List of television stations in the San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area is currently defined by Nielsen Media Research as the sixth-largest television market in the United States,[1] with all of the major U.S. television networks having affiliates serving the region. All but one of the major U.S. television networks are directly owned by the networks; the one exception is secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate KRON-TV (now The CW), which is owned by Nexstar Media Group.
Television stations that primarily serve the San Francisco Bay Area include:[2]
- 1 KAXT-CD Santa Clara (Catchy Comedy)* (transmit channel 22)
- 2 KTVU Oakland (Fox)* (transmit channel 26)
- 4 KRON-TV San Francisco (The CW [primary]/MyNetworkTV [secondary])* (transmit channel 7)
- 5 KPIX-TV San Francisco (CBS)* (transmit channel 29)
- 6 KBKF-LD San Jose (Air1) (transmit channel 6)
- 7 KGO-TV San Francisco (ABC)* (transmit channel 12)
- 8 KQSL Cloverdale (TLN West) (transmit channel 8)
- 9 KQED San Francisco (PBS) (transmit channel 30)
- 11 KNTV San Jose (NBC)* (transmit channel 13)
- 14 KDTV-DT San Francisco (Univision)* (transmit channel 20)
- 16 KSCZ-LD San Jose (Hải Lê/Vietnamese) (transmit channel 23)
- 18 KQRM-LD San Francisco (Crossings TV)
- 20 KOFY-TV San Francisco (Grit) (transmit channel 21)
- 22 KRCB Cotati (PBS) (transmit channel 5)
- 26 KTSF San Francisco (Ethnic independent) (transmit channel 20)
- 28 KCNZ-CD San Francisco (LATV) (transmit channel 21)
- 32 KMTP-TV San Francisco (Non-commercial independent) (transmit channel 21)
- 36 KICU-TV San Jose (Independent) (transmit channel 36)
- 38 KCNS San Francisco (ShopHQ) (transmit channel 32)
- 42 KTNC-TV Concord (TCT)* (transmit channel 32)
- 44 KPYX San Francisco (Independent) (transmit channel 28)
- 48 KSTS San Jose (Telemundo)* (transmit channel 19)
- 50 KEMO-TV Fremont (Estrella TV) (transmit channel 32)
- 54 KQEH San Jose (PBS) (transmit channel 30)
- 60 KPJK San Mateo (Non-commercial independent) (transmit channel 27)
- 65 KKPX-TV San Jose (Ion Television)* (transmit channel 33)
- 66 KFSF-DT Vallejo (UniMás)*
- 68 KTLN-TV Palo Alto (Heroes & Icons)* (transmit channel 22)
Asterisk (*) indicates channel is a network owned-and-operated station.
KBKF-LD additionally transmits with an experimental analog FM radio subcarrier that is accessible at 87.7 MHz.[3]
Defunct stations[edit]
- 42 KCFT-TV/Concord (1966)
- 27 KEXT-CD/San Jose (1994–2017)
- 32 KSAN-TV–KNEW-TV–KQEC/San Francisco (1954–1972, 1977–1979, 1980–1988)
- 38 KUDO–KVOF-TV/San Francisco (1968–1985)
SF/SJ Cable Stations[edit]
- CBS News Bay Area - Pairs with KPIX (CBS) & KPYX (KPIX+)
- Comcast Hometown Network - Cable TV in SF
- CreaTV San Jose - Public access channel
- NBC Sports Bay Area - Broadcasts some games on KNTV/San Jose & KSTS/San Jose
- NBC Sports California - Broadcasts some games on KNTV/San Jose & KSTS/San Jose
Logos of former callsigns[edit]
KTEH (now KQEH)[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "2021 Designated Market Area Rankings". MediaTracks Communications. November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Station Index – San Francisco – Oakland – San Jose". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority: KBKF-LD, San Jose, CA" (correspondence from Barbara A. Kreisman, Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau), June 10, 2021 (FCC.gov)