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Its transmitter is located on Sandia Crest.\n\nThe station began broadcasting on October 6, 1995, under the ownership of Ramar Communications. At launch, it was managed by Lee Enterprises, then the owner of KRQE, through a local marketing agreement. KASY initially carried programming from both UPN and The WB, a practical arrangement at a time when each network supplied only a limited number of prime-time programs per week. Its general-entertainment schedule also included cartoons, older films, talk shows, and syndicated sitcoms. In 1997, KASY ended its WB affiliation and became an exclusive UPN affiliate.\n\nA major ownership and affiliation transition occurred in 1999. ACME Communications, which also owned the newly launched KWBQ, acquired KASY from Ramar and ended Lee’s local marketing agreement. The transaction created a major television duopoly in the Albuquerque market. Later that year, KASY dropped UPN amid a contract dispute associated with ACME’s close relationship with The WB and operated as an independent station under the “Superstation 50” identity. During this period it substituted syndicated programming and movies for UPN content. UPN programming was temporarily available to some cable viewers through out-of-market stations, while over-the-air viewers lacked a local UPN feed. KASY restored its UPN affiliation in February 2000 and adopted the “UPN 50” brand.\n\nThe station changed networks during the major U.S. broadcast-network restructuring of 2006. After The WB and UPN announced plans to combine into The CW, News Corporation announced MyNetworkTV as a separate programming service. KASY joined MyNetworkTV on September 5, 2006, while KWBQ joined The CW two weeks later. KASY was branded “My50TV.” It became notable as an ACME-owned station that carried MyNetworkTV while its sister station in the same market carried The CW.\n\nKASY has supplemented network and syndicated programming with local-interest and sports content. It carried Colorado Rockies baseball games during the 2008 season and aired University of New Mexico men’s basketball games beginning in fall 2008, with the basketball arrangement continuing through the 2010–11 season. The station broadcast its first true high-definition program, a MyNetworkTV presentation of the sitcom Under One Roof, on April 30, 2008.\n\nIn 2010, ACME arranged a shared services agreement with LIN Media. LIN’s KASA-TV and KRQE supplied technical, engineering, and accounting support to KASY and KWBQ, with operating costs shared among the parties. ACME agreed in 2012 to sell KASY, KWBQ, and KWBQ’s Roswell repeater KRWB-TV to Tamer Media, a company founded by broadcast executive John S. Viall Jr. The transaction, valued at $17.3 million, was approved by the Federal Communications Commission in November 2012 and completed in December of that year.\n\nThe LIN Media and Media General merger in 2014 transferred the relevant service arrangements to Media General. Nexstar Broadcasting Group acquired Media General in a transaction announced in 2016 and completed in January 2017, making Nexstar the operator of KASY through the continuing shared-services structure. Mission Broadcasting announced its acquisition of KASY and KWBQ, including the associated satellites, from Tamer Media in August 2020; the transaction closed on November 16, 2020.\n\nKASY has also carried several digital multicast services. Escape was added in 2016, followed by GetTV and Cozi TV in January 2017. Cozi TV was later replaced by Court TV in December 2021. 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The transaction closed in December after FCC approval.", "tags": [ "mna" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "headline": "ACME enters a shared services arrangement with LIN Media", "year": 2010, "summary": "LIN Media’s Albuquerque stations assumed technical, engineering, and accounting functions for KASY and KWBQ under a cost-sharing agreement.", "tags": [ "other" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "headline": "KASY adds Colorado Rockies and University of New Mexico sports", "year": 2008, "summary": "The station carried Rockies baseball during the 2008 season and began airing University of New Mexico men’s basketball, later renewing the basketball arrangement for subsequent seasons.", "tags": [ "campaign", "product_launch" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "headline": "KASY begins true high-definition programming", "year": 2008, "summary": "KASY broadcast its first program in true high definition on April 30, using a MyNetworkTV presentation of Under One Roof.", "tags": [ "product_generation" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "headline": "KASY-TV becomes a MyNetworkTV affiliate", "year": 2006, "summary": "KASY joined MyNetworkTV while sister station KWBQ joined The CW, following the replacement of UPN and The WB by the new network structure.", "tags": [ "product_launch" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "headline": "KASY restores its UPN affiliation", "year": 2000, "summary": "After a period as the independent “Superstation 50,” KASY resumed UPN programming and adopted the “UPN 50” identity.", "tags": [ "product_generation" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "headline": "ACME Communications acquires KASY-TV and forms an Albuquerque duopoly", "year": 1999, "summary": "ACME acquired KASY from Ramar and ended the station’s local marketing agreement with Lee Enterprises, aligning KASY with ACME-owned KWBQ.", "tags": [ "mna" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "headline": "KASY-TV launches as a UPN and WB outlet", "year": 1995, "summary": "KASY-TV began broadcasting in Albuquerque under Ramar Communications, with Lee Enterprises managing the station through a local marketing agreement. It initially combined UPN and WB programming with syndicated general entertainment.", "tags": [ "product_launch" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" } ], "encyclopedia": { "history": "KASY-TV signed on October 6, 1995, as a Ramar Communications station managed by Lee Enterprises under a local marketing agreement. Its early schedule combined UPN and The WB programming with cartoons, movies, talk shows, and syndicated sitcoms. The station dropped The WB in 1997 and continued as an exclusive UPN affiliate.