KNSD
This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2013) |
kW | |
HAAT | 577 m (1,893 ft) |
---|---|
Transmitter coordinates | 32°41′48.7″N 116°56′9.2″W / 32.696861°N 116.935889°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | www |
KNSD (channel 39) is a
KNSD's
History
Early history
The station first signed on the air on November 14, 1965, as KAAR, owned by San Diego Telecasters. It was the first television station in the San Diego market to operate on the UHF band and was the market's first independent station. The station originally operated from a building that was once occupied by the National Pen Company, located in the neighborhood of Kearny Mesa, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of downtown San Diego. Initially broadcasting from 12 noon to either midnight or 12:30 a.m. (based on the length of its late movie), the station aired a mix of local and first-run syndicated programming, both vintage and more recent films, and reruns of several 1950s dramatic series. However, in the summer of 1966, KAAR cut its operating hours significantly, with sign-on time moved up to 5 pm, and by that fall, the station was only broadcasting on weeknights with a 15-minute 7 p.m. newscast, a travelogue and a single black-and-white movie (which ran for a week at a time).[2]
A short time later, in January 1967, KAAR made an arrangement with
For a four-year period from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, Western Telecasters tried to take the
In May 1972, the FCC revoked XETV's permission to carry ABC programming.
NBC affiliation
On June 27, 1977, in the wake of its new success as the highest-rated television network in America, ABC moved its San Diego affiliation from KCST to KGTV, causing an affiliation swap that ended with KCST taking the NBC affiliation formerly held by KGTV.
In 1985, the Storer stations were acquired by
In May 1994, New World entered into a deal with
Under the traditional definition, KNSD is the only English-language owned-and-operated station of a major network in the San Diego market (however, several stations owned by
In the spring of 2001, KNSD moved its operations into 225 Broadway, a high-rise office building in downtown San Diego that was redeveloped to serve as its studio and office facilities, which includes a glass-enclosed street-level news studio resembling that of the streetside studio at Rockefeller Center in New York City used by NBC's Today. In February 2013, LIN Media withdrew itself from the Station Venture Operations joint venture as part of a corporate reorganization. As a result, NBC regained full ownership in KNSD and assumed full ownership of KXAS.[20][21]
KNSD shut down its analog signal, over
NBC's three owned-and-operated stations in California (KNBC in Los Angeles, KNTV in San Jose/San Francisco and KNSD) collaborated to launch the only regional Nonstop channel, NBC California Nonstop, in January 2011.[25] On December 20, 2012, KNSD along with other NBC owned-and-operated stations began carrying Cozi TV, a rebranded Nonstop network focusing on classic television programming.[26]
As part of the
On January 9, 2014, KNSD announced that it would not renew its lease for the 225 Broadway studios when it expires in 2016.
On March 15, 2016, NBCUniversal's parent company Comcast pulled the signals of KNSD along with co-owned cable channels
On July 1, 2017, KNSD launched the Telemundo network on its third subchannel (KNSD-D3 39.20) as Telemundo 20 San Diego.[33] That September, NBC agreed to purchase KUAN-LD of Poway, California, from NRJ TV.[34] By December 18, 2018, Telemundo 20 San Diego was being carried on KUAN.[35] KNSD switched its frequency channel to 17 on March 14, 2019, with KUAN sharing KNSD's channel, but continuing to be displayed as their prior channel numbers.[35][36]
Programming
Local programming
Local lifestyle and infotainment program Streetside San Diego and Spanish-language newscast Noticias Mi San Diego (the latter of which was a holdover from KNSD's operation of KBOP-CA (channel 43, now KSEX-CD)) were local programs previously produced by KNSD; these programs, along with the station's weekend morning newscasts (which were restored in December 2013 as part of a gradual newscast expansion resulting from a benefits package offered to the FCC upon the NBCUniversal-Comcast merger[37]), were canceled on December 5, 2008, as a result of budget cuts at the station.[38] The station currently produces a late-night music and lifestyle program SoundDiego on Saturdays.
Sports programming
When channel 39 switched to NBC in 1977, it became the default home station for the
The station was also the broadcast home of the San Diego Padres and San Diego Mariners. Padres games aired during two different periods, first in the 1971 and 1972 seasons, and again from 1984 to 1986; while the WHA's Mariners broadcast games on the station during the entirety of the team's existence. The station also carried any games that were part of ABC's MLB coverage in 1976, then over to NBC's MLB broadcasts from 1977 to 1989; this included the Padres' first World Series appearance in 1984; limited postseason games involving the Padres were aired from 1995 to 2000.
