KCET, virtual and UHF digital channel 28, is a secondary Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States. Owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California, it is sister to Huntington Beach-licensed primary PBS member KOCE-TV. The two stations share studios at The Pointe in Burbank; KCET's transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Public-access television is traditionally a form of non-commercial mass media where the general public can create content television programming which is narrowcast through cable television specialty channels. Public-access television was created in the United States between 1969 and 1971 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under Chairman Dean Burch, based on pioneering work and advocacy of George Stoney, Red Burns, and Sidney Dean.
Link TV, originally WorldLink TV, is a non-commercial American satellite television network providing what it describes as "diverse perspectives on world and national issues." It is carried nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network. Link TV was launched as a daily, 24-hour non-commercial network on 15 December 1999. It receives no money from the satellite providers, but relies instead on contributions from viewers and foundations.
KPBS, virtual channel 15, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to San Diego, California, United States. Owned by San Diego State University as part of KPBS Public Media, it is a sister station to National Public Radio (NPR) member KPBS-FM (89.5). The two outlets share studios on the SDSU campus on Campanile Drive in San Diego. The TV station's transmitter is located on San Miguel Mountain in southwestern San Diego County.
KNSD, virtual channel 39, is an NBC owned-and-operated television station licensed to San Diego, California, United States. Owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal, it is sister to Poway-licensed Telemundo owned-and-operated station KUAN-LD. The two stations share studios on Granite Ridge Drive in the Serra Mesa section of San Diego and transmitter facilities southeast of Spring Valley.
KFMB-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 8, is a dual CBS/CW/MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to San Diego, California, United States. The station is owned by McLean, Virginia-based Tegna Inc. KFMB-TV's studios are located on Engineer Road in the Kearny Mesa section of San Diego, and its transmitter is located on Mount Soledad in La Jolla.
XETV-TDT, virtual channels 6 and 16, is a dual Canal 5/NU9VE television station located in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Its terrestrial signal also covers the San Diego, California area across the international border in the United States. The station is owned by Mexican media company Televisa, and its technical operations and transmitter facilities are located on Mount San Antonio in Tijuana.
KUSI-TV, virtual channel 51, is an independent television station licensed to San Diego, California, United States. The station is owned by locally based McKinnon Broadcasting. KUSI's studios are located on Viewridge Avenue in the Kearny Mesa section of San Diego, and its transmitter is located southeast of Spring Valley. Its signal is relayed on low-powered K12PO in Murrieta. On cable, KUSI is available on Cox Communications, Charter Spectrum and AT&T U-verse channel 9.
KSWB-TV, virtual channel 69, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to San Diego, California, United States. The station is owned by Irving, Texas–based Nexstar Media Group. KSWB-TV's studios are located on Engineer Road in the city's Kearny Mesa section, and its transmitter is located southeast of Spring Valley.
YurView California is an American cable television channel serving San Diego, California, owned by Cox Communications, which carries the channel primarily on its San Diego area systems on channel 4.
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a method of transmitting more than one independent program stream simultaneously from the same digital radio or television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual program stream, and multiplexing to combine them into a single signal. The practice is sometimes called "multicasting".
KVMD, virtual channel 31, is a New Tang Dynasty Television-affiliated television station licensed to Twentynine Palms, California, United States. Station owner Ronald Ulloa is also president and majority owner of Rancho Palos Verdes-licensed independent station KXLA. KVMD's transmitter is located atop Snow Peak in the San Bernardino Mountains, north of Banning, California; its broadcast signal covers most of the area within the Inland Empire.
Cable television first became available in the United States in 1948. By 1989, 53 million U.S. households received cable television subscriptions, with 60 percent of all U.S. households doing so in 1992. with Data by SNL Kagan shows that as of 2006 about 58.4% of all American homes subscribe to basic cable television services. Most cable viewers in the U.S. reside in the suburbs and tend to be middle class; cable television is less common in low income, urban, and rural areas.
WBEC-TV, virtual channel 63, is an educational independent television station licensed to Boca Raton, Florida, United States. Owned by the Broward County Public Schools district, it is sister to student-run high school radio station WKPX, which features an adult album alternative format and carries audio broadcasts of the school board's meetings. WBEC-TV's studios are located in Davie, and its transmitter is located in Pembroke Park, Florida. Although the station is based in Broward County, WBEC-TV's city of license, Boca Raton, is located within Palm Beach County.
KNPB, virtual channel 5, branded on-air as PBS Reno, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Reno, Nevada, United States. The station is owned by Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc. KNPB's studios are located on North Virginia Street in Reno, and its transmitter is located on Red Hill between US 395 and SR 445 in Sun Valley. On cable, KNPB is available on Charter Spectrum channel 5 in both standard and high definition.
Bally Sports West is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operated as part of Bally Sports, along with its sister network Bally Sports SoCal. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events in California, focusing primarily on teams based in the Greater Los Angeles area. Bally Sports West is available on cable providers throughout Southern California, the Las Vegas Valley and Hawaii; it is also available nationwide on satellite via DirecTV.
California Music Channel (CMC) is an American music video broadcast television network based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the longest running local music video television stations in the world. CMC has been broadcasting music videos over the air in the Bay Area since 1982. CMC has grown from an hour-long program to two 24/7 stations with digital simulcast capabilities. The live broadcasts feature on-camera disc jockeys, audience participation, and contemporary music videos. It is owned by CMC Broadcasting Company, Inc. CMC is carried as a Digital Broadcast Network on nine Northern California television stations, as well as company owned and operated KTVJ-LD Boise, Idaho.
Spectrum SportsNet, formerly Time Warner Cable SportsNet, is an American regional sports cable and satellite television network owned by Charter Communications through its acquisition of Time Warner Cable in May 2016, with the Los Angeles Lakers maintaining editorial control over the content, including team-assigned reporters and anchors, as well as team-related programming. The network is based near the Lakers' team headquarters in the Los Angeles suburb of El Segundo, California.
K31OL-D is a low-power television station on virtual channel 38 licensed to Salinas, California, United States. It is owned by the Monterey County Office of Education. The main subchannel, MCAET TV, broadcasts programs of local interest and productions from the Media Center for Art, Education and Technology.
