KMBY-LD

KMBY-LD (channel 27) is a low-power television station licensed to Monterey, California, United States, affiliated with MeTV. The station is owned by Cocola Broadcasting. Comcast Xfinity carries KMBY-DT1 on channel 19 in the Monterey Bay Area and Santa Cruz County.

KMBY-LD

Monterey, California United States
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 27
Branding	MeTV Monterey
Programming
Affiliations	27.1: MeTV for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Cocola Broadcasting (Monterey Bay Television LLC)
History
First air date	1989 (1989)
Former call signs	K53DT (1989–2005) K27IE (2005–2007) KYMB-LP (2007–2009) KYMB-LD (2009–2023)
Former channel numbers	Analog: 53 (UHF, 1989–2005) 27 (UHF, 2005–2009)
Former affiliations	TBN (1990–2007)
Call sign meaning	Variant of former KYMB-LD callsigns, which stood for Your Monterey Bay
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	68025
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	694.4 m (2,278 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°32′17.8″N 121°37′34.7″W
Links
Public license information	LMS
Website	www.kmbytv.com

History

Signing on as K53DT, the station was owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network and broadcast programming from TBN for many years on channel 53. With the FCC's move to reassign UHF channels 52 to 69 to other services, K53DT moved to channel 27 in 2005 and took on the call sign of K27IE.

In 2007, TBN sold the station to Cocola Broadcasting Companies LLC, which then renamed the station KYMB-LP, and then KYMB-LD. In April 2010, Cocola Broadcasting Companies moved the license to Monterey Bay Television LLC, which is now the license holder of KMBY-LD.

On April 26, 2006, the station received a construction permit to flash-cut operations to digital television. On March 8, 2009, KYMB-LD began broadcasting in digital with an effective radiated power of 5 kilowatts.

In 2011, KYMB-LD became an affiliate of the MeTV network.

The station changed its call sign to KMBY-LD on July 20, 2023.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KMBY-LD

Channel	Res.	Short name	Programming
27.1	480i	MeTV	MeTV
27.2		Heros	Heroes & Icons
27.3		GeTV	Great (4:3)
27.4		Buzzr	Buzzr
27.5		Toons	MeTV Toons
27.6		Daystar	Daystar
27.7		DayStar	Daystar Español
27.8		TeleX	TeleXitos
27.9		SBN	SonLife
27.10	720p	KMBY	Independent

External links

• Official site
• Local listings
• Facility details for Facility ID 68025 (KMBY-LD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System