KOAA-TV
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Pueblo/Colorado Springs, Colorado United States |
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| Branding | KOAA 5 (general) KOAA News 5 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Always Watching Out For You. |
| Channels |
Digital: 42 (UHF) Virtual: 5 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 5.1 NBC 5.2 WeatherNation TV 5.3 Grit TV |
| Translators | 47 (UHF) Woodland Park, CO (construction permit) K30JM-D Colorado Springs (for others, see article) |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner |
Cordillera Communications (Sangre de Cristo Communications, LLC) |
| First air date | June 29, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | KOA-TV (now KCNC-TV in Denver- former sister station) |
| Former callsigns | KCSJ-TV (1953–1961) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 5 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 880 kW |
| Height | 660 m (2,165 ft) |
| Facility ID | 59014 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°44′42″N 104°51′41″W / 38.74500°N 104.86139°W (digital) |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KOAA-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 42), is an NBC-affiliated television station serving southern Colorado, licensed to Pueblo; the station is owned by Cordillera Communications, a subsidiary of Evening Post Industries. It also operates a digital translator, K30JM-D channel 30, in Colorado Springs. The station's main offices and news studio are located on 7th Avenue in Pueblo, with a satellite studio in the Tech Center office complex in Colorado Springs.
The station signed on for the first time on June 30, 1953 as KCSJ-TV, owned by the Star-Chieftain Publishing Corporation, owners of Pueblo's two major newspapers, the morning Pueblo Chieftain and evening Pueblo Star-Journal, along with KCSJ-AM. It is Colorado's second-oldest station outside of Denver.
During the 1950s, KCSJ-TV was one of two full-time NBC affiliates serving Southern Colorado - the other being KRDO-TV in Colorado Springs, about 40 miles to the north. In 1960, the Federal Communications Commission collapsed all of southern Colorado into a single television market. At this point, KCSJ-TV became the area's sole NBC affiliate with KRDO-TV switching to ABC.
In 1961, Star-Chieftain sold KCSJ-TV to Metropolitan Broadcasting, owners of KOA-AM-FM-TV in Denver. KCSJ-TV then became KOAA-TV, but remained a free-standing station programmed separately from Denver's KOA-TV. The two stations did, however, occasionally do cross-promotion, and both were NBC affiliates. With much wealthier ownership, KOAA was able to add videotape in 1962. In 1967, it became the first television station in Southern Colorado to broadcast local programming in color.
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