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K15CU-D
CitySalinas, California
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KNTV(San Jose)
KSTS
History
First air date
Former call signs
  • K15CU (1989–2011, 2011–2014)
  • DK15CU (2011)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:15 (UHF, 1989–2014)
Telemundo(1989–2014)
Call signmeaning
Sequentially assigned by FCC
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID64979
ClassLD
ERP5.74kW
HAAT664.9 m (2,181 ft)
Transmitter coordinates36°45′22.8″N121°30′8.7″W/ 36.756333°N 121.502417°W/36.756333; -121.502417
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitewww.cozitv

K15CU-D(channel 15) is alow-power television stationlicensed toSalinas, California,United States, broadcasting the digital multicast networkCozi TVto theMonterey Bayarea.Owned and operatedby theNBC Owned Television Stationsgroup, it relays the seconddigital subchannelofKNTVfromSan Jose.K15CU-D's transmitter is located onFremont Peakin theGabilan MountainsaboveSan Juan Bautista, California,over 3,100 feet (940 m) abovesea level.

History

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The station was put on air on February 16, 1990 (byTelemundo,then under separate ownership), as atranslatorofKSTSinSan Francisco.[2][3][4][5]The translator briefly had a local operation in Salinas, including a news bureau, which was closed in a cost-cutting move in 1992.[6]

On February 8, 2010, the station wentdarkfor technical reasons.[7]The station returned to the air on March 11, 2010. On March 10, 2011, the license was canceled by mistake of the FCC.[8]On April 8, NBC filed an Engineering STA and a Petition for Reconsideration to restore the station.[9][10]The STA was granted on April 18, 2011.[11]On May 8, the Petition for Reconsideration was granted and the license was reinstated.[12]

On December 3, 2013, the FCC approved a request by NBCUniversal to convert the analog low-power station to digital, as a translator ofKMUV-LP,the local Telemundo affiliate owned by theNews-Press & Gazette Company.[13]

In 2014, the station became a primary affiliate ofCozi TV,listed in FCC records as a translator ofNBCowned-and-operatedKNTV,which airs Cozi TV on a subchannel.[14]

In October 2019, K15CU-D addedTeleXitosas a second digital subchannel.

Subchannels

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The station's signal ismultiplexed:

Subchannels of K15CU-D[15]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
15.1 1080i 16:9 Cozi Cozi TV
15.2 480i TeleX TeleXitos
15.3 NBCLX NBC LX Home
15.4 Oxygen Oxygen

References

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  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for K15CU-D".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^Burleson, Marty (February 17, 1990)."Salinas gets more Spanish-language TV".The Californian.p. 6B.RetrievedOctober 19,2020.
  3. ^Call sign history of K15CU-D - Federal Communications Commission
  4. ^Application Search Details (BPTT-19890310N4) - Federal Communications Commission
  5. ^Public Notice Comment (BPTT-19890310N4) - Federal Communications Commission
  6. ^Burleson, Marty (May 21, 1992)."KCU closes Salinas news bureau".The Californian.p. 1B.RetrievedOctober 19,2020.
  7. ^Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA - Federal Communications Commission
  8. ^Imported Letter - Federal Communications Commission
  9. ^Petition for Reconsideration - Federal Communications Commission
  10. ^Engineering STA - Federal Communications Commission
  11. ^Imported Letter - Federal Communications Commission
  12. ^Imported Letter - Federal Communications Commission
  13. ^Applications for Authority to Construct on Make Changes in a Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booster Stations - Federal Communications Commission
  14. ^Current FCC status for K15CU-D
  15. ^"RabbitEars TV Query for K15CU-D".RabbitEars.RetrievedOctober 22,2022.
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