KZCS-LD

Last updated
KZCS-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KOAA-TV
History
First air date
May 6, 1994(29 years ago) (1994-05-06)
Former call signs
  • K38DM (1994–2003)
  • K23GJ (2003–2005)
  • KZCS-LP (2005–2020)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 38 (UHF, 1994–2003), 23 (UHF, 2003–2020)
Call sign meaning
Azteca Colorado Springs
(former affiliation)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 67544
Class LD
ERP 15 kW
HAAT 659.1 m (2,162 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 38°44′38.9″N104°51′47.7″W / 38.744139°N 104.863250°W / 38.744139; -104.863250
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KZCS-LD (channel 18) is a low-power television station in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, airing programming from the digital multicast network Ion Mystery. It is owned and operated by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Pueblo-licensed NBC affiliate KOAA-TV (channel 5). KZCS-LD's transmitter is located on Cheyenne Mountain. Master control and most internal operations are based at the studios of ABC affiliate KMGH-TV (channel 7) on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Congress Park neighborhood (the Federal Communications Commission [FCC] considers KMGH-TV as the parent license of KZCS-LD).

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History

The station signed on the air in 1994 on analog channel 38 as K38DM, a translator of KMGH-TV, then a CBS affiliate. It moved to channel 23 in 2003, changing its call sign to K23GJ. It assumed the KZCS-LP call sign in 2005, and became an Azteca América affiliate in 2013, relaying KMGH-TV's second digital subchannel. It switched to Escape (which later rebranded to Court TV Mystery, now Ion Mystery since 2022) in 2019, and flash-cut to digital in 2020.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KZCS-LD [2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
18.1 480i 16:9 Mystery Ion Mystery
18.2Bounce Bounce TV
18.3Laff Laff

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KZCS-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Digital TV Market Listing for KZCS-LD". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved September 12, 2020.