KUSG

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KUSG

St. George, Utah
Branding	Utah's RTN
Channels	Analog: 12 (VHF) Digital: 9 (VHF)
Affiliations	RTN
Owner	Four Points Media Group (Salt Lake City Television Licensee Corporation)
First air date	August 1999
Call letters’ meaning	KUTV St. George (station was once a satellite of KUTV)
Sister station(s)	KUTV
Former affiliations	CBS, via KUTV (1999-2008)
Transmitter Power	10 kW (analog) 3.2 kW (digital)
Height	43 m (both)
Facility ID	35822
Transmitter Coordinates	37°3′49″N, 113°34′26″W
Website	www.utahsrtn.com

KUSG, channel 12, is a full-service television station in St. George, Utah that serves as an affiliate of RTN. The station is owned by Four Points Media Group, which also owns Salt Lake City CBS affiliate KUTV. KUSG periodically airs news updates produced by KUTV.^[1]

[edit] History

The original construction permit for channel 12 was granted on May 23, 1988^[2], and the station's call letters were assigned on September 11, 1989^[3], but a license was not granted until January 24, 2000^[4]. When KUSG first signed on in August 1999, it was operated as a satellite station for KUTV, at that time a CBS owned-and-operated station. CBS sold the stations (along with five other smaller-market stations) to Four Points on January 10, 2008^[5] (in a deal first announced on February 7, 2007^[6]).

On March 17, 2008, KUSG split from KUTV and became a separate station, operating as an RTN affiliate for St. George; the station has estimated this has left a small number of viewers without KUTV programming.^[7]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

^ Hudson, Bob. "Koelbel speaks of partnership", The Spectrum, 2008-03-27. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
^ Application Search Details. CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
^ Call Sign History. CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
^ Application Search Details. CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
^ CBS Corporation (2008-01-10). "CBS CORPORATION COMPLETES SALE OF LOCAL TV STATIONS TO CERBERUS". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
^ CBS Corporation (2007-02-07). "CBS CORPORATION TO SELL LOCAL TV STATIONS IN FOUR MARKETS TO CERBERUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
^ Hudson, Bob. "So. Utah gets another TV station", The Spectrum, 2008-03-12. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Salt Lake City/St. George/Provo/Ogden/Orem market (Nielsen DMA #35)

KUTV 2 (CBS) - KTVX 4 (ABC, TheHiveTV on DT2) - KSL 5 (NBC, WX+ on DT2) - KUED 7 (PBS) - KUEN 9 (Ind) - KBYU 11 (PBS) - KUTF 12 / K45GX 45 (TFU) - KSTU 13 (Fox) - KJZZ 14 (Ind/MNTV) - KUPX 16 (ION) - KTMW 20 (Ind) - KPNZ 24 (Ind) - KUCL-LP 26 (3ABN) - KUCW 30 (The CW) - KUTH 32 (UNI) - KSVN-CA 49 / K66FN 66 (AZA) - KEJT-LP 50 / KULX-LP 51 (TEL) - Outlying Areas KCBU 3 (RTN) - KCVB-CA 3 (ION) - KVNV 3 (NBC) - KCSG 4 (A1) - KUSG 12 (RTN) - KGWR 13 (CBS) - KUEW 18/KUES 19 (PBS) - K22BK 22 (PBS) - K35CN 35 (TBN) Reno Repeaters within the Nevada part of the Salt Lake City market KENV 10 (NBC) - K15EE 15 / K23FC 23 (PBS) - K17DT 17 / K57GR 57 (Fox) - K19FZ 19 / K32GK 32 (ABC) - K25FR 25 / K36HA 36 (CBS) - K47HP 47 / K55IK 55 (MNTV)

See also: Other media