News operation
KNSD presently broadcasts 37+1⁄2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6+1⁄2 hours each weekday and 2+1⁄2 hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); however, during the NFL season, the Sunday edition of the 6 p.m. newscast is typically preempted due to Sunday Night Football coverage. In addition, the station produces the sports highlight program SportsWrap, which is sponsored by local furniture store Jerome's Furniture and airs Sundays after the 11 p.m. newscast.
As KCST, the station started its news department in 1973; Harold Greene, who would later gain fame as an anchor in Los Angeles, served as its news director and lead news anchor. As a newcomer, channel 39's newscasts regularly placed third in the market, behind KFMB and KGTV, for many years. On October 28, 2005, KNSD began producing a nightly half-hour 10 p.m. newscast for WB affiliate KSWB-TV (channel 69, now a Fox affiliate), following owner Tribune Broadcasting's decision to shut down KSWB's in-house news department[39] (KSWB continued to produce local news updates during its simulcast of Los Angeles sister station KTLA's weekday morning newscast from the station's Kearny Mesa studios). KNSD's news outsourcing agreement with KSWB ended on July 31, 2008, when that station resumed in-house news operations upon switching its affiliation from The CW to Fox.[40]
In June 2009, the station outsourced production of its evening weather forecast segments to Los Angeles sister station KNBC, using that station's on-air weather staff;
On January 29, 2011, KNSD became the fifth television station in the San Diego market, and the last NBC-owned station to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in
On July 18, 2016, KNSD began using the new "Look N" standardized graphics. The graphics were first implemented by the NBC O&Os on the East Coast in Summer of that year; however, KNSD became the second NBC O&O on the West Coast to begin using the new graphics. Also, its theme music was also updated, by warp-speeding the NBC chimes in the "LA Groove" theme in all of its opens, making the first NBC-owned station to warp-speed its musical signature in its theme music. Prior to the graphics change, KNSD along with sister stations KNBC and KNTV revamped their websites on July 1, 2016.
On January 3, 2017, KNSD expanded the 11 a.m. midday newscast to an hour, following rivals KGTV and KFMB-TV. As a result of this expansion, the station moved the entertainment newsmagazine program Access Hollywood to the overnight slot of 2:05 am, subsequently preempting the network's rebroadcast of the fourth hour of Today.[46] However, beginning on January 7, 2019, the newscast was cut back to a half-hour along with Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area sister stations KNBC and KNTV due to the premiere of the lifestyle show California Live which airs on all three NBC O&Os in California.
Notable current on-air staff
- Mark Mullen – anchor
Notable former on-air staff
- Emily Chang – reporter (later at CNN and Bloomberg Television)
- Fritz Coleman – weathercaster (2009–2011; was concurrent with his duties with KNBC; now retired)
- XETV, later at KTVU, deceased)
- Courtney Friel (later at KTTV in Los Angeles, now at KTLA in Los Angeles)
- Harold Greene – anchor (1973–1974; now retired)
- KOGO-AM)
- Jim Hill – sports reporter and host of Mr. 39's Talent Night (later with KGTV; now with KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV in Los Angeles).[47]
- Jim Laslavic – sports director (1989–2019, recently retired)
- Joe Lizura – weather/meteorologist (1990–2006, subsequently at KUSI)
- Dagmar Midcap – chief meteorologist (2011-2023)
- Bill Ritter – Reporter (now at WABC)
- Rolland Smith – anchor (1993–1997, returned to New York)[48]
- Anne State – anchor/reporter (2002–2008, later at WBBM-TV in Chicago and WITI in Milwaukee, recently left KOIN in Portland, Oregon, for San Diego rival KGTV)
- Bree Walker – anchor (1997–2000, later with KTLK in Los Angeles)[49]
- Lou Waters – news director and anchor (subsequently an early and tenured CNN anchor)
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
---|---|---|---|---|
39.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
KNSD-DT | Main KNSD programming / NBC |
39.2 | 480i | COZI-TV | Cozi TV | |
39.3 | LocalX | NBC LX Home | ||
39.4 | Oxygen | Oxygen |
See also
- Channel 7 branded TV stations in the United States
- Channel 17 digital TV stations in the United States
- Channel 39 virtual TV stations in the United States
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KNSD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b "KAAR/39, San Diego, CA". uhfhistory.com. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
