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{{short description|Univision affiliate in Monterey, California}}
{{short description|Univision affiliate in Monterey, California}}
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{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KSMS-TV
| callsign = KSMS-TV
| city = Monterey, California
| city = Monterey, California
| logo = KSMS67-012013.png
| logo = KSMS67-012013.png
| branding = Univision 67 ''(general)''<br>''Noticias 67 Costa Central'' ''(newscasts)''
| branding = {{ubl|{{lang|es|italic=no|Univision 67}} (general)|{{lang|es|Noticias 67 Costa Central}} (newscasts)}}
| analog =
| analog =
| digital = 26 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])<br>''(shared with [[KDJT-CD]])''
| digital = 26 ([[UHF]]), shared with [[KDJT-CD]]
| virtual = 67
| virtual = 67
| translators =
| translators =
| affiliations = '''67.1:''' [[Univision]]<br>'''67.3:''' [[LATV]]
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''67.1:''' [[Univision]]|'''67.3:''' [[LATV]]}}
| network =
| network =
| country = United States
| country = United States
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| airdate = {{start date and age|1986|9|1|p=y}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1986|9|1|p=y}}
| last_airdate =
| last_airdate =
| location = [[Monterey, California|Monterey]]/[[Salinas, California|Salinas]]/[[Santa Cruz, California]]
| location = [[Monterey]]–[[Salinas, California|Salinas]]–[[Santa Cruz, California]]
| callsign_meaning = Salinas, Monterey, Santa Cruz
| callsign_meaning = Salinas, Monterey, Santa Cruz
| former_callsigns =
| former_callsigns =
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>67 (UHF, 1986–2009)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 67 (UHF, 1986–2009)|'''Digital:''' 31 (UHF, until 2018), 33 (UHF, 2018–2019)}}
| owner = [[Entravision Communications]]
| owner = [[Entravision Communications]]
| licensee = Entravision Holdings, [[Limited liability company|LLC]]
| licensee = Entravision Holdings, [[LLC]]
| sister_stations = [[KCBA]], [[KDJT-CD]]
| sister_stations = [[KDJT-CD]]
| former_affiliations = SIN (1986–1987)
| former_affiliations = SIN (1986–1987)
| erp = 15 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| erp = 15 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|707.3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| haat = {{convert|707.3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class =
| class =
| facility_id = 35611
| facility_id = 35611
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|36|45|22.8|N|121|30|8.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| coordinates = {{coord|36|45|22.8|N|121|30|8.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://noticiasya.com/monterey-salinas}}
| website = {{URL|https://noticiasya.com/monterey-salinas}}
}}
}}


'''KSMS-TV''', [[virtual channel]] 67 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 26), is a [[Univision]]-[[Network affiliate|affiliated]] [[television channel|television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Monterey, California]], United States and serving the [[Monterey Bay]] area. Owned by [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]]–based [[Entravision Communications]], it is a [[sister station]] to [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[UniMás]] affiliate [[KDJT-CD]] (channel 33, licensed to both [[Salinas, California|Salinas]] and Monterey); Entravision also operates Salinas-licensed [[The CW Plus|CW+]] affiliate [[KCBA]] (channel 35) under a [[local marketing agreement]] (LMA) with owner Seal Rock Broadcasters. The three stations share studios on Garden Court south of [[Monterey Regional Airport]] in Monterey; KSMS and KDJT share transmitter facilities atop [[Fremont Peak (California)|Fremont Peak]].
'''KSMS-TV''' (channel 67) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Monterey, California]], United States, serving the [[Monterey Bay]] area as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network [[Univision]]. It is owned by [[Entravision Communications]] alongside [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[UniMás]] affiliate [[KDJT-CD]] (channel 33, licensed to both [[Salinas, California|Salinas]] and Monterey). KSMS-TV and KDJT-CD share studios on Garden Court south of [[Monterey Regional Airport]] in Monterey; through a [[channel sharing]] agreement, the two stations transmit using KDJT-CD's spectrum from an antenna atop [[Fremont Peak (California)|Fremont Peak]].


