KCOY-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KCOY-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Anytime. Anywhere.
station_branding = KCOY / CBS 12
analog = 12 (VHF)
digital = 19 (UHF)
other_chs = K44DN 44 Paso Robles
affiliations = CBS
Fox (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = March 16, 1964
location = Santa Maria/Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo, California
callsign_meaning = West McCOY Lane
(street name where TV studio is located on)
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Cowles Publishing Company)
licensee = Cowles California Media Company
sister_stations = KKFX-CA
former_affiliations = NBC (Until February 2, 1969)
effective_radiated_power = 115 kW (analog)
130 kW (digital)
HAAT = 591 m (analog)
579 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 63165
coordinates = coord|34|54|37.2|N|120|11|12.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kcoy.com/ www.kcoy.com]

KCOY-TV is a television station in Santa Maria, California. It broadcasts on VHF channel 12, and is an affiliate of the CBS network. KCOY also operates local Fox affiliate, KKFX-CA, which it carries on its DT2 signal. KCOY's studios are located at 1211 West McCoy Lane. The station moved to the current location back in the late 80s.

The station is also the first in the Santa Maria/Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo market to broadcast a high definition signal. It can be found locally on Comcast at channel 212, on Cox Cable at channel 712, and on Charter Cable at channel 782.

KCOY's signal is also rebroadcast on K44DN on channel 44, serving Paso Robles. K44DN currently holds a construction permit to operate a digital companion channel on channel 38, under the callsign K38KQ-D.

History

The station went on the air on March 16, 1964. KCOY would not have existed if it were not for the Federal Communications Commission's decision in 1959 to move KFRE (now KFSN-TV) in Fresno from channel 12 to channel 30, under pressure from politicians in the Central Coast. This allowed channel 12 to be used in Santa Maria.

KCOY was owned by Stauffer Communications from the early 1980s until 1995, when the company merged with Morris Communications. However, the FCC did not allow Morris to keep the former Stauffer television stations due to the agency's rules in effect at the time against newspaper/broadcast station cross-ownership which affected several of the Stauffer markets where Morris already owned newspapers. KCOY was sold along with most of its sisters to Benedek Broadcasting in 1996. Three years later, Benedek traded KCOY to the Ackerley Group for that company's KKTV in Colorado Springs (CO). In 2002, Ackerley was bought out by Clear Channel Communications.

KCOY-TV was the hometown station in 2005 when it covered the trial of Michael Jackson since it was held at the Llewelyn Justice Center in Santa Maria.

On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television, a broadcasting holding company controlled by the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners. The sale was finalized on March 14, 2008.cite press release|title=Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners|publisher=Clear Channel Communications|url=http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=1943|date=2007-04-20|accessdate=2007-04-20] However, due to Providence Equity Partners' partial ownership of media properties which serve portions of the Santa Maria/San Luis Obispo market, KCOY and sister station KKFX-CA will be resold to the Cowles Publishing Company. [ [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6487848.html Deals - 10/8/2007 - Broadcasting & Cable ] ] On May 7, 2008, the deal between Cowles Publishing Company and Newport Television closed. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24525445 Cowles Company expands into California ] ] However, Newport Television's website still lists KCOY and KKFX as two of its owned stations for the time being.

Newscasts

KCOY's morning news show Sunrise, which airs from 5:00 to 7:00 and updates between the Early Show every weekday, is the fastest growing news show on the Central Coast. The CBS Morning News is now pre-empted for an extra newscast, but still watch us on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day airing an hour later, lasting an hour with separate advertising between 6:00 and 7:00.

The station has had one of the largest news teams on the Central Coast, and is one of the most watched newscasts on the Central Coast. From January 1999 to March 2008, husband and wife anchors Drew & Nerissa Sugars anchored KCOY News 12 at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. Since 2000, they were awarded best local personalities by the Santa Maria Times . Prior to KCOY, Drew and Nerissa served as weekend anchors for KGET-TV in Bakersfield. Drew and Nerissa are now pursuing other opportunities.

Current Personalities

*Dave Alley (Sports Director)
*Jim Byrne (Chief Meteorologist "Central Coast Weather Expert!") (also sub-weather anchor at KNTV for Shannon O'Donnell in 2004 and 2006)
*Keith Carls (Chief assignment reporter)
*Liberte Chan (Reporter)
*Sara Cole
*Kristy Kircher (Main Anchor for Fox 11 First at Ten)
*Katie Marzullo (5 and 6 pm anchor)
*Lydia Pantazes (Morning/Noon Weather; general assignment reporter and sub-anchor)
*Patti Piburn (KCOY Sunrise anchor; "What's Going Around" segment)
*Adam Racusin (Reporter)
*Allison Reeder (San Luis Obispo Bureau Reporter)
*Dr. Scott Robertson ("Morning Rounds" segment; also has his radio show on KVEC 920 AM in San Luis Obispo)
*Arturo Santiago (Main Anchor)
*Randall White (KCOY Sunrise anchor)
*John Zuchelli (KCOY CBS 12/Fox 11 News Director)

