KCSG
A Cedar City, Utah television station owned by Weigel Broadcasting and primarily carrying MeTV programming.
Last updated August 31, 2026
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Overview
KCSG is a television station licensed to Cedar City, Utah, serving Southern Utah and extending its reach into other Utah markets through translators. The station operates under the KCSG call sign and is owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Its main transmitter is located on Cedar Mountain southeast of Cedar City, while a major translator serving the Wasatch Front transmits from Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains. Additional translators relay the signal in communities including Beaver, Delta–Oak City, Fillmore, Garrison, Leamington, Logan, Minersville, Parowan–Enoch, and St. George. The station began as KCCZ, an independent commercial station created by Michael Glen Golden through Liberty Broadcasting Company. Golden had received a construction permit for a Cedar City channel in 1984 and ultimately launched KCCZ on April 23, 1990. The station initially pursued an independent local-service model, with Cedar City studios and programming intended for the growing Southern Utah market. Financial problems forced KCCZ off the air in late 1992, and its assets were sold through bankruptcy in 1993 to Seagull Communications Corporation. The new owner returned the station to service as KSGI-TV in 1994, retaining a Cedar City presence and combining family-oriented programming with local material and selected sports. Bonneville International acquired the station in the late 1990s. After a period under the KXIV call sign, Bonneville relaunched it as KCSG on October 12, 1998, as an affiliate of the newly established Pax network. During this period, the station carried some local college sports and occasional local programming, while also using selected KSL-TV news material. In 2002, Broadcast West acquired KCSG, beginning a period of locally oriented ownership associated with St. George automobile dealer Stephen Wade. The station expanded local programming and launched a news department in 2003. By the middle of the decade, it carried an English nightly newscast and a Spanish-language newscast several times per week. KCSG's programming strategy changed substantially in the late 2000s. It became Utah's MyNetworkTV affiliate in August 2008 and added local morning, evening, and late news, as well as the sports program Sports Jam. The station completed its transition from analog to digital broadcasting in June 2009. However, its news operation experienced financial difficulties. Production was partly outsourced to Dixie State College in 2009, local news ended in February 2010, and a later local marketing arrangement restored a limited news presence before the arrangement ended. KCSG continued to carry selected sports, weather, and rebroadcast material, including programming associated with KSL-TV and Utah State University. The station moved toward classic television and multicast-network programming in the 2010s. It began carrying MeTV as its primary affiliation in September 2011, switched to Heroes & Icons in 2014, and changed its virtual channel from 16 to 8 after a 2016 ownership change. Weigel Broadcasting acquired KCSG and its St. George translators in 2017 for $1.1 million, bringing the station directly into the company that operates both MeTV and Heroes & Icons. KCSG subsequently returned to MeTV programming. Weigel expanded the station's translator network, including the 2020 acquisition of low-power stations in Logan and Ogden for rebroadcast purposes. Today, KCSG is principally a regional over-the-air television outlet with a classic-television identity, supported by a broad Utah translator footprint rather than a large standalone local-news operation.
