KKFX-CD (channel 24) is a
low-power,
Class A television station
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licensed to
San Luis Obispo, California
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, United States, serving the
Central Coast of California
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as an affiliate of the
Fox
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network. It is owned by the
News-Press & Gazette Company
The News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) is a media company based in St. Joseph, Missouri, wholly owned and operated by the Bradley family. It is presided by Brian Bradley and David R. Bradley, with Hank Bradley (retired), Eric Bradley and Kit Bra ...
(NPG) alongside
Santa Barbara–licensed
ABC
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/
CBS
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affiliate
KEYT-TV
KEYT-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Santa Barbara, California, United States, serving the Central Coast of California as an affiliate of ABC, CBS, and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) along ...
(channel 3); NPG also provides certain services to
Santa Maria–licensed
Dabl
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affiliate
KCOY-TV
KCOY-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Santa Maria, California, United States, serving the Central Coast (California), Central Coast of California as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Dabl. It is owned by VistaWest M ...
(channel 12) under a
shared services
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agreement (SSA) with owner VistaWest Media,
LLC. KKFX-CD and KCOY-TV share studios at West McCoy Lane and Skyway Drive in Santa Maria north of
Santa Maria Public Airport
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History
The airport was built by the United States Army during World War ...
; KEYT-TV maintains separate facilities on Miramonte Drive on TV Hill, overlooking downtown Santa Barbara. KKFX-CD's transmitter is located near Serrano and
US 101
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in the
Los Padres National Forest
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. The station can be seen on channel 11 on most
cable
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systems in the market, hence the Fox 11 branding.
Although KKFX-CD identifies as a station in its own right, it is officially licensed as a
translator
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of KCOY-TV. In addition to its own digital signal, KKFX-CD is
simulcast
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in
high definition on KCOY-TV's second
digital subchannel
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from a transmitter on Tepusquet Peak in the Los Padres National Forest east of Santa Maria. KCOY-TV, in turn, is simulcast on KKFX-CD's second digital subchannel.
History
KKFX-CD signed on for the first time on November 6, 1998 as the area's Fox affiliate.
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flagship station KTTV
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in
Los Angeles
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(which had been carried on cable throughout the Central Coast dating back to its days as a
superstation
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) served as the affiliate of record for the Central Coast before the station began operations. 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
KEYT-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Santa Barbara, California, United States, serving the Central Coast of California as an affiliate of ABC, CBS, and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) along ...
. On April 20, 2007,
Clear Channel Communications
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entered into an agreement to sell its television station group to
Providence Equity Partners
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. The sale was finalized on March 14, 2008.
However, Providence Equity Partners did not keep KKFX and sister station KCOY due to
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) restrictions. As a result, they were resold to the
Cowles Publishing Company
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. On May 7, 2008, the deal between Cowles and Newport Television closed.
On September 20, 2013,
News-Press & Gazette Company
The News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) is a media company based in St. Joseph, Missouri, wholly owned and operated by the Bradley family. It is presided by Brian Bradley and David R. Bradley, with Hank Bradley (retired), Eric Bradley and Kit Bra ...
, owner of KEYT-TV in Santa Barbara, announced that it would purchase KKFX-CA as well as
Monterey
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sister stations
KION-TV
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and
KMUV-LP. NPG also took over some operations of KCOY that Cowles retained under a
shared services agreement
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.
The sale was completed on December 13, 2013.
NewsChannel 3 Owner Completes Purchase of Fox 11, KEYT, 13 December 2013, Retrieved 17 December 2013.
On January 20, 2015, KKFX began broadcasting over the air in high definition and providing an HD feed directly to cable and DirecTV
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. On that same date, KKFX-CA returned to the airwaves in Santa Barbara on low-power KSBB-CD channel 17.
Programming
Syndicated programming
Syndicated programming on KKFX includes '' 25 Words or Less'', ''The Simpsons
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'' (which also airs first-run episodes via Fox), ''Two and a Half Men
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'', '' Last Man Standing'' and ''The Big Bang Theory
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''.
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.
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed
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:
See also
*Channel 11 branded TV stations in the United States The following television stations in the United States brand as channel 11 (though neither using virtual channel 11 nor broadcasting on physical RF channel 11):
* KDFX-CD in Indio/Palm Springs, California
* KKFX-CD in San Luis Obispo, California
* ...
*Channel 24 low-power TV stations in the United States
The following low-power television stations broadcast on digital or analog channel 24 in the United States:
* K24AG-D in Trapper Creek, Alaska
* K24BY-D in Pahrump, Nevada
* K24CH-D in Cortez, etc., Colorado
* K24CT-D in Alamogordo, New Mexic ...
References
External links
Official website
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KFX-CD
Television channels and stations established in 1998
1998 establishments in California
News-Press & Gazette Company
Low-power television stations in the United States
Fox network affiliates
Grit (TV network) affiliates