KKFX-CD
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KKFX-CD is a low-powered, Class A Fox-affiliated television station licensed to San Luis Obispo, California, United States and serving the Central Coast of California. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on virtual and UHF channel 24 from a transmitter near Serrano and U.S. 101 in the Los Padres National Forest. Owned by News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG), it is a sister station to Santa Barbara-licensed ABC affiliate KEYT-TV (channel 3); NPG also operates Santa Maria-licensed CBS affiliate KCOY-TV (channel 12) under a shared services agreement with VistaWest Media, LLC. KKFX and KCOY share studios on West McCoy Lane in Santa Maria; KEYT maintains separate facilities at 730 Miramonte Drive on TV Hill, overlooking downtown Santa Barbara. KKFX can be seen on channel 11 on most cable systems in the market, hence the Fox 11 branding.
Although KKFX identifies as a station in its own right, it is officially licensed as a translator of KCOY. In addition to its own digital signal, KKFX is simulcast in high definition on KCOY's second digital subchannel from a transmitter on Tepusquet Peak in the Los Padres National Forest east of Santa Maria. KCOY, in turn, is simulcast on KKFX's second digital subchannel.
History
KKFX-CD signed on for the first time on November 6, 1998 as the area's Fox affiliate. KTTV in Los Angeles was the default station for the Central Coast area before KKFX-CD. Before July 1, 2006, this station could also be seen in Santa Barbara on KSBB-LP channel 17, but it switched to a repeater of KEYT-TV. On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel Communications entered into an agreement to sell its television station group to Providence Equity Partners. The sale was finalized on March 14, 2008.[1] However, Providence Equity Partners did not keep KKFX and sister station KCOY due to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) restrictions. As a result, they were resold to the Cowles Publishing Company.[2] On May 7, 2008, the deal between Cowles and Newport Television closed.[3]
On September 20, 2013, News-Press & Gazette Company, owner of KEYT-TV in Santa Barbara, announced that it would purchase KKFX-CA as well as Monterey sister stations KION-TV and KMUV-LP. NPG also took over some operations of KCOY that Cowles retained under a shared services agreement.[4] The sale was completed on December 13, 2013.[5]
On January 20, 2015, KKFX began broadcasting over the air in high definition[6] and providing an HD feed directly to cable and DirecTV. On that same date, KKFX-CA returned to the airwaves in Santa Barbara on low-power KSBB-LP channel 17.[6]
Programming
Syndicated programming on KKFX includes Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, The Simpsons (which also airs first-run episodes), Two and a Half Men, Last Man Standing and The Big Bang Theory.
Newscasts
Fox 11 News in the Morning airs weekdays on KKFX from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. A nightly hour-long newscast is included.
See also
- Channel 11 branded TV stations in the United States
- Channel 24 low-power TV stations in the United States
References
- ^ "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.
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- ^ "MSN - Outlook, Office, Skype, Bing, Breaking News, and Latest Videos". www.msnbc.msn.com.
- ^ "KCOY to 'share services' with KEYT parent company under planned station purchases". Santa Maria Times. September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ^ [1] NewsChannel 3 Owner Completes Purchase of Fox 11, KEYT, 13 December 2013, Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ a b Scholl, Claire (2015-01-20). "CBS, Fox Now Over-The-Air in Most of SB, SLO Counties". KEYT. Retrieved 2018-05-25.