KCNZ-CD
CitySan Francisco, California
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • CNZ Communications
  • (Poquito Mas Communications LLC)
KOFY-TV, KQRM-LD
History
FoundedApril 25, 1986
First air date
May 3, 1994 (1994-05-03)
Former call signs
  • K30BI (1986–1999)
  • KBIT-LP (1999–2001)
  • KBIT-CA (2001–2004)
  • KFTL-CA (2004–2010)
  • KFTL-CD (2010–2017)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 30 (UHF, 1994-1999), 28 (UHF, 1999-2010)
  • Digital: 28 (UHF, 2010-2020)
Call sign meaning
CNZ Communications
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID52887
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
HAAT377.2 m (1,238 ft)
Transmitter coordinates37°41′14.4″N 122°26′5.3″W / 37.687333°N 122.434806°W / 37.687333; -122.434806
Links
Public license information

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 Grit affiliate KOFY-TV (channel 20) and low-power station KQRM-LD. 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.

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. Eventually, the station changed affiliations to HSN. Its call letters were changed to KBIT-LP shortly after. The station also relocated to channel 28 to make way for KQED's digital signal on channel 30.

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.[2]

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.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KCNZ-CD[3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
28.1 480i 16:9 KCNZ-CD LATV
28.2 MariaV Mariavision
28.4 ShopHQ ShopHQ
28.5 CRTV CRTV
28.6 ShopLC Shop LC
28.7 FunRoad Fun Roads

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KCNZ-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Trading Roundup: 4 Deals, $16 Million". TVNewsCheck. November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KCNZ-CD
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