The four big networks, NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX broadcast from Phoenix to the Kingman area. Kingman residents receive CBS from both Phoenix and Las Vegas. Las Vegas lies approximately 100 miles northwest of Kingman, while Phoenix lies nearly 200 miles to the southeast. These stations do not provide local news coverage in Kingman unless the story merits broadcasting throughout the entire coverage area. CBS and NBC broadcast current weather conditions for Kingman on their secondary channels.
KAET is a public television station that broadcasts from Arizona State University in the Phoenix area. The station has four channels. Channel 8.1 carries public television programming, 8.2 is the Create channel featuring cooking shows, how-to shows and gardening programs. The World broadcasts on 8.3 and provides programming dealing with public issues, politics and some "NOVA" broadcasts. Channel 8.4 streams music from KONC, a public radio station specializing in classical music, located at Rio Salado College in Phoenix. The city of Kingman broadcasts city government news and meetings on Channel 11, carried through cable TV in the area.
Three independent networks broadcast in Kingman. Two are based in Phoenix. Game Over Productions operates in Kingman. CATV 57 broadcasts on local cable and includes local interest programming. The KASW station broadcasts on three channels from Phoenix, including 3.1 which features news programming and popular programming like "The Doctors" and "Dr. Phil." Channel 3.2 broadcasts mainly old movies and Channel 61.1 provides a wide variety of programming. KUTP also broadcasts in Kingman from the Phoenix area and carries sporting events, movies, popular reruns and infomercials. This is an analog signal, which HDTV users may have trouble seeing in Kingman.
Kingman residents can choose from two cable television stations and two satellite servers. The subscriptions vary in price, depending on the stations the users want to view. Dish Network and Direct TV provide satellite services in this region. Frontier Communications and NPG Cablevision of Kingman provide cable services in the Kingman area. Frontier Communications is a small company, while NPG Cablevision provides cable and Internet services in communities along the Colorado River and in northern Arizona, including Sedona and Flagstaff.