KZCO-LD

KZCO-LD
Denver, Colorado United States

Branding	Azteca Colorado
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 7 (PSIP)
Translators	KZCS-LP 23 Colorado Springs KZFC-LP 36 Windsor
Affiliations	Azteca
Owner	E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings, LLC)
Founded	2002 (2002)
First air date	2003 (2003)
Last air date	2011 (KZCO-LP)
Call letters' meaning	Azteca America Colorado
Sister station(s)	KMGH-TV
Former affiliations	Independent (2002-2003)
Transmitter power	15 kW
Class	LPTV
Facility ID	168782
Transmitter coordinates	39°40′24.0″N 105°13′3.0″W / 39.673333°N 105.217500°W / 39.673333; -105.217500 (KZCO-LD)
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.thedenverchannel.com/azteca (URL AztecaColorado.com redirects to the aforementioned subpage)

KZCO-LD, UHF digital channel 17, is an Azteca-affiliated television station located in Denver, Colorado, United States. The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, and is a sister station to ABC affiliate KMGH-TV (channel 7). The two stations share studio facilities located on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Speer neighborhood (to the immediate north of the studios shared by KWGN-TV (channel 2) and KDVR (channel 31)); KZCO maintains transmitter facilities atop Lookout Mountain, near Golden.

The station's signal is relayed on low-power translator station KZCS-LP (channel 23) in Colorado Springs and KZFC-LP (channel 36) in Windsor. Even though KZCO-LP has a digital signal of its own, the low-powered broadcasting radius does not reach most of the Denver market outside of the city proper. Therefore, the station is simulcast over KMGH-TV's second digital subchannel in order to reach the entire market. This signal can be seen on VHF channel 7.2 from a transmitter atop Lookout Mountain, near Golden.

History

The station first signed on the air in 2003 as KCIN-LP, and was founded by McGraw-Hill. In 2005, the station changed its call letters to KZCO-LP. On October 3, 2011, McGraw-Hill announced that it would exit from broadcasting and sell KMGH-TV, KZCO and its other television stations to the E. W. Scripps Company.^[1] The sale was completed on December 30, 2011.^[2]

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 the June 12, 2009 digital television transition due to that station operating its digital signal on VHF channel 7, which is prone to signal interference.

On August 11, 2014, the FCC canceled the KZCO-LP license, being replaced by KZCO-LD.^[3]^[4]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[5]
7.1	720p	16:9	KMGH-TV	Simulcast of KMGH-TV / ABC
7.2	480i	4:3	Azteca	Main KZCO-LP programming / Azteca
7.4	480i	4:3	24/7	24/7

References

↑ "McGraw-Hill Sells TV Group To Scripps". TVNewsCheck. October 3, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
↑ "Scripps completes McGraw-Hill Stations Buy". TVNewsCheck. December 30, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
↑ FCC status for KZCO-LP
↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=51781
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KZCO

External links

Television stations in the greater Denver area

English stations	KWGN-TV (2.1 CW, 2.2 This TV) KCNC-TV (4.1 CBS, .2 Decades) KMGH-TV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 Azteca, 7.3 Laff, 7.4 24/7 News) KUSA (9.1 NBC, 9.2 WeatherNation TV) KTFD-DT (14.2 Bounce, 14.3 getTV) KZCO-LD (17.1 Azteca, 17.4 24/7 News) KTVD (20.1 MNTV, 20.2 MeTV) KZDN-LD (26.1 Movies!, 26.2 H&I, 26.3 HSN, 26.4 Classic TV, 26.5 Classic Western) KLPD-LD (28.1 HSN, 28.3 KCDO-TV Ind, 28.4 KPKR, 28.5 TV Scout) KDVR (31.1 Fox, 31.2 Antenna TV) KPXC-TV (59.1 Ion, 59.2 Qubo, 59.3 Ion Life)

Public television	KRMA-TV (6.1 PBS, 6.3 Create) KBDI-TV (12.1 PBS, 12.2 PBS Encore/KBDI+, 12.3 MHz Worldview)

Spanish stations	KXDP-LP 6 (audio, ESPN Deportes Radio) KRMA (6.2 V-me) KMGH-TV (7.2 KZCO-LD 17.2 / AZA) KTFD-DT (14.1 UniMás) KZCO-LD 17.2 (AZA) KDEN-TV (25.1 TMD, 25.2 Exitos TV) KQCK / KQDK-CD (33.2 / 39.2 CTNi) KPJR-TV (38.4 Enlace) KCEC (50.1 UNI, 50.2 LATV) KETD (53.1 Estrella)

