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| City | Ceres, California |
| Channels | |
| Branding | AssyriaVision, AssyriaSat |
| Programming | |
| Language | Assyrian |
| Affiliations | Independent |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bet-Nahrain, Inc. |
| KBES | |
| History | |
First air date | April 14, 1996 (29 years ago) (1996-04-14) |
Former call signs | KBAV (June–August 1995) |
Former channel numbers | Analog: 23 (UHF, 1996–2009) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 4939 |
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| Website | www |
KBSV (channel 23) is anon-commercialindependent television station inCeres, California, United States, broadcastingAssyrian programming to the Ceres andModesto area since 1996. It is owned by Bet-Nahrain, Inc. alongside radio stationKBES (89.5 FM). The two stations share studios and a transmitter site at the Bet-Nahrain Assyrian Cultural Center on South Central Avenue in Ceres. Though holding a full-service station license, KBSV broadcasts at low power to a limited area.
KBSV began broadcasting April 14, 1996.[3] It was founded by Bet-Nahrain Inc., the organization ofSargon Dadesho, an Assyrian-American activist originally fromIraq;[4] prior to the advent of channel 23, Bet-Nahrain offered an hour a day of Assyrian programming on localpublic-access television.[5] The station also beganwebcasting 24 hours a day in 1997.[6]
AssyriaSat was primarily used to transmit news and other information to the Assyrian community in both thehomeland anddiaspora, and it as well as Dadesho gained media traction after the2003 invasion of Iraq.[7] In 2003, KBSV was believed to be the only non-governmental broadcast originating in the U.S. and receivable in Iraq.[8]
KBSV was previously broadcast fromMount Oso inStanislaus County, but it was forced to move after the property owner terminated their lease for the site and has since operated on a temporary facility basis from the KBES tower, the intended permanent location.[2]
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 23.1 | 480i | 4:3 | KBSV-TV | Main KBSV programming |
KBSV-TV Channel 23, or "Assyria Sat", is believed to be the only live, non-governmental broadcast that bounces via satellite from America to the deserts and hills of Iraq.
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