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 in St. George, Utah that serves as an affiliate of RTN. The station is owned by Four Points Media Group, which also owns Salt Lake City CBS affiliate KUTV. 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 by Equity Media Holdings (who once owned RTN).

History

The original construction permit for channel 12 was granted on May 23, 1988cite 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 until January 24, 2000cite 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 on February 7, 2007cite 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|TV

References