Religious stations	KDEO-LD (23.1 EWTN1, 23.2 My Family, 23.3 EWTN2, 23.4 Vida) KQCK / KQDK-CD (33.1/3 / 39.1/3 CTN, 33.4 / 39.4 LifeStyle) KPJR-TV (38.1 TBN, 38.2 Church, 38.3 JUCE TV, 38.5 Smile) KRMT (41.1 Daystar) KETD (53.2 LeSEA)

Cable channels	Altitude CET

Adjacent areas	Glenwood Springs KREG-TV (3.1 CBS, 3.2 KGJT-CD/MyNetworkTV) Cripple Creek K05MD-D (5.1 Son Life, 5.2 Punch TV) Fort Collins / Greeley KCDO-TV (3.1 Ind, 3.3 HSN) KGWN-TV (5.1 CBS, 5.2 KCWY-DT/NBC, 5.3 The CW) KFCT (22.1 Fox, 22.2 Antenna TV) Avon / Vail K36DB-CD 36 / K45IE-D 45 (Outside) Nebraska KTNE-TV/KRNE-TV 13.1 / 12.1 (PBS/NET NET1 HD, 13.2 / 12.2 World/NET2, 13.3 / 12.3 Create)

Colorado Broadcast television areas by city Albuquerque/Santa Fe, NM Colorado Springs/Pueblo Denver Grand Junction/Montrose See also Cheyenne TV

Television stations in Southern Colorado, including Colorado Springs and Pueblo

English-language stations	KOAA-TV 5 / K30JM-D 30 (xx.1 NBC, xx.2 NewsFirst Now/Weather Nation TV) KTSC (8.1 PBS, 8.3 Create, 8.5 Audio Information Network of Colorado) KKTV (11.1 CBS, 11.2 MNTV/MeTV) KRDO-TV (13.1 ABC, 13.2 Telemundo) KXRM-TV (21.1 Fox, 21.2 CW, 21.3 Ion) KSPK-LP (28.1 A1/AMGTV) K31KM-D 31 (12.1/12.2 simulcast of KBDI-TV/PBS, 12.3 MHz Worldview) KJCS-LD (EWTN on 38.1, Torah TV on 38.3, The Walk TV on 38.6) KWHS-LD (51.1 LeSEA, 51.2 Cozi TV) KXTU-LD (57.1 CW)

Spanish-language stations	KTSC (8.2 V-me) KRDO-TV (13.2 Telemundo) KZCS-LP 23 (Azteca) KTLP 34/KTLO 45 (Telemundo also on KRDO 13.2) KJCS-LD (38.4 VidaVision, 38.5 Fuente de Vida) KVSN-DT (Univision on 48.1, UniMás on 48.2, LATV on 48.3)

See also Media in Colorado Springs, Colorado Denver TV Albuquerque TV

Other Television Stations in the state of Colorado

Denver market	KTFD-DT 14 (UniMás, Boulder) KDEN-TV 25 (Telemundo, Longmont) KZCO 17 (Azteca, Denver) K36DB-CD 36 (Outside, Avon) KPJR 38 (TBN, Greeley) KQDK-CD 39 (CTN, Aurora) KRMT 41 (Daystar, Denver) K45IE-D 45 (Outside, Vail) KCEC 50 (Univision, Denver) KETD 53 (Estrella TV, Castle Rock) KPXC 59 (ION, Denver)

Other markets	KGBY 20 (Cozi TV, Grand Junction) KZCS-LP 23 (Azteca, Colorado Springs) KSPK-LP 28 (A1/FN, Walsenburg) KTLL 33 (Telemundo, Durango) KWHS-LD 51 (LeSEA, Colorado Springs)

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

E. W. Scripps Company

Radio stations

AM	KFAQ KFFN KFTI KSGF KXSP WTMJ

FM	KBEZ KEZO-FM KFDI-FM KFXJ KHTT KICT-FM KJOT KKCD KMXZ-FM KQCH KQTH KQXR KRVB KRVI KSGF-FM KSPW KSRZ KTGV KTHI KTTS-FM KVOO-FM KXBL KYQQ WCYQ WKHT WKTI WNOX WWST

Television
stations
by affiliations

ABC	KERO KGTV KGUN KIVI / KSAW KMGH KNXV KTNV WCPO WEWS WFTS WKBW WMAR WRTV WXYZ

Azteca	KZCO-LD / KZCS-LP / KZFC-LP KZKC-LP KZSD-LP

Fox	KNIN ¹ WFLX ¹ WFTX WSYM

MyNetworkTV	WACY WHTV ² WMYD

NBC	KJRH KSHB WGBA WPTV WTMJ

other	CBS KMTV WTVF Independent stations KMCI The CW KWBA-TV

Acquisitions

People

Syndicated
programming

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¹ Scripps operates this station under a shared services agreement with Raycom Media.

² WHTV is owned by Venture Technologies Group, with Scripps operating the station under a local marketing agreement.

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