KSBY
 
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San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/Santa Maria, California United States |
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| City | San Luis Obispo, CA |
| Branding | KSBY 6 (general) KSBY News (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
Spirit of the Central Coast (general) Live, Local, Everywhere (news) |
| Channels |
Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 6 () |
| Subchannels | 6.1 NBC 6.2 CW+ 6.3 Laff |
| Translators | K10PV-D Santa Barbara |
| Owner |
Cordillera Communications (KSBY Communications, LLC) |
| First air date | May 25, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | a disambiguation of former sister station KSBW |
| Former callsigns | KVEC-TV (1953–1957) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 6 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
All secondary: DuMont (1953–1956) ABC (1953–1960) CBS (1953–1969) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 515 metres (1,690 feet) |
| Facility ID | 19654 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°21′37″N 120°39′18″W / 35.36028°N 120.65500°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | KSBY.com |
KSBY is the NBC affiliate television station for the Central Coast of California. The station covers San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria and Santa Barbara. The station is currently owned by Cordillera Communications, as a subsidiary of Evening Post Industries. Its studios are located at 1772 Calle Joaquin in San Luis Obispo. KSBY also maintains a Santa Maria studio, located at 2370 Skyway Drive, Suite 102, Santa Maria, California, near the Santa Maria Airport. KSBY also carries programming from The CW on its DT2 channel, originally known to cable viewers as KWCA.
The station went on the air in May 1953, as KVEC-TV. The VEC stood for Valley Electric Company, which also built Sonic Cable, the original cable television system in San Luis Obispo. KVEC-TV was the first broadcasting station in the Central and South Coast, and aired programming from NBC, ABC, CBS, and DuMont, with NBC being its primary affiliation. During its first four years on the air, the station was co-owned with radio station KVEC.
From 1957 to 1996, the station was a sister station to KSBW channel 8 in Salinas, which is why the station currently has a similar call sign. From 1957 to 1979, KSBY was largely a semi-satellite of KSBW, with the exception of local commercials, its local newscasts, and pre-empting the CBS network programming also carried by KCOY in adjacent Santa Maria, once it began operation in 1964. During this period, the KSBY sales office was located at co-owned Sonic Cable, and its local programming originated at the transmitter site. In 1960 ABC programming was effectively dropped when KSBW lost its affiliation with that network to KNTV in San Jose. Finally, in 1969, KSBY became the sole NBC station for both San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties when they were consolidated into a single market (with KEYT Santa Barbara as the ABC affiliate). KSBY and KSBW were owned by Blair Broadcasting, beginning in 1979, until they were sold to Gillett Communications in 1986.
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