KAJB

KAJB

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El Centro, California/Yuma, Arizona United States
City of license	Calipatria, California
Branding	UniMás El Centro
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 54 (PSIP)
Subchannels	54.1 UniMás 54.2 MundoFox
Affiliations	UniMás (2013-present)
Owner	Calipatria Broadcasting Company, LLC (operated under an JSA by Entravision Communications Corporation)
First air date	2000 (2000)
Sister station(s)	KVYE
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 54 (UHF, 2000-2009)
Former affiliations	independent (2000-2002) TeleFutura (2002-2013)
Transmitter power	155 kW
Height	476 m
Facility ID	40517
Transmitter coordinates
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	TeleFutura

KAJB is a full-service television station licensed to Calipatria, California and serving as the UniMás affiliate for the Imperial Valley television market, which includes the cities of Yuma, Arizona and El Centro, California. It broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 36 with a virtual channel of 54.x. KAJB is owned by Calipatria Broadcasting Company and operated by Entravision, (the owner of Univision affiliate KVYE) under a joint sales agreement (JSA).

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
54.1	1080i	16:9	KAJB-HD	Main KAJB programming / UniMás
54.2	480i	4:3	MUNDOFOX	MundoFox

Analog-to-digital conversion

KAJB was originally assigned UHF channel 50 for its digital companion channel, however, with Mexican television station XHRCS-TV broadcasting on the same frequency from San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, KAJB could not build its facilities without causing interference. The station released its allocation and participated in the FCC second round elections, selecting UHF channel 36 for its digital allocation instead. After years of efforts to obtain Mexican coordination for the use of channel 36, KAJB was granted a construction permit to build digital facilities in August 2008, nearly nine years after requesting authorization, and began airing in March 2009. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 54, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

External links

• UniMás official site
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KAJB
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KAJB-TV