- ^ "KAAR(TV) sale approved for $1.1 million to Bass" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 4, 1967. p. 9. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "U asks FCC aid in quest for ABC" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 18, 1968. p. 46. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "ABC resists shift to San Diego U" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 23, 1968. p. 37. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "Beginning of the end for XETV-ABC association" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 5, 1972. p. 36. Retrieved December 28, 2018. "Beginning of the end for XETV-ABC association" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 5, 1972. p. 37. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "San Diego truce approved" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 12, 1973. p. 57. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "Storer to pay $12 million for San Diego UHF" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 19, 1973. p. 48. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "KCST-TV (KNSD) history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ "ABC's gains are turning television upside down" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 29, 1976. p. 19. Retrieved December 28, 2018. "ABC's gains are turning television upside down" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 29, 1976. p. 20. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "ABC's gains are turning television upside down." Broadcasting, March 29, 1976, pp. 19–20. [1] [2]
- ^ "In Brief" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 7, 1976. p. 24. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "In Brief" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 7, 1977. p. 26. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "Milwaukee connection." Broadcasting, October 18, 1976, pg. 36[permanent dead link]
- ^ "In Brief." Broadcasting, September 27, 1976, pg. 28. [3][permanent dead link] (the text incorrectly states that WISN-TV had been a CBS affiliate since 1954, omitting the 1961 affiliation switch.)
- ^ Stein, Joe (September 15, 1988). "Major changes at TV 39". San Diego Evening Tribune.
- ^ Brass, Kevin (September 16, 1988). "No respect: For Channel 39, UHF exile has meant long, hard battle for hearts and minds of viewers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- ^ "NBCUniversal 2011Annual Report/ 10K" (PDF). NBCUniversal. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- ^ "Tv Wars". Archived from the original on May 17, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2006.
- ^ "Company Overview of Station Venture Operations Lp". Company profiles. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
- ^ "LIN exits NBC joint venture, plans reorg". RBR.com. February 13, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived August 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- ^ CDBS Print. Fjallfoss.fcc.gov. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ Michael Malone (October 21, 2010). "Exclusive: NBC Local Media Sets 'Nonstop' Launch Dates". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
- ^ "NBC Stations Kick Off Cozi TV". TVNewsCheck. December 20, 2012.
- ^ "UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. June 12, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- KPBS-TV. January 9, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ McVicker, Laura (June 23, 2014). "NBC 7 Announces Move to New Kearny Mesa Location in 2016". KNSD. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ Hirsh, Lou (June 23, 2014). "NBC 7 Buys Kearny Mesa Building for New Studio, Offices". San Diego Business Journal. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ Satellite giant Dish sues NBC, alleging breach of contract Los Angeles Times, March 15, 2016
- ^ Dish Network Tells FCC It Will Seek Arbitration To Resolve NBCU Dispute Deadline, March 18, 2016
- ^ Marszalek, Diana (June 28, 2017). "Telemundo's San Diego O&O Goes Live July 1". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ "Station Trading Roundup: 2 Deals, $660,000". TVNewsCheck. September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ a b "How to Find Over-the-Air Signal for NBC 7 KNSD Telemundo 20 KUAN San Diego". NBC 7 San Diego. December 18, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ a b "Digital TV Market Listing for KNSD". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ Posner, Jay (December 5, 2013). "Several winners in November sweeps". U-T San Diego. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- U-T San Diego. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
- U-T San Diego, September 22, 2005.
- ^ Trading places: Fox, CW switch network channels Archived August 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, U-T San Diego, August 1, 2008.
- ^ KNSD's local forecasts to originate in L.A., U-T San Diego, June 25, 2009.
- ^ Weathercaster Dagmar Midcap Joins KNSD, TVSpy, October 25, 2011.
- ^ NBC San Diego Set Redesign Timelapse. NBCSanDiego.com. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ Check Out Our New Set. NBCSanDiego.com. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ "San Diego station rolls out HD look with new NBC brand". NewscastStudio. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- ^ "A small minor newscast change... #113". Changing Newscasts Blog. January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ Hammond, Rich. "Q&A: Jim Hill and the exploding frog that launched a legendary TV career". The Athletic. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ "William Jefferson Clinton interview with Rolland Smith of KNSD-TV, San Diego". October 22, 1993. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ^ "Disabilities In The Workplace". October 26, 1998. Retrieved August 12, 2023.