KQCA

KQCA, virtual channel 58 (UHF digital channel 46), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station serving Sacramento, California, United States that is licensed to Stockton. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation, as part of a duopoly with NBC affiliate KCRA-TV (channel 3). The two stations share studio facilities located on Television Circle in Downtown Sacramento, KQCA's transmitter is located northeast of Walnut Grove.

History

The station first signed on the air on April 13, 1986 as KSCH. It was owned by the SFN Companies. It originally operated as an independent station and aired classic television series from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The station originally operated from studios located on West Weber Avenue in Stockton. Some programs that were aired on the station had not been seen since their original network/syndication runs. On August 9 of that year, SFN sold the station to Pegasus Broadcasting. In 1988, the station moved its studios to a new building located on Gold Canal Drive in Rancho Cordova. KSCH was also the first station in the Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto area to provide stereo sound from its sign-on. In December 1994, KSCH entered into a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Kelly Broadcasting, then-owner of KCRA. That station then took over the operations of KSCH.