KSAO-LD
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- 49.1: Binge TV
- for others, see § Subchannels
- Bridge Media Networks[1]
- (Bridge News, LLC)
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| Founded | August 1989 |
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Call sign meaning | "Sacramento" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 34578 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 92.9 m (305 ft) |
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Public license information | LMS |
KSAO-LD (channel 49) is a low-power television station in Sacramento, California, United States, affiliated with Binge TV. The station is owned by Bridge Media Networks; KSAO-LD's transmitter is located on Crescent Ridge in El Dorado Hills, California.
Affiliations with MundoFox/MundoMax and Azteca América
In August 2012, KSAO-LD became a charter affiliate of the Spanish-language network MundoFox. In July 2015, the network was relaunched as MundoMax after 21st Century Fox sold its stake of the network to RCN Televisión. MundoMax ceased operations on November 30, 2016. KSAO-LD affiliated with Azteca América the next day, taking over the affiliation from KSTV-LD (channel 32).
On December 31, 2022, Azteca América ceased operations, and the station affiliated with NewsNet the next day on January 1, 2023, effectively returning English language programming to the main channel since the early 2010s, but at the same time, KSAO-LD was dropped from local cable providers, such as Comcast's Xfinity. When KSAO-LD was affiliated with Azteca América from 2016 to 2022, its main channel was not carried by DirecTV and instead carried Azteca América owned-and-operated KEMO-DT2 in the San Francisco Bay Area due to KEMO's high-definition signal.
Sale to Bridge Media Networks and short NewsNet affiliation
On March 30, 2023, Bridge Media Networks, the parent company of NewsNet and Sports News Highlights (SNH), announced it would acquire KSAO-LD from Cocola Broadcasting and the company's six other stations for $3.2 million.[3] The transaction was completed on May 15, 2023.[4] As a result, KSAO-LD became a NewsNet owned-and-operated station for the Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto DMA.
On August 2, 2024, NewsNet and its sister network Sports News Highlights (on the station's second subchannel) were shut down due to low viewership and KSAO-LD affiliated with Fun Roads TV in the interim. It was later replaced by ShopHQ, with the network both on the main channel and the third subchannel (49.3). Fun Roads TV was switched to the second subchannel (49.2).
2025–present
In April 2025, ShopHQ was dropped when the network ceased operations and the main channel affiliated with Binge TV, moving from the third subchannel where the network was added the month before. In December 2025, ShopHQ returned to the main channel as a revival of the original network, despite the network's new direction as a live streaming-only outlet.[5] Binge TV was then moved to the twelfth subchannel (49.12). In 2026,[when?], KSAO-LD switched back to Binge TV.
