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{{Infobox television station

| callsign = KSCZ-LP
{{Rcat shell|
| logo = KSCZ-LD VIETV station identification.jpg
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| logo_alt = [[Station identification]] for subchannel 16.4, a [[VIETV]] affiliate
{{R to related topic}}
| branding =
| analog =
| digital = 23 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])<ref name="FCC station">{{cite web|title=Station Search Details: KSCZ-LD|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=March 15, 2018|accessdate=July 21, 2018|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=167279}}</ref><ref name="FCC facility">{{cite web|title=KSCZ-LD|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=March 15, 2018|accessdate=July 21, 2018|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=167279}}</ref>
| virtual = 16
| translators =
| affiliations =
| founded = {{start date and age|1981|11|20}}
| city = [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]–[[San Francisco]], California<ref name="FCC facility" />
| location = [[San Francisco Bay Area|San Francisco Bay Area, California]]
| country = [[United States]]
| owner = Venture Technologies Group
| licensee =
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = K42DT (1981-2005)
| former_channel_numbers = {{plainlist|
* '''Analog:'''
* 42 (UHF)
* '''Digital:'''
* 20 (UHF)<ref name="FCC facility" />
}}
}}
| former_affiliations = {{plainlist|
* [[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]] (1981–2002) ''(unverified, assumed)''
* [[Independent station|Independent]] (2002–2007)
* [[VIETV]] ({{circa|2018}})
}}
| erp = 3.6 [[Kilowatt|kW]]<ref name="FCC facility" />
| haat =
| class = LD
| facility_id = 167279
| coordinates = {{coord|37|29|58.7|N|121|52|19.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=title,inline}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website =
}}

'''KSCZ-LD''', [[virtual channel]] 16 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 23), is a [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-powered]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] and [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States. It broadcasts mostly [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese-language]] programming from atop [[Mount Allison]] in unincorporated [[Alameda County, California|Alameda County]]. The station is owned by Venture Technologies Group.<ref name="FCC facility" /> Until 2017, the station served the [[Media in Monterey County, California|Central Coast media market]].

==History==
The station originally signed on as '''K42DT''' on [[analog television|analog]] channel 42. It was owned by the [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]]. By 2002, the station was under the ownership of Venture Technologies Group, which continues to own it.

From 2002, the station became silent, and was granted a temporary authority license the following year by the FCC. In May 2006, the station owners moved the station's location from Coalinga Ridge in [[Coalinga, California]] to a transmitter site on [[Diablo Range|Mt. San Benito]], and changed the station's city of license to [[Greenfield, California]].

KSCZ went silent at 4pm on Sunday, March 18, 2007, by Brian Holton of Venture Technology Group, licensee. Pending resolution of an FCC filing against it by Marty Jackson of [[Monterey, California]], it was expected to return to the air serving [[Santa Cruz, California]].

On October 11, 2007, KSCZ-LP was granted an original [[construction permit]] for a digital companion channel by the FCC under the callsign of '''KSCZ-LD'''. The digital station broadcast digitally on channel 20 from a transmitter site in [[Fremont Peak (California)|Fremont Peak]], from where other Salinas and Monterey-area broadcasters transmit.

KSCZ-LP went off the air on August 8, 2017, and resumed broadcasting on March 15, 2018. Several [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese-language]] subchannels moved from [[KAXT-CD]] to KSCZ-LP. On June 1, the station changed its city of license to [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] and [[San Francisco]] and began broadcasting from [[Mount Allison]].<ref name="FCC facility" />

==Programming==
KSCZ-LD broadcasts mostly [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese-language]] programming. Several of the digital subchannels are branded as San Jose stations and serve the Vietnamese American community in the [[Santa Clara Valley]]. Quê Hương and ChidaTV originate locally in San Jose, while other subchannels are simulcasts of networks based in [[Media in Los Angeles|Los Angeles]] or [[Media of Houston|Houston]].

