KKFX-CD

KKFX-CD

Central Coast, California
United States
City San Luis Obispo, California
Branding Fox 11 (general)
Fox 11 News (newscasts)
Channels Digital: 24 (UHF)
Virtual: 24 (PSIP)
Translators KCOY-DT 12.2 (19.2 UHF) Santa Maria
Affiliations 24.1 Fox
24.2 CBS
Owner News-Press & Gazette Company
(NPG of California, LLC)
First air date November 6, 1998 (1998-11-06)
Sister station(s) KEYT-TV, KCOY-TV, KION-TV, KESQ-TV, KECY-TV
Former callsigns K24EJ (1995–2000)
KKFX-LP (2000–2001)
KKFX-CA (2001–2015)
Transmitter power 0.325 kW
Height 445 m (1,460 ft)
Facility ID 33870
Transmitter coordinates 35°21′37.9″N 120°39′24.6″W / 35.360528°N 120.656833°W / 35.360528; -120.656833
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website myfox11.com

KKFX-CD is a low-powered, Class A, Fox-affiliated television station. It is licensed to San Luis Obispo, California to serve the Central Coast. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on virtual and UHF channel 24 from a transmitter near Serrano and U.S. 101 in the Los Padres National Forest. It is owned by News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG), it is a sister station to Santa Barbara-licensed ABC affiliate, KEYT-TV (channel 3). NPG also operates Santa Maria-licensed CBS affiliate, KCOY-TV (channel 12), under a shared services agreement with its owner, VistaWest Media, LLC. KKFX and KCOY share studios in Santa Maria. KEYT maintains separate facilities in Santa Barbara. KKFX can be seen on cable channel 11, hence the FOX 11 branding.

Although KKFX identifies as a station in its own right, it is officially licensed as a translator of KCOY. In addition to its own digital signal, KKFX is simulcast in high definition on KCOY's second digital subchannel from a transmitter on Tepusquet Peak in the Los Padres National Forest east of Santa Maria. KCOY, in turn, is simulcast on KKFX's second digital subchannel.

History

KKFX-CD signed on for the first time on November 6, 1998 as the area's Fox affiliate. KTTV in Los Angeles was the default station for the Central Coast area before KKFX-CD. Before July 1, 2006, this station could also be seen in Santa Barbara on KSBB-LP channel 17, but it switched to a repeater of KEYT-TV. On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel Communications entered into an agreement to sell its television station group to Providence Equity Partners. The sale was finalized on March 14, 2008.[1] However, Providence Equity Partners did not keep KKFX and sister station KCOY due to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) restrictions. As a result, they were resold to the Cowles Publishing Company.[2] On May 7, 2008, the deal between Cowles and Newport Television closed.[3]

On September 20, 2013, News-Press & Gazette Company, owner of KEYT-TV in Santa Barbara, announced that it would purchase KKFX-CA as well as Monterey sister stations KION-TV and KMUV-LP. NPG also took over some operations of KCOY that Cowles retained under a shared services agreement.[4] The sale was completed on December 13, 2013.[5]

On January 20, 2015, KKFX began broadcasting over the air in high definition[6] and providing an HD feed directly to cable and DirecTV. On that same date, KKFX-CA returned to the airwaves in Santa Barbara on low-power KSBB-LP channel 17.[6]

Programming

Syndicated programming on KKFX includes Everybody Loves Raymond, The Simpsons (which also airs first-run episodes), King of the Hill and Malcolm in the Middle.

Newscasts

Fox 11 News in the Morning airs weekdays on KKFX from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. A nightly hour-long newscast is included.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners" (Press release). Clear Channel Communications. 2007-04-20. Archived from the original on 2007-04-25. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  2. ↑ "-deadurl=yes Deals - 10/8/2007 - Broadcasting & Cable".
  3. ↑ "MSN - Outlook, Office, Skype, Bing, Breaking News, and Latest Videos". www.msnbc.msn.com.
  4. ↑ "KCOY to 'share services' with KEYT parent company under planned station purchases". Santa Maria Times. September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ NewsChannel 3 Owner Completes Purchase of Fox 11, KEYT, 13 December 2013, Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  6. 1 2 Scholl, Claire (2015-01-20). "CBS, Fox Now Over-The-Air in Most of SB, SLO Counties". KEYT. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
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