KION

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KION

Brand	TV 46
City of License	Monterey, California
Market	Monterey/Salinas, California
Channel	32 digital Subcarrier: 32.2 (The CW) Formerly: 46 analog (1969-2009)
Network Affiliation	Current: CBS
Founded	1969
Company	Cowley Broadcasting
President
Current Popular Non-Network Shows	Judge Joe Brown Judge Judy Entertainment Tonight

KION is the call sign for the CBS affiliate in the Monetery/Salinas, California market. Licensed to Monterey, it broadcasts on digital channel 32.

KION first went on the air in 1969 as KMST/channel 46 (analog). It has been a CBS affiliate from the start. It changed calls to KCCI in 1990 and managed Fox affiliate KCBA/channel 35 under a local marketing agreement. In 2000, they changed calls to KION and shared carriage of UPN shows with KCBA. In 2006 after UPN shut down and merged with the WB to become to CW, KION opened a digital subcarrier to air the CW network.

[edit] Digital programming

Virtual	Physical	Name	Programming
46.1	32.1	KION-DT	Main KION (CBS)
46.2	32.2	KION-DT2	The CW

[edit] Current Prime-Time Schedule

Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	11:00
Monday	Entertainment Tonight	The Insider	How I Met Your Mother	Accidentally on Purpose	Two and a Half Men	The Big Bang Theory	CSI: Miami	KION 46 News at 11
Tuesday	Entertainment Tonight	The Insider	NCIS		NCIS: Los Angeles		The Good Wife	KION 46 News at 11
Wednesday	Entertainment Tonight	The Insider	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Gary Unmarried	Criminal Minds		CSI: NY	KION 46 News at 11
Thursday	Entertainment Tonight	The Insider	Survivor		CSI		The Mentalist	KION 46 News at 11
Friday	Entertainment Tonight	The Insider	Ghost Whisperer		Medium		NUMB3RS	KION 46 News at 11
Saturday	Entertainment Tonight		Crime Time Saturday		Crime Time Saturday		48 Hours Mystery	KION 46 News at 11
Sunday	60 Minutes		The Amazing Race		Three Rivers		Cold Case	KION 46 News at 11