Past Personalities

*Mary Babbitt (Weekend Anchor/Reporter 1993-1997; now at KNTV in San Jose and host of In Wine Country)
*Fiona Gorostiza (Weekend Weather Anchor/Reporter July, 2004-July, 2006 now weekday morning weather anchor on KMIR6 Today at KMIR in Palm Springs)
*Roger Hernandez (Former Weekend Weather anchor and currently Head Weather anchor at KTAS 33 Telemundo in Santa Maria, CA)
*Michele Kane (5 and 6 p.m. anchor 1995-1998, now morning and noon anchor at KOVR/KMAX)
*Jim Kluker (News 1973-?)
*Steve Large (KCOY Sunrise and noon anchor June, 2003-August, 2006 now at KOVR in Sacramento)
*Megan Maloney (Weekend anchor; Court reporter during the trial of Michael Jackson January, 2000-June, 2004)
*Dan McGrath (Host of Dapper Dan's Playhouse children's show 1965-1967)
*Maureen Naylor (Field Reporter/Intern 1999-2001; later moved on to NCN, KNVN/KHSL and at KFSN, now at KTVU in Oakland/San Francisco)
*Julissa Ortiz (Weekday Weather anchor from October, 2000-August, 2002 and 6 p.m. anchor September, 2002-March 1, 2006 Now in Sacramento reporting for KOVR/KMAX-TV)
*Suzanne Phan (Field reporter, 1998-2000 now at KCRA/KQCA in Sacramento)
*Steve Villanueva (Weekday Morning/Noon weather anchor 1996-2002; later moved to WWOR now at WRC in Washington, D.C}
*Gina Villarreal (Reporter March 2003-May 2006; Currently at ABC's KXTV News 10 in Sacramento)
*Dave Ulrickson (KCOY-TV President & General Manager)
*Jack Church (Chief Meteorologist 1991 to 1998, published annual Jack Church Weather Almanac) now Vice President for Corporate Support for WMFE-TV (PBS) FM (NPR) Orlando, Florida www.wmfe.org
*Lori Brown formerly Lori Aufdemorte (San Luis Obispo County reporter and sub anchor on KCOY CBS 12 Sunrise and Noon)
*Andrew Luria ("Net News" segment and "Andrew's News, Views and Miscues!", now at KOVR)
*Drew Sugars (Main anchor 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m.; also did "CrimeTracker 12", now working with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept.)
*Nerissa Sugars (Main anchor 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m.; also did "Will it Work Wednesday")
*Jeff Nguyen (Field Reporter, now at KIRO in Seattle)
*Lon McEachern (Sports Anchor and Reporter in the early 80's, now Poker Analyst for ESPN's World Series of Poker)
*Rick DeBruhl (Sports Anchor and Reporter in the late 70's, now an Auto Racing Commentator for ESPN, TNN, Fox Sports and SPEED)
*Nancy Bauer-Gonzalez (News Reporter in the late 70's, now News Director at KCBS and KCAL in Los Angeles, formerly long time News Director at KNBC)
*David Kerley (11 p.m. News and 6 p.m. Sports Anchor in the 1970s, now a Correspondent for ABC News)
*Andrew Hecker (Newscast Director in the late 1970s and early 80's, went on to Direct National Shows GLOW and WOW!)
*Emilie Deutsch (Sports Anchor in the early 1980s, went on to be a Producer for ABC Sports including the Monday Night Football and Wide World of Sports)
*Susan Hirasuna (News Intern and occasional reporter in the early 1980s, now Weekend Anchor at KTTV in Los Angeles)
*Evelyn Taft (Weekend Weather Anchor/Reporter, now at KRON in San Francisco)
* [Rich Dixon] (news reporter/weekend anchor/public affairs programming) Went on to KGO Radio, S.F. as a fill-in talk host. Now college prof.

Programming

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Post-analog shutdown

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf] , KCOY-TV will remain on its current pre-transition channel number, 19. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101232921&formid=387&fac_num=47535 CDBS Print ] ] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display KCOY-TV's virtual channel as 12.

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

*"Television 12 Late Report" (1964-1975)
*"TV-12 News" (1975-1981)
*"NewsScene 12" (1981-1984)
*"NewsWatch 12" (1984-1991)
*"NewsChannel 12" (1991-1996)
*"CBS 12 News" (1996-2001)
*"KCOY News 12" (2001-2006)
*"CBS 12 News" (2006-present)

References

External links

* [http://www.kcoy.com/ KCOY.com]
*TVQ|KCOY-TV
**TVQ|K44DN
**TVQ|K38KQ-D
*BIA|KCOY|TV|TV