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KGET stands for "'''K'''ern '''G'''olden '''E'''mpire '''T'''elevision," a moniker coined by the station's longtime vice president and general manager, [[Ray Watson (broadcaster)|Ray Watson]], who was elected to the [[Kern County Board of Supervisors]] in 2002. The current KGET Manager is Derek Jeffery. |
KGET stands for "'''K'''ern '''G'''olden '''E'''mpire '''T'''elevision," a moniker coined by the station's longtime vice president and general manager, [[Ray Watson (broadcaster)|Ray Watson]], who was elected to the [[Kern County Board of Supervisors]] in 2002. The current KGET Manager is Derek Jeffery. |
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On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to [[Newport Television]], a broadcasting holding company controlled by [[Providence Equity Partners]].<ref name="Clear Channel Television">{{cite press release|title=Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners|publisher=[[Clear Channel Communications]]|url=http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=1943|date=2007-04-20|accessdate=2007-04-20}}</ref> However, Providence Equity Partners owns a 19 percent share of the Spanish-language media company [[Univision]], the owner of [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[KUVI-TV]]. In addition, with only five full-power stations, Bakersfield does not have enough to legally support a co-owned duopoly operation. As a result, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] granted conditional approval of the sale, provided that Providence Equity Partners divest either KGET or its stake in Univision as soon as the deal was finalized. That happened on March 14, 2008. |
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to [[Newport Television]], a broadcasting holding company controlled by [[Providence Equity Partners]].<ref name="Clear Channel Television">{{cite press release|title=Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners |publisher=[[Clear Channel Communications]] |url=http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=1943 |date=2007-04-20 |accessdate=2007-04-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070425161056/http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=1943 |archivedate=2007-04-25 |df= }}</ref> However, Providence Equity Partners owns a 19 percent share of the Spanish-language media company [[Univision]], the owner of [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[KUVI-TV]]. In addition, with only five full-power stations, Bakersfield does not have enough to legally support a co-owned duopoly operation. As a result, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] granted conditional approval of the sale, provided that Providence Equity Partners divest either KGET or its stake in Univision as soon as the deal was finalized. That happened on March 14, 2008. |
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In May 2008, Newport Television agreed to sell KGET and five other stations to High Plains Broadcasting, Inc. due to the aforementioned ownership conflict.<ref name="tvbr-kgetsalessa">{{cite news|url=http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/7670.html|title=Newport stations drift to High Plains|date=2008-05-21|work=Television Business Report|accessdate=2008-09-28}}</ref> The sale closed on September 15, 2008;<ref name="fcc-highplainsconsum">{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1264514|title=Application Search Details|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|accessdate=2008-09-28}}</ref> Newport continued to operate KGET under a [[Local marketing agreement|shared services agreement]].<ref name="tvbr-kgetsalessa"/> Newport agreed to sell KGET and sister [[Telemundo]] affiliate [[KKEY-LP]], as well as [[KGPE]] in [[Fresno, California]], to [[Nexstar Media Group|Nexstar Broadcasting Group]] on November 5, 2012.<ref name=tvnc-saletonexstar>{{cite news|title=Nexstar Adding Stations In CA, VT|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/63324/nexstar-adding-stations-in-ca-vt|accessdate=November 5, 2012|newspaper=TVNewsCheck|date=November 5, 2012}}</ref> The FCC approved the sale on January 23, 2013; and the sale was completed on February 19.<ref>http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1523190.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65597/nexstar-closes-on-three-calif-stations</ref> |
In May 2008, Newport Television agreed to sell KGET and five other stations to High Plains Broadcasting, Inc. due to the aforementioned ownership conflict.<ref name="tvbr-kgetsalessa">{{cite news|url=http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/7670.html|title=Newport stations drift to High Plains|date=2008-05-21|work=Television Business Report|accessdate=2008-09-28}}</ref> The sale closed on September 15, 2008;<ref name="fcc-highplainsconsum">{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1264514|title=Application Search Details|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|accessdate=2008-09-28}}</ref> Newport continued to operate KGET under a [[Local marketing agreement|shared services agreement]].<ref name="tvbr-kgetsalessa"/> Newport agreed to sell KGET and sister [[Telemundo]] affiliate [[KKEY-LP]], as well as [[KGPE]] in [[Fresno, California]], to [[Nexstar Media Group|Nexstar Broadcasting Group]] on November 5, 2012.<ref name=tvnc-saletonexstar>{{cite news|title=Nexstar Adding Stations In CA, VT|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/63324/nexstar-adding-stations-in-ca-vt|accessdate=November 5, 2012|newspaper=TVNewsCheck|date=November 5, 2012}}</ref> The FCC approved the sale on January 23, 2013; and the sale was completed on February 19.<ref>http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1523190.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65597/nexstar-closes-on-three-calif-stations</ref> |
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===Analog-to-digital conversion=== |
===Analog-to-digital conversion=== |
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KGET-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 17, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2012-03-24}}</ref> Through the use of [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]], digital television receivers display the station's [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 17. |
KGET-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 17, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2012-03-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archivedate=2013-08-29 |df= }}</ref> Through the use of [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]], digital television receivers display the station's [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 17. |
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KGET-TV, virtual channel 17 (UHF digital channel 25), is a NBC-affiliated television station located in Bakersfield, California, United States. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station is operated as part of a duopoly with low-power Telemundo affiliate KKEY-LP (channel 13). KGET maintains studios located on L Street in downtown Bakersfield, while it maintains transmitter facilities located west of Breckenridge Mountain.
