KBVU (TV)
Semi-satellite of KCVU, Paradise/Chico/Redding, California | |
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Eureka, California United States | |
Channels | Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 28 (PSIP) |
Branding | Fox 28 (general) North Coast News (newscasts) |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 28.1: Fox 28.2: Comet 28.3: Charge! 28.6: Stadium |
Ownership | |
Owner | Cunningham Broadcasting (Eureka (KBVU-TV) Licensee, Inc.) |
Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
KAEF-TV | |
History | |
Founded | July 10, 1991 |
First air date | July 20, 1994 |
Former call signs | KZJA (CP) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 29 (UHF, 1994–2009) |
Former affiliations | Both secondary: UPN (1995–1997) The WB (1995–1998) |
Call sign meaning | Best VU (as in "view") or possible rhyming variations of San Francisco Fox affiliate KTVU) |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 58618 |
ERP | 50 kW |
HAAT | 513 m (1,683 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°43′41.9″N 123°58′21.4″W / 40.728306°N 123.972611°W |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
KBVU, virtual and UHF digital channel 28, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Eureka, California, United States. Owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, it is operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, making it a sister station to Arcata-licensed ABC affiliate KAEF-TV (channel 23). However, Sinclair effectively owns KBVU as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith.[citation needed] It is also sister to two low-power stations: dual CW/MyNetworkTV affiliate KECA-LD (channel 29), and Univision affiliate KEUV-LD (channel 35). The four stations share studios on Sixth Street in downtown Eureka; KBVU's transmitter is located along Barry Road southeast of Eureka.
Although it identifies as a station in its own right, KBVU is considered a semi-satellite of KCVU (channel 20) in Paradise/Chico/Redding. As such, it clears all network programming as provided through its parent station but airs a separate offering of syndicated programming; there are also separate local newscasts, commercial inserts and legal station identifications. Master control and some internal operations are based at the shared studios of KCVU and LMA partner KRCR-TV on Auditorium Drive in Redding.
History[]
The station signed on the air as a Fox affiliate on July 20, 1994, replacing two satellite stations of KRCR-TV which broadcast both ABC and Fox programming. Prior to the launch of the station, the network's programming was only available via KAEF or KFWU (which both carried the network as a secondary affiliation), while out-of-market affiliates KTVU and KTXL-TV were imported by some cable providers.
On April 21, 2017, Sinclair Broadcast Group purchased KBVU as part of a four-station deal.[1] The sale was completed on September 1.[2]
Digital television[]
Digital channels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[3] |
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28.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KBVU-HD | Main KBVU programming / Fox |
28.2 | 480i | COMET | Comet | |
28.3 | CHARGE | Charge! | ||
28.6 | STADIUM | Stadium |
Analog-to-digital conversion[]
KBVU shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 29, on December 22, 2008, along with KCVU, due to lack of funding.[4] The station's digital signal broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 28.
Newscasts[]
KBVU currently airs 2½ hours of newscasts each week, all on weeknights at 10 p.m., as North Coast News on KBVU Fox 28 at 10. The newscasts are produced by sister station KAEF.
References[]
- ^ Houston, Will (April 4, 2017). "Media giant Sinclair Broadcast Group to buy four Eureka stations". Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KBVU
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- Fox network affiliates
- Comet (TV network) affiliates
- Charge! (TV network) affiliates
- Stadium (sports network) affiliates
- Television channels and stations established in 1994
- 1994 establishments in California
- Television stations in Eureka, California
- Sinclair Broadcast Group