KION-TV
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Salinas/Monterey, California United States |
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| City | Monterey |
| Branding |
NewsChannel 5/46 (cable/virtual channel) Central Coast CW (DT2) |
| Slogan | Your Central Coast News Source |
| Channels |
Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 46 () |
| Subchannels | 46.1 CBS 46.2 CW+ |
| Owner |
News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG of Monterey-Salinas CA, LLC) |
| First air date | January 25, 1969 |
| Call letters' meaning | Your I (Eye) ON The Central Coast (former slogan) Keep It ON (former slogan) |
| Sister station(s) | KMUV-LP |
| Former callsigns | KMST (1969–1993) KCCN-TV (1993–1997) KION (1997–2002) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 46 (UHF, 1969–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Secondary: UPN (1995–2003) |
| Transmitter power | 46 kW |
| Height | 758 m |
| Facility ID | 26249 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°32′5″N 121°37′14″W / 36.53472°N 121.62056°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
NewsChannel 5/46 (cable/virtual channel)
KION-TV is a full-power television station in Salinas, California, broadcasting on digital channel 32 as a CBS affiliate. The stations continues to use UHF channel 46 as its virtual channel through the use of PSIP. KION-TV shows local news, weather, and sports programming, as well as syndicated and community-affair programs. Owned by News-Press & Gazette Company, the station is sister to low-powered Telemundo affiliate KMUV-LP.
KION can be seen on channel 5 on most cable systems. While most transmitters for the Monterey Peninsula are located on Fremont Peak, KION's transmitter is currently located on Mount Toro, about 10 miles south of Salinas, while studios are located on Moffett Street in Salinas behind the city's airport.
KION originally started out as KMST-TV (Monterey-Salinas Television) on January 25, 1969 as a CBS affiliate, taking it over from NBC affiliate KSBW which had it as a secondary.[1] KMST was available in markets that reached from the Monterey Bay area to San Jose, California. Retlaw Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Retlaw Enterprises (a company owned by relatives of Walt Disney), acquired KMST from its original local owners in 1979.
By 1993, San Jose's TCI cable opted to drop KMST. Later that year Retlaw sold the station to a partnership between Harron Communications and Smith Broadcasting (with Smith Broadcasting controlling the joint venture). Through a share of Smith Broadcasting, Sandy DiPasquale (who later became CEO of Newport Television) held a small stake in Channel 46 at that time. The new owners changed Channel 46's call sign on October 4th to KCCN-TV. The next year Smith Broadcasting sold its share of the station to Harron in order to purchase KSBW. At that time KCBA (Fox 35), then owned by the Ackerley Group, signed a local marketing agreement with KCCN with Ackerley taking over the operations of both stations. The beginning of the LMA came at a time when CBS' ratings were (relatively speaking) at one of the lowest points in the network's history while Fox's ratings were on the rise. Although KCCN was longer-established, KCBA became the senior partner in the LMA. On February 23, 1997 KCCN changed its call letters again, this time to KION.
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