KCHF (channel 11) is a religious independent television station licensed to Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, serving the Albuquerque area and most of the state. It is owned by the estate of Belarmino "Blackie" Gonzalez[2] and his non-profit ministry, Son Broadcasting. KCHF's studios are located on 4th Street in northwestern Albuquerque, and its transmitter is located on Sandia Crest.
KCHF's main channel is relayed on the fifth subchannel of Class A sister station KYNM-CD (channel 21.5) in Albuquerque to provide improved reception in areas of the city where the main signal is hard to receive, and on translators K24ML-D (channel 24) in Taos, New Mexico, and K29ME-D (channel 29) in Antonito, Colorado.
History
The original construction permit for KCHF was granted on January 19, 1983. The station signed on in January 1984 and was granted a license to cover on June 29, 1984, from a transmitter near Los Alamos, New Mexico. It claims to be the first VHF Christian television station in the United States. During the analog era, KCHF was one of a few Christian television stations in the United States to operate on the VHF band (KJNP-TV in Fairbanks, Alaska, is another example).
KCHF's digital transmitter was licensed on January 26, 2006.