stockton california branding my 58 general kcra 3 news on my 58 newscasts channels digital 46 uhf virtual 58 psip affiliations .1 mynetworktv .2 movies .3 estrella tv owner hearst television hearst stations inc. first air date april 13 1986 ; 30 years ago 1986 04 13 call letters meaning quality television in california sister station s kcra tv former callsigns ksch tv 1986 1995 former channel number s analog 58 uhf 1986 2009 former affiliations dt1 independent 1986 1995 upn 1995 1998 the wb 1998 2006 dt2 this tv 2008 2014 transmitter power 600 kw height 580 m facility id 10242 transmitter coordinates 38 15 54 n 121 29 24 w 38.26500 n 121.49000 w 38.26500 ; 121.49000 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.my58.com kqca virtual channel 58 uhf digital channel 46 is a mynetworktv affiliated television station serving sacramento california united states that is licensed to stockton . the station is owned by the hearst television subsidiary of the hearst corporation as part of a duopoly with nbc affiliate kcra tv channel 3 . the two stations share studio facilities located on television circle in downtown sacramento kqca s transmitter is located northeast of walnut grove . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 2.3 kqca 58.2 2.4 estrella tv 3 programming 4 newscasts 5 references 6 external links history edit the station first signed on the air on april 13 1986 as ksch . it was owned by the schyuler broadcasting co. . it originally operated as an independent station and aired classic television series from the 1950s 1960s and 1970s . the station originally operated from studios located on west weber avenue in stockton . some programs that were aired on the station had not been seen since their original network syndication runs . on august 9 of that year sfn sold the station to pegasus broadcasting . in 1988 the station moved its studios to a new building located on gold canal drive in rancho cordova . ksch was also the first station in the sacramento stockton modesto area to provide stereo sound from its sign on . in december 1994 ksch entered into a local marketing agreement lma with kelly broadcasting then owner of kcra . that station then took over the operations of ksch . on february 1 1995 the station changed its call letters to the current kqca ; it also became an affiliate of the upn and changed its on air branding to q 58 . during the network s first 2 weeks on the air upn programming was only available to sacramento viewers through cable via san francisco affiliate kbhk tv now kbcw . on january 5 1998 it swapped affiliations with kmax tv channel 31 and became an affiliate of the wb . when hearst argyle television which became hearst television in 2009 bought kcra and its lma with kqca in 1999 the station dropped its q 58 branding in favor of using its call letters and channel number . hearst argyle bought kqca outright in 2000 after the federal communications commission began allowing duopolies creating the first duopoly in the market in the process ; the station adopted the wb 58 branding in september 2004 . on january 24 2006 the warner bros. unit of time warner and cbs corporation announced that the two companies would shut down the wb and upn and combine the networks respective programming to create a new fifth network called the cw . 1 2 through cbs s part ownership of the cw kmax was announced as the network s sacramento affiliate as part of an 11 station affiliation deal . kqca kcra studios at 3 television circle on february 22 2006 news corporation announced the launch of a new sixth network called mynetworktv which would be operated by fox television stations and its syndication division twentieth television . mynetworktv was created to compete against the cw as well as to give upn and wb stations that were not mentioned as becoming cw affiliates another option besides converting to independent stations . 3 4 kqca affiliated with mynetworktv when it launched on september 5 2006 . kmax began broadcasting the cw when it launched on september 18 . from september 5 2006 to september 18 2009 kqca did not follow mynetworktv s standard 8 to 10 p.m. primetime scheduling like other affiliates in the pacific time zone opting instead to air its programming one hour early from 7 to 9 p.m. followed by the oprah winfrey show from 9 to 10 p.m. as a lead in for the kcra produced 10 p.m. newscast similarly cbs owned and operated station kovr channel 13 has carried that network s programming from 7 to 10 p.m. since it switched to cbs in march 1995 . kqca was also one of five mynetworktv affiliates on the west coast that did not follow the 8 to 10 p.m. scheduling kron tv in san francisco kevu in redding and kpdx in portland oregon all air mynetworktv programs from 9 to 11 p.m. while kmyq now kzjo in seattle aired its programming from 7 to 9 p.m. until september 13 2010 when that station moved mynetworktv programming to 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. on september 21 2009 kqca began airing the mynetworktv schedule in pattern until september 19 2014 when the station moved mynetworktv programming to 12 to 2 a.m. on a four hour delay on september 22 2014 . in august 2007 kqca began carrying oakland raiders preseason games assuming the broadcasting rights from kmax . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 5 58.1 1080i 16 9 kqca main kqca programming mynetworktv 58.2 480i movies movies 58.3 480i kqca .3 estrella tv analog to digital conversion edit kqca shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 58 on june 12 2009 as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . 