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KZCS-LD (channel 18) is a low-power television stationinColorado Springs, Colorado, United States, airing programming from the digital multicast network Ion Mystery. It is owned and operated by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Pueblo-licensed NBC affiliate KOAA-TV (channel 5). KZCS-LD's transmitter is located on Cheyenne Mountain. Master control and most internal operations are based at the studios of ABC affiliate KMGH-TV (channel 7) on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Congress Park neighborhood (the Federal Communications Commission [FCC] considers KMGH-TV as the parent license of KZCS-LD).
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First air date | May 6, 1994 (30 years ago) (1994-05-06) |
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Call sign meaning | Azteca Colorado Springs (former affiliation) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 67544 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 659.1 m (2,162 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°44′38.9″N 104°51′47.7″W / 38.744139°N 104.863250°W / 38.744139; -104.863250 |
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Public license information | LMS |
The station signed on the air in 1994 on analog channel 38 as K38DM, a translator of KMGH-TV, then a CBS affiliate. It moved to channel 23 in 2003, changing its call sign to K23GJ. It assumed the KZCS-LP call sign in 2005, and became an Azteca América affiliate in 2013, relaying KMGH-TV's second digital subchannel. It switched to Escape (which later rebranded to Court TV Mystery, now Ion Mystery since 2022) in 2019, and flash-cut to digital in 2020.
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 18.1 | 480i | 16:9 | Mystery | Ion Mystery |
| 18.2 | Bounce | Bounce TV | ||
| 18.3 | Laff | Laff |
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