Gila River Broadcasting Corporation

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 33°09′38.5″N 111°48′41″W / 33.160694°N 111.81139°W / 33.160694; -111.81139
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

  1. ↑ Gila River Indian News, 19 Dec. 2014
  2. ↑ Gila River Indian Community to launch low-power television station, KJZZ 15 Jan. 2015
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