Television
The San Francisco Bay Area is currently the sixth-largest television market in the United States, with all of the major U.S. television networks having affiliates serving the region, and it is host to various local, national, and international programming. With a large, diverse population spread throughout the region, the Bay Area provides channels specific to their needs, including Asian and Hispanic television stations, as well as foreign programming on digital sub-channels.
When television channels broadcast their identities, they would usually identify their channel in this order (it can be altered depending on the network's city of license, but always include San Francisco in the list): (channel/station ID), San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose. This also happens when radio stations (listed below) identify themselves on the top of each hour.
Currently, television stations that primarily serve the San Francisco Bay Area include: (Note: list does not include the stations' digital sub-channels)
| Station | Channel | Network Affiliation | City of License | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAXT | 1 | Independent | Santa Clara | Owned and operated by KAXT |
| KTVU† | 2 | Fox | Oakland | Owned by Cox Communications |
| KRON | 4 | MyNetworkTV | San Francisco | Owned by New Young Broadcasting |
| KPIX† | 5 | CBS | San Francisco | Owned and operated by network |
| KBKF | 6 | Independent | San Jose | Simulcast of 87.7 FM |
| KGO | 7 | ABC | San Francisco | Owned and operated by network |
| KQED | 9 | PBS | San Francisco | Public broadcasting |
| KNTV† | 11 | NBC | San Jose | Owned and operated by network |
| KDTV† | 14 | Univision | San Francisco | Owned and operated by network |
| KOFY | 20 | Independent | San Francisco | Owned by Granite Broadcasting |
| KTSF | 26 | Independent | San Francisco | Ethnic (Asian) broadcasting |
| KFTL | 28 | HSN | San Francisco | Owned by Family Radio |
| KMTP | 32 | Independent | San Francisco | Ethnic broadcasting |
| KICU† | 36 | Independent | San Jose | Owned by Cox Communications |
| KCNS | 38 | RTV | San Francisco | Ethnic (Asian) broadcasting |
| KMMC | 40 | Tr3s | San Francisco | Ethnic (Hispanic) broadcasting |
| KTNC | 42 | Estrella TV | Concord | Owned by Titan Broadcasting |
| KBCW† | 44 | The CW | San Francisco | Owned and operated by CBS |
| KSTS† | 48 | Telemundo | San Jose | Owned and operated by NBC |
| KEMO | 50 | Azteca America | Santa Rosa | Owned by Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC |
| KQEH | 54 | PBS | San Jose | Public broadcasting |
| KCSM | 60 | PBS | San Mateo | Public broadcasting |
| KKPX | 65 | ION | San Jose | Owned and operated affiliate of network |
| KFSF† | 66 | Telefutura | Vallejo | Owned and operated by Univision |
| KTLN | 68 | TLN | San Rafael | Christian broadcasting |
Note: † - channel involved in a duopoly with another channel, owned by the same company or network.
In addition to local television channels, several television networks have regional news bureaus in the San Francisco Bay Area, including BBC, CNN, ESPN, MSNBC, and PBS. The Bay Area will also have its own news channel as well, NBC California Nonstop, which will be broadcast along with sister NBC O&O stations, KNBC-TV and KNSD-TV, on KNTV's secondary digital subchannel.
Read more about this topic: Media In The San Francisco Bay Area
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