KEYT-TV

KEYT-TV
Santa Barbara, California United States

Branding	Channel 3 (general) News Channel 3 (newscasts) MyRTV (on DT2)
Slogan	Where The News Comes First (primary) Your News, Your Team (secondary)
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 3 (PSIP)
Subchannels	3.1 ABC 3.2 MyNetworkTV/Retro TV
Translators	K31KE-D San Luis Obispo
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG of California, LLC)
First air date	July 24, 1953 (1953-07-24)
Call letters' meaning	KEY Television or KEY Channel Three
Sister station(s)	KCOY-TV, KKFX-CD, KION-TV, KECY-TV, KESQ-TV
Former callsigns	KEYT (1953–1987)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 3 (VHF, 1953–2009)
Former affiliations	DuMont (1953–1954) CBS NBC
Transmitter power	250 kW
Height	918 metres (3,012 feet)
Facility ID	60637
Transmitter coordinates	34°31′32″N 119°57′28″W / 34.52556°N 119.95778°W / 34.52556; -119.95778
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.keyt.com

KEYT-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Santa Barbara, Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo, California. Licensed to Santa Barbara, the station broadcasts a high definition digital on UHF channel 27 (virtual channel 3.1 via PSIP) with its transmitter located atop Broadcast Peak, between Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez in the Santa Ynez Mountains. Owned by News-Press & Gazette Company, it is the sister station to Fox affiliate KKFX-CD. It also operates CBS affiliate KCOY-TV (owned by VistaWest Media, LLC). KEYT's studios are located at 730 Miramonte Drive on TV Hill, overlooking downtown Santa Barbara. Syndicated programming featured on this station includes Live! with Kelly and Michael, OK TV, The Dr. Oz Show, Extra, TMZ and Access Hollywood.

History

KEYT-TV first signed on the air on July 24, 1953. During the 1950s, the station ran programming from all four TV networks: ABC, CBS, DuMont, and NBC.^[1] It would lose NBC in 1964 when KCOY in adjacent Santa Maria signed on, then shared CBS with KCOY until 1969, when the inclusion of San Luis Obispo County into the Santa Barbara-Santa Maria market resulted in KEYT becoming exclusively affiliated with ABC, with KCOY becoming the CBS affiliate and KSBY in San Luis Obispo also becoming Santa Barbara's NBC affiliate. KEYT operates morning, evening and nighttime newscasts. KEYT channel 3 has identified its local newscasts as KEY News since the 1980s.

Between KEYT's launch of its HDTV signal on March 2007 and September 2007, KEYT-HD was initially unavailable to cable subscribers in the Central Coast, due to a contract dispute with the local cable companies. KEYT has since reached an agreement with Cox Communications in Santa Barbara, Comcast in Santa Maria, and as of late October 2007, with Charter Cable in San Luis Obispo to carry its HDTV signal, In 2012 Time Warner Cable In Ventura County carried its HDTV Signal.

On September 7, 2012, News-Press & Gazette Company announced that it had entered into an agreement to purchase KEYT from Smith Media for $14.3 million.^[2]^[3] The transaction, which was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on November 6,^[4] was completed November 19.^[5]^[6] Smith Media owned KEYT since 1987.

On January 28, 2013, KEYT retired the longtime KEY News branding and with the new owner's purchase rebranded themselves as NewsChannel 3. The branding is similar to now Palm Springs sister station, KESQ-TV. Its newscasts and site now includes a new graphics package that is similar to all NPG stations and is operated by Internet Broadcasting.

On April 1, 2013, KEYT began broadcasting news in High Definition.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[7]
3.1	720p	16:9	KEYT HD	Main KEYT-TV programming / ABC
3.2	480i	4:3	KEYT SD	MyNetworkTV / Retro TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

KEYT-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 3, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 27.^[8] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 3.

MyRTV

KEYT acquired the MyNetworkTV affiliation in June 2006, it initially showed only MyNetworkTV programming, with a test pattern running outside of network programming hours.^[9] By the fall of 2007, the station had managed to obtain syndication broadcast rights to Family Guy and South Park, and officially launched its second digital subchannel under the branding "MyNetworkTV Central Coast" in October 2007, replacing Los Angeles-based MyNetworkTV affiliate KCOP on all cable systems in the Central Coast region.

The subchannel initially ran a standard-definition simulcast of KEYT's primary channel outside of MyNetworkTV programming. On October 30, 2007, KEYT-DT2 added a secondary affiliation with the Luken Communications-owned Retro Television Network and broadcasts RTV programming outside of MyNetworkTV primetime program slots.^[10] The subchannel subsequently changed its branding to "My RTN" to coincide with the new affiliation, later changing to "My RTV" after the network modified its on-air acronym to "RTV".

