verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message keyt tv santa barbara california united states branding channel 3 general news channel 3 newscasts myrtv on dt2 slogan where the news comes first primary your news your team secondary channels digital 27 uhf virtual 3 psip subchannels 3.1 abc 3.2 mynetworktv retro tv translators k31ke d san luis obispo affiliations abc owner news press & gazette company npg of california llc first air date july 24 1953 ; 63 years ago 1953 07 24 call letters meaning key television or key channel three sister station s kcoy tv kkfx cd kion tv kecy tv kesq tv former callsigns keyt 1953 1987 former channel number s analog 3 vhf 1953 2009 former affiliations dumont 1953 1954 cbs nbc transmitter power 250 kw height 918 metres 3 012 feet facility id 60637 transmitter coordinates 34 31 32 n 119 57 28 w 34.52556 n 119.95778 w 34.52556 ; 119.95778 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.keyt.com keyt tv is the abc affiliated television station for santa barbara santa maria and san luis obispo california . licensed to santa barbara the station broadcasts a high definition digital on uhf channel 27 virtual channel 3.1 via psip with its transmitter located atop broadcast peak between santa barbara and santa ynez in the santa ynez mountains . owned by news press & gazette company it is the sister station to fox affiliate kkfx cd . it also operates cbs affiliate kcoy tv owned by vistawest media llc . keyt s studios are located at 730 miramonte drive on tv hill overlooking downtown santa barbara . syndicated programming featured on this station includes live with kelly and michael ok tv the dr. oz show extra tmz and access hollywood . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 2.3 myrtv 3 notable former on air staff 4 rebroadcasters 5 references 6 external links history edit this section needs expansion with further infotmation on keyt s history . you can help by adding to it . september 2012 keyt tv first signed on the air on july 24 1953 . during the 1950s the station ran programming from all four tv networks abc cbs dumont and nbc . 1 it would lose nbc in 1964 when kcoy in adjacent santa maria signed on then shared cbs with kcoy until 1969 when the inclusion of san luis obispo county into the santa barbara santa maria market resulted in keyt becoming exclusively affiliated with abc with kcoy becoming the cbs affiliate and ksby in san luis obispo also becoming santa barbara s nbc affiliate . keyt operates morning evening and nighttime newscasts . keyt channel 3 has identified its local newscasts as key news since the 1980s . between keyt s launch of its hdtv signal on march 2007 and september 2007 keyt hd was initially unavailable to cable subscribers in the central coast due to a contract dispute with the local cable companies . keyt has since reached an agreement with cox communications in santa barbara comcast in santa maria and as of late october 2007 with charter cable in san luis obispo to carry its hdtv signal in 2012 time warner cable in ventura county carried its hdtv signal . on september 7 2012 news press & gazette company announced that it had entered into an agreement to purchase keyt from smith media for 14.3 million . 2 3 the transaction which was approved by the federal communications commission on november 6 4 was completed november 19 . 5 6 smith media owned keyt since 1987 . on january 28 2013 keyt retired the longtime key news branding and with the new owner s purchase rebranded themselves as newschannel 3 . the branding is similar to now palm springs sister station kesq tv . its newscasts and site now includes a new graphics package that is similar to all npg stations and is operated by internet broadcasting . on april 1 2013 keyt began broadcasting news in high definition . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 7 3.1 720p 16 9 keyt hd main keyt tv programming abc 3.2 480i 4 3 keyt sd mynetworktv retro tv analog to digital conversion edit keyt tv shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 3 on february 17 2009 the original target date in which full power television stations in the united states were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate which was later pushed back to june 12 2009 . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 27 . 8 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 3 . myrtv edit keyt acquired the mynetworktv affiliation in june 2006 it initially showed only mynetworktv programming with a test pattern running outside of network programming hours . 9 by the fall of 2007 the station had managed to obtain syndication broadcast rights to family guy and south park and officially launched its second digital subchannel under the branding mynetworktv central coast in october 2007 replacing los angeles based mynetworktv affiliate kcop on all cable systems in the central coast region . the subchannel initially ran a standard definition simulcast of keyt s primary channel outside of mynetworktv programming . on october 30 2007 keyt dt2 added a secondary affiliation with the luken communications owned retro television network and broadcasts rtv programming outside of mynetworktv primetime program slots . 