KSBY (TV)

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KSBY
city =
station_
station_slogan = Spirit of the Central Coast
station_branding = KSBY 6
analog = 6 (VHF)
digital = 15 (UHF)
other_chs = K11FU Springville
K59CD Santa Barbara
affiliations = NBC
The CW (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = May 1953 [The "Television and Cable Factbook" says May 25, some other sources say May 13.]
location = San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/Santa Maria, California
callsign_meaning = a disambiguation of former sister station KSBW
former_callsigns = KVEC-TV (1953-57)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Evening Post Publishing Company
licensee = KSBY Communications, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = All secondary:
DuMont (1953-1956)
ABC (1953-1960)
CBS (1953-1969)
effective_radiated_power = 100 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 543 m (analog)
515 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 19654
coordinates = coord|35|21|37.3|N|120|39|21.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KSBY
homepage = [http://www.ksby.com/ www.ksby.com]

KSBY is the NBC affiliate for the Central Coast of California. The station covers San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria and Santa Barbara. The station is currently owned by Cordillera Communications, a subsidiary of Evening Post Publishing Company. Their studios are currently located at 1772 Calle Joaquin off Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo. KSBY also carries programming from The CW on its DT2 channel, originally known to cable viewers as KWCA.

KSBY's audio signal can be heard on 87.7 MHz on the FM dial in San Luis Obispo and surrounding areas. 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.

History

The station went on the air in May 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. 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. 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. After Gillett restructured into SCI TV in the early 1990s, it sold KSBY and KSBW to EP Communications in 1994. EP, in turn, sold both stations to Smith Broadcasting in 1995. KSBY was then sold to SJL Broadcasting in 1996.

In September 2002, SJL sold KSBY to New Vision Television. 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.

Other History

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.

Ryan Bennett, a one time KSBY Sports anchor from 1999-2006 died on May 31 2006 in Utah in an accident. 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.

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] , KSBY will remain on its current pre-transition channel number, 15. [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 KSBY's virtual channel as 6.

Rebroadcasters

KSBY also rebroadcasts its signal on translator station K59CD in Santa Barbara. It can also be seen in Springville, California on K11FU (owned by Springville Community TV). K59CD currently holds a construction permit to operate its digital signal on channel 10.

Central Coast CW

KSBY-DT2 is the CW affiliate for the Central Coast of California. The station is part of The CW Plus, a series of cable and digital subcarrier outlets for markets below the top hundred in the country, and is carried on cable systems in San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria and Santa Barbara. It is available only on Central Coast cable systems on channel 5 and digitally over-the-air on KSBY channel 6.2 / 15.2.

taff

Anchors
*Tony Cipolla

Weather
*Dave Hovde

Reporters
*Shari Small
*Stacy Daniel
*Rob Carlmark
*Amber Lee
*Carina Corral
*Melissa Mecija
*Leana Orsua
*Kory Raftery

Producers
*Joe Vignolo
*Kelly Bush
*Colin Seiler
*Tina Leonard

Photographers
*Kelly Teel
*Kenny Nichols
*Juan Espinoza
*Kim Wihlborg
*Jason Orr
*Dan Lowrey
*Cy Cavaletto

Directors
*William West
*Brandon Downing
*Steve Grey
*David Talmage
*Franz van der Groen
*Ryan Wilkinson

ee also

* KVEC (AM)

External links

*TVQ|KSBY
**TVQ|K59CD
**TVQ|K11FU
*BIA|KSBY|TV|TV

References