KUCO-LD

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KUCO-LD
LOGO KUCO U27 station horz blk.png
Channels
BrandingUnivision 27
Programming
Affiliations27.1: Univision
27.2: UniMás
27.3: TBD
27.4: Rewind TV
Ownership
Owner
KRCR-TV, KCVU, KXVU-LD, KRVU-LD/KZVU-LD, KKTF-LD
History
First air date
May 21, 2002(21 years ago) (2002-05-21)
Former call signs
  • K27HC (2002–2003)
  • KUCO-LP (2003–2019)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 27 (UHF, 2002–2019)
Call sign meaning
Univision Chico
Technical information
Facility ID 127046
Class LD
ERP 15 kW
HAAT 373.6 m (1,225.7 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 39°57′45″N121°42′44″W / 39.96250°N 121.71222°W / 39.96250; -121.71222
39°57′40.2″N121°42′43″W / 39.961167°N 121.71194°W / 39.961167; -121.71194 (STA)
Translator(s)

KUCO-LD (channel 27) is a low-power television station licensed to Chico, California, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language Univision network. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, it is sister to Redding-licensed ABC affiliate KRCR-TV (channel 7) and four other low-power stations: Chico-licensed Antenna TV affiliate KXVU-LD (channel 17); MyNetworkTV affiliates Redding-licensed KRVU-LD (channel 21) and Chico-licensed KZVU-LD (channel 22), and Chico-licensed UniMás affiliate KKTF-LD (channel 30). Sinclair also operates Paradise-licensed Fox affiliate KCVU (channel 20) through a local marketing agreement (LMA) with owner Cunningham Broadcasting. However, Sinclair effectively owns KCVU as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith.

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The stations share studios on Auditorium Drive east of downtown Redding and maintain a news bureau and sales office at the former Sainte Television Group facilities on Main Street in downtown Chico. For FCC and other legal purposes, the Chico/Paradise-licensed stations still use the Chico address and Redding-licensed stations use the Redding address. KUCO-LD's transmitter is located along Cohasset Road northeast of Chico.

KEUV-LD (channel 35) in Eureka operates as a semi-satellite of KUCO-LD. As such, it simulcasts all Univision programming as provided through KUCO but airs separate local commercials and legal station identifications. Although KEUV-LD maintains its own studios (shared with KAEF-TV and LMA partner KBVU) on Sixth Street in downtown Eureka, master control and some internal operations are based at KUCO's facilities.

History

KUCO's logo prior to January 1, 2013 Uni27logo.png
KUCO's logo prior to January 1, 2013

KUCO-LP was founded by country-western singer Chester Smith's broadcast company Sainte Partners II, L.P. and first hit the air in 2002 to help bring Spanish-language television to the growing Spanish-speaking population in Northern California. It was the first Spanish-language station to air in the Chico/Redding market. It would soon be joined by Telemundo affiliate KXVU-LP and UniMás affiliate KKTF-LD, both also founded by Smith's company.

In 2014, six years after Smith's death, his company sold KUCO-LP and the remaining stations to Bonten Media Group, owners of ABC affiliate KRCR-TV in Redding.

On an unknown date in either 2016 or 2017, KUCO-LP conducted an unauthorized test of the Emergency Alert System. However, the message read that the activation was for an Emergency Action Notification. [1] It is unknown if any panic from residents followed.

On April 21, 2017, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced its intent to purchase the Bonten stations (including KUCO-LP) for $240 million. [2] [3] The sale was completed September 1, 2017. [4]

The station changed its call sign to KUCO-LD on April 5, 2019, coincident with receiving its license for digital operations.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KUCO-LD [5]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
27.1 1080i 16:9 KUCO-LDMain KUCO-LD programming / Univision
27.2 480i Unimas UniMás
27.3TBD TBD
27.4Rewind Rewind TV

On October 13, 2021, KUCO-LD gained two additional subchannels: TBD moved over from KXVU-LD; and Rewind TV was added.

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KECA-LD is a low-power television station in Eureka, California, United States, affiliated with The CW Plus and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Arcata-licensed ABC affiliate KAEF-TV and low-power Univision affiliate KEUV-LD. Sinclair also provides certain services to Fox affiliate KBVU under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Cunningham Broadcasting; however, Sinclair effectively owns KBVU as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The four stations share studios on Sixth Street in downtown Eureka; KECA-LD's transmitter is located along Barry Road southeast of the city.

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KXVU-LD, virtual channel 17, is a low-powered Antenna TV-affiliated television station licensed to Chico, California, United States. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, it is a sister station to ABC affiliate KRCR-TV and four other low-power stations: MyNetworkTV affiliates Redding-licensed KRVU-LD and Chico-licensed KZVU-LD ; Chico-licensed Univision affiliate KUCO-LD ; and Chico-licensed UniMás affiliate KKTF-LD. Sinclair also operates Paradise-licensed Fox affiliate KCVU under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with owner Cunningham Broadcasting. However, Sinclair effectively owns KCVU as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The stations share studios on Auditorium Drive east of downtown Redding and maintain a news bureau and sales office at the former Sainte Television Group facilities on Main Street in downtown Chico. KXVU-LD's transmitter is located along Cohasset Road northeast of Chico.

References

  1. ↑ Spanish EAS? - YouTube (uploaded May 24, 2017)
  2. ↑ "Sinclair Buying Bonten Stations For $240M". TVNewsCheck. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. ↑ SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE BONTEN MEDIA GROUP TV STATIONS - Sinclair Broadcast Group
  4. ↑ Consummation Notice, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
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