Kzsw
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KZSW began as K53DU, a 100 watt low-power television station on channel 53, in Hemet, CA. The station was founded by Ray Wilson of Buffalo Communications and in 1995 sold to Victor and LaVerta Page. The station's power was then upgraded to 2.3 Kw ERP (Effective Radiated Power) and the call sign was changed to KHEM-LP. In 2000 the station applied for displacement relief from the FCC and was granted a channel change to channel 27, with a licensed power of 9.99 Kw ERP. The station ran exclusively religious programming up until April of 2004 when it launched the "Neighborhood Newsroom," a half-hour local news program that focused on the daily happenings in Hemet and San Jacinto, CA.
In 2005 the station moved its studios to Temecula California and adopted a traditional commercial programming format with morning and evening local newscasts. In 2006, ownership of the station was transferred to KZSW Television, Inc. The station has secured retransmission consent agreements with the local cable system in Sun City / Menifee as well as Verizon FiOS.
