Gila River Broadcasting Corporation
| Gila River Indian Community | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: KGRQ-LD 29 (UHF), Stotonic Village KGRY-LD 21 (UHF), Blackwater KGRF-LD 19 (UHF), Maricopa Village Virtual: 19 (all stations) |
| Owner | Gila River Indian Community (Gila River Telecommunications, Inc.) |
| First air date | December 2014 |
| Call letters' meaning | Gila River |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW (KGRQ, KGRF) 7 kW (KGRY) |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Website | grbc.tv |
The Gila River Broadcasting Corporation is a television network serving the Gila River Indian Community in south-central Arizona. It is owned by the Community through tribal enterprise Gila River Telecommunications.
GRBC broadcasts on three transmitters near the Community's major population centers: KGRQ-LD 29 at Stotonic Village, KGRY-LD channel 21 at Blackwater and KGRF-LD channel 19 at Maricopa Village. All transmitters use PSIP to display as channel 19.
History
GRBC launched in December 2014, two and a half 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.
References
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KGRQ
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KGRY
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KGRF
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