K47DF-D


K47DF-D, virtual channel 47, branded on-air as "KAJA", is a low-powered Telemundo-affiliated television station licensed to Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, it is sister to NBC affiliate KRIS-TV and low-power independent station K22JA-D; Scripps also operates CBS affiliate KZTV through a shared services agreement with owner SagamoreHill Broadcasting. The four stations share studios on Artesian Street in Downtown Corpus Christi; K47DF-D's transmitter is located in Robstown. The station is simulcast in high definition on KZTV's second digital subchannel to increase its broadcasting radius.
On cable, K47DF-D is available on Charter Spectrum channel 16. From December 13, 2011 to May 2012, then-owner Cordillera Communications and the cable company were under a dispute regarding carriage fees, leaving TWC's Corpus Christi area customers without Telemundo.

History

The station was founded on October 31, 1989 with programming from the Telemundo network. On September 26, 2010, it switched to Azteca América, and 4 days later, on September 30, it flipped back to Telemundo after a 5 day hiatus.
K68DJ had applied to the Federal Communications Commission for permission to move to UHF channel 43. As a low-power station, K68DJ was not required to broadcast digitally. On February 20, 2013, the FCC cancelled the station's license, citing operating on an out-of-core channel. As a result of this notice KAJA had ceased transmissions on K68DJ on January 2013 and went digital on a new channel as K22JA-D. In 2014, K22JA-D became the digital companion channel for K47DF as K47DF-D. KAJA can now be seen on K47DF-D 47.1 in 720p.

Transmitters

RF ChannelVirtual ChannelCall LettersLocationNotes
0947.1K30EGBeeville, TexasLD Formerly analog on UHF 30, Construction Permit for digital operations on VHF 9
20ANALOGK20EKKingsville, TexasCA Analog
4649.1K46LW-DBeeville, TexasDigital companion for K49DV
2247.1K22JA-DCorpus Christi, TexasLD companion for K47DF; formerly K68DJ, then K22JA-D
4847.1K48LL-DKingsville, TexasLD companion for K20EK
49ANALOGK49DVBeeville, TexasTX

K22JA-D formerly had an analog repeater, K38EB in Kingsville, but due to arrival of KUQI on UHF 38, the repeater in Kingsville can now be seen on K49DV in Beeville.