K15CU-D (channel 15) is a low-power television station licensed to Salinas, California, United States, broadcasting the digital multicast network Cozi TV to the Monterey Bay area. Owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations group, it relays the second digital subchannel of KNTV from San Jose. K15CU-D's transmitter is located on Fremont Peak in the Gabilan Mountains above San Juan Bautista, California, over above sea level.
History The station was put on air on February 16, 1990 (by Telemundo, then under separate ownership), as a translator of KSTS in San Francisco.Call sign history of K15CU-D - Federal Communications CommissionApplication Search Details (BPTT-19890310N4) - Federal Communications CommissionPublic Notice Comment (BPTT-19890310N4) - Federal Communications Commission The translator briefly had a local operation in Salinas, including a news bureau, which was closed in a cost-cutting move in 1992.
On February 8, 2010, the station went dark for technical reasons.Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA - Federal Communications Commission The station returned to the air on March 11, 2010. On March 10, 2011, the license was canceled by mistake of the FCC.Imported Letter - Federal Communications Commission On April 8, NBC filed an Engineering STA and a Petition for Reconsideration to restore the station.Petition for Reconsideration - Federal Communications CommissionEngineering STA - Federal Communications Commission The STA was granted on April 18, 2011.Imported Letter - Federal Communications Commission On May 8, the Petition for Reconsideration was granted and the license was reinstated.Imported Letter - Federal Communications Commission
On December 3, 2013, the FCC approved a request by NBCUniversal to convert the analog low-power station to digital, as a translator of KMUV-LP, the local Telemundo affiliate owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company.Applications for Authority to Construct on Make Changes in a Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booster Stations - Federal Communications Commission
In 2014, the station became a primary affiliate of Cozi TV, listed in FCC records as a translator of NBC owned-and-operated KNTV, which airs Cozi TV on a subchannel.Current FCC status for K15CU-D
In October 2019, K15CU-D added TeleXitos as a second digital subchannel.
Subchannels The station's signal is multiplexed: + Subchannels of K15CU-D Channel Res. Short name Programming 15.1 1080i Cozi Cozi TV 15.2 480i TeleX TeleXitos 15.3 AmCrime NBC True CRMZ 15.4 Oxygen Oxygen
References
External links Cozi TV website