KSBY.com | San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Paso Robles |About Us

KSBY-TV is the NBC affiliate in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties and made its on-air debut in May of 1953.It went on the air, however, as KVEC-TV. The VEC call letters stood for Valley Electric Company.

KVEC-TV was the first local television station built in the Central Coast of California. Originally, the station carried all three television networks: NBC, CBS & ABC.

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KSBY is on the air in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, broadcasting a digital signal providing NBC high-definition and The CW network standard-definition programs.

A VHF or all-channel antenna connected to a digital-to-analog converter box or to a digital-ready television is required to receive the new signal. If you are already set up to receive a digital broadcast all that is necessary is to re-scan channels on your converter box or television.

If you are in any area in northern Santa Barbara County or San Luis Obispo County, you will need a UHF antenna.

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