KOCM

KOCM
CityNorman, Oklahoma
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
  • 46.1: Daystar
  • 46.2: Daystar Español
  • 46.3: Daystar Reflections
Ownership
OwnerWord of God Fellowship, Inc.
History
First air date
2003 (21 years ago) (2003)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 46 (UHF, 2003–2009)
  • Digital: 46 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Call sign meaning
Oklahoma City Ministry
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID84225
ERP27 kW
HAAT416 m (1,365 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°33′36.9″N 97°29′7.6″W / 35.560250°N 97.485444°W / 35.560250; -97.485444
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.daystar.com

KOCM (channel 46) is a religious television station licensed to Norman, Oklahoma, United States, serving the Oklahoma City area as an owned-and-operated station of the Daystar Television Network. The station's offices and master control facilities are located on 72nd Avenue Northeast in Norman, and its transmitter is located near the John Kilpatrick Turnpike/I-44 in northeast Oklahoma City.

The station first signed on the air in 2003, and was built and signed on by Daystar through Word of God Fellowship.

Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KOCM[2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
46.1 1080i 16:9 KOCM-DT Daystar
46.2 720p KOCM-ES Daystar Español
46.3 480i KOCM-ES Daystar Reflections

Analog-to-digital conversion

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Because it was granted an original construction permit after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,[3] the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, at the end of the digital conversion period for full-service television stations, KOCM was required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut"). KOCM discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 46, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[4] The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 46.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KOCM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KOCM
  3. ^ "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115".
  4. ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived August 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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