{{Short description|Television station in Elko, Nevada}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Redirect|KENV|the airport with this ICAO code|Wendover Airport}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = KENV-DT | city = Elko, Nevada | logo = KENV-DT 2018 logo.jpg | logo_size = 120px | image = 2015-03-27 15 42 25 The front of the KENV NBC 10 studios at Great Basin College in Elko, Nevada.JPG | image_size = 200px | caption = KENV's studios on the campus of Great Basin College in Elko, Nevada. | branding = KENV | digital = 10 (VHF) | virtual = 10 | translators = ''see {{section link||Translators}}'' | affiliations = Roar | owner = Cunningham Broadcasting | licensee = Reno (KENV-TV) Licensee, Inc. | operator = Sinclair Broadcast Group | location = {{ubl|Elko, Nevada|Salt Lake City, Utah}} | country = United States | airdate = {{Start date|1997|3|27}} | callsign_meaning = Elko, Nevada | sister_stations = KRNV-DT, KUTV, KMYU, KJZZ-TV | former_callsigns = KENV (1996–2009) | former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 10 (VHF, 1997–2009)|'''Digital:''' 8 (VHF, 2001–2008)}} | former_affiliations = {{ubl|NBC (1997–2018)|Comet (2018–2020)<ref name="kenvcomet">{{cite web|url=https://mynews4.com/news/local/news-from-kenv|date=December 15, 2017|title=KENV News 10 transitions to Comet TV|agency=KRNV-DT|website=mynews4.com|publisher=Sinclair Broadcast Group}}</ref>}} | erp = 1.5 kW | haat = {{convert|562.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | facility_id = 63845 | coordinates = {{Coord|40|41|58.8|N|115|54|10.90|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} | licensing_authority = FCC | website = }} [[File:2015-04-26 14 08 57 View north-northeast from the summit of Grindstone Mountain, Nevada.jpg|thumb|250px|KENV transmitter, on Grindstone Mountain.]] '''KENV-DT''' (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Elko, Nevada, United States, broadcasting the digital multicast network Roar (formerly TBD). Owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, it is operated under a joint sales agreement by Roar owner Sinclair Broadcast Group (effectively making KENV an owned-and-operated station). KENV's studios are located on the campus of Great Basin College on Chilton Circle in Elko,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151208180158/http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1193377.pdf Great Basin College Elko Campus]</ref><ref>[http://www.kenvtv.com/content/news/about_us/contact_us/default.aspx Contact Us – News 10]</ref> and its transmitter is located on Grindstone Mountain.<ref>[http://elkodaily.com/news/local/great-basin-college-offers-opportunity-in-broadcasting/article_156b0bae-8877-11e2-8d4a-001a4bcf887a.html Great Basin College offers opportunity in broadcasting – Elko Daily Free Press]</ref><ref>[http://www.global-cm.net/LPTV%20M-N%20JAN15.pdf TV Reception By Channel (Low Power TV Stations and Translators) – Global Communications]</ref>
Until 2018, it served as the NBC affiliate for much of the Nevada side of the Salt Lake City market.<ref>[http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view;jsessionid=z93rPNnpbPG77QlZnQkwTFlRR22GL8hGNF02yvH6xycQQJJVq6ch!1471562840!-321460796?id=6512568658 Request for Waiver and Reduction of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2000 KENV (TV) – Federal Communications Commission]</ref> Although considered a separate station in its own right, the outlet was actually operated as a semi-satellite of KRNV-DT (channel 4) in Reno. As such, it simulcast NBC network and syndicated programming as provided by KRNV but aired separate commercials, legal identifications, and weekday morning newscasts. Even though the station maintains its own facilities, master control and most internal operations are based at KRNV's studios on Vassar Street in Reno; KENV is operated separately from Sinclair's Salt Lake City stations, KUTV (channel 2), KMYU (channel 12), and KJZZ-TV (channel 14). As KENV-DT is a ''de facto'' Salt Lake City market station (despite its signal not reaching the Salt Lake City metropolitan area due to being located on Grindstone Mountain, three hours away), this makes it the only television station in the Salt Lake City market that is licensed to the Nevada side of the market.
