KZCO-LD
KZCO-LD (channel 7.2) is a low-power dual Ion Mystery/Laff owned-and-operated television station in Denver, Colorado, United States. It relays the second and third digital subchannels of ABC affiliate KMGH-TV (channel 7) which is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company; it is also sister to Sterling-licensed independent station KCDO-TV, channel 3 (and its Denver-licensed translator KSBS-CD, channel 10). KZCO-LD's transmitter is located atop Lookout Mountain, near Golden; its parent station maintains studios on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Congress Park neighborhood.
| Translator of KMGH-DT2, Denver, Colorado | |
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| Branding | see KMGH-TV |
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| KMGH-TV | |
| History | |
| Founded | 2002 |
First air date | 2003 |
Last air date | August 11, 2014 (as KZCO-LP) |
Former call signs | KCIN-LP (2003–2005) KZCO-LP (2005–2014) |
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Call sign meaning | Azteca América Colorado (former affiliation) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 168782 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 231.1 m (758 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′45.9″N 105°14′9.9″W |
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Public license information | LMS |
| Website | www |
History
The station first signed on the air in 2003 as KCIN-LP, an Azteca América affiliate, and was founded by McGraw-Hill. In 2005, the station changed its call letters to KZCO-LP. On October 3, 2011, McGraw-Hill announced that it would exit from broadcasting and sell KMGH-TV, KZCO-LP and its other television stations to the E. W. Scripps Company.[3] The sale was completed on December 30, 2011.[4]
In 2013, KZCO signed on a digital signal on UHF channel 17 to serve as a fill-in translator of KMGH-TV, which has experienced issues with signal reception in portions of the Denver market since the digital television transition on June 12, 2009, due to that station operating its digital signal on VHF channel 7, which is prone to signal interference.
On August 11, 2014, the FCC canceled the KZCO-LP license, being replaced by KZCO-LD.[5][6]
In early 2021, the simulcast of KMGH-TV's main channel moved to a subchannel of KSBS-CD, a translator of KCDO-TV.
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 7.2 | 480i | 16:9 | MYS | Ion Mystery (KMGH-DT2) |
| 7.3 | 24/7 | Laff (KMGH-DT3) |
References
- "KLPD-LD Purpose of Amendment". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- "Facility Technical Data for KZCO-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- "McGraw-Hill Sells TV Group To Scripps". TVNewsCheck. October 3, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- "Scripps completes McGraw-Hill Stations Buy". TVNewsCheck. December 30, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- FCC status for KZCO-LP
- http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=51781
- RabbitEars TV Query for KZCO