KCNZ-CD
{{short description|Television station in San Francisco}}
{{redirect|KFTL|the station in Stockton that used the call letters KFTL from 1987 to 2004|KTFK-DT}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KCNZ-CD
| city = San Francisco, California
| logo =
| branding =
| analog =
| digital = 21 (UHF), shared with KOFY-TV and KMPX-LD)
| virtual = 28
| affiliations = {{ubl|28.1: LATV|for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}}}
| founded = April 25, 1986
| airdate = {{start date and age|1994|5|3}}
| location = {{nowrap|San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose, California}}
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = CNZ Communications
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|K30BI (1986–1999)|KBIT-LP (1999–2001)|KBIT-CA (2001–2004)|KFTL-CA (2004–2010)|KFTL-CD (2010–2017)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 30 (UHF, 1994-1999), 28 (UHF, 1999-2010)|Digital: 28 (UHF, 2010-2020)}}
| owner = CNZ Communications
| licensee = Poquito Mas Communications LLC
| sister_stations = KOFY-TV, KMPX-LD
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|The Box (1994–1995)|Network One (1995–1997)|Spanish Independent (1995–2002)|HSN (2002–2010)|Family Educational Television (2004–2013)| ShopHQ (2013–2020)|Quest (2020–2021)}}
| erp = 15 kW
| haat = {{convert|377.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 52887
| class = CD
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{Coord|37|41|14.4|N|122|26|5.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
}}
KCNZ-CD (channel 28) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Owned by CNZ Communications, LLC, it is sister to Merit Street affiliate KOFY-TV (channel 20) and low-power station KMPX-LD (channel 18). The three stations share transmitter facilities atop San Bruno Mountain.
History
KCNZ-CD was founded on April 25, 1986, with an original construction permit granted to National Innovative Programming Network. Initially assigned to Palo Alto and Los Altos, California, and given callsign K30BI, the station's construction permit was modified and extended several times. In August 1990, Channel America acquired the station, but sold it again in July 1992 to Polar Broadcasting, who finally licensed the station on May 3, 1994. By this time, the station had been assigned to San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose.
According to listings from 1997, K30BI (referred to as "KBI-TV") was formerly affiliated with The Box, a 24-hour-a-day music network, and aired classic television during the day.{{cite web|url=http://www.kbitv.com/webdoc3.htm|title=Program Guide for KBI-TV Channel 30|publisher=KBI-TV|accessdate=March 9, 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980702042519/http://www.kbitv.com/webdoc3.htm|archivedate=July 2, 1998|url-status=dead}} It offered a Korean-language local newscast and a Spanish-language call-in show,{{Cite news|first=Jonathan|last=Marshall|title=Digital TV Threatens Ethnic Shows|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Digital-TV-Threatens-Ethnic-Shows-Tiny-diverse-3007519.php|date=April 28, 1998|work=San Francisco Chronicle|page=D1|accessdate=March 9, 2024}} as well as Spanish-language preseason broadcasts of San Francisco 49ers football. It was the only Korean-language TV station in San Francisco and its only independent Spanish-language outlet.{{Cite news|title=Tiny TV stations on Americana's endangered list|page=12B|date=September 9, 1998|first=Paul|last=Davidson|work=USA Today}}
In 1999, the station relocated to channel 28 to make way for KQED's digital signal on channel 30 and rebranded as "Tu Vision" (Spanish for "Your Vision"). Its studios were originally located in the Cannery on Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000711023723/http://www.kbitv.com/home.htm|archivedate=July 11, 2000|title=Our Mission|url=http://www.kbitv.com/home.htm|publisher=KBI-TV|accessdate=March 9, 2024|url-status=dead}} In 2000, KBI moved its studios to San Jose, a bid to move the station closer to the locus of the Hispanic community in the Bay Area.{{cite news|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=NewsBank&req_dat=101EBBC4113DC10B&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0EB714F548E90604|title=Culture channel: Broadcasts will come from the heart of Silicon Valley's Latino community|date=May 21, 2000|page=1B|work=San Jose Mercury News|first=Anne|last=Martinez|accessdate=June 18, 2024|via=Newsbank}}
Eventually, the station changed affiliations to HSN; its call letters were changed to KBIT-LP shortly after. KBIT received Class A status on August 27, 2001, and assumed the call sign KFTL-CA in February 2004 after being taken over by Family Stations, Inc. Family Stations previously used the KFTL call sign on analog channel 64, licensed to Stockton, which is now UniMás owned-and-operated station KTFK-DT.
KFTL-CA flash cut to digital on June 27, 2009; its call sign was changed to KFTL-CD.
Family Stations sold KFTL-CD to LocusPoint Networks in November 2012.{{cite news|title=Station Trading Roundup: 4 Deals, $16 Million|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/63350/station-trading-roundup-4-deals-16-million|access-date=November 8, 2012|newspaper=TVNewsCheck|date=November 6, 2012}}
The station was purchased by CNZ Communications subsidiary Poquito Más Communications in mid-2017 and changed the call sign to KCNZ-CD on August 7, 2017.
Subchannels
| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KCNZ-CD, KMPX-LD, and KOFY-TV[https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=52887#station RabbitEars TV Query for KCNZ-CD] ! scope = "col" | License ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Aspect ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |
| rowspan = "5" scope = "row" style="border-right: 4px solid #8B0000;" | KCNZ-CD
! scope = "row" | 28.1 | rowspan=6|480i | rowspan=11|16:9 | KCNZ-CD | LATV |
|---|
| scope = "row" | 28.2
| style="background-color: #f2d1de;"|MariaV | style="background-color: #f2d1de;"|Mariavision File:4 rounded rect pink.svg |
| scope = "row" | 28.4
| rowspan=2|JTV | rowspan=2|Jewelry TV |
| scope = "row" | 28.5 |
| scope = "row" | 28.6
| ShopLC | Shop LC |
| scope = "row" style="border-right: 4px solid #FFD700;" | KMPX-LD
! scope = "row" | 18.1 | style="background-color: #f2d1de;"|KMPX-LD || style="background-color: #f2d1de;"|Jewelry TV File:4 rounded rect pink.svg |
| rowspan = "5" scope = "row" style="border-right: 4px solid #228B22;" | KOFY-TV
! scope = "row" | 20.1 |
| scope = "row" | 20.2 |
| scope = "row" | 20.3
| PosiTiV || Positiv |
| scope = "row" | 20.7
| style="background-color: #f2d1de;"|CRTV || style="background-color: #f2d1de;"|CRTV File:4 rounded rect pink.svg |
| scope = "row" | 20.8
| FunRoad || Fun Roads |
{{legend|#f2d1de|Subchannel broadcast with MPEG-4 video}}
See also
References
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