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KZCS-LD
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The station signed on the air in 1994 on <a href="/facts/Analog_television/4NJJew1c">analog</a> channel 38 as K38DM, a <a href="/facts/Broadcast_relay_station/gXCrGt20">translator</a> of KMGH-TV, then a <a href="/facts/CBS/BhMsVoej">CBS</a> affiliate. It moved to channel 23 in 2003, changing its call sign to K23GJ. It assumed the KZCS-LP call sign in 2005, and became an <a href="/facts/Azteca_Am%25C3%25A9rica/ursRqE8n">Azteca América</a> affiliate in 2013, relaying KMGH-TV's second digital subchannel. It switched to Escape (which later rebranded to Court TV Mystery, now Ion Mystery since 2022) in 2019, and <a href="/facts/Flash-cut/fFIUHWgS">flash-cut</a> to digital in 2020. </p> <h2 id="subchannels">Subchannels</h2> <p>The station's signal is <a href="/facts/Multiplex_(TV)/W0eu6fGM">multiplexed</a>: </p> Subchannels of KZCS-LD<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Digital_subchannel/RVvn1WrJ">Channel</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Display_resolution/8LQTWvl3">Res.</a></th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/Aspect_ratio_(image)/I3vbqVl3">Aspect</a></th><th scope="col">Short name</th><th scope="col">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">18.1</th><td rowspan="5"><a href="/facts/480i/NTPQFv9B">480i</a></td><td rowspan="5"><a href="/facts/16%3a9/rS5YUsQd">16:9</a></td><td>Mystery</td><td><a href="/facts/Ion_Mystery/WDbVoLko">Ion Mystery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">18.2</th><td>Bounce</td><td><a href="/facts/Bounce_TV/yCxH5Vbv">Bounce TV</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">18.3</th><td>DEFY</td><td><a href="/facts/Defy_(TV_network)/xHUBTcRj">Defy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">18.4</th><td>GameSho</td><td><a href="/facts/Game_Show_Central/gJ7Jf8qI">Game Show Central</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">18.5</th><td>QVC2</td><td><a href="/facts/QVC/ot0HEUvB">QVC2</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considers KMGH-TV as the parent license of KZCS-LD. <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" target="_blank">/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Digital TV Market Listing for KZCS-LD". RabbitEars. Retrieved September 12, 2020. <a href="https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=67544#station" target="_blank">https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=67544#station</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>