KOLD-TV
 
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Tucson, Arizona United States |
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| Branding | KOLD News 13 |
| Slogan | Live, Local, Latebreaking |
| Channels |
Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 13 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 13.1 CBS 13.2 MeTV 13.3 Grit TV |
| Translators | (VHF) Tucson |
| Affiliations | CBS (Secondary through 1956) |
| Owner |
Raycom Media (KOLD License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | January 13, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | disambiguation from then-sister station KOOL-TV in Phoenix |
| Sister station(s) | KMSB, KTTU |
| Former callsigns | KOPO-TV (1953–1957) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 13 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Secondary: DuMont (1953–1956) DT3: The Tube (until 2007) |
| Transmitter power | 108 kW |
| Height | 1123 m |
| Facility ID | 48663 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°24′55.8″N 110°42′51.9″W / 32.415500°N 110.714417°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.tucsonnewsnow.com |
KOLD-TV, virtual channel 13 (UHF digital channel 32), is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Owned by Raycom Media, it is a sister to Fox affiliate KMSB (channel 11; owned by Tegna, Inc.) and MyNetworkTV affiliate KTTU (channel 18; owned by Tucker Operating Co., LLC) through its shared services agreement. KOLD maintains transmitter facilities located atop Mount Bigelow. All three stations share studios located on North Business Park Drive on the northwest side of Tucson (near the Casas Adobes neighborhood), which are shared with the Raycom Design Group, an in-house firm that designs graphics packages for Raycom Media's television stations. KOLD also operates a fill-in translator station on VHF channel 13, which maintains transmitter facilities located atop the Tucson Mountains west of Tucson.
On November 13, 1952, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a construction permit to country singer Gene Autry for VHF channel 13 in Tucson. Two months later, on January 13, 1953, Autry signed the station on the air as KOPO-TV, the second television station in Arizona, and first in Tucson. Known as "Lucky 13", KOPO played up the "13" angle, coming on the air at 1:13:13 PM, the 13th second of the 13th minute of the 13th hour of the 13th day of the year. It was a sister station to KOPO radio (AM 1450, now KTZR; and 98.3 FM, now KOHT). The station originally operated from studio facilities located on West Drachman Street close to downtown Tucson.
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