\n\nIn June 1999, ACME Communications purchased KASY and ended Lee’s local marketing agreement. Because ACME also owned KWBQ, the deal created a significant Albuquerque television duopoly. KASY subsequently dropped UPN in the fall of 1999 during a contract dispute and operated temporarily as the independent “Superstation 50.” Movies and syndicated programs filled the former network schedule. UPN returned in February 2000, when the station became “UPN 50.”\n\nThe U.S. network realignment of 2006 brought another major change. KASY joined MyNetworkTV on September 5, 2006, while KWBQ became an affiliate of The CW on September 18. KASY was rebranded “My50TV,” giving ACME both network formats in the same market through separate stations. The station later expanded its non-network role by carrying Colorado Rockies baseball in 2008 and University of New Mexico men’s basketball beginning that fall. Its first true high-definition program aired on April 30, 2008.\n\nACME entered a shared services agreement with LIN Media in 2010. Through the arrangement, LIN’s KASA-TV and KRQE provided operational support to KASY and KWBQ, including technical, engineering, and accounting services. In 2012, ACME sold KASY, KWBQ, and KRWB-TV to Tamer Media for $17.3 million. The sale marked ACME’s exit from television-station ownership. The LIN service arrangement continued after the transaction.\n\nMedia General acquired LIN Media in 2014, and Nexstar acquired Media General in a transaction completed in January 2017. These corporate changes preserved Nexstar’s operational role in the Albuquerque station group. Mission Broadcasting announced its purchase of KASY and KWBQ from Tamer Media in 2020, with closing on November 16 of that year.\n\nKASY’s digital service has included multicast networks such as Escape, GetTV, Cozi TV, and later Court TV. It ended regular analog broadcasting on June 12, 2009, while continuing a limited analog information loop under the SAFER Act until June 26. The station’s digital signal uses UHF channel 45 with virtual channel 50. On December 13, 2022, KASY adopted ATSC 3.0 and also hosted the NextGen TV signals of KRQE, KWBQ, and KOAT. Today, the station functions primarily as an independent general-entertainment outlet with a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliation, supported by Mission ownership and Nexstar-managed shared operations.", "milestones": [ { "year": 1995, "title": "KASY-TV begins broadcasting", "summary": "The station signs on in Albuquerque under Ramar Communications and initially carries UPN and The WB programming.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "year": 1997, "title": "The WB programming is dropped", "summary": "KASY becomes an exclusive UPN affiliate after ending its secondary WB affiliation.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "year": 1999, "title": "ACME acquires KASY", "summary": "ACME Communications purchases KASY and aligns it with KWBQ, ending the Lee Enterprises local marketing agreement.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "year": 2000, "title": "UPN affiliation returns", "summary": "After a short independent period, KASY resumes UPN programming as “UPN 50.”", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "year": 2006, "title": "MyNetworkTV affiliation begins", "summary": "KASY joins MyNetworkTV and adopts the “My50TV” brand, while KWBQ joins The CW.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "year": 2008, "title": "Sports programming expands", "summary": "KASY carries Colorado Rockies games and begins a University of New Mexico men’s basketball package.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "year": 2009, "title": "Analog broadcasting ends", "summary": "The station completes the federally mandated U.S. transition to digital television.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "year": 2012, "title": "Tamer Media purchase closes", "summary": "Tamer Media completes its acquisition of KASY, KWBQ, and KRWB-TV from ACME Communications.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "year": 2017, "title": "Nexstar becomes operator through Media General acquisition", "summary": "Nexstar completes its purchase of Media General and assumes the operating role associated with the Albuquerque station group.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "year": 2020, "title": "Mission Broadcasting ownership begins", "summary": "Mission Broadcasting completes its purchase of KASY and KWBQ from Tamer Media.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" }, { "year": 2022, "title": "ATSC 3.0 service launches", "summary": "KASY switches to ATSC 3.0 and hosts NextGen TV signals for several other Albuquerque stations.", "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KASY-TV" } ], "products": [ { "name": "KASY-TV channel 50", "category": "Broadcast television station", "description": "The station’s primary over-the-air television service for Albuquerque and the surrounding market. 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