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{{Short description|Television station in Cedar City, Utah}}
{{about|the television station|other uses of the abbreviation KCSG|KCSG (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox television station dual
| name1                   = KCSG
| city1                   = [[Cedar City]]–[[St. George, Utah]]
| logo                    = Me-TV KTVX.png
| logo_size               = 200px
| branding                = MeTV Utah
| digital1                = 14 ([[UHF]])
| virtual1                = 8
| affiliations            = {{ubl|'''8.1:''' [[MeTV]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| translators             = ''see {{section link||Other translators}}''
| owner                   = [[Weigel Broadcasting]]
| licensee                = KCSG-TV [[LLC]]
| country                 = United States
| airdate1                = {{start date and age|1990|4|23|p=y}}
| callsign_meaning        = Cedar City St. George
| former_callsigns1       = {{ubl|KCCZ (1990–1993)|KSGI-TV (1993–February 1998)|KXIV (February–May 1998)}}
| former_channel_numbers1 = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 4 ([[VHF]], 1990–2009)|'''Virtual:''' 14 (2009–2016)}}
| former_affiliations1    = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1990–1992, 1994–1998)|[[Dark (broadcasting)|Dark]] (1992–1994)|[[Ion Television|Pax TV]] (1998–2005)|[[America One]] (2005–2008)|[[MyNetworkTV]] (2008–2011)|MeTV (2011–2014)|[[Heroes & Icons]] (2014–2018)}}
| erp1                    = 25 [[kW]]
| haat1                   = {{convert|368|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id1            = 59494
| coordinates1            = {{coord|37|38|22.5|N|113|1|58.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority     = [[FCC]]
| website                 = {{URL|https://www.metv.com/kcsg|KCSG page on MeTV website}} 
| name2                   = KCSG-LD
| city2                   = [[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]]–[[Salt Lake City]], Utah
| digital2                = 18 ([[UHF]])
| virtual2                = 8
| former_callsigns2       = {{ubl|K68GP (2006–2009)|K68GP-D (2009)|KQTI-LD (2009–2020)}}
| former_channel_numbers2 = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 68 (UHF, 2006–2009)|'''Digital:''' 31 (UHF, 2009–2024)}}
| former_affiliations2    = America One, [[Youtoo America]], [[NewsNet]]
| erp2                    = 15 kW
| haat2                   = {{convert|1110|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class2                  = [[low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| facility_id2            = 130912
| coordinates2            = {{coord|40|40|56|N|112|12|12|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
}}
'''KCSG''' (channel 8) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Cedar City, Utah]], United States, airing programming from the classic television network [[MeTV]]. [[Owned and operated]] by [[Weigel Broadcasting]], it broadcasts from a main transmitter on [[Cedar Mountain Formation|Cedar Mountain]], southeast of Cedar City. The station is rebroadcast on the [[Wasatch Front]] by '''KCSG-LD''', licensed to [[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]] and transmitting from [[Farnsworth Peak]] in the [[Oquirrh Mountains]], and on additional [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translators]] in Utah.

Channel 4 in Cedar City spent most of its history as a station with local programming for [[Southern Utah]]. It was built by Michael Glen Golden as KCCZ, which began broadcasting on April 23, 1990, as an [[independent station]] with studios in Cedar City. Golden ran out of money in 1992, causing the station to leave the air. Seagull Communications, which owned radio stations in [[St. George, Utah|St. George]], acquired the station out of bankruptcy and returned it to the air as KSGI-TV in 1994. [[Bonneville International Corporation]], the owner of [[KSL-TV]] in Salt Lake City, acquired the station in 1998. It was relaunched under new KCSG call letters and served as an affiliate of [[Ion Television|Pax]].

Broadcast West acquired KCSG in 2002, beginning a 14-year ownership tenure for KCSG under car dealer Stephen Wade. Wade launched a news department for KCSG in 2003, which was shuttered in 2010 due to poor advertising support. Local news was revived through an agreement with [[Dixie State College]], which briefly managed the station. KCSG converted to digital broadcasting in 2009 and began using [[virtual channel]] 16. After being a [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate beginning in 2008, KCSG's main channel began broadcasting MeTV in 2011 before switching to [[Heroes & Icons]] in 2014. West American Finance Corporation acquired KCSG in 2016 and switched its virtual channel to 8. In 2017, the station was acquired by Weigel directly.

