KZCS-LD

KZCS-LD

Colorado Springs, Colorado United States
Channels	Digital:18 (UHF) Virtual:18
Programming
Affiliations	18.1:Ion Mystery 18.2:Bounce TV 18.3:Laff
Ownership
Owner	E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting HoldingsLLC)
Sister stations	KOAA-TV
History
First air date	May 6, 1994(1994-05-06)
Former call signs	K38DM (1994–2003) K23GJ (2003–2005) KZCS-LP (2005–2020)
Former channel number(s)	Analog:38 (UHF, 1994–2003), 23 (UHF, 2003–2020)
Former affiliations	CBS(viaKMGH-TV,1994–1995) ABC(via KMGH-TV, 1995–2013) Azteca América(2013–2019)
Call signmeaning	Azteca Colorado Springs (former affiliation)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	67544
Class	LD
ERP	15kW
HAAT	659.1 m (2,162 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°44′38.9″N104°51′47.7″W
Links
Public license information	LMS

KZCS-LD(channel 18) is alow-power television stationinColorado Springs, Colorado,United States, airing programming from thedigital multicast networkIon Mystery.It isowned and operatedby theE. W. Scripps CompanyalongsidePueblo-licensedNBCaffiliateKOAA-TV(channel 5). KZCS-LD's transmitter is located onCheyenne Mountain.Master controland most internal operations are based at the studios ofABCaffiliateKMGH-TV(channel 7) on Delgany Street inDenver's River North Art District.

History

The station signed on the air in 1994 onanalogchannel 38 as K38DM, atranslatorof KMGH-TV, then aCBSaffiliate. It moved to channel 23 in 2003, changing its call sign to K23GJ. It assumed the KZCS-LP call sign in 2005, and became anAzteca Américaaffiliate in 2013, relaying KMGH-TV's second digital subchannel. It switched to Escape (which later rebranded to Court TV Mystery, now Ion Mystery since 2022) in 2019, andflash-cutto digital in 2020.

Subchannels

The station's signal ismultiplexed:

Subchannels of KZCS-LD

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
18.1	480i	16:9	Mystery	Ion Mystery
18.2			Bounce	Bounce TV
18.3			Laff	Laff