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'''KASY-TV''' is a television station in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]. It is a [[UPN]] network affiliate, and broadcasts on channel 50. The station offers general entertainment such as sitcoms, talk shows, reality shows, court shows, paid programming and first run shows from UPN. |
'''KASY-TV''' is a television station in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]. It is a [[UPN]] network affiliate, and broadcasts on channel 50. The station offers general entertainment such as sitcoms, talk shows, reality shows, court shows, paid programming and first run shows from UPN. |
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It is part of the first major [[television duopoly]] in Albuquerque. Its owner, [[ACME Communications]], also owns [[KWBQ]], a [[WB Television Network|WB]] network affiliate. KASY is the only station owned by [[ACME Communications]] that is not a [[WB Television Network|WB]] affiliate. |
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KASY's programming is also seen in [[Carlsbad, New Mexico]] on '''KTEL-TV''' channel 25, owned by [[Ramar Communications]] and programmed by KASY. |
KASY's programming is also seen in [[Carlsbad, New Mexico]] on '''KTEL-TV''' channel 25, owned by [[Ramar Communications]] and programmed by KASY. |
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- (KTEL-TV redirects here. For the Albuquerque Telemundo affiliate, see KTEL-LP.)
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KASY-TV is a television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a UPN network affiliate, and broadcasts on channel 50. The station offers general entertainment such as sitcoms, talk shows, reality shows, court shows, paid programming and first run shows from UPN.
It is part of the first major television duopoly in Albuquerque. Its owner, ACME Communications, also owns KWBQ, a WB network affiliate. KASY is the only station owned by ACME Communications that is not a WB affiliate.
KASY's programming is also seen in Carlsbad, New Mexico on KTEL-TV channel 25, owned by Ramar Communications and programmed by KASY.
In January of 2006 UPN and WB announced a merger where both networks would shut down and come together to form the CW Network in the Fall. UPN and WB will continue to operate separately until the early Fall. On March 9, 2006, it was announced that 19 KWBQ will take the CW Network and less than a week later, KASY 50 announced it will take My Network TV programming. (This made ACME the third company, after Capitol Broadcasting and Weigel Broadcasting, to own both CW and My Network TV affiliates in the same market.) Once the new network affiliation is in place, the station will change its name from "UPN-50" to "My 50 TV". As seen to the left, KASY has created a page on the social networking website, MySpace.com. WB affiliate, KWBQ, also has a page on MySpace.
History
KASY-TV signed on October 6, 1995. Owned by Ramar Communications, the station programmed a general entertainment format typical of most independent stations. They were managed by Lee Broadcasting, owners of KRQE-TV channel 13, Albuquerque's CBS affiliate.
Initially KASY 50 ran cartoons, old movies, talk shows, classic sitcoms, recent off network sitcoms as well as first run programming from both UPN and WB networks. This was easy to do at that time because niether network had more than a couple nights a week of programming. Then in December of 1998, KWBQ signed on with a similar general entertainment format and took the WB affiliation while KASY would keep UPN. In June of 1999 Acme TV bought KASY from Ramar Communications and terminated the Local Marketing Agreement with KRQE CBS 13 owned by Lee. Most of the programming inventory airing on KASY was also bought while some of the shows stayed with Lee to air on KRQE.
In the Fall of 1999 KASY dropped its UPN affiliation and broadcast movies and syndicated programming in place of UPN programs. By the end of the year though UPN affiliation was reinstated.