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KSAZ-TV

KSAZ-TV
KSAZ logo 2006.png
Phoenix, Arizona
United States
Branding Fox 10 (general)
Fox 10 News (newscasts)
Slogan Just you watch the best
We Are Fox 10
Channels Digital: 10 (VHF)
Virtual: 10 ()
Translators (see below)
Affiliations
Owner Fox Television Stations
(NW Communications of Phoenix, Inc.)
Founded 1953
First air date October 24, 1953; 63 years ago (1953-10-24)
Call letters' meaning Spirit of AriZona (former slogan)
Sister station(s) KUTP
Fox Sports Arizona
Former callsigns
  • KOOL-TV (1953–1982)
  • KOY-TV (shared operation, 1953–1954)
  • KTSP-TV (1982–1994)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 10 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital:
  • 31 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations
  • Primary:
  • CBS (1953–1994)
  • Independent (September–December 1994)
  • Secondary:
  • ABC (1953–1955)
Transmitter power 48 kW
Height 484 m (1,588 ft)
Facility ID 35587
Transmitter coordinates 33°20′2.3″N 112°3′45.7″W / 33.333972°N 112.062694°W / 33.333972; -112.062694Coordinates: 33°20′2.3″N 112°3′45.7″W / 33.333972°N 112.062694°W / 33.333972; -112.062694
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.fox10phoenix.com

KSAZ-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 10, is a Fox owned-and-operated television station located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The station is owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV station KUTP (channel 45). The two stations share studio facilities located on West Adams Street in the west end of Downtown Phoenix's Copper Square district, and its transmitter is located atop South Mountain on the city's south side. Its signal is relayed across northern Arizona through a network of 20 translator stations.

The Federal Communications Commission awarded the license of Phoenix's third VHF commercial station to a partnership of Gene Autry, owner of KOOL radio (AM 960, now KKNT), and the Prairie Farmer newspaper, owners of KOY radio (AM 550). The two groups had competed heavily for the construction permit, but merged to avoid lengthy litigation. The Autry-Prairie Farmer group signed on channel 10 as a shared operation on October 24, 1953. Under the arrangement, the two separate stations alternated airtime, but use the same channel allocation and transmitter. The combined KOY-TV and KOOL-TV operation operated as a primary CBS and secondary ABC affiliate.


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