History
KCSG traces its origins to a construction permit issued by the Federal Communications Commission in 1984 to Michael Glen Golden of Parowan, Utah. Golden believed population growth in Southern Utah could support a commercial television station and developed the project through Liberty Broadcasting Company. Construction at the Cedar Mountain transmitter site began in 1986, although negotiations with major networks did not produce an affiliation. Golden therefore pursued an independent format. The resulting station, KCCZ, began broadcasting on April 23, 1990, from studios on Airport Road in Cedar City. It later incorporated KSL-TV-produced news segments with Southern Utah stories and weather. Financial difficulties, however, undermined the operation. KCCZ left the air in late 1992 after liens were filed against Liberty Broadcasting property and Golden faced a civil tax penalty. The station was sold in bankruptcy in September 1993 to Seagull Communications Corporation for $75,000. Seagull restored the service as KSGI-TV in 1994. The station retained its Cedar City studio, opened an additional St. George facility, and promoted a family-friendly independent schedule that included local programming and selected Colorado Rockies baseball games. Bonneville International, the owner of Salt Lake City's KSL-TV, acquired the station in the late 1990s. During the transaction it briefly used the KXIV call sign before adopting KCSG. Bonneville relaunched the station on October 12, 1998, as an affiliate of Pax, a newly created general-entertainment network. KCSG continued to carry some local college sports, including events involving Dixie College and Southern Utah University, but its local-news ambitions remained limited. Broadcast West acquired the station in August 2002. The St. George-based partnership included general manager Dan Matheson and automobile dealer Stephen Wade. Its ownership period emphasized local content, leading to the creation of a KCSG news department in 2003. By 2005 the station aired a nightly newscast and a Spanish-language newscast three times a week. The Broadcast West partnership was dissolved in October 2005, after which Southwest Media, controlled by Wade, became the licensee. KCSG entered a more varied programming phase in the late 2000s. It became Utah's MyNetworkTV affiliate in August 2008 and scheduled local weekday morning, early-evening, and late-evening news, along with the Sports Jam program. The station ended analog service on June 12, 2009, as part of the national digital transition. Its digital main signal continued from Cedar City, while the St. George translator used virtual channel 16. Local news proved difficult to sustain financially. In 2009, Dixie State College students produced much of the newscast through the college's media facilities, while KCSG retained responsibility for anchoring. The station ended regular local news in February 2010 after cost-cutting measures failed to eliminate losses. A local marketing agreement with Dixie State's Dick Nourse Center for Media Innovation briefly restored fifteen-minute weekday newscasts in August 2010. Southwest Media resumed management after seven months, although the college continued supplying some news and sports material. KCSG also carried selected KSL-TV re-airs and weather forecasts, as well as Utah State University athletics. The station shifted toward multicast-network programming in the 2010s. On September 5, 2011, it became a MeTV affiliate, replacing its previous primary programming strategy with a schedule centered on classic television. In 2014, it switched to Heroes & Icons, another network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. West American Finance Corporation acquired KCSG in 2016, changed the virtual channel to 8, and added a short evening newscast. Weigel Broadcasting acquired KCSG and its St. George translators in 2017 for $1.1 million. The deal expanded Weigel's station ownership beyond its traditional Midwestern base and aligned the station with the company behind MeTV and Heroes & Icons. Weigel later expanded KCSG's Utah distribution by acquiring low-power stations in Logan and Ogden in 2020. The station's current identity is primarily that of a regional over-the-air outlet carrying MeTV programming, with coverage supported by translators across Southern Utah and the Wasatch Front.
- 2020
Additional Utah rebroadcast assets acquired
[1]Weigel acquired stations in Logan and Ogden for KCSG rebroadcasting.
- 2017
Weigel Broadcasting purchase
[1]Weigel Broadcasting acquired KCSG and its St. George translators.
- 2014
Heroes & Icons affiliation begins
[1]KCSG changed from MeTV to Heroes & Icons.
- 2011
MeTV affiliation begins
[1]The station adopted MeTV as its primary affiliation.
- 2009
Digital television transition
[1]KCSG ended analog broadcasting and continued as a digital station, using virtual channel 16.
- 2008
MyNetworkTV affiliation begins
[1]KCSG became Utah's MyNetworkTV affiliate and expanded its local news and sports schedule.
- 2003
Local news department established
[1]Broadcast West introduced a KCSG news operation as part of a broader local-programming strategy.
- 1998
KCSG call sign and Pax affiliation introduced
[1]Bonneville relaunched the station as KCSG and affiliated it with Pax.
- 1993
Bankruptcy sale to Seagull Communications
[1]Seagull Communications acquired the financially distressed station and prepared it for a return to the air.
- 1990
KCCZ launches
[1]The station began broadcasting as KCCZ, an independent outlet serving Cedar City and Southern Utah.
Products and positioning
A regional Utah broadcast station positioned around dependable over-the-air access and classic television programming, with distribution extended through a network of translators.