== History ==
===KCCZ and KSGI-TV: Early years===
On June 11, 1984, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) issued a [[construction permit]] to Michael Glen Golden of [[Parowan, Utah]], for a new commercial TV station to broadcast on channel 4. Golden believed that [[Southern Utah]]'s growth could support a television station. He attempted to secure affiliation or program deals with the major networks and later met with officials from [[CBS]] and [[Turner Broadcasting System]] but was unsuccessful, leading him to target construction of channel 4 as an [[independent station]].<ref name="Dail850627">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-2-full-power-televisi/175420931/|date=June 27, 1985|pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-stations-target-so-u/175421083/ 6]|first=Loren|last=Webb|title=2 full-power television stations target So. Utah|newspaper=The Daily Spectrum|location=St. George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref><!-- Thu --> Construction on the transmitter site on Cedar Mountain began in October 1986, with Golden—through his Liberty Broadcasting Company—hoping to have KCCZ on the air by January 1987.<ref name="Wash861007">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/washington-county-news-kccz-transmitter/175421310/|date=October 7, 1986|page=6|first=Steve|last=Lutz|title=KCCZ transmitter work begins|newspaper=Washington County News|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref><!-- Tue -->

KCCZ began broadcasting on April 23, 1990,<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=KCSG|title=Television & Cable Factbook|year=2006|page=A-2329}}</ref> from studios on Airport Road in Cedar City.<ref name="Dail900502">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-kccz-tv-hits-the-airw/175421566/|date=May 2, 1990|page=15|title=KCCZ-TV hits the airwaves|newspaper=The Daily Spectrum|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref><!-- Wed --> In September 1992, it began offering 12:30, 6:30 and 9:30&nbsp;p.m. newscasts from [[KSL-TV]] featuring dedicated Southern Utah news stories and weather forecasts.<ref name="Dail920906">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-ksl-televisions-colo/175422390/|date=September 6, 1992|page=15C|type=Advertisement|title=KSL-Television's Color Country Eyewitness News brings all the news home to Color Country.|newspaper=The Daily Spectrum|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref><!-- Sun --> However, the station was suffering financially. Over the course of 1992, five liens were filed against Liberty Broadcasting Company property for failure to pay federal taxes. In early November, the station abruptly shut down, after which time Golden was assessed a civil tax penalty of more than $22,000.<ref name="Dail921212">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-kccz-wrestles-with-fi/175422422/|date=December 12, 1992|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-kccz-station-struggl/175422447/ 3A]|first=Donna M.|last=Brown|title=KCCZ wrestles with finances: Golden hopes to put station back on the air|newspaper=The Daily Spectrum|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref><!-- Sat -->

KCCZ was sold at bankruptcy in September 1993 to Seagull Communications Corporation, which won the bidding for $75,000. Seagull's principals owned [[St. George, Utah|St. George]] radio station [[KSGO|KSGI]] (1450 AM) and were building [[KONY (FM)|KSGI-FM]] 99.7 at the time.<ref name="Dail930924">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-seagull-wins-bid-for/175422673/|date=September 24, 1993|page=A5|first=Loren|last=Webb|title=Seagull wins bid for Liberty|newspaper=The Daily Spectrum|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref><!-- Fri --> The station resumed broadcasting as KSGI-TV either in January 1994{{r|Dail940125}} or on February 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1997/da972559.txt |title=Memorandum Opinion and Order |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |date=December 5, 1997 |access-date=September 19, 2007 |archive-date=December 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228013926/http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1997/da972559.txt |url-status=live }}</ref> It maintained the Cedar City studio and opened another on North 1000 East and broadcast a family-friendly independent station format with local programming and a package of [[Colorado Rockies]] baseball games.<ref name="Dail940125">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-ksgi-broadcasting-in/175423182/|date=January 25, 1994|page=B3|title=KSGI broadcasting in Cedar, St. George|newspaper=The Daily Spectrum|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref><!-- Tue --><ref name="Dail940407">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-st-georges-ksgi-not/175423261/|date=April 7, 1994|page=A5|first=Tricia|last=Ciaravino|title=St. George's KSGI not just radio anymore|newspaper=The Daily Spectrum|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref><!-- Thu -->

