KFSN-TV
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HAAT | 625 m (2,051 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 37°4′36″N 119°26′3″W / 37.07667°N 119.43417°W |
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Public license information | |
Website | abc30 |
KFSN-TV (channel 30) is a
Fresno is the smallest
History
KFRE
After the
The KFRE stations were acquired by
KFSN
Triangle began its exit from broadcasting in 1971, and sold the KFRE stations to
On March 18, 1985, Capital Cities announced it would purchase ABC. Nearly six months later, on September 9, 1985, KFSN-TV traded network affiliations with KJEO and became an ABC affiliate. The transaction was finalized on January 3, 1986, making channel 30 an ABC
KFSN-TV shut down its analog signal, over
The station carried a Live Well Network
Programming
KFSN-TV serves as the production company for two programs seen on the Live Well Network, now called Localish, Motion and My Family Recipe Rocks.[14]
News operation
KFSN-TV presently broadcasts 42 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday and 3+1⁄2 hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the highest local newscast output among the broadcast television stations in the Fresno market. Unlike most ABC affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, the station does not broadcast a 5:30 p.m. newscast on weekdays, opting to fill the half-hour with ABC World News Tonight (as a result of that program airing one hour earlier than other ABC stations in the time zone, KFSN airs an extension of its 6 p.m. newscast in World News' recommended 6:30 timeslot). In addition, the station produces the public affairs program Valley Focus, which airs Sunday mornings at 10 a.m.
KFSN has dominated the local news ratings in the San Joaquin Valley for decades, dating back to its pre-ABC-merger years as a CBS affiliate. Its 5 p.m. newscast, Live at Five frequently attracts more viewers than all other area stations combined. The station's newscasts are not branded
In 2003, the station began
On September 12, 2011, KFSN launched an hour-long 4 p.m. newscast, which replaced The Oprah Winfrey Show.[16] This follows the trend of the four other sister stations (WABC-TV, WPVI-TV, KGO-TV and WTVD in Durham, North Carolina) that started their own 4 p.m. newscast after Oprah ended its syndication run. On January 7, 2013, KFSN began producing a half-hour 10 p.m. newscast for MyNetworkTV affiliate KAIL (channel 7); the program, titled ABC 30 Action News Live at 10:00,[17] ended in July 2014.
Notable former on-air staff
- Laura Diaz – anchor (1981–1983; later at KABC-TV and KCBS-TV/KCAL-TV in Los Angeles; now at KTTV)
- Karen Humphrey – reporter (1970s; later Mayor of Fresno)
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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30.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
KFSN-HD | Main KFSN-TV programming / ABC |
30.2 | LOCLish | Localish | ||
30.3 | 480i | ThisTV | This TV | |
30.4 | HSN | HSN |
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KFSN-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- RabbitEars.info, the Fresno–Visalia area (Central California region) has ranked 42nd, while the market was ranked 55th by Nielsen.
- ^ "Ownership Changes" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 5, 1959. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ CDBS Print
- ^ "ABC News banks on digital, despite small audiences today". USA Today. AP. September 4, 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ Kerschbaumer, Ken (January 24, 2005). "ABC News Now... And Later". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- ^ Umstead, R. Thomas; Moss, Linda (December 9, 2005). "Much Ado About Multicasting". Multichannel. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ "ABC O&Os Launch Digital Network". Broadcasting & Cable. April 27, 2009.
- ^ "ABC Multicasts Live Well HD Channel". Mediaweek. October 25, 2009. Archived from the original on October 30, 2009.
- ^ Lafayette, Jon (January 18, 2015). "Exclusive: Comedy Multicast Net Launching on ABC, Scripps". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ Lafayette, Jon (September 20, 2018). "ABC Stations Launching 'Localish' for Mobile Millennials". Broadcasting & Cable. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ Lafayette, Jon (January 21, 2020). "ABC Rebranding Live Well Broadcast Diginet to Localish". Broadcasting & Cable. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ Bachman, Katy (October 25, 2009). "ABC Multicasts Live Well HD Channel". Ad Week. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ^ Keys, Matthew (August 28, 2013). "ABC's Sacramento, California bureau to close after 10 years". The Desk.
- ^ KFSN to Launch 10 p.m. Newscast on KAIL, TVSpy, January 7, 2013.
- ^ KFSN Set to Replace ‘Oprah’ With 4 p.m. Newscast, TVSpy, August 25, 2011.
- ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for KFSN". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved February 21, 2020.