Notable former on-air staff

Christine Craft - anchor/reporter (1970s)
Giselle Fernández - reporter (circa 1983)
Michelle Franzen - reporter/fill-in anchor (1993-1994)
Edie Lambert - anchor/reporter (now at KCRA-TV in Sacramento)
Indra Petersons (now with ABC News)
Kelsey Gerckens and Joey Buttitta - reporters (and winners of The Amazing Race 27)

Rebroadcasters

KEYT also operates a translator to extend its coverage area into San Luis Obispo county. It operates a repeater station in San Luis Obispo, K31KE-D, on channel 31.

References

External links

Broadcast television on California's Central Coast

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Santa Barbara	KEYT (3.1 ABC, 3.2 MNTV/RTV) KZDF-LP 8 (AZA) K10PV-D (10.1 NBC, 10.2 CW) KSBB-LP 17 (ABC) K26FT 26 / K28GY 28 (Public Ind) KSBT-LD 32 (MundoMax) KPMR (38.1 UNI, 38.2 KTSB-CA) KVMM-CD 41 (MTV3) KBAB-LD (50.1 PBS-HD, 50.2 OC, 50.3 DS, 50.4 World)

Santa Maria	K07TA 7 (TEL) KKDJ-LP 8 (Vida) KCOY (12.1 CBS, 12.2 KKFX-CD) KKFX-CD 24 (Fox) KLFA-LP 25 (LATV) KQMM-CD 29 (Tr3́s) KDFS-CD 30 (AZA) KTSB-CA 35 (UniMás) KWSM-LP 40 (Vida) K46GF 46 (MundoMax)

San Luis Obispo	KSBY (6.1 NBC, 6.2 CW) K16FC 16 (Public Ind) K17GD 17 / K28FK 28 (UniMás) KTAS / K09UF 9 (33.1 TEL) K31KE-D (ABC) KMMA-CD 41 (MTV3) KSBO-CD 42 / KASC-CA 7 / KPAO-CA 22 (AZA) KFUL-LP 44 (LATV) K44DN 44 (CBS) K47GD 47 (MundoMax)

Lompoc	K10OG 10 (UniMás) KLDF-CD 17 (AZA)

Defunct	K15DB 15 (TBN) KSSY-LP 20 (Religious/Spanish) KWHY-LP 22 (Ind/Spanish) K23CL 23 (TBN) KJCN-LP 36 / K22EE 22 (TBN) K49EK 49 (Ind/Religious) KPXA-LP 49 (Ind) KCCE-LP 50 (A1) K51GB 51 (TBN) KCPB 54 (Ind. educational/public access)

Adjacent locals	Los Angeles KCAL 9 (Ind) KOCE 50 (PBS) San Francisco KQED 9 (PBS) KNTV 11 (NBC, San Jose) Monterey KSBW (8.1 NBC, 8.2 ABC) KION (46.1 (CBS, 46.2 The CW) Fresno KMPH-TV (26.1 (Fox, 26.2 This TV, 26.3 Comet)

California television Bakersfield Chico–Redding Eureka Fresno Las Vegas NV Los Angeles Medford OR Monterey Inland Empire (Palm Springs) Reno NV Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Santa Barbara El Centro CA / Yuma AZ

ABC Network affiliates in the state of California

KEYT 3 / KSBB 17 / K31KE-D (Santa Barbara / San Luis Obispo) KABC 7 (Los Angeles) KGO 7 (San Francisco/San Jose/Oakland) KRCR 7 / KAEF 23 (Redding / Chico / Eureka) KSBW 8.2 (Salinas/Monterey/Santa Cruz) KECY-DT 9.2 (El Centro) KGTV 10 (San Diego) KXTV 10 (Sacramento) KERO 23 (Bakersfield) KFSN 30 (Fresno) KESQ 42 (Palm Springs) Defunct ABC stations/gone dark: KFWU 8 Fort Bragg (1990-97) substation of KRCR 7 Redding, KNTV 11 San Jose (1965-99), KHDT 38/64 Barstow/Victorville (1965-87) substation of KABC 7 Los Angeles.

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in California

MyNetworkTV network affiliates in the state of California

KOTR-LP 2 (Gonzales/Monterey/Salinas) KEYT-DT 3.2 (Santa Barbara) KRON 4 (San Francisco) KAIL 7 (Fresno) KECY 9 (El Centro) KCOP 13 (Los Angeles) KRVU-LD 21 / KZVU-LD 22 / KVIQ-DT 17.2 (Redding/Chico/Eureka) KUVI 45 (Bakersfield) XHDTV 49 (Tecate, BC/ San Diego)¹ KPSE-LD 50 (Palm Springs) KQCA 58 (Stockton/Sacramento/Modesto) ¹XHDTV is licensed to Tecate, Mexico, but primarily serves viewers in the San Diego market.