===KCSG: Local TV for Southern Utah===
The [[Bonneville International Corporation]], a broadcasting company wholly owned by [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] and owner of KSL-TV, acquired KSGI-TV from Seagull in 1997.<ref name="Salt970725">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune-bonneville-to-buy/175423599/|date=July 25, 1997|page=D10|title=Bonneville to Buy TV Station|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref><!-- Fri --> The station changed its call sign to KXIV by the time Bonneville completed the purchase in April 1998.<ref name="Salt980501">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune-bonneville-buys-st/175423673/|date=May 1, 1998|page=D-15|title=Bonneville Buys Station|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref><!-- Fri --> The call sign was changed again to KCSG before Bonneville relaunched the station as an affiliate of [[Ion Television|Pax]] on October 12, 1998. Pax had only gone on the air that August. The station maintained studios in Cedar City but had its offices in St. George. Station leadership stated plans to eventually produce a local newscast,<ref name="Dixi981014">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dixie-sun-kcsg-begins-dawn-of-a-new/175423877/|date=October 14, 1998|pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dixie-sun-kcsg/175423889/ 3]|title=KCSG Begins 'Dawn of a New Era'|first=Billy Ray|last=Vosburg|newspaper=The Dixie Sun|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 28, 2025}}</ref><!-- Wed --> but by 2000 the only local newscasts on the station's schedule were rebroadcasts from KSL-TV.<ref name="kcsg-kslonkcsg">{{cite web|url=http://www.kcsg.com/pgprog.htm |title=Programming |work=KCSG Television |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000127054209/http://kcsg.com/pgprog.htm |archive-date=January 27, 2000 |access-date=March 28, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Under Bonneville, KCSG also offered some local college sports, including [[Utah Tech University|Dixie College]] and [[Southern Utah University]] athletics.<ref>{{Cite news|page=D4|title=Monica behind Olbermann's move|work=[[The Deseret News]]|first=Scott D.|last=Pierce|date=November 11, 1998}}</ref><ref name="Dail990929">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-dixie-college-noteboo/175424270/|date=September 29, 1999|pages=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-dixie/175424242/ B3]|first=Mike|last=Morrow|title=Dixie College Notebook: Rebels show progress at Arizona tournament|newspaper=The Daily Spectrum|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 28, 2025}}</ref><!-- Wed --><ref name="Dail000110">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-malden-to-highlight-l/175424566/|date=January 10, 2000|page=A1|title=Malden to highlight lecture series|newspaper=The Spectrum's High Country Daily News|first=Ed|last=Kociela|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 28, 2025}}</ref><!-- Mon -->

In August 2002, KCSG was sold to Broadcast West, a St. George-based partnership of general manager Dan Matheson and local auto dealer Stephen Wade, for $450,000.<ref name="Dail020713">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-pax-affiliated-kcsg-l/175424765/|date=July 13, 2002|page=A1|first=Angie|last=Parkinson|title=PAX-affiliated KCSG looks to change owners: Broadcast West has made offer but no deal finalized|newspaper=The Daily Spectrum|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 28, 2025}}</ref><!-- Sat --> The new owners elected to continue the Pax affiliation and to increase local programming.<ref name="Dail020802">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-local-pax-affiliate-k/175424817/|date=August 2, 2002|page=A1|first=Angie|last=Parkinson|title=Local PAX affiliate KCSG sale official|newspaper=The Daily Spectrum|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 28, 2025}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Among the company's moves was to implement a news department, which launched in 2003. By 2005, KCSG was offering a nightly newscast as well as a newscast in Spanish three times a week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20050921/ai_n15361707 |title=St. George station's news popular in English, Spanish |last=Perkins|first=Nancy |work=Deseret Morning News |date=September 21, 2005 |access-date=September 19, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330090421/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20050921/ai_n15361707 |archive-date=March 30, 2009 }}</ref> The Broadcast West partnership was dissolved on October 18, 2005, and a new company—Southwest Media, owned by Stephen Wade—became the licensee.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=423916 |title=License Renewal: Public Inspection File attachment |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |work=Consolidated Database System |date=May 31, 2006 |access-date=September 19, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

