KBVU

Semi-satellite of KCVU , Paradise ? Chico ? Redding, California
Eureka, California United States
Channels	Digital : 28 ( UHF ) Virtual : 28
Branding	Fox 28 (general) The Northstate's News (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations	28.1: Fox for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Cunningham Broadcasting (Eureka (KBVU-TV) Licensee, Inc.)
Operator	Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sister stations	KAEF-TV
History
Founded	July 10, 1991
First air date	July 20, 1994 (29 years ago)  ( 1994-07-20 )
Former call signs	KZJA ( CP )
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 29 (UHF, 1994?2008)
Former affiliations	Both secondary: UPN (1995?1997) The WB (1995?1998)
Call sign meaning	Best VU (as in "view")
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	58618
ERP	50 kW 30 kW ( STA ) [2]
HAAT	512 m (1,680 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°43′38.3″N 123°58′21.1″W  /  40.727306°N 123.972528°W  / 40.727306; -123.972528 40°43′41.9″N 123°58′21.5″W  /  40.728306°N 123.972639°W  / 40.728306; -123.972639 (STA) [2]
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

KBVU (channel 28) is a television station in Eureka, California , United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting , which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with the Sinclair Broadcast Group , owner of Arcata -licensed ABC affiliate KAEF-TV (channel 23), for the provision of certain services. However, Sinclair effectively owns KBVU as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. ^{[ citation needed ]} KBVU is also sister to two low-power stations owned by Sinclair: dual CW / MyNetworkTV affiliate KECA-LD (channel 29) and Univision affiliate KEUV-LD (channel 35). The four stations share studios on Sixth Street in downtown Eureka; KBVU's transmitter is located along Barry Road southeast of Eureka.

Although it identifies as a station in its own right, KBVU is considered a semi-satellite of KCVU (channel 20) in Paradise ? Chico ? Redding . As such, it clears all network programming as provided through its parent station but airs a separate offering of syndicated programming; there are also separate local newscasts, commercial inserts and legal station identifications . Master control and most internal operations are based at the shared studios of KCVU and LMA partner KRCR-TV on Auditorium Drive in Redding.

History [ edit ]

The station signed on the air as a Fox affiliate on July 20, 1994. Prior to KBVU's launch, Fox's programming was only available via a secondary affiliation with ABC affiliates KAEF and KFWU (both satellites of KRCR-TV), while out-of-market affiliates KTVU and KTXL were imported by some cable providers.

On April 21, 2017, Sinclair Broadcast Group purchased KAEF and the LMA with KBVU as part of a four-station deal. ^[3] The sale was completed on September 1. ^[4]

Newscasts [ edit ]

KBVU currently airs 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of newscasts each week, all on weeknights at 10 p.m., as North Coast News on KBVU Fox 28 at 10 . The newscasts are produced by sister station KAEF.

Technical information [ edit ]

Subchannels [ edit ]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed :

Analog-to-digital conversion [ edit ]

KBVU shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 29, on December 22, 2008, along with KCVU, due to financial hardship. ^[6] The station's digital signal broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 28.

References [ edit ]