| Translator ofKMGH-DT2,Denver, Colorado | |
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| Branding | see KMGH-TV |
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| KMGH-TV | |
| History | |
| Founded | 2002[specify] |
First air date | 2003 (22 years ago) (2003)[specify] |
Last air date | August 11, 2014 (2014-8-11) (as KZCO-LP) |
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Call sign meaning | Azteca América Colorado (former affiliation) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 168782 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 231.1 m (758 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′45.9″N105°14′9.9″W / 39.729417°N 105.236083°W /39.729417; -105.236083 |
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Public license information | LMS |
KZCO-LD is alow-power television station inDenver, Colorado, United States. It rebroadcasts four secondarydigital subchannels ofABC affiliateKMGH-TV (channel 7), includingIon Mystery on 7.3 andLaff on 7.4. Like KMGH-TV andKCDO-TV (channel 3), as well asKSBS-CD (channel 10), KZCO-LD isowned and operated by theE. W. Scripps Company. KZCO-LD shares a channel withKLPD-LD (channel 28), owned by Syncom Media Group, and transmits from atopLookout Mountain, nearGolden; its parent station maintains studios on Delgany Street in Denver's River North Art District.
The license history for KZCO-LD dates back to 1971, when it was authorized inEstes Park, Colorado, as K65AA. This was one of five UHF translators authorized to Translator TV, Inc., to rebroadcast Denver stations.[3] In 2003, it moved to channel 27 as K27GF, soon changed to KCIN-LP.
In 2005, theMcGraw-Hill Company, owner of KMGH-TV, acquired KZCO-LP and used it as one of several transmitters for a regionalAzteca América service, broadcast from transmitters in Denver (KZCO-LP),Windsor forFort Collins andGreeley (KZFC-LD), andColorado Springs (KZCS-LD).[4] On October 3, 2011, McGraw-Hill announced that it would exit from broadcasting and sell KMGH-TV, KZCO-LP and its other television stations to theE. W. Scripps Company.[5] The sale was completed on December 30, 2011.[6]
In 2013, KZCO signed on a digital signal on UHF channel 17 to serve as a fill-in translator of KMGH-TV, which has experienced issues with signal reception in portions of the Denver market since thedigital television transition on June 12, 2009, due to that station operating its digital signal onVHF channel 7, which is prone to signal interference.
On August 11, 2014, the FCC canceled the KZCO-LP license, being replaced by KZCO-LD.[7][8]
In early 2021, the simulcast of KMGH-TV's main channel moved to a subchannel of KSBS-CD, a translator of KCDO-TV.
Scripps uses major channels 3 and 7, as extensions and simulcasts of KMGH-TV. KMGH-TV also broadcasts the 3.3 and 3.4 subchannels. Syncom's KLPD-LD uses major channel 28.
The stations' signals aremultiplexed:
| License | Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| KZCO-LD | 3.3 | 480i | 16:9 | Newsnet | QVC2 (KMGH-TV) |
| 3.4 | Shop-LC | Shop LC (KMGH-TV) | |||
| 7.2 | MYS | Ion Mystery (KMGH-TV) | |||
| 7.3 | 24/7 | Laff (KMGH-TV) | |||
| KLPD-LD | 28.1 | 720p | MTN TV | MTN-TV (Outside TV) | |
| 28.2 | 480i | Movies | Movies! | ||
| 28.3 | Decades | HSN2 |
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(*) – indicates station is in one of Colorado's primaryTV markets (**) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Colorado | ||
