KMUV-LD


KMUV-LD, UHF digital channel 21, is a low-power television station licensed to Monterey, California, United States and serving the Monterey Bay area. It is a translator of CBS/CW+/Telemundo affiliate KION-TV which is owned by News-Press & Gazette Company. KMUV's transmitter is located on Fremont Peak; its parent station maintains studios on Moffett Street in Salinas immediately south of Salinas Municipal Airport.

History

KMUV-LP was previously a Univision affiliate; it switched to Telemundo in 2012. The KMUV callsign was assigned to a former station from 1974 until 1981, on that which is now KMAX-TV in Sacramento.

Sale to Cowles Publishing Company

On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel Communications entered into an agreement to spin off its entire television stations group to Newport Television, a broadcasting holding company founded by the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners. The sale was finalized on March 14, 2008. However, Newport Television could not keep KION-TV or KMUV-LP due to Providence Equity Partners' partial ownership of several media properties which serve parts of the market. KION and KMUV were sold to the Cowles Publishing Company, the owner of KHQ-TV and The KHQ Television Group in Spokane, Washington. The sale was finalized on May 7, 2008. On that day, Cowles took over the LMA for KCBA from Newport Television.
On September 20, 2013, News-Press & Gazette Company announced that it would purchase KION-TV and KMUV-LP, as well as San Luis Obispo sister station KKFX-CA. NPG will also take over some of the operations of Santa Maria sister station KCOY-TV, which Cowles will retain, under a shared services agreement. The sale was completed on December 13.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelVideoAspectPSIP Short NameProgramming
21.1480iSMUVDabl
23.11080iKMUV-LDFull HD simulcast of KION-DT3 / Telemundo
46.1720pKION-TVSimulcast of KION-TV / CBS
46.2720pCWHD simulcast of KION-DT2 / Central Coast CW