KSCE

KSCE is a religious independent television station based in El Paso, Texas, and identified with virtual channel 38. The station serves the El Paso market and the surrounding border region, with facilities in central El Paso and a transmission site on the Franklin Mountains near the city limits. Its programming identity is Christian and religious rather than that of a conventional network-affiliated general-entertainment station. The station is owned by Channel 38 Christian Television. KSCE began broadcasting on April 15, 1989, initially under a non-commercial license. The call letters were originally associated with Saint Clements Episcopal, reflecting an early plan for the station to operate as an outreach project of Saint Clements Episcopal School in downtown El Paso. The school later lost interest in television broadcasting, and the station’s controlling board appointed Grace Rendall, a former director at KCIK-TV, as manager before the station launched. The station therefore emerged from a local religious and educational initiative but ultimately operated as an independent Christian television outlet. The station underwent the United States’ federally mandated transition from analog to digital television in 2009. It ended its analog broadcast on UHF channel 38 at 6 p.m. on June 12, 2009, while retaining channel 38 as its virtual channel and transmitting digitally on its pre-transition UHF channel 39. In 2010, KSCE asked the Federal Communications Commission for special temporary authorization to resume analog broadcasts. The proposed purpose was to distribute information about dangers affecting people traveling across the United States–Mexico border during the drug-war period in Mexico, particularly to people who could not afford digital televisions or converter boxes. The FCC denied that request on June 9, 2010. KSCE’s brand is consequently defined by three linked characteristics: local television broadcasting, Christian religious programming, and service to a geographically distinctive border community. Publicly available reference material does not establish a broader corporate portfolio, a national network, a public listing, or a detailed catalog of branded programs. Its principal offering is the television service itself, delivered through over-the-air digital broadcasting and associated station programming.

KSCE is a religious independent television station in El Paso, Texas, operating under the Channel 38 identity. The station’s facilities are located on Wyoming Avenue in central El Paso, northwest of Interstate 10, while its transmitter is positioned on the Franklin Mountains near the El Paso city limits. This location supports service to a metropolitan area whose television environment is shaped by its proximity to the United States–Mexico border. The station first signed on April 15, 1989, with a non-commercial license. Its original call-letter interpretation was connected to Saint Clements Episcopal. The station had initially been conceived as a television outreach effort of Saint Clements Episcopal School in downtown El Paso. That institutional plan did not continue: the school lost interest in broadcasting, and the station’s controlling board appointed Grace Rendall to manage the operation before it went on the air. Rendall had previously been a director at KCIK-TV, a former El Paso station now associated with KFOX-TV. KSCE consequently launched as an independent religious broadcaster rather than as a continuing school-operated project. A major technical turning point came with the United States conversion from analog to digital full-power television. KSCE shut down its analog UHF channel 38 signal at 6 p.m. on June 12, 2009, the official nationwide transition date. The station’s digital transmission remained on UHF channel 39, while viewers continued to identify it through virtual channel 38. This preserved the station’s established channel branding even though the physical transmission channel changed. In April 2010, KSCE submitted a request to the Federal Communications Commission for special temporary authority to resume analog transmission on UHF channel 38. The station proposed using the analog signal to provide information about dangers facing people traveling across the United States–Mexico border amid the ongoing drug wars in Mexico. The request argued that some of the people who most needed the information might not have access to digital televisions or converter boxes. The FCC denied the request on June 9, 2010. The available reference material provides limited information about later ownership changes, programming schedules, commercial operations, or management. It identifies Channel 38 Christian Television as the owner and describes KSCE as a religious independent station. The brand’s enduring role is therefore best understood as a local Christian broadcast service whose identity rests on its channel 38 presence, El Paso location, non-commercial origins, and community-oriented religious and public-information mission.

• 2010

  FCC rejects proposed analog restoration

  [1]KSCEen.wikipedia.org

  The FCC denies KSCE’s request for temporary authority to resume analog broadcasts for border-travel safety information.

• 2009

  Analog service ends

  [1]KSCEen.wikipedia.org

  KSCE ends its analog transmission on UHF channel 38 during the United States digital television transition and continues digitally on UHF channel 39 using virtual channel 38.

• 1989

  KSCE begins broadcasting

  [1]KSCEen.wikipedia.org

  KSCE signs on the air on April 15 as a non-commercial religious independent television station serving El Paso, Texas.

• 1989

  Station management is established before launch

  [1]KSCEen.wikipedia.org

  After Saint Clements Episcopal School loses interest in the proposed television project, the station’s controlling board appoints Grace Rendall as manager before the station begins broadcasting.

A locally focused Christian independent television station serving El Paso and the surrounding United States–Mexico border region.

• Religious television station · 1989

  KSCE Channel 38

  KSCE’s core offering is its local Christian television service in the El Paso market. The station broadcasts religious and community-oriented programming under virtual channel 38. Its transmission infrastructure includes a central El Paso studio facility and a Franklin Mountains transmitter site. Publicly available reference material does not provide a complete program-by-program schedule.

• Digital broadcast service · 2009

  KSCE digital television service

  Following the 2009 United States analog-to-digital transition, KSCE continued its service digitally on physical UHF channel 39 while retaining virtual channel 38 for viewer identification. The digital service represents the station’s principal terrestrial transmission format after the end of analog broadcasting.

• 2010

  Request for temporary analog restorationOther

  Background

  KSCE argued that analog broadcasting could deliver information about dangers affecting people traveling across the United States–Mexico border, including viewers without digital televisions or converter boxes.

  Action taken

  The station filed with the FCC for special temporary authorization to resume operating an analog signal on UHF channel 38.

  Aftermath

  The FCC denied the request on June 9, 2010, leaving the station’s post-transition digital service in place.

  Source

• 2009

  Transition from analog to digital broadcastingGeneration change

  Background

  Federal requirements called for full-power television stations in the United States to complete the analog-to-digital transition on June 12, 2009.

  Action taken

  KSCE shut down its analog UHF channel 38 signal and continued digital transmission on UHF channel 39 under virtual channel 38.

  Aftermath

  The station retained its established channel 38 identity while operating with a digital physical transmission channel.

  Source

1. 1KSCEen.wikipedia.org
2. 2KSCE official websitekscetv.com