KNTV
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| KNTV | |
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| San Jose / Oakland / San Francisco, California | |
| Branding | NBC11 |
| Slogan | The Bay Area's NBC11 / The Bay Area's Leading News Station |
| Channels | 11 (VHF) analog, 12 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | NBC (secondary 1955-63, sole affiliate since 2002) |
| Owner | NBC Universal |
| Founded | September 12, 1955 |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1955-2000, secondary until 1960) CBS (secondary, 1955-63) Independent (1955-60) The WB (secondary, 2000-01) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW/391.8 m (analog) 103.1 kW/376.6 m (digital) |
| Website | www.nbc11.com |
KNTV, (NBC11) is the NBC owned-and-operated television station in the San Francisco Bay Area market. The station is licensed to San Jose. Its transmitter is located on San Bruno Mountain, just north of San Francisco International Airport. It shares a studio in San Jose with NBC Universal sister station KSTS, the Telemundo station for the San Francisco Bay Area. All new digital facilities for both stations were constructed in San Jose by NBC in 2004.
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[edit] History
[edit] 1950s and 1960s
The station came on the air in 1955 as the first television station in the South Bay area, the heart of which is San Jose. It was founded by the local Sunlite Bakery.
KNTV was originally an independent station, but also aired CBS, ABC and NBC shows that were turned down by KPIX-TV, KGO-TV and KRON-TV. However, the station was not viable as an independent, and found the going even more difficult when KTVU signed on in 1958. As a result, KNTV affiliated with ABC in 1960, though it continued to carry some CBS and NBC programs for a few more years. To protect ABC-owned KGO-TV, KNTV's power was reduced and it became the ABC affiliate for the Monterey Bay area (Monterey and Salinas), making it one of the few stations located outside the market it served. It was then sold to Gill Cable, the local cable operator for San Jose. Even as an ABC station, KNTV preempted a few ABC programs moderately. KGO-TV, as an ABC O&O, did not do so, thus giving San Jose and South Bay Area residents another option for preempted ABC programming should this have occurred.
[edit] The End of the ABC Era
In 1999, KGO-TV agreed to pay Granite Broadcasting, KNTV's owner at the time, to stop the station from broadcasting ABC programming in 2000 when its contract with that network expired. On July 3, 2000, KNTV ceased operation as an ABC station and started to broadcast WB programming (simulcast with then co-owned KBWB-TV) and officially reentered the Bay Area market. KGO-TV was then added to cable systems in the Monterey Bay area.
[edit] NBC
[edit] 2001
In 2001, KNTV secured a deal with the NBC network to become its Bay Area affiliate. NBC had decided to end its 52-year affiliation with KRON-TV after its new owner, Young Broadcasting, objected to an NBC proposal to end carriage fees.
KNTV contacted NBC and offered to pay an average of $37 million annually for the rights to broadcast NBC programs. NBC accepted the deal and affiliated with KNTV on January 1, 2002. KNTV became the first major market affiliate to pay the network for programming.
In December 2001, NBC announced another deal with Granite Broadcasting to purchase the station for $230 million. The network already owned Telemundo station KSTS-TV in San Jose and wanted to create a duopoly with the two stations. The transaction was finalized in April 2002.
Had KGO-TV not negotiated with Granite Broadcasting to end KNTV's ABC affiliation, the Bay Area, always one of the top five or six Nielsen-defined media markets, would have ended up with the setback of not having an NBC affiliate.