KCSG replaced Salt Lake City's [[KJZZ-TV]] as Utah's [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate on August 18, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6580119.html?rssid=193 |title=KCSG Salt Lake City Grabs MNT Affiliation |work=Broadcasting & Cable |last=Malone|first=Michael |date=July 21, 2008 |access-date=July 22, 2008}}</ref> By this time, KCSG was producing local news on weekdays from 7 to 8 a.m., 5:30 to 6 p.m., and 9 to 10 p.m. and a local sports program, ''Sports Jam'', airing three nights a week.<ref name="KCSG">{{cite web |url=http://www.kcsg.com/about |title=About Us |work=KCSG.com |access-date=June 18, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210022103/http://www.kcsg.com/about}}</ref> The station added programming from the [[Retro Television Network]], which was previously carried in the market by KUSG and [[KCBU]], in July 2009.<ref name="tvnc-kcsgrtv">{{cite news|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2009/07/23/daily.5/|title=New Deals Put RTV Near 89% Coverage|last=Miller|first=Mark K.|date=July 23, 2009|work=TVNewsCheck|access-date=March 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503101410/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2009/07/23/34128/new-deals-put-rtv-near-89-coverage?nocookies|archive-date=May 3, 2012}}</ref> KCSG ceased analog broadcasting with the [[Digital television transition in the United States|digital television transition]] on June 12, 2009. It continued to broadcast its main digital signal from Cedar City on UHF channel 14. Its translator in St. George, which converted at the same time, operated on channel 16, which became the [[virtual channel]] number for the station in lieu of 4.<ref name="Dail090605">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-digital-tv-hits-deadl/175436246/|date=June 5, 2009|pages=Neighborhoods 2, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-digital/175436227/ 3]|title=Digital TV hits deadline mark|newspaper=The Daily Spectrum|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 28, 2025}}</ref><!-- Fri -->

In September 2009, the format of KCSG's nightly newscast changed when production of the program, except for anchoring, was outsourced to [[Dixie State College]], with students producing the newscast at the college's studio.<ref name="Dixi090930">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dixie-sun-kcsg-dsc-partner-up-broa/175425085/|date=September 30, 2009|pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dixie-sun-kcsg/175425110/ 2]|first=Amanda|last=Anderson|first2=Whitney|last2=Phillips|title=KCSG, DSC partner up: Broadcast communication majors now working with KCSG officials to produce nightly newscast|newspaper=The Dixie Sun|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 28, 2025}}</ref><!-- Wed --> After this and other attempts by Wade to cut costs did not stop the newscast from losing money, KCSG ceased airing local news in February 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.www.dixiesunlink.com/media/storage/paper1365/news/2010/02/22/DscNews/Kcsg-Nightly.News.Goes.Dark-3878103.shtml |title=KCSG nightly news goes dark |first=Casie|last=Forbes|work=The Dixie Sun |date=February 22, 2010 |access-date=February 22, 2010 |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710135103/http://www.dixiesunlink.com/2.11007/kcsg-nightly-news-goes-dark-1.1530550 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In August 2010, Wade signed a [[local marketing agreement]] with Dixie State College's [[Dick Nourse]] Center for Media Innovation to program the station. This included the return of a news presence on August 23,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/9003363/article-Dixie-State-College-and-KCSG-Television-Announce-Partnership| title = Dixie State College and KCSG Television Announce Partnership| year = 2010| access-date = August 30, 2010| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101127064600/http://kcsg.com/view/full_story/9003363/article-Dixie-State-College-and-KCSG-Television-Announce-Partnership| archive-date = November 27, 2010}}</ref> with 15-minute newscasts recorded on weekdays.<ref name="Dixi100922">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dixie-sun-kcsg-returns-to-dsc-fully/175439741/|date=September 22, 2010|pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dixie-sun-kcsg/175439847/ 2]|first=Mark|last=Green|title=KCSG returns to DSC fully integrated|newspaper=The Dixie Sun|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 28, 2025}}</ref><!-- Wed --> After seven months, Southwest Media resumed managing KCSG, but the Center for Media Innovation continued to supply the station with news and sports programming.<ref name="Dixi110406">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dixie-sun-kcsg-contract-revamped/175439877/|date=April 6, 2011|page=2|first=Mark|last=Schurr|title=KCSG contract revamped|newspaper=The Dixie Sun|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 28, 2025}}</ref><!-- Wed --> Later in 2011, KCSG began offering re-airs of selected KSL-TV newscasts and daily weather forecasts from KSL.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418212523/http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/14936532/article-KCSG-DT-Expands-Digital-Channel-Programming-on-Baja-Broadband---Mesquite---|first=Morgan|last=Skinner|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2012|url=http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/14936532/article-KCSG-DT-Expands-Digital-Channel-Programming-on-Baja-Broadband---Mesquite---|title=KCSG-DT Expands Digital Channel Programming on Baja Broadband - Mesquite|date=August 2, 2011}}</ref> It also signed a deal to air [[Utah State University]] football and men's and women's basketball games.<ref>{{cite news|title=Utah State Football and Basketball Games Will Be Broadcast on KCSG Television Beginning This Fall|url=http://www.utahstateaggies.com/genrel/080411aaa.html|date=August 4, 2011|access-date=August 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=KCSG Television to Broadcast USU Aggie Football and Basketball|url=http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/14936120/article-KCSG-Television-to-Broadcast-USU-Aggie-Football-and-Basketball-----?instance=1|date=August 4, 2011|access-date=August 4, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928214536/http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/14936120/article-KCSG-Television-to-Broadcast-USU-Aggie-Football-and-Basketball-----?instance=1|archive-date=September 28, 2011}}</ref>

