KSAO-LD

KSAO-LD
Sacramento, California
United States
Branding Azteca 49 Sacramento
Slogan Contigo
Channels Digital: 49 (UHF)
Virtual: 49 (PSIP)
Subchannels (see article)
Affiliations Azteca
Owner Cocola Broadcasting Companies, LLC
Founded August 1989 (1989-08)
Former callsigns K49DD (1992–1999)
KSAO-LP (1999–2010)
Former affiliations LD1:
HSN (2001–2005)
Jewelry Television (2005–2009)
Coastal Television Network (2009–2011)
VMas (2011–2012)
MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016)
LD2:
Bounce TV (2011–2013)
TheCoolTV (2015–2016)
Retro TV (2016–2018)
LD5:
Rev'n (2016–2018)
Website www.cocolatv.com

KSAO-LD, channel 49, is a low-power digital television station in Sacramento, California, United States, and is an affiliate of the Spanish-language television network Azteca. The station is branded as Azteca 49 Sacramento and is owned by Cocola Broadcasting. KSAO is also available locally on Comcast Xfinity channel 396 and AT&T U-verse channel 4.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[1]
49.1480i16:9AZTECAMain KSAO-LD programming / Azteca
49.2BluesBlues Television Network
49.34:3BUZZRBuzzr
49.5Shop LC
49.6SBNSBN
49.7CountryThe Country Network

Most of KSAO's subchannels are not available on local cable and satellite providers. The national feed of SBN is available locally on AT&T U-verse, Comcast Xfinity, DirecTV and Dish Network. In addition, KSAO's main channel is not carried by DirecTV and instead carries Azteca owned-and-operated KEMO-TV in the San Francisco Bay Area on channel 50.

Former subchannel affiliations

KSAO affiliated with MundoMax when the network launched (as MundoFox) in August 2012. It was also affiliated with Bounce TV on digital subchannel 49.2 until March 2013, when Bounce was switched over to KUVS digital subchannel 19.3 as part of a distribution agreement with Univision Communications, owner of KUVS.[2]

KSAO was affiliated with TheCoolTV on digital subchannel 49.2 until April 2016 when it was dropped and replaced by Retro TV. As part of an affiliation deal with Retro TV's parent company Luken Communications, it also included the addition of Rev'n on digital subchannel 49.5.[3] Both channels were dropped in 2018.

A simulcast of former Azteca affiliate KSTV-LP, channel 32, aired on digital subchannel 49.3 until the simulcast was dropped in early 2016. The channel remained silent for a short time until May 11, 2016, when it was affiliated with Buzzr, a broadcast television network airing classic game shows.

Azteca returned to KSAO on its main channel as the primary Sacramento area affiliate when MundoMax ceased operations on November 30, 2016.

References

  1. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KSAO-LD
  2. ↑ "Bounce TV Now On-the-Air in Seven Univision Markets: San Francisco, Boston, Miami, Denver, Sacramento, Raleigh and Tampa". The Futon Critic. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Luken Signs Multi-Network Affiliation Deal with KSAO in Sacramento


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