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KTSB-CD

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KTSB-CD
Channels
BrandingUniMás Costa Central
Programming
Affiliations35.1:UniMás
Ownership
Owner
KPMR
History
First air date
September 28, 1995(28 years ago)(1995-09-28)
Former call signs
  • K35ER (1995–2009)
  • KTSB-CA (2009–2015)
Call signmeaning
Telefutura Santa Barbara (former name of UniMás)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID41127
ClassCD
ERP0.69kW
HAAT580.6 m (1,905 ft)
Transmitter coordinates34°54′37″N120°11′13″W/ 34.91028°N 120.18694°W/34.91028; -120.18694
Translator(s)KPMR38.3Santa Barbara
Links
Public license information

KTSB-CD(channel 35) is alow-power,Class A television stationlicensed toSanta Maria, California,United States, serving theCentral Coast of Californiaas an affiliate of the Spanish-language networkUniMás.It is owned byEntravision CommunicationsalongsideSanta Barbara–licensedUnivisionaffiliateKPMR(channel 38). The two stations share studios on Fairway Drive in Santa Maria north ofSanta Maria Public Airport;KTSB-CD's transmitter is located on Tepusquet Peak inLos Padres National Foresteast of Santa Maria.

History[edit]

KTSB's logo while on channel 43 and affiliated with Telefutura.

TheFederal Communications Commission(FCC) granted aconstruction permiton September 28, 1995, to build a low-power television station on UHF channel 43 to serve Santa Barbara. Melissa Harnett was the originally owner of the station, which was given thecallsignK43FA. Harnett licensed the station on July 10, 1997. In January 1999, following the allotment of channel 43 toLos Angelesindependent stationKCAL-TVfor their digital facilities, Harnett attempted to move the station to a location about 15 miles (24 km) away, change the channel assignment to UHF 29 and to increase the power to the maximum 150 kW. The application would eventually be dismissed by the FCC. In October 1998, Harnett agreed to sell the station to JB Broadcasting Inc. The sale was approved by the FCC in April 1999 and consummated the following July. JB Broadcasting applied to upgrade the station's license to Class A and shortly after, agreed to sell the station toUnivision Communications.The sale was approved in October 2001 and finalized in December and the station was granted a Class A license on October 9, 2002. About the same time, Univision agreed to sell the station to Entravision Communications and the deal was finalized in November 2002.

This was the station logo until 2021.

Programming[edit]

KTSB-CD features programs from the UniMás network, plus local and children's programming to fulfill its Class A license. A half-hour of news followed by a half-hour of other local programming, both from KPMR and aired three days a week, gives the station its necessary three hours weekly of locally produced programming.

Subchannel[edit]

Subchannel of KTSB-CD[2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
35.1 1080i 16:9 KTSB-DT UniMás

References[edit]

  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for KTSB-CD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^RabbitEars TV Query for KTSB-CD

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