KSEX-CD,

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channel 42, was a low-powered, Class A HSN- affiliated

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. Founded December 5, 1990, the station was owned by Commercial Broadcasting Corporation.

History

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KBOP-CA was a

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station known as ''Mi San Diego TV'', programmed by

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, an

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affiliate co-owned by

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and LIN Television, now an NBC

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. Much of the programming for KBOP-CA originated from

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Spanish independent station

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, including its newscasts, ''Noticias 22'', weekdays at 5 PM and weekends at 7 PM and 10 PM. However, KBOP-CA aired its own newscasts, ''Noticias Mi San Diego TV 43'', weekdays at 7 PM and 10 PM. The station also provided Spanish-language broadcasts of

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baseball games during the season and

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pre-season football games. In overnight hours (approximately 12:30 AM to 6:30 AM), KBOP-CA carried the

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shopping channel feed. In addition, to reach more viewers, KBOP was seen on

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channel 143 and

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channel 343.

Since 2007

In July 2007, it was announced that KNSD would discontinue its management of KBOP, including the end of Spanish-language programming on KBOP, effective September 1, 2007. Its news programs, ''Noticias Mi San Diego'' and ''Otro Vistazo'', moved to early-morning timeslots on KNSD. KNSD continued to maintain the ''Mi San Diego TV'' branded web site, but without the channel 43 designation, for use with the two news shows.

KNSD subsequently canceled ''Noticias Mi San Diego'' on December 5, 2008, as a result of budget cuts. The reason for this discontinuation of KNSD's management of KBOP and therefore the end of KBOP's Spanish-language programming was due to KBOP's limited availability—on one low-power station and on digital cable, while the other stations had analog cable coverage, a full-powered signal, and/or several low-powered transmitters. After the discontinuation of ''Mi San Diego TV'' on September 1, 2007, KBOP replaced its programming with an all-infomercial format. Shop at Home programming was discontinued as well. Following the format change, Cox and Time Warner Cable dropped the station. On January 5, 2011, KBOP swapped callsigns with Dallas low-power TV station KBOP-LD, KSEX. On July 18, 2012, the station changed its call sign again to KSEX-CD, after converting to digital broadcasts on channel 42. In the

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(FCC)'s

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, KSEX-CD sold its spectrum for $34,697,206; at the time, the station indicated that it would enter into a post-auction channel sharing agreement. KSEX-CD ceased operations October 31, 2017, and its license was surrendered to the FCC for cancellation on November 2, 2017.

References

External links

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* {{Other California Stations SEX-CD Television channels and stations established in 1990 Low-power television stations in the United States 1990 establishments in California Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017 2017 disestablishments in California Defunct television stations in the United States SEX-CD