[edit] 2002
NBC assumed control of KNTV on April 30, 2002. After the switch to NBC affiliation, KNTV was rebranded as "NBC3" to reflect its position on cable channel 3 in the Bay Area. In the fall of 2002, the station rebranded itself as "NBC11" in order to avoid confusion with Sacramento's KCRA-TV, which is available over the air and on cable in the North Bay, but does not call itself "NBC 3". Even in the early years as the new NBC affiliate, KNTV aired NBC's soap lineup much later in the afternoon than most affiliates, as this dates back to when KRON, as a then-NBC affiliate, had done this. Soon enough by August 2004, KNTV fell in line with the network's recommended time slot and airs the soap lineup from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
[edit] 2005
In the early years as an NBC station, KNTV was still trasmitting from Loma Prieta Peak (located between San Jose and Santa Cruz), resulting in two disadvantages. First, the signal could not be seen over the air in much of the Bay Area north of San Mateo County. Second, by the time the station switched markets and networks, it was dropped from cable systems in the Monterey Bay under SyndEx guidelines; even so, the signal was still overlapping with KSBW. That all changed in September 2005, when KNTV finally moved its transmitter from Loma Prieta Peak to San Bruno Mountain. The move came after years of objection from KRON, which in its filings alleged that KNTV would cease to serve thousands of San Jose residents by moving closer to San Francisco. Most media analysts interpreted the claim to be merely a cover for business objections to the move, which would make KRON less relevant to the Bay Area market. [1] Trivially, NBC is the only network in the Bay Area to switch from one local station to another.
[edit] Newscasts
In the days as an ABC affiliate, KNTV billed itself as "The San Jose Newschannel" because its news reports primarily catered to Silicon Valley viewers almost exclusively. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the KNTV news theme was based on the 1968 hit song Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
[edit] Weekdays
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area Today at 5AM - 5:00 - 6:00AM with Brent Cannon and Laura Garcia Cannon, Weather Shannon O'Donnell, Traffic Mike Inuoye.
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area Today at 6AM - 6:00 - 7:00AM with Brent Cannon and Laura Garcia Cannon, Weather Shannon O'Donnell, Traffic Mike Inuoye.
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area Today - 10:00 - 11:00AM with Brent Cannon and Laura Garcia Cannon, Weather Shannon O'Donnell, Traffic Mike Inuoye.
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 5PM - 5:00 - 5:30PM with Sandy Castelblanco and Allen Denton, Health reporter Marianne Favro, Weather John Farley
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 6PM - 6:00 - 7:00PM with Lisa Kim and Allen Denton, Weather John Farley, Sports Raj Mathai.
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 11PM - 11:00 - 11:35PM with Lisa Kim and Allen Denton, Weather John Farley, Sports Raj Mathai.
- includes "Eleven at 11", featuring the Bay Area's top stories in the first 11 minutes of the newscast
[edit] Saturdays
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area Saturday Today - 7:00 - 8:00AM with Kris Sanchez and weather Rob Mayeda
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 5PM - 5:00 - 5:30PM with Diane Dwyer, weather Rob Mayeda and sports Darryl Hawks.
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 6PM - 6:00 - 6:30PM with Diane Dwyer, weather Rob Mayeda and sports Darryl Hawks.
- In Wine Country - 6:30 - 7:00PMwith Mary Babbit
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 11PM - 11:00 - 11:30PM with Diane Dwyer, weather Rob Mayeda and sports Darryl Hawks.
- includes "Eleven at 11", featuring the Bay Area's top stories in the first 11 minutes of the newscast
[edit] Sundays
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area Sunday Today - 7:00 - 8:00AM with Kris Sanchez and weather Rob Mayeda
- Bay Area Vista - 10:00 - 10:30AM with Janice Edwards
- Communidad de Valle with Damian Trujillo
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 5PM - 5:00 - 5:30PM with Diane Dwyer, weather Rob Mayeda and sports Darryl Hawks.
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 6PM - 6:00 - 6:30PM with Diane Dwyer, weather Rob Mayeda and sports Darryl Hawks.
- Tech Now - 6:30 - 7:00PM with Scott Budman
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 11PM - 11:00 - 11:30PM with Diane Dwyer, weather Rob Mayeda and sports Darryl Hawks.