Broadcast television station · 1990
KCSG television service
KCSG is the station's principal over-the-air television service licensed to Cedar City. Its signal originates from Cedar Mountain and is distributed across Southern Utah and other parts of Utah through a network of digital translators.
Multicast television network affiliation · 2011
MeTV programming
KCSG's principal programming identity is associated with MeTV, a multicast network focused on classic television series. The affiliation gives the station a nationally supplied schedule rather than requiring a large locally produced entertainment lineup.
Broadcast retransmission
Utah translator network
KCSG extends its coverage through translators serving the Wasatch Front, St. George, Logan, and multiple rural Utah communities. The network is central to the station's regional reach and allows viewers outside Cedar City to receive its programming.
Brand decisions
2017
Weigel Broadcasting acquisitionM&ABackground
KCSG was offered for sale by West American Finance Corporation after a period of local ownership and changing network affiliations.
Action taken
Weigel Broadcasting purchased KCSG and its St. George translators for $1.1 million.
Aftermath
The station became part of Weigel's expanding owned-station portfolio and later benefited from additional translator acquisitions in Utah.
Acquisition price. $1.1 million (2017 acquisition)
2016
Change virtual channel to 8StrategyBackground
West American Finance Corporation acquired the station and adjusted its on-screen channel identity.
Action taken
KCSG changed its virtual channel from 16 to 8 and added a brief evening newscast.
Aftermath
The new channel identity remained in use after Weigel acquired the station.
2014
Switch from MeTV to Heroes & IconsStrategyBackground
KCSG remained within the Weigel network family while changing the multicast service carried on its main channel.
Action taken
The station replaced MeTV with Heroes & Icons.
Aftermath
KCSG continued operating with a nationally supplied classic and library-programming model before later returning to MeTV.
2011
Adopt MeTV as primary affiliationStrategyBackground
KCSG had moved through Pax, MyNetworkTV, and other programming arrangements while its locally produced news operation faced financial pressure.
Action taken
The station replaced its previous primary affiliation with MeTV, emphasizing classic television supplied by a multicast network.
Aftermath
The change established a more nationally programmed, classic-television-oriented identity for KCSG.
Recent events
- 2020
Weigel expands KCSG's Utah rebroadcast footprint[1]
M&A
Weigel acquired low-power stations in Logan and Ogden to support rebroadcasting of KCSG programming.
- 2017
Weigel Broadcasting acquires KCSG[1]
M&A
Weigel Broadcasting purchased KCSG and its St. George translators from West American Finance Corporation for $1.1 million, according to the cited station history.
- 2014
Primary affiliation changes to Heroes & Icons[1]
Product generation
KCSG replaced MeTV with Heroes & Icons, another Weigel-owned multicast network.
- 2011
KCSG affiliates with MeTV[1]
Product launch
The station changed its primary affiliation to MeTV, adopting the classic television network's programming while retaining selected local and sports content.
- 2010
Local news operation is discontinued[1]
Other
After outsourcing parts of production and attempting to reduce costs, KCSG ended its regular local newscasts because the operation was losing money.
- 2009
KCSG completes digital transition[1]
Product generation · Regulation
KCSG ended analog broadcasting during the United States digital television transition and adopted virtual channel 16 for its principal digital service.
- 2008
KCSG becomes Utah's MyNetworkTV affiliate[1]
Product generation
The station replaced KJZZ-TV as Utah's MyNetworkTV affiliate and expanded its schedule of local news and sports programming.
- 2003
KCSG launches a local news department[1]
Product launch
The station introduced its own news operation, later adding an English nightly newscast and limited Spanish-language news.
- 2002
Broadcast West acquires KCSG[1]
M&A
A St. George-based ownership group led by Dan Matheson and Stephen Wade purchased the station and sought to increase local programming.
- 1998
Bonneville relaunches the station as KCSG[1]
Leadership change
Following its acquisition of the station, Bonneville International changed the call sign and launched KCSG as a Pax affiliate.
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