9. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: KSAS digital subchannel 24.2 began carrying Antenna TV on August 6, 2012, replacing music video network TheCoolTV (coincidentally, this occurred before the closure of its sale to the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which dropped the network from its stations at the end of that month). On March 1, 2017, Antenna TV was replaced by TBD, an Internet-sourced Network owned by Sinclair, and Antenna TV is now seen on KSCW-DT's third subchannel. Analog-to-digital conversion KSAS-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 24, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 26. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 24. Satellites KSAS-TV serves as the flagship of Fox Kansas (which also serves as the station's main on-air branding), which consists of a network of three full-power and two low-power stations relaying Fox network programming across central and western Kansas. These stations air virtually the exact programming as KSAS, apart from occasional local advertisements targeted to their respective viewing area. The other two full-power stations also offer KSAS' two digital subchannels. Nielsen Media Research treats KSAS and its satellites as one station in local ratings books, using the identifier name KSAS+. KAAS-TV translators These stations can only rebroadcast KAAS-TV, due to their translator classification. Notes: 1. KOCW used the call sign KBDK from 1998 to 2006. 2. KSAS-LP used the call sign K29DH from 1994 to 1995. 3. KAAS-LP used the call sign K31EH from 1994 to 1995. Because it was granted an original construction permit after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finalized the digital television allotment plan on April 21, 1997, KOCW did not receive a companion channel for a digital broadcast signal. Instead on June 12, 2009, the station turned off its analog signal and turned on its digital signal (an action called a "flash-cut"). Due to their low-powered status, both KSAS-LP and KAAS-LP were not required to convert to digital until September 1, 2015. References External links Official KSAS-DT2 website Television channels and stations established in 1985 1985 establishments in Kansas SAS-TV Sinclair Broadcast Group Fox network affiliates