KSCE

KSCE, virtual channel 38 (UHF digital channel 21), is a religious independent television station licensed to El Paso, Texas, United States and also serving Las Cruces, New Mexico. The station is owned by Channel 38 Christian Television. KSCE's studios are located on Wyoming Avenue (northwest of I-10) in central El Paso, and its transmitter is located atop the Franklin Mountains on the El Paso city limits.

KSCE
El Paso, Texas/Las Cruces, New Mexico/
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
United States/Mexico
ChannelsDigital: 21 (UHF)
Virtual: 38 (PSIP)
BrandingLIFE! Christian Broadcasting Network
Programming
Affiliations38.1: Religious Independent
38.2: Spanish Religious
38.3: Kids and Youth Channel
38.4: KSCE Bible
Ownership
OwnerChannel 38 Christian Television
History
First air date
April 15, 1989 (1989-04-15)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
38 (UHF, 1989–2009)
Digital:
39 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Call sign meaning
St. Clement's Episcopal Parish School
(original owners)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID10202
ERP150 kW
HAAT557 m (1,827 ft)
Transmitter coordinates31°48′18.9″N 106°29′0.7″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitelifechristian.tv

History
Former KSCE logo, used until 2019.

The station first signed the station on the air on April 15, 1989, operating on a non-commercial license. The call letters initially stood for "Saint Clements Episcopal," as the station was originally intended to be an outreach by Saint Clements Episcopal School in downtown El Paso. However, the school lost interest in television broadcasting and the station's controlling board of directors appointed Grace Rendall, a former director at KCIK-TV (channel 14, now KFOX-TV) as the station's manager before KSCE went on the air.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[1]
38.1720p16:9KSCEMain KSCE programming
38.21080iVidaSpanish Religious
38.3480i4:3KSCEKids and Youth Channel
38.4BibleKSCE Bible

Analog-to-digital conversion

KSCE shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 38, at 6 p.m. on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 39.[2] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 38.

On April 20, 2010, KSCE filed a request for a special temporary authorization with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to resume operating an analog signal on UHF channel 38, to broadcast information regarding the dangers to those traveling across the U.S.–Mexico border as a result of the ongoing drug wars in Mexico, on justification that most people in need of the information are unable to afford digital televisions or digital converter boxes.[3] On June 9, 2010, the FCC denied their request to restore their analog signal.

References
  1. RabbitEars TV Query for KSCE
  2. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  3. https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101159926&formid=911&fac_num=10202


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