KCNZ-CD

Last updated
KCNZ-CD
City San Francisco, California
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • CNZ Communications
  • (Poquito Mas Communications LLC)
KOFY-TV, KQRM-LD
History
FoundedApril 25, 1986
First air date
May 3, 1994;30 years ago (1994-05-03)
Former call signs
  • K30BI (1986–1999)
  • KBIT-LP (1999–2001)
  • KBIT-CA (2001–2004)
  • KFTL-CA (2004–2010)
  • KFTL-CD (2010–2017)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 30 (UHF, 1994-1999), 28 (UHF, 1999-2010)
  • Digital: 28 (UHF, 2010-2020)
Call sign meaning
CNZ Communications
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 52887
Class CD
ERP 15 kW
HAAT 377.2 m (1,238 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 37°41′14.4″N122°26′5.3″W / 37.687333°N 122.434806°W / 37.687333; -122.434806
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Public license information

KCNZ-CD (channel 28) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Owned by CNZ Communications, LLC, it is sister to Grit affiliate KOFY-TV (channel 20) and low-power station KQRM-LD. The three stations share transmitter facilities atop San Bruno Mountain.

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History

KCNZ-CD was founded on April 25, 1986, with an original construction permit granted to National Innovative Programming Network. Initially assigned to Palo Alto and Los Altos, California, and given callsign K30BI, the station's construction permit was modified and extended several times. In August 1990, Channel America acquired the station, but sold it again in July 1992 to Polar Broadcasting, who finally licensed the station on May 3, 1994. By this time, the station had been assigned to San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose.

According to listings from 1997, K30BI (referred to as "KBI-TV") was formerly affiliated with The Box, a 24-hour-a-day music network, and aired classic television during the day. [2] It offered a Korean-language local newscast and a Spanish-language call-in show, [3] as well as Spanish-language preseason broadcasts of San Francisco 49ers football. It was the only Korean-language TV station in San Francisco and its only independent Spanish-language outlet. [4]

In 1999, the station relocated to channel 28 to make way for KQED's digital signal on channel 30 and rebranded as "Tu Vision" (Spanish for "Your Vision"). Its studios were originally located in the Cannery on Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco. [5] In 2000, KBI moved its studios to San Jose, a bid to move the station closer to the locus of the Hispanic community in the Bay Area. [6] [7]

Eventually, the station changed affiliations to HSN; its call letters were changed to KBIT-LP shortly after. KBIT received Class A status on August 27, 2001, and assumed the call sign KFTL-CA in February 2004 after being taken over by Family Stations, Inc. Family Stations previously used the KFTL call sign on analog channel 64, licensed to Stockton, which is now UniMás owned-and-operated station KTFK-DT.

KFTL-CA flash cut to digital on June 27, 2009; its call sign was changed to KFTL-CD.

Family Stations sold KFTL-CD to LocusPoint Networks in November 2012. [8]

The station was purchased by CNZ Communications subsidiary Poquito Más Communications in mid-2017 and changed the call sign to KCNZ-CD on August 7, 2017.

Subchannels

Subchannels of KCNZ-CD, KQRM-LD, and KOFY-TV [9]
License Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
KCNZ-CD28.1 480i 16:9 KCNZ-CD LATV
28.2MariaVMariavision
28.4ShopHQ ShopHQ
28.5CRTV CRTV
28.6ShopLC Shop LC
28.7FunRoadFun Roads
KQRM-LD18.1KQRM-LD ShopHQ
KOFY-TV20.1 720p KOFY-TV Merit Street Media
20.2 480i Grit Grit
20.3Positiv Positiv
20.6RCTVReal Collectibles TV
20.7RVTV RVTV
20.8FunRoadFun Roads

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KCNZ-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Program Guide for KBI-TV Channel 30". KBI-TV. Archived from the original on July 2, 1998. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  3. ↑ Marshall, Jonathan (April 28, 1998). "Digital TV Threatens Ethnic Shows". San Francisco Chronicle. p. D1. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  4. ↑ Davidson, Paul (September 9, 1998). "Tiny TV stations on Americana's endangered list". USA Today . p. 12B.
  5. ↑ "Our Mission". KBI-TV. Archived from the original on July 11, 2000. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  6. ↑ Martinez, Anne (May 21, 2000). "Culture channel: Broadcasts will come from the heart of Silicon Valley's Latino community". San Jose Mercury News. p. 1B.
  7. ↑ Carman, John (March 22, 2000). "It's Deja Vu All Over Again For Fall TV". San Francisco Chronicle. p. D1.
  8. ↑ "Station Trading Roundup: 4 Deals, $16 Million". TVNewsCheck. November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  9. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KCNZ-CD
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