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KBSV 23.1 is an Assyrian-language non-commercial television station licensed to Ceres, California, serving the Ceres–Modesto area of the state's Central Valley. Branded as AssyriaVision and AssyriaSat, it is the television arm of Bet-Nahrain, Inc., the Assyrian-American organization founded by activist Sargon Dadesho.

An Assyrian Voice in the Central Valley

KBSV began broadcasting on April 14, 1996. Before channel 23 existed, Bet-Nahrain produced an hour a day of Assyrian programming for local public-access television in the Modesto area. The station is owned by Bet-Nahrain, Inc. alongside radio station KBES (89.5 FM), and the two outlets share studios and a transmitter site at the Bet-Nahrain Assyrian Cultural Center on South Central Avenue in Ceres. Though licensed as a full-service station, KBSV transmits at low power to a limited local area.

AssyriaSat and the Diaspora

The station began webcasting around the clock in 1997, and its AssyriaSat service became a channel for news and information reaching Assyrian communities both in the homeland and across the diaspora. The service gained wider media attention after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. AssyriaSat went live over the air in the Modesto–Turlock area in 2002 as the first Assyrian satellite program on the air, and in 2003 KBSV was believed to be the only non-governmental broadcast originating in the United States that could be received in Iraq.

Language and Programming

KBSV broadcasts in Assyrian (Suret), carrying news, cultural features and community programming aimed at the Assyrian-American population of the Central Valley and at Assyrian viewers abroad. The main feed, 23.1, presents this programming in standard-definition 480i in a 4:3 aspect ratio.

Technical Profile

The station operates on virtual channel 23 with its digital signal on UHF channel 15, transmitting at low effective radiated power (about 0.421 kilowatts, raised to 0.5 kilowatt under special temporary authority). KBSV originally broadcast from Mount Oso in Stanislaus County; after the site lease ended it moved to the KBES tower, its intended permanent location, operating there on a temporary facility basis. The signal covers Ceres and the surrounding Modesto area.

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