KSCE

{{Infobox television station

| callsign = KSCE

| city = El Paso, Texas

| logo = LIFE! Christian logo 2019.png

| logo_size = 225px

| branding = LIFE! Christian Broadcasting Network

| digital = 21 (UHF)

| virtual = 38

| subchannels =

| translators =

| affiliations = {{ubl|38.1: Religious Independent|for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}}}

| owner = Channel 38 Christian Television

| licensee =

| location = {{ubl|El Paso, Texas|Las Cruces, New Mexico|Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua}}

| country = United States–Mexico

| airdate = {{start date and age|1989|04|15|p=y}}

| last_airdate =

| callsign_meaning = St. Clement's Episcopal Parish School (original owners)

| sister_stations =

| former_callsigns =

| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 38 (UHF, 1989–2009)|Digital: 39 (UHF, 2009–2019)}}

| former_affiliations =

| erp = 150 kW

| haat = {{convert|557|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| facility_id = 10202

| coordinates = {{coord|31|48|18.9|N|106|29|0.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}

| licensing_authority = FCC

| website = {{URL|https://lifechristian.tv/}}

}}

KSCE (channel 38) is a religious independent television station in El Paso, Texas, United States, owned by Channel 38 Christian Television. The station's studios are located on Wyoming Avenue (northwest of I-10) in central El Paso, and its transmitter is located atop the Franklin Mountains on the El Paso city limits.

History

The station first signed on the air on April 15, 1989, operating on a non-commercial license. The call letters initially stood for "Saint Clements Episcopal", as the station was originally intended to be an outreach by Saint Clements Episcopal School in downtown El Paso. However, the school lost interest in television broadcasting and the station's controlling board of directors appointed Grace Rendall, a former director at KCIK-TV (channel 14, now KFOX-TV) as the station's manager before KSCE went on the air.

Technical information

=Subchannels=

The station's signal is multiplexed:

class="wikitable" \|+Subchannels of KSCE{{cite web\|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KSCE#station\|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KSCE\|website=RabbitEars.info\|accessdate=November 27, 2024}} ! scope = "col" \| Channel ! scope = "col" \| Res, ! scope = "col" \| Aspect ! scope = "col" \| Short name ! scope = "col" \| Programming
scope = "row" \| 38.1 \| 720p \|\| rowspan=5\|16:9 \|\| LIFE \|\| Main KSCE programming
scope = "row" \| 38.2 \| 1080i \|\| VIDA \|\| Spanish Religious
scope = "row" \| 38.3 \| 720p \|\| ETTV \|\| End Times TV
scope = "row" \| 38.4 \| rowspan=2\|480i \|\| KIDS \|\| Kids and Youth Channel
scope = "row" \| 38.5 \| BIBLE \|\| KSCE Bible

class="wikitable"

|+Subchannels of KSCE{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KSCE#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KSCE|website=RabbitEars.info|accessdate=November 27, 2024}}

! scope = "col" | Channel

! scope = "col" | Res,

! scope = "col" | Aspect

! scope = "col" | Short name

! scope = "col" | Programming

scope = "row" | 38.1

| 720p || rowspan=5|16:9 || LIFE || Main KSCE programming

scope = "row" | 38.2

| 1080i || VIDA || Spanish Religious

scope = "row" | 38.3

| 720p || ETTV || End Times TV

scope = "row" | 38.4

| rowspan=2|480i || KIDS || Kids and Youth Channel

scope = "row" | 38.5

| BIBLE || KSCE Bible

=Analog-to-digital conversion=

KSCE shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 38, at 6 p.m. on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 39, using virtual channel 38.{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}

On April 20, 2010, KSCE filed a request for a special temporary authorization with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to resume operating an analog signal on UHF channel 38, to broadcast information regarding the dangers to those traveling across the U.S.–Mexico border as a result of the ongoing drug wars in Mexico, on justification that most people in need of the information are unable to afford digital televisions or digital converter boxes.{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101159926&formid=911&fac_num=10202|title = CDBS Print}} On June 9, 2010, the FCC denied the station's request to restore its analog signal.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://lifechristian.tv/}}

Category:1989 establishments in Texas

Category:Independent television stations in the United States

Category:Religious television stations in the United States

Category:Television channels and stations established in 1989

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