Media in San Jose, California

San Jose, California, is served by San Francisco Bay Area media. The following lists include the greater Bay Area media.

Print media

In addition to the major English-language newspapers, the daily San Jose Mercury News, Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, and the weekly alternative Metro Silicon Valley, East Bay Express, San Francisco Bay Guardian, and SF Weekly, San Jose is served by a variety of other Bay Area print media. The bilingual weeklies Alianza Metropolitan News, La Oferta and El Observador have articles and advertisements in both English and Spanish. Singtao Daily, World Journal, and Kangzhongguo are the Asian newspapers that serve the Bay Area. The bi-monthly magazine Content Magazine seeks to articulate the life and style of the city. The glossy, monthly San Jose Magazine focuses more on the people and culture of San Jose than on "hard news".

Television

• ATSC (digital television)
  • Channel 1: KAXT - independent
  • Channel 2: KTVU - Fox, "Fox 2"
  • Channel 4: KRON - My Network TV
  • Channel 5: KPIX - CBS, "CBS 5"
  • Channel 6: KBKF, independent
  • Channel 7: KGO - ABC, "ABC 7"
  • Channel 9: KQED - PBS
  • Channel 11: KNTV - NBC, "NBC 11", originally an ABC affiliate (San Jose's first television station)
  • Channel 14: KDTV-DT - Univision
  • Channel 20: KOFY - independent, "KOFY TV20"
  • Channel 26: KTSF - independent
  • Channel 28: KFTL-CD - Home Shopping Network
  • Channel 32: KMTP - independent
  • Channel 36: KICU - independent, "TV 36," original studios were based in San Jose before moving in with KTVU in Oakland on ownership changes
  • Channel 38: KCNS - independent a service of Multicultural Television Broadcasting
  • Channel 40: KMMC - Tr3s
  • Channel 44: KBCW - CW, "The Bay Area's CW"
  • Channel 48: KSTS - Telemundo
  • Channel 54: KQEH - PBS
  • Channel 60: KCSM - independent
  • Channel 65: KKPX - ION
  • Channel 66: KFSF-DT - Telefutura
  • Channel 68: KTLN - Total Living Network

Radio

Most people associate San Jose's technology leadership with computers, but in 1909 Charles D. Herrold started the world's first radio broadcasting station on the corner of First and San Fernando streets in San Jose, as "Station FN". The station eventually became today's San Francisco's KCBS.

• AM
  • KSFO 560 kHz - Talk, "Hot Talk 560 KSFO"
  • KEAR 610 kHz - Religious Family Radio, "Family Radio 610"
  • KNBR 680 kHz - Sports, "KNBR 680 and 1050"
  • KCBS 740 kHz - News CBS Radio, "KCBS All News 740 and 106.9"
  • KGO 810 kHz - News ABC, "KGO 810 News and Information"
  • KTRB 860 kHz - Spanish Sports ESPN Deportes,"ESPN Deportes 860"
  • KKSF 910 kHz - News/Talk, "Newstalk 910 AM"
  • KNEW 960 kHz - Talk, "960 KNEW"
  • KIQI 1010 kHz - Spanish a service of Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, "Radio Unica 1010"
  • KTCT 1050 kHz - Sports (simulcast of KNBR), "KNBR 680 and 1050"
  • KFAX 1100 kHz - Religious
  • KLOK 1170 kHz - Indian
  • KDYA 1190 kHz - Religious
  • KDOW 1220 kHz - Business News/Talk
  • KSFB 1260 kHz - Religious Immaculate Heart Radio, "Immaculate Heart Radio 1260"
  • KMKY 1310 kHz - Children's Radio Disney, "Radio Disney AM 1310"
  • KZSF 1370 kHz - Spanish Oldies, "La Kaliente 1370"
  • KVTO 1400 kHz - Chinese/Indian/Filipino/Korean
  • KVVN 1430 kHz - Vietnamese
  • KEST 1450 kHz - Chinese/English/Indian/Japanese a service of Multicultural Radio Broadcasting
  • KSJX 1500 kHz - Vietnamese Program a service of Multicultural Radio Broadcasting
  • KSFN 1510 kHz - Chinese
  • KZDG 1550 kHz - Indian
  • KLIV 1590 kHz - News CNN, "Bay Area News 1590 KLIV"
  • KDIA 1640 kHz - Religious

