- KUSG
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KUSG
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Utah's RTN
analog = 12 (VHF)
digital = 9 (VHF)
other_chs = KUBX-LP 58 Salt Lake City
affiliations = RTN
network =
founded =
airdate = August 1999
location =St. George, Utah
callsign_meaning = KUTV St. George
(station was once a satellite of KUTV)
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner =Four Points Media Group
licensee = Salt Lake City Television Licensee Corporation
sister_stations =KUTV
former_affiliations =CBS , via KUTV (1999-2008)
effective_radiated_power = 10 kW (analog)
3.2 kW (digital)
HAAT = 43 m (both)
class =
facility_id = 35822
coordinates = coord|37|3|49|N|113|34|26|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.utahsrtn.com www.utahsrtn.com]KUSG, channel 12, is a full-service
television station inSt. George, Utah that serves as an affiliate of RTN. The station is owned byFour Points Media Group , which also ownsSalt Lake City CBS affiliateKUTV . KUSG periodically airs news updates produced by KUTV.cite news |first=Bob |last=Hudson |title=Koelbel speaks of partnership |url=http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080327/BUSINESS/803270307 |work=The Spectrum |publisher= |location=St. George, Utah |date=2008-03-27 |accessdate=2008-04-02 ] The station can also be seen in Salt Lake City on KUBX-LP channel 58, which is owned byEquity Media Holdings (who once owned RTN).History
The original construction permit for channel 12 was granted on
May 23 ,1988 cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=104367 |title=Application Search Details |accessdate=2008-04-02 |work=CDBS Public Access |publisher=Federal Communications Commission ] , and the station's call letters were assigned onSeptember 11 ,1989 cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=35822&Callsign=KUSG |title=Call Sign History |accessdate=2008-04-02 |work=CDBS Public Access |publisher=Federal Communications Commission ] , but a license was not granted untilJanuary 24 ,2000 cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=287834 |title=Application Search Details |accessdate=2008-04-02 |work=CDBS Public Access |publisher=Federal Communications Commission ] . When KUSG first signed on in August 1999, it was operated as a satellite station for KUTV, at that time a CBSowned-and-operated station . CBS sold the stations (along with five other smaller-market stations) to Four Points onJanuary 10 ,2008 cite press release |title=CBS CORPORATION COMPLETES SALE OF LOCAL TV STATIONS TO CERBERUS |publisher=CBS Corporation |date=2008-01-10 |url=http://www.cbscorporation.com/news/prdetails.php?id=2903 |accessdate=2008-04-02 ] (in a deal first announced onFebruary 7 ,2007 cite press release |title=CBS CORPORATION TO SELL LOCAL TV STATIONS IN FOUR MARKETS TO CERBERUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. |publisher=CBS Corporation |date=2007-02-07 |url=http://www.cbscorporation.com/news/prdetails.php?id=1624 |accessdate=2008-04-02 ] ).On
March 17 ,2008 , KUSG split from KUTV and became a separate station, operating as an RTN affiliate for St. George; the station has estimated this has left a small number of viewers without KUTV programming.cite news |first=Bob |last=Hudson |title=So. Utah gets another TV station |url=http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080312/BUSINESS/803120314 |work=The Spectrum |publisher= |location=St. George, Utah |date=2008-03-12 |accessdate=2008-04-02 ]External links
* [http://www.utahsrtn.com KUSG web site]
*TVQ|KUSG
*TVQ|KUBX-LP
*BIA|KUSG|TV|TVReferences
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