The San Francisco Bay Area is currently defined by Nielsen Media Research as the tenth-largest television market in the United States, [1] with all of the major U.S. television networks having affiliates serving the region. All but one of the major U.S. television networks are directly owned by the networks; the one exception is secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate KRON-TV (now The CW), which is owned by Nexstar Media Group.
Television stations that primarily serve the San Francisco Bay Area include: [2]
| Callsign | Owner | City of license | VC | RF | Cable | Antenna | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAXT-CD | Weigel Broadcasting (KAXT-TV LLC) | Santa Clara | 1 | 22 | — | Monument Peak | Catchy Comedy | — |
| KTVU | Fox Television Stations, LLC | Oakland | 2 | 31 | 2 | Sutro Tower | FOX | Owned-and-operated station since 2014 along with KICU-TV 36 |
| KRON-TV | Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Media Inc.) | San Francisco | 4 | 7 | 4 | The CW [primary]/ MyNetworkTV [secondary] | Owned-and-operated station since September 1, 2023, after the move of The CW network. | |
| KPIX-TV | CBS News and Stations ( Paramount Global) | 5 | 29 | 5 | CBS | Owned-and-operated station of CBS. | ||
| KBKF-LD | Venture Technologies Group (Venture Technologies Group, LLC) | San Jose | 6 | — | — | Air1 | A Low-powered television station. | |
| KGO-TV | ABC Owned Television Stations ( The Walt Disney Company) | San Francisco | 7 | 12 | 7 | Sutro Tower | ABC | The longest owned-and-operated station affiliated with ABC and owned by the Walt Disney Company. |
| KQSL | One Ministries, Inc. | Cloverdale | 8 | — | TLN West | — | ||
| KQED | KQED Inc. | San Francisco | 9 | 30 | 9 | PBS | The major PBS member station in the Bay Area. | |
| KNTV | NBC Owned Television Stations ( Comcast / NBCUniversal) (NBC Telemundo License LLC) | San Jose | 11 | 13 | 3 | San Bruno Mountain | NBC | Owned-and-operated station since 2001 when NBC bought KNTV. |
- 3 KURK-LD San Francisco ( CMC) (transmit channel 3)
- 12 KPJC-LD San Francisco (News of the World) (transmit channel 11)
- 14 KDTV-DT San Francisco ( Univision)* (transmit channel 20)
- 15 KQTA-LD San Francisco ( Jewelry TV) (transmit channel 14)
- 16 KSCZ-LD San Jose (Ventana ( Spanish)) (transmit channel 23)
- 17 KQSL-LD San Rafael ( The Dove) (transmit channel 4)
- 18 KQRM-LD San Francisco ( ShopHQ) (transmit channel 21)
- 20 KOFY-TV San Francisco ( Merit Street Media) (transmit channel 21)
- 22 KRCB Cotati ( PBS) (transmit channel 5)
- 24 KAAP-LD San Francisco ( Diya TV) (transmit channel 14)
- 26 KTSF San Francisco ( Ethnic independent) (transmit channel 20)
- 28 KCNZ-CD San Francisco ( LATV) (transmit channel 21)
- 30 KMMC-LD San Francisco ( Estrella TV) (transmit channel 14)
- 32 KMTP-TV San Francisco ( Non-commercial independent) (transmit channel 32)
- 36 KICU-TV San Jose ( Independent) (transmit channel 36)
- 38 KCNS San Francisco ( Shop LC) (transmit channel 32)
- 42 KTNC-TV Concord ( TCT)* (transmit channel 32)
- 44 KPYX San Francisco ( Independent) (transmit channel 28)
- 45 KQRO-LD Morgan Hill ( Ads) (transmit channel 2)
- 48 KSTS San Jose ( Telemundo)* (transmit channel 19)
- 50 KEMO-TV Fremont ( ShopHQ) (transmit channel 32)
- 52 KDTS-LD San Francisco ( Daystar)* (transmit channel 14)
- 54 KQEH San Jose ( PBS) (transmit channel 30)
- 60 KPJK San Mateo ( Non-commercial independent) (transmit channel 27)
- 65 KKPX-TV San Jose ( Ion Television)* (transmit channel 33)
- 66 KFSF-DT Vallejo ( UniMás)* (transmit channel 34)
- 68 KTLN-TV Palo Alto ( Heroes & Icons)* (transmit channel 22)
Bold indicates channel is a network owned-and-operated station and a PBS major member station.
KBKF-LD additionally transmits with an experimental analog FM radio subcarrier that is accessible at 87.7 MHz. [3]
Defunct stations
- 42 KCFT-TV/Concord (1966)
- 27 KEXT-CD/San Jose (1994–2017)
- 32 KSAN-TV–KNEW-TV–KQEC/San Francisco (1954–1972, 1977–1979, 1980–1988)
- 38 KUDO–KVOF-TV/San Francisco (1968–1985)
SF/SJ Cable Stations
- CBS News Bay Area - Pairs with KPIX (CBS) & KPYX (KPIX+)
- Comcast Hometown Network - Cable TV in SF
- CreaTV San Jose - Public access channel
- NBC Sports Bay Area - Broadcasts some games on KNTV/San Jose & KSTS/San Jose
- NBC Sports California - Broadcasts some games on KNTV/San Jose & KSTS/San Jose
Logos of former callsigns
KTEH (now KQEH)
References
- ^ "2022-2023 Nielsen DMA Ranking". October 27, 2022.
- ^ "Station Index – San Francisco – Oakland – San Jose". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority: KBKF-LD, San Jose, CA" (correspondence from Barbara A. Kreisman, Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau), June 10, 2021 (FCC.gov)