| KSBY | |
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| San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/Santa Maria, California | |
| Branding | KSBY 6 |
| Slogan | Spirit of the Central Coast |
| Channels | Analog: 6 (VHF) |
| Translators | K11FU Springville K59CD Santa Barbara |
| Affiliations | NBC The CW (DT2) |
| Owner | Evening Post Publishing Company (KSBY Communications, Inc. San Luis Obispo (sænˈluːɪs əˈbɪspoʊ Spanish for St Louis the Bishop) is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County California, United States. Santa Maria is the largest city in Santa Barbara County California. A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and Springville is a Census-designated place (CDP in Tulare County, California, United States. Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County California, United States. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season. Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property The Evening Post Publishing Company is a privately held media company based in Charleston South Carolina, United States. ) |
| First air date | May 1953[1] |
| Call letters’ meaning | Salinas Valley Broadcasting Y (former name of a former owner) or a disambiguation of former sister station KSBW |
| Former callsigns | KVEC-TV (1953-57) |
| Former affiliations | All secondary: DuMont (1953-1956) ABC (1953-1960) CBS (1953-1969) |
| Transmitter Power | 100 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 543 m (analog) 515 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 19654 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.ksby.com |
KSBY is the NBC affiliate for the Central Coast of California. MAY ( also known as: Mei メイ 메이 is a Korean singer well known in South Korea for singing the song "Miracle" Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise KSBW is a Television station in the United States and is the NBC affiliate for the Monterey - Salinas - Santa Cruz California In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The Central Coast is an area of California, United States, roughly spanning the area between the Monterey Bay and Point Conception. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The station covers San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria and Santa Barbara. San Luis Obispo (sænˈluːɪs əˈbɪspoʊ Spanish for St Louis the Bishop) is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco Santa Maria is the largest city in Santa Barbara County California. Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County California, United States. The station is currently owned by Cordillera Communications, a subsidiary of Evening Post Publishing Company. The Evening Post Publishing Company is a privately held media company based in Charleston South Carolina, United States. Their studios are currently located at 1772 Calle Joaquin off the Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo. KSBY also carries programming from The CW on its DT2 channel, originally known to cable viewers as KWCA. The CW Television Network ( The CW) is a Television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006-2007 television season.
KSBY's audio signal can be heard on 87. 7 MHz on the FM dial in San Luis Obispo and surrounding areas. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. This is because the audio signal of channel 6 is located at 87. 75 MHz. This frequency assignment applies to all channel 6 television stations in countries using the NTSC-M standard. NTSC ( National Television System Committee) is the Analog television system used in the United States, Canada, Japan, Mexico
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The station went on the air in May of 1953, as KVEC-TV. The VEC stood for Valley Electric Company, which also built the original cable television system in San Luis Obispo, Sonic Cable. KVEC-TV was the first broadcasting station in the Central Valley, and aired programming from NBC, ABC, CBS, and DuMont. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 From 1957 to 1996, the station was a sister station to KSBW channel 8 in Salinas, which is why the station has a similar call sign. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) KSBW is a Television station in the United States and is the NBC affiliate for the Monterey - Salinas - Santa Cruz California Salinas is the County seat and largest municipality of Monterey County in the U In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise From 1957 to 1979, KSBY was largely a semi-satellite of KSBW, with the exception of local commercials and its nightly newscasts. During this period, the KSBY sales office was located at co-owned Sonic Cable, and its local programming originated at the transmitter site.
KSBY and KSBW were owned by Blair Broadcasting, beginning in 1979, until they were sold to Gillett Communications in 1986. George N Gillett Jr (born October 22, 1938, in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American Businessman, owner of the ice hockey After Gillett restructured into SCI TV in the early 1990s, it sold KSBY and KSBW to EP Communications in 1994. KSBW is a Television station in the United States and is the NBC affiliate for the Monterey - Salinas - Santa Cruz California EP, in turn, sold both stations to Smith Broadcasting in 1995. KSBY was then sold to SJL Broadcasting in 1996. Montecito Broadcast Group LLC was an American Holding company that operates Television stations with most of its operations centered largely west of the Mississippi
In September 2002, SJL sold KSBY to New Vision Television. New Vision Television was a subsidiary of Arlington Capital Partners. Evening Post, KSBY's current owners, acquired the station in 2004.
During its first four years on the air, the station was co-owned with radio station KVEC. KVEC 920 AM is a Radio station located in San Luis Obispo on the Central Coast of California.
In 2006, the station was featured in an episode of The Surreal Life, in which the cast of the reality-based series were hired as anchors and reporters for the station's 6:30PM newscast. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Surreal Life is a Reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in a mansion in
Ryan Bennett, a one time KSBY Sports anchor from 1999-2006 died on May 31, 2006 in Utah in an accident. This article is about the American sportscaster For the English football defender see Ryan Bennett (footballer. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He will be best known for his on-air talents and hosting KSBY's Sunday Night Sports Show.
KSBY does not air a midday newscast. KSBY also does not operate NBC Weather Plus as of yet. NBC Weather Plus is a 24-hour commercially-sponsored weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Programming |
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| 6. 1 / 15. 1 | Main KSBY programming / NBC HD |
| 6. High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition 2 / 15. 2 | "KWCA" / The CW Plus |
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009[2], KSBY will remain on its current pre-transition channel number, 15. The CW Plus is a group of primarily digital subchannels analog and non-broadcast cable television outlets for The CW Television Network for markets below the top 99 television media [3] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display KSBY's virtual channel as 6. The Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP is the protocol used in the ATSC and DVB digital television systems for carrying Metadata In Telecommunications, a logical channel number (LCN also known as virtual channel in North America, is a channel designation which differs
KSBY also rebroadcasts its signal on translator station K59CD in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County California, United States. It can also be seen in Springville, California on K11FU (owned by Springville Community TV). Springville is a Census-designated place (CDP in Tulare County, California, United States. K59CD currently holds a construction permit to operate its digital signal on channel 10.
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