10 the subchannel subsequently changed its branding to my rtn to coincide with the new affiliation later changing to my rtv after the network modified its on air acronym to rtv . notable former on air staff edit christine craft anchor reporter 1970s giselle fern ndez reporter circa 1983 michelle franzen reporter fill in anchor 1993 1994 edie lambert anchor reporter now at kcra tv in sacramento indra petersons now with abc news kelsey gerckens and joey buttitta reporters and winners of the amazing race 27 rebroadcasters edit keyt also operates a translator to extend its coverage area into san luis obispo county . it operates a repeater station in san luis obispo k31ke d on channel 31 . references edit tv guide los angeles metropolitan edition tv station keyt sold to news press & gazette co. ventura county star september 6 2012 . npg paying 14.3 m for keyt santa barbara tvnewscheck september 11 2012 . http licensing.fcc.gov prod cdbs pubacc auth files 1514499.pdf http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs pubacc prod app det.pl application id 1526077 http www.noozhawk.com article 111612 santa barbara business keyt sale complete rabbitears tv query for keyt dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . mynetworktv adds 10 affils business solutions from allbusiness.com rtn to launch this week in santa barbara external links edit official keyt website query the fcc s tv station database for keyt query the fcc s tv station database for ksbb lp query the fcc s tv station database for k31ke d biafn s media web database information on keyt tv v t e broadcast television on california s central coast reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television santa barbara keyt 3.1 abc 3.2 mntv rtv kzdf lp 8 aza k10pv d 10.1 nbc 10.2 cw ksbb lp 17 abc k26ft 26 k28gy 28 public ind ksbt ld 32 mundomax kpmr 38.1 uni 38.2 ktsb ca kvmm cd 41 mtv3 kbab ld 50.1 pbs hd 50.2 oc 50.3 ds 50.4 world santa maria k07ta 7 tel kkdj lp 8 vida kcoy 12.1 cbs 12.2 kkfx cd kkfx cd 24 fox klfa lp 25 latv kqmm cd 29 tr3 s kdfs cd 30 aza ktsb ca 35 unim s kwsm lp 40 vida k46gf 46 mundomax san luis obispo ksby 6.1 nbc 6.2 cw 6.3 laff k16fc 16 public ind k17gd 17 k28fk 28 unim s ktas k09uf 9 33.1 tel k31ke d abc kmma cd 41 mtv3 ksbo cd 42 kasc ca 7 kpao ca 22 aza kful lp 44 latv k44dn 44 cbs k47gd 47 mundomax lompoc k10og 10 unim s kldf cd 17 aza defunct k15db 15 tbn kssy lp 20 religious spanish kwhy lp 22 ind spanish k23cl 23 tbn kjcn lp 36 k22ee 22 tbn k49ek 49 ind religious kpxa lp 49 ind kcce lp 50 a1 k51gb 51 tbn kcpb 54 ind. educational public access adjacent locals los angeles kcal 9 ind koce 50 pbs san francisco kqed 9.1 pbs 9.2 create tv 9.3 world kntv 11.1 nbc 11.2 cozi tv monterey ksbw 8.1 nbc 8.2 abc 8.3 estrella tv kion 46.1 cbs 46.2 the cw fresno kmph tv 26.1 fox 26.2 this tv 26.3 comet california television bakersfield chico redding eureka fresno las vegas nv los angeles medford or monterey inland empire palm springs reno nv sacramento san diego san francisco santa barbara el centro ca yuma az v t e abc network affiliates in the state of california keyt 3 ksbb 17 k31ke d santa barbara san luis obispo kabc 7 los angeles kgo 7 san francisco san jose oakland krcr 7 kaef 23 redding chico eureka ksbw 8.2 salinas monterey santa cruz kecy dt 9.2 el centro kgtv 10 san diego kxtv 10 sacramento kero 23 bakersfield kfsn 30 fresno kesq 42 palm springs defunct abc stations gone dark kfwu 8 fort bragg 1990 97 substation of krcr 7 redding kntv 11 san jose 1965 99 khdt 38 64 barstow victorville 1965 87 substation of kabc 7 los angeles . see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in california 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 other television stations in the state of california ion television kspx tv 29 sacramento kpxn tv 30 san bernardino kkpx tv 65 san jose youtoo america kmca ld 10 redding kymb ld 27.4 monterey kjeo ld 32.2 fresno retro television network kaxt 1.2 san francisco keyt tv 3.2 santa barbara kail 7.2 fresno me tv kcra tv 3.2 sacramento krcr tv 7.2 redding kfmb tv 8.2 san diego kvme 20.1 bishop los angeles kofy tv 20.2 san francisco kaef tv 23.2 arcata kero tv 23.3 bakersfield kymb ld 27.2 monterey kret cd 31.1 cathedral city kgmc 43.6 clovis kdoc tv 56.3 anaheim los angeles antenna tv kron 4.3 san francisco ktla 5.2 los angeles kret cd 31.4 cathedral city ktxl 40.2 sacramento kgmc 43.5 clovis kswb tv 69.2 san diego bounce tv kvhf 4.2 fresno kuvs 19.3 sacramento kmex 34.3 los angeles kfsf 66.2 sacramento this tv ktla 5.3 los angeles kcvu 20.2 redding chico kmph 26.2 fresno kymb 27.2 monterey kbvu 28.2 eureka kbfx 29.2 bakersfield kret cd 31.2 palm springs ktnc 42.3 san francisco kqca 58.2 stockton sacramento kswb 69.3 san diego movies krcr 7.3 chico kcop 13.3 los angeles kaef 23.3 eureka decades kcbs 2.2 los angeles kpix 5.2 san francisco kovr 13.2 stockton sacramento other stations kaxt cd 1.3 qvc 1.7 vietop 1.8 creation tv 1.10 tiempos finales 1.11 jewelry san francsico k15cu d 15.1 cozi