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| City | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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| Branding | KCHF TV 11 |
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| History | |
First air date | January 21, 1984 (41 years ago) (1984-01-21) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 11 (VHF, 1984–2009) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60793 |
| ERP | 22 kW[2] |
| HAAT | 1,252 m (4,108 ft)[2] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°12′53.51″N106°27′3.94″W / 35.2148639°N 106.4510944°W /35.2148639; -106.4510944[2] |
| Translator(s) | see§ Translators |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
KCHF (channel 11) is areligiousindependent television station licensed toSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States, serving theAlbuquerque area and most of the state. It is owned by the estate of Belarmino "Blackie" Gonzalez[3] and hisnon-profit ministry, Son Broadcasting. KCHF's studios are located on 4th Street in northwestern Albuquerque, and its transmitter is located onSandia Crest.
KCHF's main channel is relayed on the fifth digital subchannel ofKYNM-LD (channel 21.5) in Albuquerque to provide improved reception in areas of the city where the main signal is hard to receive, and ontranslatorsK24ML-D (channel 24) inTaos, New Mexico, andK29ME-D (channel 29) inAntonito, Colorado.
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, from a transmitter nearLos Alamos, New Mexico. 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 inFairbanks, Alaska, is another example).
KCHF's digital transmitter was licensed on January 26, 2006. The transmitter was relocated to Sandia Crest in December 2024.[4]
Some of the programs produced by KCHF includeRestoring God's People,Healing is for You,A Healthier You andGod 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 federalChildren's Television Act, KCHF broadcasts over eight hours ofE/I-compliant children's programming each week, mostly aimed at children under 10, including a five-hour block on Saturday mornings.
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 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 channelHeartland on channel 11.3 beginning June 30, 2014.[6] 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.
KCHF shut down its analog signal, overVHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United Statestransitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 10,[7] usingvirtual channel 11.