Univision affiliate in Chico, California
KUCO-LD
(channel 27) is a
low-power television station
licensed to
Chico, California
, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language networks
Univision
and
UniMas
. Owned by the
Sinclair Broadcast Group
, it is
sister
to
Redding
-licensed
ABC
affiliate
KRCR-TV
(channel 7) and four other low-power stations: Chico-licensed
Antenna TV
affiliate
KXVU-LD
(channel 17);
MyNetworkTV
affiliates Redding-licensed
KRVU-LD
(channel 21) and Chico-licensed KZVU-LD (channel 22), and Chico-licensed
UniMas
affiliate
KKTF-LD
(channel 30). Sinclair also operates
Paradise
-licensed
Fox
affiliate
KCVU
(channel 20) through a
local marketing agreement
(LMA) with owner
Cunningham Broadcasting
. However, Sinclair effectively owns KCVU as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith.
The stations share studios on Auditorium Drive east of downtown Redding and maintain a news bureau and sales office at the former
Sainte Television Group
facilities on Main Street in downtown Chico. For
FCC
and other legal purposes, the Chico/Paradise-licensed stations still use the Chico address and Redding-licensed stations use the Redding address. KUCO-LD's transmitter is located along Cohasset Road northeast of Chico.
KEUV-LD
(channel 35) in
Eureka
operates as a
semi-satellite
of KUCO-LD. As such, it
simulcasts
all Univision programming as provided through KUCO but airs separate local commercials and legal
station identifications
. Although KEUV-LD maintains its own studios (shared with
KAEF-TV
and LMA partner
KBVU
) on Sixth Street in downtown Eureka,
master control
and some internal operations are based at KUCO's facilities.
History
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KUCO-LP was founded by country-western singer
Chester Smith
's broadcast company
Sainte Partners II, L.P.
and first hit the air in 2002 to help bring Spanish-language television to the growing Spanish-speaking population in Northern California. It was the first Spanish-language station to air in the Chico/Redding market. It would soon be joined by
Telemundo
affiliate
KXVU-LP
and
UniMas
affiliate
KKTF-LD
, both also founded by Smith's company.
In 2014, six years after Smith's death, his company sold KUCO-LP and the remaining stations to
Bonten Media Group
, owners of
ABC
affiliate
KRCR-TV
in Redding.
On an unknown date in either 2016 or 2017, KUCO-LP conducted an unauthorized test of the
Emergency Alert System
. However, the message read that the activation was for an Emergency Action Notification.
[2]
It is unknown if any panic from residents followed.
On April 21, 2017,
Sinclair Broadcast Group
announced its intent to purchase the Bonten stations (including KUCO-LP) for $240 million.
[3]
[4]
The sale was completed September 1, 2017.
[5]
The station changed its call sign to KUCO-LD on April 5, 2019, coincident with receiving its license for digital operations.
Subchannels
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The station's signal is
multiplexed
:
On October 13, 2021, KUCO-LD gained two additional subchannels:
TBD
moved over from
KXVU-LD
; and
Rewind TV
was added.
References
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
cable television
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Full-power stations
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- KRCR-TV
(7.1
ABC
, 7.2
TBD
, 7.3
Comet
)
- KIXE-TV
(9.1
PBS
, 9.2
Create
, 9.3
FNX
/
World
)
- KHSL-TV
(12.1
CBS
, 12.2
CW+
, 12.5
Ion
, 12.7
MeTV
)
- KCVU
(20.1
Fox
, 20.2
Comet
, 20.3
Charge!
, 20.4
Nest
, 20.5
Dabl
)
- KNVN
(24.1
NBC
, 24.5
Start
, 24.6
H&I
)
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Low-power stations
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Spanish channels
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Adjacent locals
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- Sacramento
- KCRA-TV
(3.1
NBC
, 3.2
MeTV
, 3.3
Story
, 3.4
QVC2
)
- KVIE
(6.1
PBS
, 6.2 PBS, 6.3
World
, 6.4
Kids
)
- KXTV
(10.1
ABC
, 10.2
Crime
, 10.3
Grit
, 10.4
Mystery
, 10.5
Quest
, 10.6
Nest
, 10.9
LC
)
- KOVR
(13.1
CBS
, 13.2
Start
, 13.3
Dabl
, 13.4
Fave
, 13.5
Catchy
)
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Acquisitions
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- 1
Operated by Sinclair under an
LMA
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- 2
Formerly separately licensed as WCGV-TV and merged with WVTV's spectrum, but remains on its former channel number as a separate station
- JV
Joint Venture
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