History
Founded by businessman Ed Urner, channel 17 first broadcast on November 8, 1959 as KLYD, an ABC affiliate.[1] The station originally operated from studios located on Eye Street in Bakersfield. It was co-owned with KLYD-AM 1350 (now KLHC), and is one of very few TV stations to be started by a daytime-only radio station. The call letters changed to KJTV in 1969. In October of that year, Urner sold the station to Atlantic States Industries.[2] In 1974, KJTV swapped affiliations with KBAK-TV, becoming a CBS affiliate.
George N. Gillett Jr.'s Gillett Broadcasting bought the station from ASI Communications in 1978. The station's call letters changed again to KPWR-TV on September 27, 1978, when it increased its power to 5,000,000 watts. The Ackerley Group purchased the station in 1983. On February 1, 1984, the station changed its calls to the present day "KGET-TV", coinciding with an affiliation swap with KERO-TV to become Bakersfield's NBC affiliate a month later, an affiliation which continues to the present day. It is one of a handful of stations in the United States to have held a primary affiliation with all three of the "Big Three" television networks. It was sold to Clear Channel Communications in 2001.
KGET stands for "Kern Golden Empire Television," a moniker coined by the station's longtime vice president and general manager, Ray Watson, who was elected to the Kern County Board of Supervisors in 2002. The current KGET Manager is Derek Jeffery.
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television, a broadcasting holding company controlled by Providence Equity Partners.[3] However, Providence Equity Partners owns a 19 percent share of the Spanish-language media company Univision, the owner of MyNetworkTV affiliate KUVI-TV. In addition, with only five full-power stations, Bakersfield does not have enough to legally support a co-owned duopoly operation. As a result, the Federal Communications Commission granted conditional approval of the sale, provided that Providence Equity Partners divest either KGET or its stake in Univision as soon as the deal was finalized. That happened on March 14, 2008.
In May 2008, Newport Television agreed to sell KGET and five other stations to High Plains Broadcasting, Inc. due to the aforementioned ownership conflict.[4] The sale closed on September 15, 2008;[5] Newport continued to operate KGET under a shared services agreement.[4] Newport agreed to sell KGET and sister Telemundo affiliate KKEY-LP, as well as KGPE in Fresno, California, to Nexstar Broadcasting Group on November 5, 2012.[6] The FCC approved the sale on January 23, 2013; and the sale was completed on February 19.[7][8]
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KGET-DT | Main KGET-TV programming / NBC |
| 17.2 | 720p | CW | Bakersfield CW | |
| 17.3 | 480i | 4:3 | TELM | Simulcast of KKEY-LP |
| 17.4 | Laff |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KGET-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 17, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 25.[10] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 17.
References
- ^ "Central California Edition". mcsittel.com. Retrieved May 30, 2006.
- ^ "Central California Edition". geocities.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-03. Retrieved July 10, 2006.
- ^ "Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners" (Press release). Clear Channel Communications. 2007-04-20. Archived from the original on 2007-04-25. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
{{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Newport stations drift to High Plains". Television Business Report. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Application Search Details". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Nexstar Adding Stations In CA, VT". TVNewsCheck. November 5, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
- ^ http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1523190.pdf
- ^ http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65597/nexstar-closes-on-three-calif-stations
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KGET
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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