KZNO-LD,

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12 ( VHF digital channel 6), is a low-power

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– affiliated station

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, United States. Owned by the

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, it transmits from

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, a peak adjacent to Mount Wilson in Los Angeles County, as a Spanish-language

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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 6.1.

History

The station was founded on August 7, 1996, as translator K06MU. It was also available to area subscribers of

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on channel 6. The station's programming at the time was similar to a

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channel, consisting primarily of news, public affairs and travel programs produced by local residents of the Big Bear Valley. In 2016, ownership was transferred from Bear Valley Broadcasting to Venture Technologies, which previously owned

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, which also operated on analog channel 6 as a radio station, which, as KSFV-CD, now shares transmitting facilities on Box Springs Mountain in

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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 at 87.7 FM, since TV channel 6 is in the 82–88 MHz range. Because it was a low-power station, it was not required 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, 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 special temporary authority to resume audio transmissions receivable at 87.7 FM."LPTV Engineering STA Application: KZNO-LD"
(FCC.gov)

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* Big Bear Valley Mass media in San Bernardino County, California Television channels and stations established in 1996 1996 establishments in California ZNO-LD Low-power television stations in the United States ATSC 3.0 television stations {{California-tv-station-stub