KION-TV

KION-TV


CityMonterey, California
Channels
Branding
  • KION NewsChannel 46
  • Fox 35 (46.2)
  • Telemundo 23 (23.1); Noticias de la Costa Central (Spanish-language news)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
February 1, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-02-01)
Former call signs
  • KMST (1969–1993)
  • KCCN-TV (1993–1997)
  • KION (1997–2002)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 46 (UHF, 1969–2009)
Call sign meaning
"Eye On" phonetically (reference to the CBS Eyemark)[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID26249
ERP
HAAT
  • 758 m (2,487 ft)
  • 780 m (2,559 ft) (CP)
Transmitter coordinates36°32′5″N 121°37′18″W / 36.53472°N 121.62167°W / 36.53472; -121.62167
Translator(s)KMUV-LD 21 (UHF) Monterey
Links
Public license information
Website

KION-TV (channel 46) is a television station licensed to Monterey, California, United States, affiliated with CBS, Fox, and Telemundo. Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, it serves the Monterey Bay area from studios located on Moffett Street in Salinas, immediately south of Salinas Municipal Airport, and a transmitter on Mount Toro, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Salinas. The station is rebroadcast on translator KMUV-LD (channel 21), with transmitter on Fremont Peak.

This station was the second established in the Salinas–Monterey area proper, beginning broadcasts in 1969; it has been affiliated with CBS since it signed on. Traditionally a second- or even third-place operation in the market, its operations were merged with KCBA (channel 35), then the region's Fox affiliate, between 1996 and 2013. The Fox subchannel on KION-TV, "Fox 35", represents the continuation of what was KCBA's programming after this station reacquired the Fox affiliation in 2021. KION produces English- and Spanish-language local newscasts covering the northern Central Coast.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference callchange was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KION-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.