KTTV-TV, Channel 11, from Los Angeles. Those without cable have facedover-the-air reception of the KMPH signal that has ranged from watcha-ble to impossible.“Our reason for putting our signal on channel 58 is twofold,” said Ken Preston, KMPH chief engineer. “Currently, our main transmitter is located in the mountains east of Visalia. In the fall, we will be moving it farther north.“The repeat signal will provide a signal to the areas that currently can’t pick up our signal. And, it will fill in the gaps for any areas affected with our move.”Channel 58 originally launched with Spanish-language programming and then switched to a home shopping channel before giving way to KMPH.Preston explained KMPH will be using the Channel 58 transmitter at Breckenridge Mountain, a facility in desperate need of repairs. That work will be done as soon as parts arrive and should be finished within the next few weeks.Fox has approximately 150 fulltime affiliates, compared with more than 200 each for CBS, ABC and NBC. It launched seven years ago in an effort to compete with the established networks by gearing primetime shows to younger viewers.
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Bakersfield Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Wed, May 25, 1994
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