icao code ksby see salisbury ocean city wicomico regional airport . ksby san luis obispo santa barbara santa maria california united states city san luis obispo ca branding ksby 6 general ksby news newscasts slogan spirit of the central coast general live local everywhere news channels digital 15 uhf virtual 6 psip subchannels 6.1 nbc 6.2 the cw 6.3 laff translators k10pv d santa barbara affiliations nbc secondary through 1969 owner cordillera communications ksby communications llc first air date may 25 1953 ; 63 years ago 1953 05 25 call letters meaning a disambiguation of former sister station ksbw former callsigns kvec tv 1953 1957 former channel number s analog 6 vhf 1953 2009 former affiliations all secondary dumont 1953 1956 abc 1953 1960 cbs 1953 1969 transmitter power 1 000 kw height 515 metres 1 690 feet facility id 19654 transmitter coordinates 35 21 37 n 120 39 18 w 35.36028 n 120.65500 w 35.36028 ; 120.65500 ksby licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website ksby.com ksby is the nbc affiliate television station for the central coast of california . the station covers san luis obispo santa maria and santa barbara . the station is currently owned by cordillera communications as a subsidiary of evening post industries . its studios are located at 1772 calle joaquin in san luis obispo . ksby also maintains a santa maria studio located at 2370 skyway drive suite 102 santa maria california near the santa maria airport . ksby also carries programming from the cw on its dt2 channel originally known to cable viewers as kwca . contents 1 history 1.1 ownership with ksbw 1.2 ownership changes 1.3 recent history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 2.3 rebroadcasters 2.4 central coast cw 2.5 laff 3 syndicated nbc programming 4 news operation 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit the station went on the air in may 1953 as kvec tv . the vec stood for valley electric company which also built sonic cable the original cable television system in san luis obispo . kvec tv was the first broadcasting station in the central and south coast and aired programming from nbc abc cbs and dumont with nbc being its primary affiliation . during its first four years on the air the station was co owned with radio station kvec . ownership with ksbw edit from 1957 to 1996 the station was a sister station to ksbw channel 8 in salinas which is why the station currently has a similar call sign . from 1957 to 1979 ksby was largely a semi satellite of ksbw with the exception of local commercials its local newscasts and pre empting the cbs network programming also carried by kcoy in adjacent santa maria once it began operation in 1964 . during this period the ksby sales office was located at co owned sonic cable and its local programming originated at the transmitter site . in 1960 abc programming was effectively dropped when ksbw lost its affiliation with that network to kntv in san jose . finally in 1969 ksby became the sole nbc station for both san luis obispo and santa barbara counties when they were consolidated into a single market with keyt santa barbara as the abc affiliate . ksby and ksbw were owned by blair broadcasting beginning in 1979 until they were sold to gillett communications in 1986 . ownership changes edit after gillett restructured into sci tv in the early 1990s it sold ksby and ksbw to ep communications in 1994 . ep in turn sold both stations to smith broadcasting in 1995 . almost immediately ksby was spun off to sjl broadcasting in 1996 because smith broadcasting already owned rival station keyt and federal communications commission rules of the time did not permit duopolies . even today common ownership of keyt and ksby would be a violation of fcc duopoly rules which forbid one entity to directly own two of the four largest stations in a single media market . in addition the santa maria santa barbara san luis obispo market has only five full power stations which are too few to legitimately support a duopoly between full power stations . in september 2002 sjl sold ksby to the second incarnation of new vision television a company partially related to the most recent incarnation of that company that sold all of its stations to the lin media in 2012 . evening post ksby s current owners acquired the station in 2004 . recent history edit in 2006 the station was featured in an episode of the surreal life in which the cast of the reality based series were hired as anchors and reporters for the station s 6 30 p.m. newscast . ryan bennett a one time ksby sports anchor from 1999 2006 died on may 31 2006 in utah in an accident . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 6.1 1080i 16 9 ksby hd main ksby programming nbc 6.2 720p cw dt central coast cw 5 6.3 480i 4 3 laff analog to digital conversion edit ksby shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 6 on february 17 2009 the original target date on which full power television stations in the united states were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under a federal mandate which was later pushed back to june 12 2009 . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 15 . 2 3 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 6 . rebroadcasters edit ksby also rebroadcasts its signal on translator station k10pv d formerly k59cd in santa barbara . k10pv d currently holds a permit to operate its digital signal on channel 10 and as of early 2010 has intermittently been on air with two digital subchannels in santa barbara . a translator was previously operated in springville on k11fu owned by springville community tv but the station s license was cancelled in december 2007 . 4 ksby can be received in parts of ventura county near the los angeles area covered by knbc tv and monterey county south of san jose of the san francisco bay area covered by nbc s kntv . and sometimes ksby can be received in southern san joaquin valley like in parts of fresno tulare and kern counties . central coast cw edit ksby dt2 is the cw affiliate for the central coast of california . the station is part of the cw plus and is carried on cable systems in san luis obispo santa maria and santa barbara . it is available solely in standard definition on central coast cable systems on channel 5 and digitally over the air on ksby channel 6.2 in high definition . since may 2010 10 p.m. newscasts produced by ksby are carried on ksby dt2 . laff edit syndicated nbc programming edit syndicated programming on ksby includes steve harvey wendy ellen jeopardy and wheel of fortune . the first two are distributed by nbc s corporate cousin . news operation edit as of may 2011 update ksby carries 24.5 hours of local news per week with 4.5 hours each weekday and only one hour on weekends . on weekdays besides carrying a weeknight 10 p.m. newscast over on its second digital subchannel a two hour block is carried at 5 a.m. follows by a half hour block at 5 p.m. one hour block at 6 p.m. and a 35 minute wrap at 11 p.m. on weekends ksby carries half hour news blocks at 6 and 11 p.m. despite having new graphics in mid 2010 ksby does not air newscasts at noon or weekend mornings . on september 26 2011 began broadcast news in widescreen standard definition . meanwhile as of 25 august 2010 update ksbw airs its newscasts in high definition . see also edit channel 5 branded tv stations in the united states channel 6 virtual tv stations in the united states channel 15 digital tv stations in the united states kvec am references edit rabbitears tv query for ksby 1 dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . station search details external links edit official website official website central coast cw 5 site query the fcc s tv station database for ksby query the fcc s tv station database for k10pv d biafn s media web database information on ksby 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 nbc network affiliates in the state of california kcra 3 sacramento kiem 3 eureka knbc 4 los angeles ksby 6 san luis obispo ksbw 8 salinas monterey santa cruz kntv 11 san francisco san jose oakland kget 17 bakersfield knvn 24 chico ksee 24 fresno kmir 36 palm desert knsd 39 san diego see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in california v t e the cw network affiliates in the state of california kcwq lp 2 palm springs ktla 5 los angeles ksby 6.2 san luis obispo xetv 6 tijuana san diego 1 kecy 9.3 el centro khsl 12.2 chico kget 17.2 bakersfield kviq 17.3 eureka kmax 31 sacramento kbcw 44 san francisco kion 46.2 salinas kfre 59 fresno 1xetv is licensed to tijuana 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 evening post industries newspapers aiken standard the berkeley independent the georgetown times goose creek gazette moultrie news the kingstree news the post and courier summerville journal scene waccamaw times north augusta star cordillera television stations abc network affiliates katc1 cbs network affiliates kpax tv kajj cd1 krtv kxlh ld1 ktvq1 kxlf tv kbzk1 kztv2 nbc network affiliates koaa tv kris tv1 ksby1 ktvh dt kbgf ld1 kvoa wlex tv other stations k22ja d k47df d 1 this station airs the cw on its digital subchannel .