KASY-TV

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KASY-TV

KASY: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Branding	My50-TV
Channels	KASY: 50 (UHF) analog, KASY: 45 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	My Network TV
Owner	KASY: ACME Communications
Founded	July 5, 1983
Former affiliations	UPN (1995-2006), The WB (1995-1998), Independent (1983-1995)
Transmitter Power	KASY: 30 kW/439 m (analog) 10.5 kW/270 m (digital)
Website	www.my50.tv

KASY-TV is a television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is an affiliate for the Fox Entertainment Group owned My Network TV television network, and broadcasts on channel 50. The station offers general entertainment such as sitcoms, talk shows, reality shows, court shows, paid programming and first run shows from MyNetwork TV.

It is part of the first major television duopoly in Albuquerque. Its owner, ACME Communications, also owns KWBQ, a CW network affiliate. KASY is the only station owned by ACME Communications that is not a CW affiliate. ACME is the third company, after Capitol Broadcasting and Weigel Broadcasting, to own both CW and My Network TV affiliates in the same market.

Ad on KASY's website for adding KASY as a friend on MySpace.com

As seen to the left, KASY has created a page on the social networking website, MySpace.com.

[edit] History

KASY-TV signed on October 6, 1995. Owned by Ramar Communications, the station programmed a general entertainment format typical of most independent stations. They were managed by Lee Broadcasting, owners of KRQE-TV channel 13, Albuquerque's CBS affiliate.

Initially KASY 50 ran cartoons, old movies, talk shows, classic sitcoms, recent off network sitcoms as well as first run programming from both UPN and WB networks. This was easy to do at that time because neither network had more than a couple nights a week of programming. Then in December of 1998, KWBQ signed on with a similar general entertainment format and took the WB affiliation while KASY would keep UPN. In June of 1999 Acme TV bought KASY from Ramar Communications and terminated the Local Marketing Agreement with KRQE CBS 13 owned by Lee. Most of the programming inventory airing on KASY was also bought while some of the shows stayed with Lee to air on KRQE.

In the Fall of 1999 KASY dropped its UPN affiliation and broadcast movies and syndicated programming in place of UPN programs. By the end of the year though UPN affiliation was reinstated. As of September 5, 2006 KASY is an affiliate of MyNetwork TV.

[edit] Logos

This was the logo it was given, when it was first purchased by ACME.

UPN 50 on MySpace logo.

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Broadcast television in the Albuquerque / Santa Fe market (Nielsen DMA #45)
KASA 2 (Fox) (The Tube on DT2) - KOB 4 (NBC) - KNME 5 (PBS) - KOAT 7 (ABC) - KCHF 11 (Ind.) - KRQE 13 (CBS) - KTFQ 14 (TeleFutura) - KWBQ 19 (The CW) - KNAT 23 (TBN) - KQDF-LP 25 (AZA) - KYNM-LP 30 (Almavision) - KAZQ 32 (LeSea/3ABN) - KTVS-LP 36 (Ind.) - K38IM 38 (3ABN) - KLUZ 41 (Univision) - KTFA-LP 48 (HSN) - KASY 50 (MNTV) - KTEL-LP 53 (TEL) - K56FB 56 (JTV)
Local digital television channels
KNMD 9 (PBS) - KRMU 20 (PBS/RMPBS)
Out-of-market stations covering parts of the market and other over the air stations in New Mexico KENW 3 (PBS) - KVIH 12 (ABC) - KRWG 22 (PBS) - KRPV 27 (GLC) - KUPT 29 (MNTV) - K47DR 47 (TBN) - KTDO 48 (Telemundo)