KAJB (channel 54) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, serving the

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–

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as an affiliate of the Spanish-language

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network. It is owned by Calipatria Broadcasting Company, which maintains a

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(JSA) which

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, owner of El Centro–licensed

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affiliate

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(channel 7), for the provision of certain services. Both stations share studios on North Imperial Avenue in El Centro, while KAJB's transmitter is located atop Black Mountain.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is

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Analog-to-digital conversion

KAJB was originally assigned UHF channel 50 for its digital companion channel, however, with Mexican television station XHRCS-TV broadcasting on the same frequency from San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, KAJB could not build its facilities without causing interference. The station released its allocation and participated in the FCC second round elections, selecting UHF channel 36 for its digital allocation instead. After years of efforts to obtain Mexican coordination for the use of channel 36, KAJB was granted a construction permit to build digital facilities in August 2008, nearly nine years after requesting authorization, and began airing in March 2009. Through the use of

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, digital television receivers display the station's

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as its former UHF analog channel 54, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

References

External links

UniMás official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kajb Television channels and stations established in 2000 UniMás network affiliates LATV affiliates 2000 establishments in California AJB AJB Entravision Communications stations