Gila River Broadcasting Corporation

The Gila River Broadcasting Corporation (GRBC) is a television network serving the Gila River Indian Community in south-central Arizona, United States. It is owned by the Community through tribal enterprise Gila River Telecommunications.

Gila River Broadcasting Corporation
Gila River Indian Community, Arizona
United States
ChannelsDigital:
KGRQ-LD 21 (UHF) Stotonic Village
KGRF-LD 19 (UHF) Maricopa Village
Virtual:
19 (PSIP) (all stations)
Ownership
OwnerGila River Indian Community
(Gila River Telecommunications, Inc.)
History
FoundedDecember 2014
First air date
April 6, 2015 (2015-04-06)
Call sign meaning
Gila River
Technical information
ERP15 kW
Transmitter coordinates33°09′38.5″N 111°48′41″W
Links
Websitegrbc.tv

GRBC broadcasts on two low-power UHF stations near the Community's major population centers: KGRQ-LD (channel 21, previously channel 29) at Stotonic Village and KGRF-LD (channel 19) at Maricopa Village. All stations use PSIP to display as channel 19.

History

GRBC launched in December 2014, 2½ years after the GRIC filed for the new television stations with the FCC. However, when Gila River Telecommunications was founded in 1989, a television station was planned but found to be cost-prohibitive.[1] Its official launch occurred on April 6, 2015.

Programming includes public service announcements and tribal content. Local programming, including news and children's shows, is planned.[2]

Master control for GRBC is located at the Gila River Telecommunications facility on the northern edge of the Community, with a Chandler postal address.

On November 30, 2018, GRBC took a third transmitter, KGRY-LD at Blackwater, silent, as its channel was needed to repack KGRQ. Gila River Telecommunications requested cancellation of KGRY's license on June 5, 2019. It then assigned the call letters KGRY-LD to K28MO-D, a construction permit for a transmitter on South Mountain, and KGRX-LD to the former K19JT-D, a construction permit also at that site.

References
  1. Gila River Indian News, 19 Dec. 2014
  2. Gila River Indian Community to launch low-power television station, KJZZ 15 Jan. 2015


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