==History== ===KEKO=== The first occupant of channel 10 in Elko was KEKO-TV, a satellite station of Reno CBS affiliate KTVN (channel 2).<ref>[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1972/1972-01-17-BC.pdf Broadcasting & Cable - January 17, 1972]</ref> KEKO signed on April 18, 1973; it was off the air from January 24, 1974, to June 27, 1975.<ref name=tf1976>{{cite book|title=Television Factbook 1976 Edition|year=1976|page=520-b|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1976-TV-Factbook/6-1976-TV-Factbook.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=December 17, 2017}}{{dead link|date=May 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> On December 23, 1975, owner Washoe Empire informed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that KEKO's transmitter and equipment had been destroyed in a fire; on April 14, 1976, the FCC granted special temporary authority to Washoe Empire to operate a KTVN translator on channel 10 (at the time, Washoe Empire had made no decision about returning KEKO to the air).<ref name="b-kekofire">{{cite news|title=For the Record|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1976/1976-04-26-BC.pdf|page=54|access-date=December 17, 2017|work=Broadcasting|date=April 26, 1976|format=PDF}}</ref> On April 8, 1977, at the station's request, the FCC canceled the KEKO license effective March 18.<ref name="b-kekodefunct">{{cite news|title=For the Record|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1977/BC-1977-05-09.pdf|page=102|access-date=December 17, 2017|work=Broadcasting|date=May 9, 1977|format=PDF}}</ref>
===NBC affiliation=== thumb|left|KENV's logo as an NBC affiliate, until January 1, 2018. The FCC granted an original construction permit on June 26, 1995, to Las Vegas-based Sunbelt Broadcasting Company to build a television station licensed in Elko.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=204104| title=Application Search Details| publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref> Originally, the station was approved for 0.790 kW to broadcast on VHF channel 10 with transmitter located in coordinates {{Coord|40|48|42|N|115|41|56|W}}.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/comment.pl?Application_id=204104&File_number=BPCT-19941116KI| title=Public Notice Comment| publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref> In July 1996, Sunbelt (later named Intermountain West Communications Company) requested a modification to change the construction permit: moving the transmitter to Grindstone Mountain (in coordinates {{Coord|40|41|52.5|N|115|54|13|W}}) and increasing the power to 3.09 kW.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/comment.pl?Application_id=229021&File_number=BMPCT-19960712KJ| title=Application Search Details| publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref> It was approved on January 29, 1997.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=229021| title=Application Search Details| publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref>
The station signed on March 27, 1997, as KENV, a semi-satellite of KRNV.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.csn.edu/MSDocs/Dept.%20of%20Communication/KVBC%20InternPack%202008.doc |title=Sunbelt Communications Corporation |publisher=College of Southern Nevada |format=DOC |access-date=November 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528041130/https://www.csn.edu/MSDocs/Dept.%20of%20Communication/KVBC%20InternPack%202008.doc |archive-date=May 28, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> The creation of KENV extended the coverage of the NBC affiliate in Reno into Northeastern Nevada. It is the only full-powered television station in Elko.
On November 22, 2013, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced the acquisition of KRNV's non-license assets, for $26 million.<ref name=ktvn-krnvsaletosinclair>{{cite news|title=KRNV-TV Sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group|url=http://www.ktvn.com/story/24048093/krnv-tv-sold-to-sinclair-broadcast-group|publisher=KTVN Channel 2 News|date=November 22, 2013|access-date=November 22, 2013|archive-date=November 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126071201/http://www.ktvn.com/story/24048093/krnv-tv-sold-to-sinclair-broadcast-group|url-status=dead}}</ref> On December 19, it was announced that Cunningham Broadcasting would acquire the license assets of KRNV and KENV for $6.5 million.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1608374&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=60307 Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License]. CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved December 19, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1598961&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=63845 Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License]. CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved December 19, 2013.</ref> Sinclair could not buy KENV-DT outright because it is located in the Salt Lake City DMA, in which Sinclair already owns a duopoly (formed by CBS affiliate KUTV and MyNetworkTV affiliate KMYU). The sale was approved on September 22, 2017,<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1765068.pdf Notice]. ''CDBS Public Access'', Federal Communications Commission, September 22, 2017, Retrieved September 24, 2017.</ref> and was completed on January 9, 2018.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1776240&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=63845 Consummation Notice], ''CDBS Public Access'', Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved January 23, 2018.</ref>
