LPTV Programmers Oppose Scripps Channel Swap
The FCC should deny an E.W. Scripps channel substitution request in Las Vegas that would displace low-power television station KGNG-LP Las Vegas, said letters to all four commissioners from minority-focused programmers hosted on KGNG and posted Tuesday in docket 21-221.…
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Scripps seeks to move KTNV-TV from Channel 13 to 26. KGNG's owner King Kong Broadcasting said Scripps is targeting the station out of personal animus (see 2106300062) and that displacing KGNG will reduce content for underserved groups. “Please deny this request as it would mean that minority broadcasters will be dropped from the airwaves in our city,” said the letters from Latino Channel TV CEO Carl Magno and Asian Culture TV CEO Edgardo Rendon. Asian Culture TV “has been a great source of pride to the large Asian-American community in Las Vegas,” said Rendon’s letters. King Kong CEO Larry Hunt “has been a stalwart ally of minority broadcasters.” Scripps didn’t comment.