KRCB

KRCB
San Francisco Bay Area, California
United States
City Cotati, California
Branding KRCB North Bay
Slogan News. Arts. Ideas.
Where You Are.
Channels Digital: 22 (UHF)
Virtual: 22 (PSIP)
Subchannels
Translators K27EE (Ukiah)
Affiliations
Owner Northern California Public Media
(Rural California Broadcasting Corporation)
First air date December 2, 1983 (1983-12-02)
Call letters' meaning
  • Rural
  • California
  • Broadcasting
Sister station(s) KRCB-FM, KPJK
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 22 (UHF, 1983–2009)
  • Digital
  • 23 (UHF, until 2009)
Transmitter power 105,000 watts
Height 630.4 meters
Facility ID 57945
Transmitter coordinates 38°20′54.4″N 122°34′41.4″W / 38.348444°N 122.578167°W / 38.348444; -122.578167Coordinates: 38°20′54.4″N 122°34′41.4″W / 38.348444°N 122.578167°W / 38.348444; -122.578167
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website norcalpublicmedia.org

KRCB is a public television station located in Sonoma County, California, broadcasting on UHF Channel 22. The station is operated by Northern California Public Media.

The station also has a public radio sister station, KRCB-FM. Much of the regular programming comes from PBS, American Public Television, and independent producers. Overnight programming is shared with the national satellite station Link TV and includes shows such as Mosaic: World News from the Middle East,[2] while Create is simulcasted on DT2. The station receives annual about $500,000 from PBS.[3]

History

KRCB first went on the air in 1984. The station was founded by Nancy Dobbs, president and CEO of KRCB North Bay Public Media, along with other volunteers in the North Bay,[3] including Dobbs' husband, John Kramer (a professor at Sonoma State University).[4]

KRCB shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 22, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[5] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 23 to channel 22.[1]

KRCB agreed to move frequencies, while retaining its display channel number, in the FCC auction for $72 million on February 10, 2017. Proceeds will be used to start an endowment.[3] On September 7, 2017, KRCB announced that it would acquire KCSM-TV in San Mateo from the San Mateo County Community College District for $12 million, using some of the money earned in the auction; the acquisition allows KRCB to expand its reach into the Bay Area, as KCSM-TV's transmitter is located at the Sutro Tower in San Francisco.[6] KRCB relaunched KCSM-TV as KPJK on July 31, 2018; the station was named in honor of John Kramer, who had died in 2014.[4] Concurrently with the launch of KPJK, the stations came under the Northern California Public Media banner.[7]

Programming

In one of the most crowded areas in the U.S. for PBS and public broadcasting, KRCB is notable for its coverage of local news and politics, and for the Emmy and Telly Award-winning, nationally distributed environmental series, Natural Heroes. KRCB also engages the community through local initiatives like North Bay Bountiful, a series of TV, Radio and digital stories that explore agriculture, food systems and environmentalism. (www.northbaybountiful.org)

The station is known for Natural Heroes, North Bay Bountiful and Community Health Connections.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Digital TV Market Listing for KRCB". Rabbit Ears.info. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ Garofoli, Joe (April 18, 2007). "A new accent on the news". SF Gate. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Writer, Rollie Atkinson Staff (February 13, 2017). "KRCB reaps $72 million windfall". Sonoma West Times and News. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Mibach, Emily (July 26, 2018). "KCSM-TV getting a new owner, new name". Palo Alto Daily Post. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived 2013-08-29 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Julie (September 7, 2017). "KRCB TV to acquire a South Bay station, expand its reach across the Bay Area". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ Sefton, Dru (July 26, 2018). "Bay Area pubcasters finalize sale, creating Northern California Public Media". Current. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

Stations shape fundraising pleas amid funding threat, potential auction windfalls, Jill Goldsmith | April 13, 2017, CURRENT magazine, https://current.org/2017/04/stations-shape-fundraising-pleas-amid-funding-threat-potential-auction-windfalls/

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