KQCA

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KQCA
Stockton / Sacramento, California
Branding	My58
Channels	58 (UHF) analog, 46 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	My Network TV
Owner	Hearst-Argyle Television
Founded	1986
Call letters meaning	KQuality television in CAlifornia
Former callsigns	KSCH (1986-1995)
Former affiliations	Independent (1986-1995) UPN (1995-1998) The WB (1998-2006)
Website	www.my58.com

KQCA (also known on air as My58) is the My Network TV affiliate serving the Sacramento, California television market. The Hearst-Argyle owned station is licensed to Stockton, but is based in Sacramento with sister station KCRA.

[edit] Station overview

The station went on the air on April 13, 1986 with the call letters KSCH. It originally was an independent station, airing classic television shows of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s (some shows not seen since their original network/syndication runs). It was also the first stereo sound station in the Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto area built from the ground up.

In 1994, KSCH entered into a local marketing agreement with Kelly Broadcasting, the owner of KCRA-TV, in which KCRA took over the operations of KSCH.

On February 1, 1995, the station changed its call letters to its current call sign, KQCA, became an original affiliate of the UPN network and changed its on-air branding to "Q58". On January 5, 1998 it swapped affiliations with another Sacramento television station, KMAX, and KQCA became an affiliate of The WB. When Hearst-Argyle Television bought KCRA and its LMA with KQCA in 1999, the "Q58" branding was dropped in favor of its call letters and channel number. Hearst-Argyle eventually bought KQCA outright in 2000, and the station adopted the "WB58" branding in September 2004.

KQCA dropped The WB on September 04, 2006 and affiliated with My Network TV. The station, now known as "My 58", does not follow the 8-10 PM schedule like most other affiliates. Instead, the station airs network programming from 7 to 9 PM and Oprah from 9 to 10 PM, leading up to the 10pm newscast produced by KCRA. The station is the second in the Sacramento TV market not to follow the traditional network schedule; the other being KOVR, which has had a 7-10PM lineup since its network switch to CBS in 1995. KQCA is also one of two MyTV affiliates on the West Coast not to follow the 8-10 PM scheduling; the other station to do this is KRON, which has network programming slotted from 9-11 PM.

My58 is currently owned by Hearst-Argyle Television in a duopoly with sister station KCRA, which produces all of My58's 10 o'clock newscasts. Also, as a result of the duopoly, local rights to syndicated shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show and Access Hollywood are shared between the two sister stations.

[edit] Newscasts

Weekdays

• KCRA 3 News at 7am in HD- 7:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Anchors: Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Chris Riva
  • Weather: Eileen Javora
  • Traffic: Adrienne Bankert

• KCRA 3 News at 10pm on My58 in HD - 10:00 - 10:30 PM
  • Anchors: Sarah Gardner, Chris Riva
  • Weather: Mark Finan
  • Sports: Del Rodgers

Weekends

• KCRA 3 News at 10pm on My58 in HD - 10:00 - 10:30 PM
  • Anchors: Kevin Riggs, Pamela Wu
  • Weather: Dirk Verdoorn
  • Sports: Danny Pommells

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KQCA

Broadcast television in the Sacramento / Stockton / Modesto market  (Nielsen DMA #20)

KCRA 3 (NBC) (WX Plus) on DT2 - KVIE 6 (PBS) - KBTV-CA 8 (Ind.) - KXTV 10 (ABC) (AccuWX TV) on DT2 - KOVR 13 (CBS) - KMMK-LP 14/KMUM-CA 15/KMMW-LP 47 (MMA/MTV3) - KAZV-LP 14 (AmericanLife, A1) - KUVS 19 (UNI) - KBSV 23 (Ind.) - K27EU 27 (3ABN) - KSPX 29 (ION) - KMAX 31 (The CW) - KCSO 33 (TMD) - KTXL 40 (FOX) - KTNC 42 (AZA) - KRJR-CA 47/KDTS-CA 52/KACA-LP 61 (DS) - KSAO-LP 49/KSTV-LP 60 (Jewelry TV) - KQCA 58 (MNTV) - KTFK 64 (TFU)