KUTV

Not to be confused with KTVU and TV Kochi Broadcasting.

Contents

1954–1957	1957–1960	1960–1963	1963–1966	1966–1972


1972–1976	1976–1978	1978–1995	1995–2003	2003–present

1954–1957

KUTV originally signed on the air on September 10, 1954, as an ABC affiliate on VHF channel 2.

1957–1960

1960–1963

Used after the switch from ABC to NBC.

1963–1966

1966–1972

1972–1976

1976–1978

1978–1995

The station was acquired by NBC in 1994 after they bought the majority control (88%) of KUTV from VS&A Communications Partners, but their ownership didn't last long.

1995–2003

On July 12, 1994, when CBS and the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company agreed to a long-term affiliation deal that would result in three of its stations switch to the network; they initially intended on selling WCAU in Philadelphia, but later discovered they would have to pay taxes on the profit of the transaction. To solve this problem, in November 1994, NBC decided to swap ownership of KCNC-TV in Denver and channel 2 (which NBC had acquired the month before), along with the VHF channel 4 allocation and transmitter in Miami, to CBS in exchange for WCAU and the VHF channel 6 allocation and transmitter in Miami, which for legal purposes made the deal an even trade. While the network affiliations were swapped between those two stations on September 10, 1995, Saturday Night Live remained on KUTV until January 1996 as KSL-TV refused to air it.

2003–present

On February 7, 2007. CBS Corporation sold its seven smaller-market stations to Cerberus Capital Management. Cerberus formed Four Points Media Group, which was later acquired by the Sinclair Broadcast Group in 2012.

External links

KUTV.com