KCAU-TV

KCAU-TV

Sioux City, Iowa United States
Channels	Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 9
Branding	KCAU 9
Programming
Affiliations	9.1: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Media Inc.)
History
First air date	March 29, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-03-29)
Former call signs	KVTV (1953–1967)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 9 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 30 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations	CBS (1953–1967) NBC (secondary, 1953–1954) DuMont (secondary, 1953–1955) ABC (secondary, 1953–1967)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11265
ERP	29.5 kW
HAAT	616 m (2,021 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°35′12.2″N 96°13′57.1″W / 42.586722°N 96.232528°W / 42.586722; -96.232528
Translator(s)	KNEN-LD 35.2 Norfolk, NE
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.siouxlandproud.com

KCAU-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located on Gordon Drive in Sioux City, and its transmitter is located near Hinton, Iowa.

The first television station in the region, the station began broadcasting as CBS affiliate KVTV in 1953. It was acquired in 1965 by a company that became known as Forward Communications; under Forward stewardship, the station activated a 2,000-foot (610 m) tower, changed its call sign to KCAU-TV and its affiliation to ABC in 1967, and became the leading station in the market through the 1980s. It was owned by Citadel Communications from 1985 to 2014, when it was purchased by Nexstar.