KZKC-LP
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KZKC-LP channel 42 is a low powered affiliate of Azteca America
in Bakersfield, California
. It is owned by McGraw-Hill
, in conjunction with its local sister station, KERO-TV
. It is simulcast in digital on a subchannel of KERO-TV RF channel 10 virtual mapped channel 42-2.
The station was originally owned by Cocola Broadcasting
, where it served as a repeater for Fresno
's KMSG-LP
; McGraw-Hill bought it in 2006. McGraw-Hill announced on October 3, 2011 that it would sell KZKC, along with its other television stations, to The E.W. Scripps Company as part of its exit from broadcasting.
Azteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
in Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively....
. It is owned by McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, education, publishing, broadcasting, and business services...
, in conjunction with its local sister station, KERO-TV
KERO-TV
KERO-TV is a television station serving Bakersfield, California. It is an ABC affiliate owned by McGraw-Hill, and transmits its digital signal on VHF channel 10. Syndicated programming on KERO includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and Ellen....
. It is simulcast in digital on a subchannel of KERO-TV RF channel 10 virtual mapped channel 42-2.
The station was originally owned by Cocola Broadcasting
Cocola Broadcasting
Cocola Broadcasting is a broadcasting company based in Fresno, California. Founded in the early-1980s by Valley broadcasting veteran Gary Cocola, Cocola owns full-power digital television stations KGMC in Fresno and KKJB in Boise, Idaho, and several low-power television stations in Central...
, where it served as a repeater for Fresno
Fresno, California
Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...
's KMSG-LP
KMSG-LP
KMSG-LP, channel 39, is an Azteca America-affiliated low-power television station for the Fresno area. KMSG provides programming for the Hispanic community. Some of its most popular programming includes novellas, sports events such as First Division Mexican League Soccer, news, talk, comedy,...
; McGraw-Hill bought it in 2006. McGraw-Hill announced on October 3, 2011 that it would sell KZKC, along with its other television stations, to The E.W. Scripps Company as part of its exit from broadcasting.