KSBY: Difference between revisions

{{short description|NBC/CW affiliate in San Luis Obispo, California}}

{{for|the airport near Salisbury, Maryland, assigned the ICAO code KSBY|Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport}}

{{distinguish|KSBI}}

| image_alt = The words Central and Coast, stacked, above The CW logo, with a large numeral "5" to the right of the logo.

| image_size = 150px

| virtual = 6

| translators = K10PV-D Santa Barbara

| network =

| airdate = {{start date and age|1953|5|25|p=y}}

| last_airdate =

| callsign_meaning = a disambiguation of former sister station [[KSBW]]

| former_callsigns = KVEC-TV (1953–1957)

| owner = [[E. W. Scripps Company]]

| sister_stations =

| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] (1953–1955)|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1955–1960)|[[CBS]] (1955–1969, secondary after 1964)}}

| haat = {{convert|515|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| class =

| facility_id = 19654

| website = {{URL|https://www.ksby.com}}

}}

 

 

 

 

==History==

 

===Ownership with KSBW===

 

The Salinas Valley Broadcasting Corporation, parent company of both stations as well as KSBW radio in Salinas, agreed to be purchased in 1960 by Paul Harron and Gordon Gray, who together owned radio and television properties in upstate New York.<ref name="Cali600321">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-californian-eastern-group-buys-ksbw/133574279/|date=March 21, 1960|page=2|title=Eastern Group Buys KSBW Television and Radio Stations Here|newspaper=The Californian|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Mon --> The deal never materialized; instead, president and general manager John Cohan and three associates took control of the station in a transaction announced that October.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Closed Circuit: New deal in Salinas|work=Broadcasting|page=5|date=October 17, 1960|id={{ProQuest|962817297}} }}</ref> KSBW and KSBY were no longer ABC affiliates by 1962; in the Salinas portion of the market, [[KNTV]] in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] was carrying the CBS and NBC shows that could not be fit on KSBW–KSBY's schedule,<ref name="Cali620502">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-californian-gilliland-says-tv-11-has/133574349/|date=May 2, 1962|page=36|title=Gilliland Says TV-11 Has as Much at Stake As 8 in Cable System|newspaper=The Californian|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Wed --> while [[KEYT]] in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] became a full-time ABC affiliate in September 1963.<ref name="Vent631005">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ventura-county-star-3-color-shows-on-key/133579579/|date=October 5, 1963|page=9|title=3 Color Shows On KEYT TV|newspaper=Ventura County Star-Free Press|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Sat --> In 1964, a second station went on the air in [[Santa Maria, California|Santa Maria]]: [[KCOY-TV]] (channel 12), which in 1965 sought to force KSBY to become an exclusive CBS affiliate so as to protect its NBC affiliation.<ref name="Trib651105">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-station-pressured-to-program/133574453/|date=November 5, 1965|page=7|title=Station pressured to program only CBS shows: KSBY target in federal action|newspaper=San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Fri --> The opposite would take place four years later: on January 12, 1969, KSBY became a primary NBC affiliate and KCOY-TV a primary CBS affiliate.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Media reports: Network changes|work=Broadcasting|id={{ProQuest|1016853512}}|date=January 13, 1969|page=47}}</ref> The ownership consortium, later known as Central California Communications Corporation, also owned the cable systems in Salinas and San Luis Obispo.<ref name="Trib780113">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-new-york-firm-buys-ksby-tv/133574755/|date=January 13, 1978|page=1|title=New York firm buys KSBY-TV|newspaper=San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Fri --> The FCC ordered Central California Communications Corporation to file for operation of KSBY on a standalone, non-satellite basis in 1975, on account of its financial condition; the order stemmed from a dispute with Gill Industries, owner of KNTV, over the combination of KSBW and KSBY viewership figures for ratings purposes in the Salinas–Monterey market, where the stations' competition—KNTV and [[KION-TV|KMST]] in the north and KCOY-TV in the south—did not serve the same area.<ref>{{Cite news|id={{ProQuest|1014686699}}|title=FCC steps out of market wrangle|work=Broadcasting|page=32|date=December 1, 1975}}</ref>

KSBW and KSBY were acquired in 1979 by John Blair & Co., a New York firm that represented TV and radio stations to national advertisers. The company owned two radio stations but no TV stations.<ref name="Trib790412">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-107-million-sale-of-tv-sta/133574795/|date=April 12, 1979|page=A-3|title=$10.7 million sale of TV stations OK'd|newspaper=San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Thu --> By this time, KSBY was already dominating its market, leading KCOY and KEYT in evening news ratings even though its signal did not reach Santa Barbara directly.<ref name="Trib800501">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-night-news-under-lights-at-k/133574894/|date=May 1, 1980|pages=A-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-tv-news-its-shortcomings-c/133574822/ A-10]|title=Night news under lights at KSBY|newspaper=San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Thu --> In 1986, Blair fended off a [[hostile takeover]] attempt by Macfadden Acquisition Corporation<ref name="Trib860515">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-ksbys-parent-firm-battling/133575029/|date=May 15, 1986|pages=1/A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-takeover-bid/133575044/ 3/A]|first=Tom|last=Fulks|title=KSBY's parent firm battling bid to take over the company|newspaper=The County Telegram-Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Thu --> by accepting a competing, higher offer from Reliance Capital Group, led by financier [[Saul Steinberg (businessman)|Saul Steinberg]].<ref name="Trib860605">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-ksbys-parent-firm-in-corpor/133575064/|date=June 5, 1986|pages=1/A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-ksby-sale/133575079/ 3/A]|first=Tom|last=Fulks|title=KSBY's parent firm in corporate tug of war|newspaper=The County Telegram-Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Thu -->

 

 

 

===EP Communications ownership===

[[File:Nordiske Mediedager 2010 - Thursday - NMD 2010 (4583813556) (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|alt=Headshot of Elisabeth Murdoch|[[Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman)|Elisabeth Murdoch]] ''(pictured in 2010)'' owned KSBY from 1994 to 1995.]]

 

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===SJL ownership and studio move===

[[File:KSBY 6 Studios.jpg|thumb|KSBY's studios on Calle Joaquin in San Luis Obispo|alt=Refer to caption]]

The key priority of SJL's ownership tenure was to move KSBY out of the Hill Street studios it had occupied for more than 40 years. The location, in a residential area, limited future expansion; as early as 1986, when Gillett purchased channel 6, a relocation was identified as necessary for the station.{{r|Trib861113}} In 1996, SJL purchased a hilltop property at the end of Calle Joaquin that had housed a parade of nightclubs since 1975 but had sat vacant for more than two years.<ref name="Trib960706">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-ksby-plans-move-to-building/133576076/|date=July 6, 1996|pages=B-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-ksby/133576096/ B-4]|first=Silas|last=Lyons|title=KSBY plans move to building famous for nights of rock 'n' roll|newspaper=San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Sat --> Construction began in 1998, and the station relocated in 1999. The Calle Joaquin site, at {{convert|17000|ft2|m2}}, was twice as large as the former quarters at {{convert|8000|ft2|m2}}.<ref name="Time980814">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-press-recorder-new-studio-other-c/133576127/|date=August 14, 1998|page=3|first=David|last=Ciaffardini|title=New studio, other changes planned for local station|newspaper=Times-Press-Recorder|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Fri -->

 

===Analog-to-digital conversion===

 

==References==

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