KTAZ

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KTAZ

Phoenix, Arizona United States
Channels	Digital: 29 (UHF) Virtual: 39
Branding	Telemundo Phoenix (general) Noticiero Telemundo Arizona (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations	39.1: Telemundo for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Telemundo Station Group (NBC Telemundo License LLC)
History
First air date	January 12, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-12) (in Holbrook, Arizona; license moved to Phoenix in 2006)
Former call signs	KPHZ (2001–2006)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 2001–2006), 39 (UHF, 2006–2009) Digital: 39 (UHF, 2009–2018)
Former affiliations	ACN (2001–2003; secondary after 2002)
Call sign meaning	Telemundo Arizona
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	81458
ERP	595 kW
HAAT	544.7 m (1,787 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°20′3.2″N 112°3′40.5″W / 33.334222°N 112.061250°W / 33.334222; -112.061250
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.telemundoarizona.com

KTAZ (channel 39) is a television station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, serving as the local outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. Owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group, KTAZ maintains studios on South 33rd Place in Phoenix, and its transmitter is located atop South Mountain on the city's south side. In Tucson, KHRR (channel 40) operates as a semi-satellite of KTAZ with local advertising. Statewide newscasts for both stations, Noticiero Telemundo Arizona, are produced from Phoenix.

Telemundo's broadcast history in Phoenix and northern Arizona is unusually convoluted. The network first appeared in 1989 on low-power station K64DR, later KDRX-LP and KDRX-CA. Despite being a low-power station, KDRX began airing local newscasts in 1997 and was sold to the Telemundo network in 2002. However, the signal left the station at a disadvantage to Telemundo's competitor, Univision. As a result, in 2005, Telemundo and the Daystar Television Network agreed in 2005 to an unusual license and facility swap; Telemundo traded a full-power station in Holbrook, Arizona—KPHZ, which had mostly aired home shopping programming—and KDRX-CA for its full-power KDTP (channel 39), which was accompanied by the redesignation of channel 39 for commercial use.^[a]

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