6 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 46 using psip to display kqca s virtual channel as 58 on digital television receivers which was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition . kqca 58.2 edit kqca digital subchannel 58.2 was initially affiliated with broadcast network this tv branding as this tv sacramento . on january 2 2015 58.2 switched affiliations becoming an affiliate of broadcast network movies . this tv was switched over to half sister channel ktxl a tribune owned television station on digital subchannel 40.3 . tribune owns 50 % of the network with the other 50 % owned by mgm . estrella tv edit on june 1 2015 kqca affiliated with spanish language network estrella tv on digital subchannel 58.3 . programming edit syndicated programs broadcast on kqca include the office friends jerry springer maury and the simpsons among others . newscasts edit kcra began producing a nightly half hour 10 00 p.m. newscast for kqca in 2002 to compete with fox affiliate ktxl tv channel 40 and cbs affiliate now owned and operated kovr channel 13 s longer established 10 p.m. newscasts . prior to affiliating with mynetworktv in 2006 the kqca newscast was produced out a secondary set within kcra kqca s television circle studios . soon after picking up the mynetworktv affiliation the newscast began to broadcast from kcra s main news set . on february 12 2007 kcra began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition ; the kqca newscasts were included in the upgrade . footage broadcast from the studio was only available in hd while video recorded from field cameras and other station camera feeds are presented in upconverted widescreen standard definition . in 2007 kqca discontinued the daily television broadcast of the armstrong & getty show radio program replacing it with a two hour extension of kcra s weekday morning newscast which follows a simulcast of the kcra morning newscast that runs from 4 30 to 7 00 a.m. and also competes ktxl s weekday morning newscast and kmax tv s longer established good day . occasionally as time permits kqca may air kcra s newscasts whenever channel 3 is unable due to prescheduled starts or overruns of nbc sports telecasts into regular news timeslots for example if an nfl football game is scheduled to air at 5 p.m. sunday on channel 3 kcra will air its 5pm newscast over on kqca in its place . on september 22 2014 kcra announced on its evening newscast that the 10 p.m. newscast on kqca would be expanded from thirty minutes to a full hour putting it in direct competition with ktxl s and kovr s already established 10 pm newscasts . references edit gilmore girls meet smackdown ; cw network to combine wb upn in cbs warner venture beginning in september cnnmoney.com january 24 2006 . upn and wb to combine forming new tv network the new york times january 24 2006 . news corp. to launch new mini network for upn stations . usa today . february 22 2006 . retrieved january 21 2013 . news corp. unveils mynetworktv broadcasting & cable february 22 2006 . rabbitears tv query for kqca list of digital full power stations external links edit kqca station website kcra website query the fcc s tv station database for kqca biafn s media web database information on kqca tv v t e mynetworktv network affiliates in the state of california kotr lp 2 gonzales monterey salinas keyt dt 3.2 santa barbara kron 4 san francisco kail 7 fresno kecy 9 el centro kcop 13 los angeles krvu ld 21 kzvu ld 22 kviq dt 17.2 redding chico eureka kuvi 45 bakersfield xhdtv 49 tecate bc san diego 1 kpse ld 50 palm springs kqca 58 stockton sacramento modesto 1xhdtv is licensed to tecate mexico but primarily serves viewers in the san diego market . see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in california v t e broadcast television in northern california including sacramento stockton and modesto english language channels kcra tv 3.1 nbc 3.2 metv kvie 6.1 pbs 6.2 pbs encore 6.3 world kbtv cd 8.1 ind 8.2 ontv4u 8.3 sbn 8.4 hsn2 8.5 lc 8.6 hot tv kxtv 10.1 abc 10.2 justice 10.3 h & i kovr 13.1 cbs 13.2 decades kuvs dt 19.3 bounce 19.4 escape k20jx d 20.1 3abn kezt cd 23.3 kuvs 19.3 bounce 23.4 kuvs 19.4 escape kspx 29.1 ion 29.2 qubo 29.3 ion life 29.4 infomercials 29.5 qvc 29.6 hsn kmax 31.1 cw kfkk ld 32.1 drtv k04qr d 38.1 infomercials ktxl 40.1 fox 40.2 antenna 40.3 this tv ktnc 42.2 the works krjr lp 44 kdts ca 52 kaca lp 61 ds k02qp d religious kahc ld 43.1 laff 43.2 comet 43.3 cozi tv 43.4 lc 43.5 qvc 43.6 qvc plus ksao ld 49.2 retro tv 49.3 buzzr 49.5 rev n 49.6 sbn 49.7 the country network kqca 58.1 mntv 58.2 movies ktfk dt 64.3 gettv 64.4 grit spanish language channels kvie 6.4 v me kmum cd kmmw ld 15.1 28.1 kcso ld tmd kuvs dt 19.1 uni 64.2 ktfk unim s kezt cd 23.1 kuvs uni 23.2 ktfk unim s kkpm cd k02qp d 28.8 45.8 spanish religious kstv lp 32 aza kcso ld 33.1 tmd kspx 33.2 kcso ld telemundo ktnc 42.1 estrella tv ksao ld 49.1 mundomax kqca 58.3 estrella tv ktfk dt 19.2 kuvs uni 64.1 unim s ethnic channels kbtv cd 8.1 ind kbsv 23.1 ind atsc m h mobile dtv kvie 6.1 pbs local cable channels comcast sportsnet california comcast sportsnet bay area defunct channels kazv lp 14 a1 kccc kvue 40 ind kmmk lp 47 mtv tr3 s california television bakersfield chico redding eureka fresno las vegas nv los angeles medford or monterey inland empire palm springs reno