KSAO-LD

KSAO-LD (channel 49) is a low-power television station in Sacramento, California, United States, affiliated with the 24/7 headline news service NewsNet. It is owned by Cocola Broadcasting. KSAO-LD's transmitter is located on Crescent Hill in El Dorado Hills.

KSAO-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedAugust 1989 (1989-08)
Former call signs
K49DD (1992–1999)
KSAO-LP (1999–2010)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 49 (UHF, 1992–2010)
  • Digital:
  • 49 (UHF, 2010–2020)
Analog/LD1:
HSN (2001–2005)
Jewelry Television (2005–2009)
Coastal Television Network (2009–2011)
VMas (2011–2012)
MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016)
Azteca América (2016–2022)
LD2:
Bounce TV (2011–2013)
TheCoolTV (2015–2016)
Retro TV (2016–2018)
Blues Television Network (2018–2019)
LD3:
My Family TV (2011–2013)
Azteca América (via KSTV-LP) (2013–2016)
LD5:
Rev'n (2016–2018)
LD6:
SonLife Broadcasting Network (until 2022)
LD7:
The Country Network (until 2021)
LD9:
Newsmax 2 (2022–2023)
Call sign meaning
"Sacramento"
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID34578
ERP15 kW
HAAT92.9 m (305 ft)
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitewww.cocolatv.com

Recent developments

On March 30, 2023, Bridge Media Networks, the parent company of NewsNet and Sports News Highlights (SNH), announced it would acquire KSAO-LD and six other Cocola stations for $3.2 million.[2] Upon completion of the transaction, KSAO-LD will become a NewsNet owned-and-operated station for the Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto DMA.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KSAO-LD[3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
49.1 480i16:9NewsNetMain KSAO-LD programming / NewsNet
49.2 ThisTVThis TV
49.3 4:3BUZZRBuzzr
49.4 16:9NTDNTD Television
49.5 4:3ShopLCShop LC
49.6 720p16:9SNHSports News Highlights

Most of KSAO's subchannels are not available on local cable and satellite providers, although the national feed of Shop LC is carried by some local providers.

In 2019, KSAO became the third station in the Sacramento television market to affiliate with This TV on digital subchannel 49.2, after having previous subchannel affiliations with KQCA (subchannel 58.2) and KTXL (subchannel 40.3).

Former subchannel affiliations

KSAO affiliated with MundoMax when the network launched (as MundoFox) in August 2012. It was also affiliated with Bounce TV on digital subchannel 49.2 until March 2013, when Bounce was switched over to KUVS-DT digital subchannel 19.3 as part of a distribution agreement with Univision Communications (now TelevisaUnivision), owner of KUVS.[4]

KSAO was affiliated with TheCoolTV on digital subchannel 49.2 until April 2016 when it was dropped and replaced by Retro TV. As part of an affiliation deal with Retro TV's parent company Luken Communications, it also included the addition of Rev'n on digital subchannel 49.5.[5] Both channels were dropped in 2018.

A simulcast of former Azteca América affiliate KSTV-LP, channel 32, aired on digital subchannel 49.3 until the simulcast was dropped in early 2016. The channel remained silent for a short time until May 11, 2016, when it was affiliated with Buzzr, a broadcast television network airing classic game shows.

Azteca América returned to KSAO on its main channel as the primary Sacramento area affiliate when MundoMax ceased operations on November 30, 2016. On December 31, 2022, the network ceased operations and the station affiliated with NewsNet the next day on January 1, 2023. When KSAO was affiliated with Azteca América, its main channel was not carried by DirecTV and instead carried Azteca América owned-and-operated KEMO-TV (subchannel 50.2) in the San Francisco Bay Area due to KEMO’s high-definition signal.

References
  1. "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 30, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  2. "Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $3,200,000". TVNewsCheck. April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  3. "Digital TV Market Listing for KSAO-LD". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  4. "Bounce TV Now On-the-Air in Seven Univision Markets: San Francisco, Boston, Miami, Denver, Sacramento, Raleigh and Tampa". The Futon Critic. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  5. Luken Signs Multi-Network Affiliation Deal with KSAO in Sacramento


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