KCAU-TV

Not to be confused with WCAU, the NBC owned-and-operated station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
KCAU-TV
Channels
BrandingKCAU 9
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
March 29, 1953
(71 years ago) (1953-03-29)
Former call signs
KVTV (1953–1967)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 9 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 30 (UHF, until 2009)
  • CBS (1953–1967)
  • NBC (secondary, 1953–1954)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955)
  • ABC (secondary, 1953–1967)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID11265
ERP29.5 kW
HAAT616 m (2,021 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°35′12.2″N 96°13′57.1″W / 42.586722°N 96.232528°W / 42.586722; -96.232528
Translator(s)KNEN-LD 35.2 Norfolk, NE
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.siouxlandproud.com

KCAU-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located on Gordon Drive in Sioux City, and its transmitter is located near Hinton, Iowa.

The first television station in the region, the station began broadcasting as CBS affiliate KVTV in 1953. It was acquired in 1965 by a company that became known as Forward Communications; under Forward stewardship, the station activated a 2,000-foot (610 m) tower, changed its call sign to KCAU-TV and its affiliation to ABC in 1967, and became the leading station in the market through the 1980s. It was owned by Citadel Communications from 1985 to 2014, when it was purchased by Nexstar.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KCAU-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.