This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of
California.
Full-power stations
VC refers to the station's
PSIP virtual channel. RF refers to the station's physical RF channel.
Defunct full-power stations
*Channel 8:
KMBY-TV
KSBW (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Salinas, California, United States, serving the Monterey Bay area as an affiliate of NBC and ABC. Owned by Hearst Television, the station has studios on John Street ( Highway 68) in dow ...
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ABC/
CBS/
DuM/
NBC - Monterey (8/17/1953-2/2/1955; shared time with
KSBW-TV)
*Channel 16:
KKOG-TV
KKOG-TV, UHF analog channel 16, was an independent television station licensed to Ventura, California, United States. It was the first full power broadcast station in Ventura County. The station had a brief history, lasting only nine months. Starti ...
- Ind. - Ventura (12/14/1968-9/13/1969)
*Channel 18:
KCHU - Ind - San Bernardino (8/1/1962-6/25/1964)
*Channel 21:
KDAS - Ind. - Hanford/Fresno (2/27/1962-12/22/1964)
*Channel 21:
KSJV-TV - Ind. - Hanford/Fresno (2/10/1966-5/13/1966)
*Channel 27:
KVVG - Ind. - Tulare/Fresno (11/16/1953-8/6/1957)
*Channel 28:
KTHE - ETV - Los Angeles (8/3/1953-9/10/1954)
*Channel 30:
KHOF-TV - Ind. - Glendale (10/12/1969-5/23/1983)
*Channel 32:
KSAN-TV - Ind. - San Francisco (3/9/1954-6/21/1958)
*Channel 32:
KNEW-TV
KMTP-TV (channel 32) is an independent non-commercial educational television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Owned by the Minority Television Project, the station maintains st ...
- Ind. - San Francisco (7/1/1968-4/15/1971)
*Channel 32:
KQEC
KMTP-TV (channel 32) is an independent non-commercial educational television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Owned by the Minority Television Project, the station maintains studio ...
- PBS - San Francisco (6/28/1971-8/23/1972 and 1/?/1977-1988)
*Channel 36:
KTVU -
NBC - Stockton (12/18/1953-4/30/1955)
*Channel 38:
KUDO - Ind. - San Francisco (12/28/1968-4/15/1971)
*Channel 38:
KVOF-TV - Ind. - San Francisco (8/4/1974-10/18/1985)
*Channel 40:
KCCC-TV - Sacramento (9/30/1953-5/31/1957)
*Channel 40:
KVUE - Sacramento (11/1/1959-3/21/1960)
*Channel 42:
KCFT-TV - Ind. - Concord (2/5/1966-9/19/1966)
*Channel 43:
KICU-TV - Ind. - Visalia/Fresno (12/23/1961-10/18/1968)
*Channel 53:
KBID-TV - Ind. - Fresno (2/8/1954-7/15/1954)
*Channel 68:
KVST-TV
KVST-TV was a television station on channel 68 in Los Angeles, California, owned by the Viewer Sponsored Television Foundation. Broadcasting from May 5, 1974, through December 23, 1975, KVST-TV was an early experiment in public-access and communi ...
- ETV - Los Angeles (5/5/1974-12/23/1975)
*Channel 68:
KEEF-TV
KEEF-TV, channel 68, was a short-lived public television station in Los Angeles, California. It operated briefly in 1987, but was shut down after only a few months of operation and its non-commercial educational broadcast construction permit ult ...
- ETV - Los Angeles (3/15/1987-8/8/1987)
LPTV stations
Translators
See also
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Bally Sports San Diego
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Bally Sports West
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List of Spanish-language television networks in the United States
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List of television stations in the San Francisco Bay Area
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NBC Sports Bay Area
NBC Sports Bay Area (sometimes abbreviated as NBCS Bay Area) is an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between NBCUniversal and the San Francisco Giants, and operates as an affiliate of NBC Sports Regional Networks. Headquart ...
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NBC Sports California
NBC Sports California (sometimes abbreviated as NBCS California) is an American regional sports network owned by the NBC Sports Group unit of NBCUniversal, and operates as an affiliate of NBC Sports Regional Networks. The channel broadcasts regio ...
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Spectrum SportsNet
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Spectrum SportsNet LA
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Television stations in Baja California for stations across the Mexican border serving
San Diego and
El Centro
References
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Television stations