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KCBA

Salinas/Monterey/Santa Cruz, California
Branding	KCBA FOX 35
Channels	35 (UHF) analog, 13 (VHF) digital
Affiliations	FOX
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (sale pending)
Founded	1985
Call letters meaning	CBA Backwards of the ABC alphabet
Website	www.KCBA.com

KCBA is a FOX affiliate television station in Salinas, California, USA. The station broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 35, and its digital signal on channel 13. KCBA is jointly owned with CBS affiliate KION-TV channel 46 by Clear Channel Communications.

The station launched in 1985 and joined the FOX network at its inception in 1987.

In addition, KCBA and KION shared a secondary affiliation with UPN from 1995 until 2003. Programs included several in the Star Trek series and WWE Friday Night SmackDown!

Craig Kilborn, former late-night talk show host and SportsCenter anchor on ESPN, was the sports anchor in the early 1990s.

Alex Witt anchor for MSNBC was a reporter/anchor from 1990–1992

On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced its intention to sell off all of its television stations, including KCBA, after the company was bought out by a private equity firm.

[edit] Newscasts

Weeknights

FOX 35 News First at Ten 10:00-10:35 PM

Brian Speciale, Olga Ospina (anchors), Norm Hoffman (weather)

Weekends

FOX 35 News First at Ten 10:00-10:30 PM

Jamie Soriano (anchor/weather/sports)

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Broadcast television in the Monterey / Salinas / Santa Cruz market (Nielsen DMA #125)
KOTR-LP 2 (MNTV) - KMMD-CA 3 (MTV3) - KSBW 8 (NBC) - K15CU 15 (TEL) - KCAH 25 (PBS) - KDJT-CA 33 (TFU) - KCBA 35 (Fox) - KMCE-LP 43 (AZA) - KION 46 (CBS/The CW on DT2) - KSMS 67 (UNI)
Local cable television channels ABC 7 (ABC) (Special Monterey version of KGO-TV)
Out-of market television stations available on cable KTVU 2 (FOX) - KQED 9 (PBS) - KICU 36 (IND) - KKPX 65 (ION)

Fox Network Affiliates in the state of California
KTVU 2 (Oakland / San Francisco) - XETV 6 (Tijuana / San Diego) - KECY 9 (El Centro) - KTTV 11 (Los Angeles) - KKFX 24 / KSSB 17 (Santa Maria / Santa Barbara) - KMPH 26 / 17 (Visalia / Merced) - KBVU 29 (Eureka) - KCVU 30 (Chico) - KDFX 33 / KESQ-DT 51.2 (Indio / Palm Springs) - KCBA 35 (Salinas) - KTXL 40 (Sacramento) - KBFX 58 (Bakersfield)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Independent, Other Spanish Network, Religious, Home Shopping and Other stations in California