===Digital subchannels===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! Programming<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KSCZ-LD|title=RabbitEars.Info|work=rabbitears.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.larrykenney.com/sfonair.html|title=Digital Television: DTV - HDTV Channel List}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|title=KSCZ-LD|date=2024-02-18|type=Television broadcast|location=San Jose, California|publisher=Venture Technologies Group}}</ref>
|-
| 16.1 || rowspan="16" | [[480i]] || rowspan="16" | [[16:9]] || Ventana || {{lang|es|Ventana TV|italic=no}} ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] religious)
|-
| 16.2 || Hanh Le || VCAL TV (Vietnamese)
|-
| 16.3 || VietSky || VietSky TV (Vietnamese)
|-
| 16.4 || VNBC || VNBC TV (Vietnamese)
|-
| 16.5 || QHTV || {{lang|vi|Quê Hương TV|italic=no}} (Vietnamese)
|-
| 16.6 || NetViet || {{lang|vi|Nét Việt|italic=no}} (Vietnamese)
|-
| 16.7 || CornerS || Corner Store (English informercials)
|-
| 16.8 || FoodFun || Food & Fun TV (Vietnamese)
|-
| 16.9 || U-ChTV || U Channel ([[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]])
|-
| 16.10 || VNA-TV || VNA-TV (Vietnamese)
|-
| 16.11 || LSTV || Little Saigon TV (Vietnamese)
|-
| 16.12 || IBC-TV || IBC TV (Vietnamese)
|-
| 16.14 || ABHP || Peace & Happiness Ministry Television ({{lang|vi|Truyền Hình An Bình Hạnh Phúc}}) (Vietnamese religious)
|-
| 16.15 || VNBC || VNBC TV (Vietnamese)
|-
| 16.16 || VMTV || Vietmedia TV (Vietnamese)
|-
| 16.17 || ChidaTV || ChidaTV (Spanish)
|}

===Former programming===
It is unknown what programming the station previously broadcast, though it is assumed to have broadcast [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]] (TBN) network programming under TBN ownership. It also broadcast a moving test pattern consisting of a repeating hour showing ships sailing under the [[Golden Gate Bridge]], as viewed from the [[Marin Headlands]]. Video for this test pattern was shot by 2006 Venture employee Frank Martin. Music on the audio playing during this 'test pattern' was original compositions from Steve Salani of orchestra.net. This 'test pattern' repeating hour broadcast continuously from sign on at the Mt. San Benito site on May 18, 2006 until sign off by Brian Holton.

==Technical information==
KSCZ-LP's broadcast antenna is located on [[Mount Allison]], within the [[Sunol Regional Wilderness]] in unincorporated [[Alameda County, California]], to the southeast of [[Fremont, California|Fremont]] and to the north of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]].<ref name="FCC facility" />

KSCZ-LP can be viewed in [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara]], [[Alameda, California|Alameda]], [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]], and [[Santa Cruz County, California|Santa Cruz]] counties, [[San Francisco]], and parts of [[Contra Costa County, California|Contra Costa County]]. The station uses an [[ATSC standards|ATSC]] [[transmitter]] with an effective radiated power of 3.6&nbsp;[[kilowatt]]s.<ref name="FCC facility" />

Before its move to the San Francisco Bay Area, KSCZ-LP broadcast from [[San Benito Mountain]], near the historic mining town of [[New Idria, California|New Idria]]. The [[frequency-shift keying]] of the morse code version of the call letters KSCZ-LP could be heard by tuning towards channel 43 in [[Clovis, California]].

==See also==
* [[Channel 23 low-power TV stations in the United States]]
* [[Channel 23 digital TV stations in the United States]]
* [[Channel 16 virtual TV stations in the United States]]
* [[KBKF-LD]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FCC-LMS-Facility|167279|KSCZ-LD}}
* [http://ednixon.com/pix/2006/sanbenito/ Station location on Mt. San Benito]
* Subchannel websites:
** [http://ventanatv.com/ Ventana TV] {{in lang|es}}
** [https://www.vcal.tv/ VCAL TV]
** [https://www.vietskytv.com/ VietSky TV] {{in lang|vi}}
** [https://www.vnbctv.com/ VNBC-TV]
** [http://www.quehuongmedia.com/ Quê Hương Television] {{in lang|vi}}
** [http://net-viet.tv/ Nét Việt] {{in lang|vi}}
** {{YouTube|channel=UCd_jXsNkVAutVLqZ8GOL4kw|title=Food & Fun TV}} {{in lang|vi}}
** [http://uchannel.co/ U Channel] {{in lang|zh}}
** [https://littlesaigontv.com/ Little Saigon TV] {{in lang|vi}}
** [https://ibctv.us/ IBC TV] {{in lang|vi}}
** [https://www.vietmedia.tv/ Vietmedia TV] {{in lang|vi}}
** [http://www.chida.tv/ ChidaTV] {{in lang|es}}

{{SF TV}}


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