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in California

Other television stations in the state of California

Ion Television	KSPX-TV 29 (Sacramento) KPXN-TV 30 (San Bernardino) KKPX-TV 65 (San Jose)

Youtoo America	KMCA-LD 10 (Redding) KYMB-LD 27.4 (Monterey) KJEO-LD 32.2 (Fresno)

Retro Television Network	KAXT 1.2 (San Francsico) KEYT-TV 3.2 (Santa Barbara) KAIL 7.2 (Fresno)

Me-TV	KCRA-TV 3.2 (Sacramento) KRCR-TV 7.2 (Redding) KFMB-TV 8.2 (San Diego) KVME 20.1 (Bishop/Los Angeles) KOFY-TV 20.2 (San Francisco) KAEF-TV 23.2 (Arcata) KERO-TV 23.3 (Bakersfield) KYMB-LD 27.2 (Monterey) KRET-CD 31.1 (Cathedral City) KGMC 43.6 (Clovis) KDOC-TV 56.3 (Anaheim/Los Angeles)

Antenna TV	KRON 4.3 (San Francisco) KTLA 5.2 (Los Angeles) KRET-CD 31.4 (Cathedral City) KTXL 40.2 (Sacramento) KGMC 43.5 (Clovis) KSWB-TV 69.2 (San Diego)

Bounce TV	KVHF 4.2 (Fresno) KUVS 19.3 (Sacramento) KMEX 34.3 (Los Angeles) KFSF 66.2 (Sacramento)

This TV	KTLA 5.3 (Los Angeles) KCVU 20.2 (Redding-Chico) KMPH 26.2 (Fresno) KYMB 27.2 (Monterey) KBVU 28.2 (Eureka) KBFX 29.2 (Bakersfield) KRET-CD 31.2 (Palm Springs) KTNC 42.3 (San Francisco) KQCA 58.2 (Stockton-Sacramento) KSWB 69.3 (San Diego)

Movies!	KRCR 7.3 (Chico) KCOP 13.3 (Los Angeles) KAEF 23.3 (Eureka)

Decades	KCBS 2.2 (Los Angeles) KPIX 5.2 (San Francisco) KOVR 13.2 (Stockton/Sacramento)

Other Stations	KAXT-CD (1.3 QVC, 1.7 VieTop, 1.8 Creation TV, 1.10 Tiempos Finales, 1.11 Jewelry, San Francsico) K15CU-D (15.1 Cozi TV, Monterey) KVHF-LD (4.4 AMGTV, Fresno) KQSL (8.1 TheCoolTV, 8.2 Tuff TV, Fort Bragg) KSDI-LP (33.2 The Family Channel / 33.4 TheCoolTV, Fresno)

Defunct	KAZV-LP 14 (Modesto) KCCE-LP 50 (San Luis Obispo)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in California See also Azteca América MundoMax Telemundo UniMás Univision Other Spanish network affiliates Religious Home Shopping Independent

News-Press & Gazette Company

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ABC network affiliates	KECY-DT2 KESQ-TV KEYT-TV KIFI-TV KMIZ KRDO-TV KVIA-TV

CBS network affiliates	KCOY-TV ¹ KIDK ¹ KION-TV KPSP-CD KSWT ²

CW network affiliates	KBJO-LD ³ KCWQ-LP KECY-DT3 KIFI-DT3 KION-DT2 KTVZ-DT2

Fox network affiliates	KDFX-CD KECY-TV KFXO-LD KKFX-CD KNPN-LD ³ KQFX-LD KXPI-LD ¹

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KECY-TV ⁴ KEYT-DT2 ⁵ KMIZ-DT2 ⁴ KXPI-LD ^{1, 4}

Telemundo affiliates	KECY-DT4/KESE-LP KIFI-DT2 KMUV-LP KQRE-LP KNPG-LD/KNPN-LD4 ³ KUNA-LP

Other affiliations	AZA K42DJ ⁶ NBC KTVZ KYMA-DT ² Cable News-Press 3 NOW ⁷

Radio stations

¹ Owned by VistaWest Media, LLC, NPG operates this station under a SSA.
² Owned by Northwest Broadcasting, NPG operates this station under an SSA.
³ This station was built and signed on by NPG.
⁴ This station carries a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliation on its primary channel.
⁵ This station carries a secondary Retro Television Network affiliation on its second digital subchannel.
⁶ This station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, but is operated by NPG.
⁷ Originally operating as a cable-only channel, News-Press 3 NOW is also relayed on a second digital subchannel of KNPN-LD.

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