KZCS-LD

KZCS-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 18, is a low-powered Court TV Mystery owned-and-operated television station licensed to Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, it is a sister station to Pueblo-licensed NBC affiliate KOAA-TV (channel 5). KZCS-LD's transmitter is located on Cheyenne Mountain. Master control and most internal operations are based at the studios of ABC affiliate KMGH-TV (channel 7) on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Congress Park neighborhood (the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considers KMGH-TV as the parent license of KZCS-LD).

KZCS-LD
Colorado Springs, Colorado
United States
ChannelsDigital: 18 (UHF)
Virtual: 18 (PSIP)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerE. W. Scripps Company
(Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)
KOAA-TV
History
First air date
May 6, 1994 (1994-05-06)
Former call signs
K38DM (1994–2003)
K23GJ (2003–2005)
KZCS-LP (2005–2020)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 38 (UHF, 1994–2003)
  • 23 (UHF, 2003–2020)
Call sign meaning
K Z Colorado Springs
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID67544
ERP14 kW
HAAT652.4 m (2,140 ft)
Transmitter coordinates38°44′43.6″N 104°51′43.6″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS

History

The station signed on the air in 1994 on analog channel 38 as K38DM, a translator of KMGH-TV, then a CBS affiliate. It moved to channel 23 in 2003, changing its call sign to K23GJ. It assumed the KZCS-LP call sign in 2005, and became an Azteca América affiliate in 2013, relaying KMGH-TV's second digital subchannel. It switched to Court TV Mystery in 2019, and flash-cut to digital in 2020.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[1]
18.1480i16:9MysteryCourt TV Mystery
18.2BounceBounce TV
18.3LaffLaff

References
  1. "Digital TV Market Listing for KZCS-LD". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
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