===MeTV and Weigel purchase===
[[File:KCSG14.png|thumb|KCSG logo used 2011-2017|alt=Black text "KCSG" with smaller wording "Television". The K sits on a sky blue-to-white gradient circle.]]
On September 5, 2011, KCSG switched its primary affiliation to [[MeTV]], a [[diginet]] specializing in classic television programming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/15039755/article-Memorable-Television--ME-TV--Comes-to-KCSG-Telelvision-September-5th?instance=home_first_stories|title=Memorable Television (ME-TV) Comes to KCSG Television September 5th|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928214456/http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/15039755/article-Memorable-Television--ME-TV--Comes-to-KCSG-Telelvision-September-5th?instance=home_first_stories |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |access-date=August 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mainstreetbusinessjournal.com/articleview.php?articlesid=5847&volume=14&issue=21|title=KCSG Launches Classic Television Station|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330221926/http://mainstreetbusinessjournal.com/articleview.php?articlesid=5847&volume=14&issue=21 |archive-date=March 30, 2012|work=Main Street Business Journal }}</ref> In 2014, it switched diginets from MeTV to [[Heroes & Icons]], which like MeTV is owned by [[Weigel Broadcasting]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 3, 2014 |title='Heroes and Icons': KCSG-TV launches new, exclusive, family friendly network |url=https://www.cedarcityutah.com/life/arts-entertainment/heroes-and-icons-kcsg-tv-launches-new-exclusive-family-friendly-network/article_c8615fdc-e76b-529c-98fa-ef02286ee355.html |access-date=2025-06-28 |work=Cedar City News |language=en}}</ref>

West American Finance Corporation acquired KCSG in 2016 and rebranded it using [[virtual channel]] 8. The station also launched an 8 p.m. newscast, lasting eight minutes in length, continuing the Heroes & Icons affiliation.<ref name="Dail161101">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-spectrum-kcsg-tv-builds-a-new/175441968/|date=November 1, 2016|page=A3|first=Steve|last=Kiggins|title=KCSG TV builds a new local identity|newspaper=The Daily Spectrum|location=Saint George, Utah|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 28, 2025}}</ref><!-- Tue -->

