KZNO-LD (channel 12) is a

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, California, United States. Owned by the Venture Technologies Group, it transmits from the Mount Harvard Radio Site in the San Gabriel Mountains as a

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radio station that can be received at 87.7 FM. Its

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video feed broadcasts

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on digital channel 12.1.

History

The station was founded on August 7, 1996, as translator K06MU in

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. It was also available to area subscribers of Charter Cable on channel 6. The station's programming at the time was similar to a

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. In 2016, ownership was transferred from Bear Valley Broadcasting to Venture Technologies, which previously owned KSFV-CA, which also operated on analog channel 6 as a radio station, which, as KSFV-CD, now shares transmitting facilities on Mount Harvard (a peak adjacent to Mount Wilson) in Los Angeles County with

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-licensed

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. While operating as an analog TV station, KZNO-LP audio could be heard locally by radio receivers on 87.7 FM, since TV channel 6 is in the 82–88 MHz range. Because it was a low-power station, it was not obligated to switch to a digital signal on June 12, 2009, which was required of all full-power TV stations in the United States. As of July 9, 2021, KZNO-LP had ceased its analog TV transmissions, prior to the July 13, 2021,

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(FCC) deadline for LPTV stations to end analog TV transmissions. The station was licensed for digital operation effective July 15, 2021, changing its call sign to KZNO-LD at the same time. Effective July 27, 2021, the station was granted a six-month

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to resume audio transmissions receivable on 87.7 FM."LPTV Engineering STA Application: KZNO-LD"
(FCC.gov) On July 20, 2023, an FCC "Report and Order" included this station as one of 13 "FM6" stations allowed to continue to operate an FM radio broadcast, as a "ancillary or supplementary" service."Fifth Report and Order: In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power Television and Television Translator Stations"
(FCC 23-58, MB Docket No. 03-185, Adopted: July 20, 2023, Released: July 20, 2023)

References

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