KSAZ-TV

KSAZ-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 10, is a Fox owned-and-operated television station located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The station is owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV station KUTP (channel 45). The two stations share studio facilities located on West Adams Street in the west end of Downtown Phoenix's Copper Square district, and its transmitter is located atop South Mountain on the city's south side. Its signal is relayed across northern Arizona through a network of 20 translator stations.

History

As a CBS affiliate

The Federal Communications Commission awarded the license of Phoenix's third VHF commercial station to two separate owners who competed heavily for its construction permit but combined to avoid lengthy litigation. These two owners, one of whom was Gene Autry, signed on channel 10 as a shared operation on October 24, 1953. Under the arrangement, the two separate stations would each alternate airtime, but use the same channel allocation and transmitter. The combined KOY-TV and KOOL-TV operation operated as a primary CBS and secondary ABC affiliate.