KBAK-TV
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| KBAK-TV | |
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| Bakersfield, California | |
| Branding | CBS 29 |
| Channels | 29 (UHF) analog, 33 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | CBS (1953-1974 and since 1996) |
| Owner | Westwind Communications |
| Founded | August 23, 1953 |
| 'Call letters meaning | KBAKersfield TV |
| Former callsigns | KAFY-TV (1953-1959) |
| Former affiliations | ABC(1974-1996) |
| Website | www.eyeoutforyou.com |
KBAK-TV is a television station serving Bakersfield, California. It is a CBS affiliate, and transmits on UHF channel 29. KBAK also operates the local Fox affiliate, KBFX-CA, from a shared facility in Bakersfield, using an identical staff, including General Manager Wayne Lansche.
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[edit] History
KBAK was the first television station on the air in Bakersfield, initiating broadcast in August of 1953. KERO followed one month later. At its inception, KBAK had been a CBS affiliate, under the call letters KAFY. In 1959, those call letters were changed to KBAK; and in 1974 changed its network affiliation to ABC, swapping with KJTV (now present NBC affiliate KGET-TV). [1] [2] As a CBS and later ABC affiliate, KBAK had aired all of its color programs in color, and went to full color in 1967.
During the 1970s and into the 1980s, KBAK was owned by Chicago-based Harriscope Broadcasting, which also owned WSNS in Chicago (now a Telemundo O&O) and a partial stake in KRQE in Albuquerque (now owned by LIN TV). In the mid 1970s, KBAK started signing off only on Fridays, and Saturdays, which it still does as a CBS affiliate.
In 1986, Harriscope sold KBAK to Burnham Broadcasting, which also owned KHON-TV in Honolulu and would later acquire WVUE in New Orleans, WALA-TV in Mobile, Alabama and WLUK in Green Bay. In 1995, Burnham sold most of its stations to SF Broadcasting, a joint venture between Fox and Savoy Pictures, but KBAK was not included in the sale to SF Broadcasting, and was instead sold to its current owner, Westwind Communications.
In 1995, KBAK's contract with ABC expired and was not renewed. McGraw-Hill, the owner of KERO, cut an affiliation deal switching the two stations which hadn't already affiliated with ABC (KERO and then-CBS affiliate KMGH in Denver, Colorado) to that network, and in the process returning KBAK back to its CBS affiliation in March 1996.
[edit] Newscasts
Monday-Friday
- 29 Eyewitness News Daybreak - 5 a.m.-7 a.m.
Rusty Shoop, Lisa Krch, Aaron Perlman (weather)
- 29 Eyewitness News at Noon - 12 p.m.-12:30 p.m.
Jennifer Musa, Aaron Perlman (weather)
- 29 Eyewitness News at Five - 5 p.m.-6 p.m.
Rusty Shoop, Lisa Krch, Miles Muzio (weather), Greg Kerr (sports)
- 29 Eyewitness News at Six - 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Kurt Rivera, Lynda Halligan, Miles Muzio (weather), Greg Kerr (sports)
- 29 Eyewitness News at Eleven - 11 p.m.-11:35 p.m.
Kurt Rivera, Lynda Halligan, Miles Muzio (weather), Greg Kerr (sports)
Weekends
- 29 Eyewitness News at Five - 5 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Siemny Chhuon, ??? (sports)
- 29 Eyewitness News at Eleven - 11 p.m.-11:35 p.m.
Siemny Chhuon, ??? (sports)
[edit] Newscast Titles
- "29 TV ABC News" (1970s)
- "The News Today" (1977–1979)
- "TeleNews 29" (1979–1981)
- "NewsForce 29" (1981–1985)
- "News 29" (1985–1992)
- "29 Eyewitness News" (1992–present)
[edit] Former Owners
- Harriscope
- Burnham Broadcasting
- Westwind Communications (current owner)
[edit] News Themes
[edit] Syndicated shows seen on KBAK
[edit] External links
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