KION-TV
KION-TV (channel 46) is a television station licensed to Monterey, California, United States, affiliated with CBS, Fox, and Telemundo. Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, it serves the Monterey Bay area from studios located on Moffett Street in Salinas, immediately south of Salinas Municipal Airport, and a transmitter on Mount Toro, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Salinas. The station is rebroadcast on translator KMUV-LD (channel 21), with transmitter on Fremont Peak.
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| City | Monterey, California |
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First air date | February 1, 1969 |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 46 (UHF, 1969–2009) |
Call sign meaning | "Eye On" phonetically (reference to the CBS Eyemark) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 26249 |
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| Transmitter coordinates | 36°32′5″N 121°37′18″W |
| Translator(s) | KMUV-LD 21 (UHF) Monterey |
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This station was the second established in the Salinas–Monterey area proper, beginning broadcasts in 1969; it has been affiliated with CBS since it signed on. Traditionally a second- or even third-place operation in the market, its operations were merged with KCBA (channel 35), then the region's Fox affiliate, between 1996 and 2013. The Fox subchannel on KION-TV, "Fox 35", represents the continuation of what was KCBA's programming after this station reacquired the Fox affiliation in 2021. KION produces English- and Spanish-language local newscasts covering the northern Central Coast.