K15CU-D
K15CU-D, virtual and UHF digital channel 15, is a Cozi TV owned-and-operated television station licensed to Salinas, California, United States and serving the Monterey Bay area, relaying the second digital subchannel of KNTV from San Jose. The station is owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal (itself a subsidiary of Comcast). K15CU-D's transmitter is located on Fremont Peak in the Gabilan Mountains above San Juan Bautista, California, over 3,100 feet (940 m) above sea level.
Salinas/Monterey, California United States | |
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City | Salinas, California |
Channels | Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 15 (PSIP) |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 15.1: Cozi TV (O&O, 2014–present) 15.2: TeleXitos 15.3: Lx (soon) |
Ownership | |
Owner | NBC Owned Television Stations (a subsidiary of NBCUniversal) (NBC Telemundo License LLC) |
History | |
First air date | 1989 (as translator of KSTS) |
Former call signs | K15CU (1989–2011, 2011–2014) DK15CU (2011) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 15 (UHF, 1989–2014) |
Former affiliations | Telemundo (1989–2014) |
Call sign meaning | Sequentially assigned by FCC |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 64979 |
ERP | 5.74 kW |
HAAT | 664.9 m (2,181 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°45′22.8″N 121°30′8.7″W |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | www |
History
The license was granted in 1989 (by Telemundo, then under separate ownership) as a translator of KSTS in San Francisco.[1][2][3]
On February 8, 2010, the station went dark for technical reasons.[4] The station returned to the air on March 11, 2010. On March 10, 2011, the license was canceled by mistake of the FCC.[5] On April 8, NBC filed an Engineering STA and a Petition for Reconsideration to restore the station.[6][7] The STA was granted on April 18, 2011.[8] On May 8, the Petition for Reconsideration was granted and the license was reinstated.[9]
On December 3, 2013, the FCC approved a request by NBCUniversal to convert the analog low-power station to digital, as a translator of KMUV-LP, the local Telemundo affiliate owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company.[10]
In 2014, the station became a primary affiliate of Cozi TV, listed in FCC records as a translator of NBC owned-and-operated KNTV, which airs Cozi TV on a subchannel.[11]
In October 2019, K15CU-D added TeleXitos as a second digital subchannel.
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[12][13] |
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15.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KCU15-D | Main K15CU-D programming / Cozi TV |
15.2 | TeleXitos | |||
15.3 | 480i | Lx (soon) |
References
- Call sign history of K15CU-D - Federal Communications Commission
- Application Search Details (BPTT-19890310N4) - Federal Communications Commission
- Public Notice Comment (BPTT-19890310N4) - Federal Communications Commission
- Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA - Federal Communications Commission
- Imported Letter - Federal Communications Commission
- Petition for Reconsideration - Federal Communications Commission
- Engineering STA - Federal Communications Commission
- Imported Letter - Federal Communications Commission
- Imported Letter - Federal Communications Commission
- Applications for Authority to Construct on Make Changes in a Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booster Stations - Federal Communications Commission
- Current FCC status for K15CU-D
- RabbitEars TV Query for K15CU
- TV Reception By Channel (Low Power TV Stations and Translators) - Global Communications
External links
- Cozi TV website
- K15CU in the FCC's TV station database