KCOS-LP

KCOS-LP is a UPN affiliate located in Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcast in analog on UHF channel 28 from the Usery Mountains in Mesa. KCOS-LP was owned and operated by Oakhurst Broadcasting until they sold the station to Krueger Broadcasting because they are merging with Adelphia Communications. KCOS-LP was founded in 1995 by Carlos Ortiz, Sr., pastor of Faith Pleases God Church in Harlingen, Texas. The station was an independent. When KKFR left UPN to join MyNetworkTV, KCOS-LP became the UPN affiliate for the Phoenix area, and in 2014, Oakhurst Broadcasting purchased the station from the Aracelis Ortiz Corporation. On July 14, 2016, Krueger sold the station to Group W. On December 1, 2016, CBS Television Stations bought the station.
Category:Channel 28
Category:Phoenix, Arizona
Category:UPN affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1995
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Paramount Global