===Loss of NBC affiliation, switch to Comet and TBD/Roar=== On December 14, 2017, KENV announced that it was unable to renew its affiliation agreement with NBC, which was set to expire on December 31, and that it would become an affiliate of the Sinclair-owned science-fiction network Comet on January 1, 2018. The last NBC program on KENV was ''New Year's Eve with Carson Daly'' at 11:35 p.m. Pacific Time on December 31. KENV also announced that it would shut down its news department; its last newscast aired on December 22. The move left KSL-TV (channel 5) as the sole NBC affiliate for the entire Salt Lake City market;<ref name="kenvcomet" /> similar moves have been made by the network since 2014 with WMGM-TV in Wildwood, New Jersey, and WHAG-TV (now WDVM-TV) in Hagerstown, Maryland, in both cases to protect network owned stations WCAU in Philadelphia and WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., respectively. KENV general manager Amie Chapman stated that the loss of the affiliation "makes our local news operation financially infeasible." The Elko Television District said that it would rebroadcast KRNV-DT on a translator "until we know for sure what the plans of KSL are."<ref name="edfp-kenvnonbc">{{cite news|last1=Featherston|first1=Suzanne|title=NBC to pull KENV affiliation|url=http://elkodaily.com/news/local/nbc-to-pull-kenv-affiliation/article_db64225d-d9c7-5119-bc93-d55dae621890.html|access-date=December 17, 2017|work=Elko Daily Free Press|date=December 14, 2017|language=en}}</ref> NBC then informed the district on December 21 that as of January 1, KSL "will be the only NBC affiliate in Elko County authorized to carry the NBC programming and brand," which district chairman Paul Gardner interpreted as a cease and desist order.<ref name="edfp-kslnbcelko">{{cite news|title=Elko to lose Reno NBC station on Jan. 1|url=http://elkodaily.com/news/local/elko-to-lose-reno-nbc-station-on-jan/article_79ccfe93-68a1-550f-bcc8-c3c696138477.html|access-date=December 28, 2017|work=Elko Daily Free Press|date=December 27, 2017|language=en}}</ref> By January 12, KSL was being broadcast on one of the Elko Television District's transmitters, and has since been expanded to three other transmitters in the area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elkodaily.com/news/local/nbc-programming-goes-back-on-air-in-elko/article_36f2601f-9166-5af4-a32b-b12e23ce6604.html|title=NBC programming goes back on air in Elko|last=Featherston|first=Suzanne|website=Elko Daily Free Press|language=en|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elko.tv/channel-list/|title=Channel List|publisher=Elko Television District|website=elko.tv|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>
==News operation== thumb|250px|right|Former KENV news set As an NBC affiliate, KENV-DT broadcast five hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with one hour each weekday); KENV-DT did not carry local newscasts on Saturdays or Sundays, but did produce a weekend public affairs program, ''Elko Newsmakers''. The station only produced a morning newscast, as well as cut-ins during ''Today''; all other newscasts on KENV were simulcast from KRNV-DT in Reno.
==Technical information== {| class="wikitable" |+Subchannel of KENV-DT<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KENV#station |title=RabbitEars TV Query for KENV |publisher=Rabbitears.info}}</ref> ! Channel ! Res. ! Aspect ! Short name ! Programming |- ! scope = "row" | 10.1 | 1080i || 16:9 || || Roar |}
===Analog-to-digital conversion=== When the FCC released its initial DTV allocations on April 21, 1997, it assigned VHF channel 8 to KENV-DT as its digital companion channel.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Orders/1997/fc97115a.pdf| title=DTV Allocation Table, Sixth Report and Order| publisher=Federal Communications Commission| page=34| date=April 21, 1997| access-date=April 28, 2007| format=PDF}}</ref> Although many allocations were adjusted when the FCC issued its revised final DTV allocations table on February 17, 1998, KENV's remained unchanged.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/News_Releases/1998/et8002a.pdf| title=Final DTV Allocation Table, MO&O for Recon. of Sixth R&O| publisher=Federal Communications Commission| page=27| date=February 17, 1998| access-date=April 28, 2007| format=PDF}}</ref>
On February 22, 2001, the Federal Communications Commission granted a permit to construct the station's digital facilities (requested in 1999).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=421756| title=Application Search Details| work=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref> The CP was extended 2 times,<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=594871 Application Search Details - Federal Communications Commission]</ref><ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=613728 Application Search Details - Federal Communications Commission]</ref> but the third was dismissed in 2007<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=668869 Application Search Details - Federal Communications Commission]</ref> because the FCC Media Bureau approved a request by KENV to "flash cut" from analog to digital by the end of the DTV transition and the permit was extended to February 17, 2009, the original target date for full-power television stations in the United States to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009).<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/leg_det.pl?Application_id=668869&File_number=BEPCDT-20030711ABJ Legal Action Information - Federal Communications Commission]</ref>
On January 18, 2009, KENV suffered a problem with the analog transmitter, forcing the station reduce its power by 60–70%.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1298545&Service=TV&Form_id=911&Facility_id=63845 Legal STA - Federal Communications Commission]</ref> On March 27, the analog antenna suffered a complete failure, forcing the station to go to digital three months ahead of schedule (planned on June 12).<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1304431&Service=TV&Form_id=911&Facility_id=63845 Legal STA - Federal Communications Commission]</ref> The station officially flash-cut to digital on March 31.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1320489&Service=DT&Form_id=388&Facility_id=63845 DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report - Federal Communications Commission]</ref>
===Translators=== *Elko: K12MS-D *Ryndon: K12PT-D *Wells: K24GE-D
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{SLC TV}} {{TV Stations Nevada}} {{SBGI}}
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