KYOU-TV

"KYOU" redirects here. For the radio station in San Francisco formerly branded as KYOU radio, see KZDG.
KYOU-TV
Ottumwa, Iowa/
Kirksville, Missouri
United States
Branding Fox 15
Slogan Fox For the Heartland, Local For You
Channels Digital: 15 (UHF)
Virtual: 15 (PSIP)
Subchannels 15.1 Fox
15.2 Grit
15.3 Escape
Translators 30 K30MG-D Kirksville
Owner American Spirit Media
(KYOU License Subsidiary, LLC)
Operator Raycom Media
First air date June 2, 1986 (1986-06-02)
Call letters' meaning YOU
Former callsigns KOIA-TV (1986–1992)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
15 (UHF, 1986–2009)
Digital:
14 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations UPN (secondary)
Transmitter power 7.94 kW
Height 332 m
Facility ID 53820
Transmitter coordinates 41°11′42″N 91°57′15″W / 41.19500°N 91.95417°W / 41.19500; -91.95417
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.kyoutv.com

KYOU-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Honey Lands area of Southeastern Iowa and Northeastern Missouri. Licensed to Ottumwa, Iowa, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 15 from a transmitter one mile east of Richland, Iowa. The station can also be seen in Missouri on Cable One channel 8 (with HD on digital channel 475) and in Iowa on Mediacom channel 9 (in HD on digital channel 815). Owned by American Spirit Media, the station has studios on West 2nd Street in Downtown Ottumwa.

KYOU operates one digital repeater, K30MG-D channel 30 in Kirksvillle, to extend its over-the-air coverage; it has a transmitter northwest of that city. KYOU was acquired by Waitt Media in 1999. That company merged with Raycom Media in December 2003. Raycom already owned ABC affiliate KTVO in Kirksville, Missouri at the time and could not legally keep both stations because the market has too few channels to legally permit a duopoly. As a result, KYOU was spun off to Ottumwa Media Holdings, which eventually changed its name to American Spirit Media.

On March 27, 2006, Raycom announced that it would sell KTVO along with thirteen other stations across the country to Barrington Broadcasting. The sale closed later that year. However, KYOU still has a shared services agreement with Raycom Media.

Until October 2015, KYOU did not have a local newscast. [1]

Digital television

Digital channel

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[2]
15.1 720p 16:9 KYOU-DT Main KYOU-TV programming / Fox
15.2 480i 4:3 Grit-TV Grit
15.3 Escape Escape

Analog-to-digital conversion

KYOU-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 15, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 14 to channel 15.[3]

Programming

Syndicated programming on the station includes: Judge Judy, The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, The Middle, and The Office.

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