KZCO-LD
Translator of KMGH-DT2, Denver, Colorado | |
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Denver, Colorado United States | |
Channels | Digital: 30 (UHF) (shared with KLPD-LD[1]) Virtual: 7.2 |
Branding | see KMGH-TV |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 7.2: Court TV Mystery 7.3: Laff |
Ownership | |
Owner | E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) |
KMGH-TV | |
History | |
Founded | 2002[specify] |
First air date | 2003specify] | [
Last air date | August 11, 2014 | (as KZCO-LP)
Former call signs | KCIN-LP (2003–2005) KZCO-LP (2005–2014) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 27 (UHF, 2003–2014) Digital: 17 (UHF, 2013–2020) |
Former affiliations | As a stand-alone station: Independent (2002–2003) Azteca América (2003–2013) LD1: ABC (via KMGH-TV, 2013–2021) |
Call sign meaning | Azteca América Colorado (former affiliation) |
Technical information | |
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 / 39.729417°N 105.236083°W |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | www |
KZCO-LD, virtual channel 7.2 (UHF digital channel 30), is a low-power dual Court TV Mystery/Laff owned-and-operated television station licensed to Denver, Colorado, United States. It relays the second and third digital subchannels of ABC affiliate KMGH-TV (channel 7) which is owned by the Cincinnati-based 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.
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.[2] The sale was completed on December 30, 2011.[3]
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 June 12, 2009 digital television transition 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.[4][5]
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 | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[6] |
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7.2 | 480i | 16:9 | MYS | Simulcast of KMGH-DT2 / Court TV Mystery |
7.3 | 24/7 | Simulcast of KMGH-DT3 / Laff |
References[]
- ^ "KLPD-LD Purpose of Amendment". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^ "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
External links[]
- Court TV Mystery affiliates
- Laff (TV network) affiliates
- Low-power television stations in the United States
- Television stations in Denver
- E. W. Scripps Company television stations
- Television channels and stations established in 2003
- 2003 establishments in Colorado