KAZQ

Albuquerque, New Mexico United States
City	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 32
Branding	KAZQ TV32
Programming
Affiliations	32.1: Non-commercial religious independent 32.2: Victory Channel 32.3: SBN 32.5: Daystar
Ownership
Owner	Alpha Omega Broadcasting (Alpha Omega Broadcasting of Albuquerque, Inc.)
Sister stations	KTVS-LD
History
Founded	June 30, 1986
First air date	October 12, 1987; 36 years ago (1987-10-12)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 32 (UHF, 1987–2009)
Former affiliations	GOD TV (DT2, 2007-2017)
Call sign meaning	"AZ" (Alpha Omega) Albuquerque (See article overview)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	1151
ERP	65.6 kW
HAAT	1,247 m (4,091 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°12′51.3″N 106°27′2.8″W / 35.214250°N 106.450778°W / 35.214250; -106.450778
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	kazq32.org

KAZQ (channel 32) is a non-commercial religious independent television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Its transmitter is located on Sandia Crest northeast of Albuquerque. Owned by Alpha Omega Broadcasting, KAZQ is sister to low-power station KTVS-LD (channel 36) and the two stations share studios on Montgomery Boulevard Northeast in Albuquerque.

History

The station was issued an original construction permit on June 30, 1986, began operation on October 12, 1987, and was licensed by the FCC on March 29, 1988. Initially, it aired only Christian programming, but later added family-friendly secular programs to its schedule. KAZQ has been under the same ownership since the station was founded and is one of three full-service Christian television stations in the market — the others are KNAT-TV (channel 23) and KCHF (channel 11).

Programming

The station broadcasts on an educational license and cannot air any advertising or infomercials, although it airs several hours a day of family entertainment. Some of the programs on KAZQ include Life Today with James Robison, This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn, The 700 Club and The New Jim Bakker Show.

Alpha Omega Broadcasting also owns low power station KTVS-LD, UHF channel 36, which has a similar format, but originally featured more secular programming. KTVS-LD currently relays KAZQ on digital channel 36.1 with Almavision on 36.2.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Analog-to-digital conversion

In 1997, the FCC allotted UHF channel 17 for KAZQ's digital television station.^[3] KAZQ applied for a construction permit in May 2000; it was granted February 12, 2001, allowing the station to begin building its digital facilities. Special Temporary Authorization granted in March 2003 allowed KAZQ-DT to go on the air at reduced power while continuing to build full-power facilities. The station obtained its DTV license on January 6, 2006. KAZQ has elected to remain on channel 17 after the end of the DTV transition on June 12, 2009. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 32.