==History==
==History==
[[File:KSMS67.png|thumb|left|KSMS's logo prior to January 1, 2013]]
[[File:KSMS67.png|thumb|left|KSMS's logo prior to January 1, 2013]]
KSMS-TV was founded by Bill Schuyler on September 1, 1986.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61399848/|work=The Californian|title=KSMS-Channel 67 begins Spanish-language programming|access-date=October 19, 2020|page=16|first=Fred|last=Alvarez|date=September 3, 1986}}</ref> In the same year, [[KCBA]], the only television station broadcasting in [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]] in the area, was sold to the [[Ackerley Group]]. Ackerley decided to make KCBA an [[American English|English-language]] station affiliated with the then-emerging Fox network, which would have left the Salinas–Monterey–[[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]] [[media market|television market]] without a Spanish-language television station. Knowing that Schuyler had a permit to build a station in the market, a former manager of KCBA encouraged Schuyler to seize the opportunity to create a new station to serve the Hispanic community as an affiliate of the Spanish International Network (the predecessor of Univision).
KSMS-TV was founded by Bill Schuyler on September 1, 1986.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61399848/|work=The Californian|title=KSMS-Channel 67 begins Spanish-language programming|access-date=October 19, 2020|page=16|first=Fred|last=Alvarez|date=September 3, 1986}}</ref> In the same year, [[KCBA]], the only television station broadcasting in [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]] in the area, was sold to the [[Ackerley Group]]. Ackerley decided to make KCBA an [[American English|English-language]] station affiliated with the then-emerging Fox network, which would have left the Salinas–Monterey–[[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]] [[television market]] without a Spanish-language television station. Knowing that Schuyler had a permit to build a station in the market, a former manager of KCBA encouraged Schuyler to seize the opportunity to create a new station to serve the Hispanic community as an affiliate of the Spanish International Network (the predecessor of Univision).


Schuyler assembled a team of four television professionals and challenge them to develop the new station before KCBA's relaunch. The multiple tasks of creating a new station from the ground up were divided among the four individuals. The group found an old building on Garden Road, which coincidentally had been the first home of KMST-TV (now [[KION-TV]]), which Schuyler had started in 1969 and sold a decade later.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61399991/|access-date=October 19, 2020|date=November 21, 1986|title=Spanish station has big plans|first=Fred|last=Alvarez|work=The Californian|page=2A}}</ref> After negotiating the lease, the remodeling of the old building started immediately. A studio was built in the first floor, along with a small production area, a sound booth and the master control area. After much searching for a suitable transmitter, one was found and installed along with an antenna, atop of Fremont Peak, overlooking the Salinas Valley. Production and broadcasting equipment was purchased and installed, support personnel hired, a small news team was assembled and the station went on the air on time.
Schuyler assembled a team of four television professionals and challenge them to develop the new station before KCBA's relaunch. The multiple tasks of creating a new station from the ground up were divided among the four individuals. The group found an old building on Garden Road, which coincidentally had been the first home of KMST-TV (now [[KION-TV]]), which Schuyler had started in 1969 and sold a decade later.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61399991/|access-date=October 19, 2020|date=November 21, 1986|title=Spanish station has big plans|first=Fred|last=Alvarez|work=The Californian|page=2A}}</ref> After negotiating the lease, the remodeling of the old building started immediately. A studio was built in the first floor, along with a small production area, a sound booth and the master control area. After much searching for a suitable transmitter, one was found and installed along with an antenna, atop of Fremont Peak, overlooking the Salinas Valley. Production and broadcasting equipment was purchased and installed, support personnel hired, a small news team was assembled and the station went on the air on time.


==News operation==
==News operation==
KSMS operates its 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts, each running about 30 minutes each, totaling 10 hours per week. KSMS does not broadcast any local news on weekends. KSMS currently competes with the recent addition of rival [[KMUV-LD|KMUV-LP]], after KMUV-LP's newscasts were added in September 2009 under its current ownership by the [[Cowles Publishing Company]]. KSMS also covers national news and news from Latin America. KSMS started its newscasts in November 1987, a few days after Fidel M. Soto joined the station.<ref>[https://archive.today/20110713173312/http://www.ksmstv.com/talentos.php?id=53 Talentos - Fidel M. Soto] (in Spanish)</ref> Soto is currently the longest tenured personality since KSMS's inception.
KSMS operates its 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts, each running about 30 minutes each, totaling 10 hours per week. KSMS does not broadcast any local news on weekends. KSMS currently competes with the recent addition of rival [[KMUV-LP]], after KMUV-LP's newscasts were added in September 2009 under its current ownership by the [[Cowles Publishing Company]]. KSMS also covers national news and news from Latin America. KSMS started its newscasts in November 1987, a few days after Fidel M. Soto joined the station.<ref>[https://archive.today/20110713173312/http://www.ksmstv.com/talentos.php?id=53 Talentos - Fidel M. Soto] (in Spanish)</ref> Soto is currently the longest tenured personality since KSMS's inception.