- includes "Eleven at 11", featuring the Bay Area's top stories in the first 11 minutes of the newscast
- Sports Sunday - 11:30PM - Midnight with Raj Mathai and Jerry Rice
[edit] NBC 11 Weather Plus
- NBC 11 weather plus 24/7 weather with
- Chief Meteorologist John Farley
- Craig Herrera
- Rob Mayeda
- Shannnon O'Donnell
- Available on Comcast Cable channel 186, KNTV channel 11-2 or on NBC11.com
[edit] Past & present personalities
Present
- Mary Babbit, "In Wine Country" host
- Sloane Barnett, NBC 11 Consumer Reporter
- Lisa Bernard, Reporter
- Scott Budman, Business & Tech Reporter/"Tech Now" host
- Brent Cannon, "NBC 11 Bay Area Today" anchor
- Sandy Castelblanco, "NBC 11 News at 5 PM" anchor
- Allen Denton, "NBC 11 News at 5, 6 and 11 PM" anchor
- Diane Dwyer, "NBC 11 News at 5, 6 and 11 PM" weekend anchor
- Jean Elle, Reporter
- John Farley, NBC 11 Weather Plus Chief Meteorologist
- Marianne Favro, NBC 11 Health Reporter
- Monte Francis, Reporter
- Laura Garcia-Cannon, "NBC 11 The Bay Area Today" anchor
- Daniel Garza, Reporter
- Traci Grant, Reporter
- Ethan Harp, Reporter
- Darryl Hawks, Weekend Sports anchor
- Jodi Hernandez, Court Reporter
- Craig Herrera, NBC 11 Weather Plus fill-in meteorologist/Sub-traffic reporter
- Cheryl Hurd, San Francisco Bureau Reporter
- Mike Inouye, NBC 11 Traffic Reporter
- Christien Kafton, Sub-anchor/reporter
- Lisa Kim, NBC 11 News at 6 and 11 PM anchor
- George Kiriyama, Reporter
- Scott McGrew, Business & Tech morning reporter
- Raj Mathai, NBC 11 Sports Director
- Rob Mayeda, NBC 11 Weather Plus Weekend Meteorologist
- Shannon O'Donnell, NBC 11 Weather Plus Morning Meteorologist (Was on Maternity leave in 2004 and 2006 returned as of November 20, 2006)
- Bob Redell, NBC 11 Bay Area Today entertainment and field reporter
- Kris Sanchez, NBC 11 Bay Area Today Weekend and sub-anchor
- Susan Siravo, NBC 11 Field Reporter and Sports Sunday Correspondent
- Christie Smith, Reporter
- Garvin Thomas, Reporter
- Damian Trujillo, Communidad Del Valle host and correspondent
- Bob Ulrich, NBC 11 News Director
- Noelle Walker, Sub-anchor/Reporter
Past Personalities
- Jennifer Arterburn (2000-2003)
- Justin Allen (2003-2004, Later moved to KXTV in Sacramento)
- Marc Brown (1977-1979, Currently lead anchor at KABC in LA)
- Jim Byrne (2004 and 2006, Sub-weather anchor for Shannon O'Donnell while on maternity leave in 2004 and 2006. Still the Chief Meteorlogist at KCOY-TV in Santa Maria, California)
- Rigo Chacon (?)
- John Chaffetz (?)
- Dick Currier(?)
- Frank Darien(?)
- Jim Dunne(?)
- Chris Flanagan (2000-2004, Now the lead news anchor at WOI in Des Moines, IA)
- June Foster (1999-2002)
- Steve Gannon (1997-2000)
- Melanie Garrett (2000, 2001, and 2002) (Sub traffic reporter while at KSBW-TV doing weekday morning traffic reports in 2000, 2001 and 2002. Now a radio DJ at KXKL-FM in Denver, Colorado and married to KMGH morning weatherman Scott Mace)
- Frank Gorin (?)
- Stephanie Guadian (2000-2002, Currently weekend anchor at KTRK-TV in Houston, TX)
- Greg Gururle (2001-2002)
- P. Bert Haney (?)
- Gene Harrington (?)
- Bob Haulman (?)
