KCHF

KCHF
Santa Fe–Albuquerque, New Mexico; United States;
City	Santa Fe, New Mexico
Channels	Digital: 10 (VHF); Virtual: 11;
Branding	KCHF TV 11
Programming
Affiliations	11.1: Religious Independent; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Belarmino Gonzalez; (Son Broadcasting, Inc.);
Sister stations	KNMQ-LD
History
First air date	January 21, 1984 (40 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1984–2009)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	60793
ERP	30 kW; 22 kW (CP);
HAAT	610 m (2,001 ft); 1,252 m (4,108 ft) (CP);
Transmitter coordinates	35°46′49″N 106°31′36″W / 35.78028°N 106.52667°W; 35°12′53.51″N 106°27′3.94″W / 35.2148639°N 106.4510944°W (CP);
Translator(s)	see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.sonbroadcasting.org

KCHF (channel 11) is a religious independent television station licensed to Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, serving the Albuquerque area and most of the state. It is owned by the estate of Belarmino "Blackie" Gonzalez (1933–2008)^[3] and his non-profit ministry, Son Broadcasting. KCHF's studios are located on 4th Street in northwestern Albuquerque, and its transmitter is located near Los Alamos.

KCHF's main channel is relayed on the fifth digital subchannel of KYNM-LD (channel 21.5) in Albuquerque to provide improved reception in areas of the city where the main signal from Los Alamos is hard to receive, and on translator K24ML-D (channel 24) in Taos, New Mexico and K29ME-D (channel 29) in Antonito, Colorado.

History

The original construction permit for KCHF was granted on January 19, 1983. The station signed on in January 1984 and was granted a license to cover on June 29, 1984. It claims to be the first VHF Christian television station in the United States. During the analog era, KCHF was one of a few Christian television stations in the United States to operate on the VHF band (KJNP-TV in Fairbanks, Alaska is another example). KCHF's digital transmitter was licensed on January 26, 2006.

Programming

Some of the programs produced by KCHF include Restoring God's People, Healing is for You, A Healthier You and God Answers Prayer.

God Answers Prayer is a weekday, studio-based talk show with a live call-in segment. A "best of" show, with highlights of the past week, is seen on Sundays.

As part of its compliance with the federal Children's Television Act, KCHF broadcasts over eight hours of E/I-compliant children's programming each week, mostly aimed at children under 10, including a five-hour block on Saturday mornings.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KCHF^[4]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
11.1	720p	16:9	KCHF-TV	Main KCHF programming
11.2	480i		QVC	QVC
11.3			QVC-2	QVC2
11.4		4:3	Buzzr	Buzzr
11.6		16:9	RAV	Real America's Voice
11.7		4:3	Retro	Retro TV
11.8			NMax2	Newsmax 2
20.2			ShopTV	Infomercials

KCHF carried the country music channel Heartland on channel 11.3 beginning June 30, 2014.^[5] In early June 2016, Heartland was dropped for QVC with Antenna TV moving from 11.4 to 11.2 and WeatherNation moving from 11.2 to 11.6.

Translators

K24ML-D Taos
K29ME-D Antonito, CO

Analog-to-digital conversion

KCHF shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 10,^[6] using virtual channel 11.