==Technical information==
==Technical information==

===Subchannels===
===Subchannels===
{{#section:KDJT-CD|subs}}
The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KSMS#station RabbitEars TV Query for KSMS]</ref>
|-
| 67.1 || [[1080i]] || [[16:9]] || KSMS-HD || Main KSMS-TV programming / [[Univision]]
|-
| 67.3 || [[480i]] || [[4:3]] || LATV || [[LATV]]
|-
|}

In June 2010, KSMS began broadcasting in [[16:9]] HDTV ratio in time for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].
In June 2010, KSMS began broadcasting in [[16:9]] HDTV ratio in time for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].


===Analog-to-digital conversion===
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KSMS-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 67, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 31.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-29 }}</ref> Through the use of [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]], digital television receivers display the station's [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 67, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.
KSMS-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 67, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 31,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 67.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{official website|https://noticiasya.com/monterey-salinas}} {{in lang|es}}
*{{official website|https://noticiasya.com/monterey-salinas}} {{in lang|es}}
*{{BIA|KSMS|TV|TV}}


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Latest revision as of 02:38, 14 September 2024

KSMS-TV
CityMonterey, California
Channels
Branding
  • Univision 67 (general)
  • Noticias 67 Costa Central (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KDJT-CD
History
First air date
September 1, 1986 (38 years ago) (1986-09-01)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 67 (UHF, 1986–2009)
  • Digital: 31 (UHF, until 2018), 33 (UHF, 2018–2019)
SIN (1986–1987)
Call sign meaning
Salinas, Monterey, Santa Cruz
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35611
ERP15 kW
HAAT707.3 m (2,321 ft)
Transmitter coordinates36°45′22.8″N 121°30′8.7″W / 36.756333°N 121.502417°W / 36.756333; -121.502417
Links
Public license information
Websitenoticiasya.com/monterey-salinas

KSMS-TV (channel 67) is a television station licensed to Monterey, California, United States, serving the Monterey Bay area as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside Class A UniMás affiliate KDJT-CD (channel 33, licensed to both Salinas and Monterey). KSMS-TV and KDJT-CD share studios on Garden Court south of Monterey Regional Airport in Monterey; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using KDJT-CD's spectrum from an antenna atop Fremont Peak.

History

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KSMS's logo prior to January 1, 2013

KSMS-TV was founded by Bill Schuyler on September 1, 1986.[2] In the same year, KCBA, the only television station broadcasting in Spanish in the area, was sold to the Ackerley Group. Ackerley decided to make KCBA an English-language station affiliated with the then-emerging Fox network, which would have left the Salinas–Monterey–Santa Cruz television market without a Spanish-language television station. Knowing that Schuyler had a permit to build a station in the market, a former manager of KCBA encouraged Schuyler to seize the opportunity to create a new station to serve the Hispanic community as an affiliate of the Spanish International Network (the predecessor of Univision).

Schuyler assembled a team of four television professionals and challenge them to develop the new station before KCBA's relaunch. The multiple tasks of creating a new station from the ground up were divided among the four individuals. The group found an old building on Garden Road, which coincidentally had been the first home of KMST-TV (now KION-TV), which Schuyler had started in 1969 and sold a decade later.[3] After negotiating the lease, the remodeling of the old building started immediately. A studio was built in the first floor, along with a small production area, a sound booth and the master control area. After much searching for a suitable transmitter, one was found and installed along with an antenna, atop of Fremont Peak, overlooking the Salinas Valley. Production and broadcasting equipment was purchased and installed, support personnel hired, a small news team was assembled and the station went on the air on time.

News operation

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KSMS operates its 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts, each running about 30 minutes each, totaling 10 hours per week. KSMS does not broadcast any local news on weekends. KSMS currently competes with the recent addition of rival KMUV-LP, after KMUV-LP's newscasts were added in September 2009 under its current ownership by the Cowles Publishing Company. KSMS also covers national news and news from Latin America. KSMS started its newscasts in November 1987, a few days after Fidel M. Soto joined the station.[4] Soto is currently the longest tenured personality since KSMS's inception.

Technical information

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Subchannels

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Subchannels of KDJT-CD and KSMS-TV[5]
License Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
KDJT-CD 33.1 1080i 16:9 KDJT-HD UniMas
KSMS-TV 67.1 KSMS-HD Univision
67.3 480i 4:3 LATV LATV

In June 2010, KSMS began broadcasting in 16:9 HDTV ratio in time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Analog-to-digital conversion

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KSMS-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 67, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 31,[6] using virtual channel 67.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSMS-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Alvarez, Fred (September 3, 1986). "KSMS-Channel 67 begins Spanish-language programming". The Californian. p. 16. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Alvarez, Fred (November 21, 1986). "Spanish station has big plans". The Californian. p. 2A. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Talentos - Fidel M. Soto (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KDJT-CD". www.rabbitears.info.
  6. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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