• FM
  • KSFH 87.9 MHz - Alternative Rock
  • KECG 88.1 MHz - El Cerrito High School
  • KQED 88.5 MHz - Public Radio
  • KCEA 89.1 MHz - Atherton High School
  • KMTG 89.3 MHz - San Jose Unified School District
  • KOHL 89.3 MHz - Ohlone College
  • KPFB 89.3 MHz - Variety (simulcast of KPFA)
  • KPOO 89.5 MHz - Variety
  • KFJC 89.7 MHz - Foothill College
  • KZSU 90.1 MHz - Stanford University
  • KOSC 90.3 MHz - Classical, "Classical 90.3 KDFC"
  • KSJS 90.5 MHz - San Jose State University
  • KALX 90.7 MHz - University of California Berkeley
  • KCSM 91.1 MHz - Jazz College of San Mateo, "Jazz 91"
  • KKUP 91.5 MHz - Variety
  • KALW 91.7 MHz - Public Radio San Francisco Unified School District
  • KSJO 92.3 MHz - Country, "NASH-FM"
  • KREV 92.7 MHz - Top 40 "92.7 The Revolution"
  • KRZZ 93.3 MHz - Spanish, "La Raza 93.3"
  • KXZM 93.7 MHz - Spanish, "Radio Lazer"
  • KPFA 94.1 MHz - Variety
  • KBAY 94.5 MHz - Adult Contemporary music, station known as "K-BAY 94.5"
  • KYLD 94.9 MHz - Hip Hop, "Wild 94.9"
  • KRTY 95.3 MHz - Country, "The Bay Area's HOT Country"
  • KGMZ 95.7 MHz - Sports, "95.7 The Game"
  • KSQQ 96.1 MHz - Portuguese/Chinese/Vietnamese "96.1 KSQQ",
  • KOIT 96.5 MHz - Adult Contemporary music, "96.5 KOIT"
  • KLLC 97.3 MHz - Hot Adult Contemporary music, "Alice 97.3"
  • KFFG 97.7 MHz - Album Adult Alternative (Simulcast 104.5 KFOG)
  • KISQ 98.1 MHz - Urban Contemporary music, "98.1 Kiss FM"
  • KUFX 98.5 MHz - classic rock, (slogan name is "98.5 KFOX", 'The classic rock experience')
  • KSOL 98.9 MHz - Regional Mexican, "Estereo 98.9"
  • KMVQ 99.7 MHz - Top 40, "99.7 NOW"
  • KBRG 100.3 MHz - Spanish oldies, Univision
  • KVVZ 100.7 MHz - CHR-Rhythmic, "HOT 105.7"
  • KIOI 101.3 MHz - Hot Adult Contemporary music, "Star 101.3"
  • KRBQ 102.1 MHz - Rhythmic adult contemporary, "Q102.1"
  • KBLX 102.9 MHz - Urban Contemporary music
  • KSCU 103.3 MHz - Santa Clara University
  • KOSF 103.7 MHz - Oldies, "Oldies 103.7"
  • KFOG 104.5 MHz - Album Adult Alternative
  • KXSC 104.9 MHz - Classical music, "KDFC"
  • KITS 105.3 MHz - Alternative Rock, "Live 105"
  • KVVF 105.7 MHz- CHR-Rhythmic (simulcast of KVVZ), "HOT 105.7"
  • KMEL 106.1 MHz - Hip Hop, "106 KMEL"
  • KEZR 106.5 MHz - Hot Adult Contemporary, Next Media "MIX 106.5"
  • KFRC 106.9 MHz - News (simulcast of KCBS), "KCBS All News 740 and 106.9"
  • KSAN 107.7 MHz - Alternative Rock, 107.7 The Bone"