- Brad Hicks (1998-2002)
- T.J. Holmes (2003-2006, now at CNN)
- Joe Hoskinson (2004-2005, later moved to KPIX-TV)
- Tom Janis (?)
- Terilyn Joe (2000-2002)
- Linton Johnson (2000-2003, now the chief spokesperson for BART)
- Frank Johnstone (?)
- Sharon Katsuda (1997-2000)
- Bruce King (?)
- Fred LaCosse (?)
- Paul Lockwood (?)
- Robb Mahr (?)
- Jess Marlow (Mid-Late 1970s)
- Bob Marsden (?)
- Doug Moore (1987-2001)
- Christine Nubla (2001-2005)
- Stephanie O'Brien (2000-2002)
- Nick O'Kelly (1998-2003, Currently morning weather anchor at KUSA in Denver)
- Brian Sussman (1980s?)
- Flip Spiceland (?)
- Dick Reizner (?)
- Ric Romero (1977-1978, Currently at KABC in Los Angeles)
- Kathy Sabine (1988-1991, Current chief meteorologist at KUSA in Denver)
- Lee Schell (?)
- Maggi Scura (1987-2000)
- Kim Stephens (2000-2003, Currently morning "Great Day" anchor at KMPH in Fresno)
- Will Tran (1996-2000)
- Gina Villareal (1995-2001, Commuidad del Valle co-host left in 2001 and eventually went on to KSBY and KCOY in 2003. Now at KXTV in Sacramento)
- Dr. Rik Whitaker(?)
- Beth Willon (1994-2000)
[edit] NBC 11 General Manager & Studio location
- Linda Sullivan, General Manager, KNTV 11
Address:
- KNTV NBC 11
- 2450 N. First St.
- San Jose, CA 95135
[edit] References
- Kearns, Jeff (December 6-12, 2001). The Story At 11. Metroactive. May 20, 2005.
- NBC to buy San Jose's KNTV. San Jose Business Journal. December 17, 2001.
- Allison Romano. Sullivan Flexes KNTV's Muscle. Broadcasting and Cable. February 21, 2005.
[edit] External links
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Greater San Francisco Bay Area: KTVU 2 (Fox) - KRON 4 (MNTV) - KPIX 5 (CBS) - KGO 7 (ABC) - KQED 9 (PBS) - KNTV 11 (NBC) - KDTV 14 (UNI) - KBWB 20 (Ind) - KRCB 22 (PBS) - KAXT 22 (TBN) - KTSF 26 (Ind) - KFTL 28 (HSN) - KMTP 32 (Ind) - KICU 36 (Ind) - KTVJ 36 (Ind) - KCNS 38 (S@H/JTV) - KTNC 42 (AZA) - KBCW 44 (The CW) - KSTS 48 (TEL) - KFTY 50 (Ind) - KTEH 54 (PBS) - KCSM 60 (PBS) - KKPX 65 (i) - KFSF 66 (TFT) - KTLN 68 (TLN) Ukiah-Mendocino County: KUNO 8 (AZA) - K17CG 17 (Ind) - K21CD 21 (TEL) - K27EE 27 (PBS) - K29DF 29 (Ind) - K39AG 39 (Fox) - K41AF 41 (MNTV) - K43AF 43 (CBS) - K45AH 45 (ABC) - K51AQ 51 (The CW) - K55GX 55 (PBS) - K67BV 67 (Ind) - K69DF 69 (PBS) |
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| NBC Network Affiliates in the state of California | |
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KCRA 3 (Sacramento) - KIEM 3 (Eureka) - KNBC 4 (Los Angeles) - KSBY 6 (San Luis Obispo) - KSBW 8 (Salinas) - KNTV 11 (San Jose/San Francisco) - KGET 17 (Bakersfield) - KNVN 24 (Chico) - KSEE 24 (Fresno) - KMIR 36 (Palm Desert) - KNSD 39 (San Diego) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Independent, Other Spanish Network, Religious, Home Shopping and Other stations in California | |
| edit | NBC Universal, Inc. (a subsidiary of General Electric) |
