KZCS-LD

KZCS-LD

Colorado Springs, Colorado United States
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 18
Programming
Affiliations	18.1: Ion Mystery 18.2: Bounce TV 18.3: Laff
Ownership
Owner	E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC)
Sister stations	KOAA-TV
History
First air date	May 6, 1994 (1994-05-06)
Former call signs	K38DM (1994–2003) K23GJ (2003–2005) KZCS-LP (2005–2020)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 38 (UHF, 1994–2003), 23 (UHF, 2003–2020)
Former affiliations	CBS (via KMGH-TV, 1994–1995) ABC (via KMGH-TV, 1995–2013) Azteca América (2013–2019)
Call sign meaning	Azteca Colorado Springs (former affiliation)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	67544
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	659.1 m (2,162 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°44′38.9″N 104°51′47.7″W
Links
Public license information	LMS

KZCS-LD (channel 18) is a low-power television station in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, airing programming from the digital multicast network Ion Mystery. It is owned and operated by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Pueblo-licensed NBC affiliate KOAA-TV (channel 5). KZCS-LD's transmitter is located on Cheyenne Mountain. Master control and most internal operations are based at the studios of ABC affiliate KMGH-TV (channel 7) on Delgany Street in Denver's River North Art District.

History

The station signed on the air in 1994 on analog channel 38 as K38DM, a translator of KMGH-TV, then a CBS 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 Azteca América 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 flash-cut to digital in 2020.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KZCS-LD

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
18.1	480i	16:9	Mystery	Ion Mystery
18.2			Bounce	Bounce TV
18.3			Laff	Laff