Weigel Broadcasting acquired KCSG and its translators in St. George from West American Finance for $1.1&nbsp;million in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 8, 2017 |title=Station Trading Roundup: 4 Deals, $1,150,000 |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/station-trading-roundup-4-deals-1150000/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |work=TVNewsCheck |language=en-US}}</ref> The transaction marked the beginning of Weigel purchasing stations outside of its traditional Midwest markets, as before the end of 2017, it had agreed to acquire stations serving [[Los Angeles]], [[St. Louis]], [[San Francisco]], and [[Seattle]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jessell |first=Harry A. |date=September 12, 2017 |title=Weigel Moving Into Los Angeles, St. Louis |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/weigel-moving-into-los-angeles-st-louis/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |work=TVNewsCheck |language=en-US |archive-date=September 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907232924/https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/weigel-moving-into-los-angeles-st-louis/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=October 25, 2017 |title=Expanding Weigel Buys Into S.F., Seattle |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/expanding-weigel-buys-into-s-f-seattle/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |work=TVNewsCheck |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523155555/https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/expanding-weigel-buys-into-s-f-seattle/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, it acquired KUTA-LD in [[Logan, Utah|Logan]] and KQTI-LD, licensed to [[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]], from Airwaves Inc.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Mark K. |date=July 22, 2020 |title=Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $375,000 |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/station-trading-roundup-1-deal-375000/ |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=TVNewsCheck |language=en-US}}</ref> to rebroadcast KCSG.<ref name="kutatoweigel">{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/assignmentDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=0759c2e0c103415e9c79c1b6063ebeb7&id=0759c2e0c103415e9c79c1b6063ebeb7&goBack=N|title=Application for Transfer of Control of a Corporate Licensee or Permittee, or for Assignment of License or Permit of TV or FM Translator Station or Low Power Television Station|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=July 16, 2020|access-date=July 21, 2020|archive-date=January 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123233608/https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/assignmentDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=0759c2e0c103415e9c79c1b6063ebeb7&id=0759c2e0c103415e9c79c1b6063ebeb7&goBack=N|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The stations' signals are [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KCSG<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KCSG#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KCSG|website=[[RabbitEars]]|accessdate=November 24, 2024|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202234356/http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KCSG#station|url-status=live}}</ref> and KCSG-LD<ref>{{cite web|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KCSG-LD|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=130912#station|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=October 4, 2020}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 8.1 
| |[[720p]] || rowspan=9 | [[16:9]] || KCSG-HD || [[MeTV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 8.2 
| rowspan=8 | [[480i]] || Decades || [[Catchy Comedy]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 8.3 
| StartTV || [[Start TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 8.4 
| Heroes || [[Heroes & Icons]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 8.5 
| MeTV+ || [[MeTV+]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 8.6 
| Story || [[Story Television]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 8.7 
| Movies! || [[Movies!]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 8.8 
| TOONS || [[MeTV Toons]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 8.12 
| EMLW || [[OnTV4U]] ([[Infomercial]]s)
|}

===Other translators===
KCSG's signal is additionally rebroadcast over the following translators:<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 23, 2021|title=List of TV Translator Input Channels|url=https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/tv-translator-input-channels-07232021.xlsx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209195336/https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/tv-translator-input-channels-07232021.xlsx|archive-date=December 9, 2021|access-date=December 17, 2021|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref>
*[[Beaver, Utah|Beaver]]: K25PF-D
*[[Delta, Utah|Delta]]–[[Oak City, Utah|Oak City]]: K25PF-D
*[[Fillmore, Utah|Fillmore]]–[[Meadow, Utah|Meadow]]: K25JJ-D
*[[Garrison, Utah|Garrison]]: K30PI-D
*[[Leamington, Utah|Leamington]]: K16MT-D
*[[Logan, Utah|Logan]]: K08QL-D, K22MH-D
*[[Minersville, Utah|Minersville]]: K17HX-D
*[[Parowan]]–[[Enoch, Utah|Enoch]]: K25PD-D
*[[St. George, Utah|St. George]]: K16DS-D, K27MQ-D

==References==
{{Reflist | 3}}

==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*{{official website|https://www.metv.com/kcsg|KCSG page on MeTV website}}

{{Salt Lake City TV}}
{{Weigel Broadcasting}}

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