KNTV
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| KNTV | |
|---|---|
 |
|
 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)
NBC Weather Plus (DT2) |
| 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.
Contents |
[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, and, in 2004, KNTV would move from its longtime studios on Park Avenue in downtown San Jose to a new state-of-the-art all-digital facility. KNTV would share the new facility with KSTS, on North First Street in San Jose.
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, could 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] 2006
In 2006, KNTV served as a core NBC outlet, with a signal that finally reached most of the San Francisco Bay Area, operating from a state-of-the-art digital broadcast facility. However, broadcast from Mt. Bruno south of San Francisco, there still remains a large shadow in reception of KNTV for residents of the Sunset and Richmond districts of San Francisco. This is due to the presence of the hills of Twin Peaks. This shadow blocks an unknown number of potential over-the-air viewers.
The year closed, however, with a devastating fire at the retired transmitting facility on Loma Prieta Peak. The fire was quickly extinguished on the afternoon of December 31. However, the fire re-ignited after firefighters had left the scene, and destroyed the analog and digital transmitters, as well as a variety of other communications gear.
[edit] 2007
In January, 2007 CNBC moved their Silicon Valley bureau, formerly located at the Wall Street Journal in Palo Alto, into the NBC11/T48 San Jose studios. Jim Goldman (a former reporter at the pre-NBC KNTV) is the bureau chief, and the main CNBC reporter for the area. Their set is adjacent to the KSTS news set.
[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 as the reports were South Bay eccentric. 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 - 5:00 - 7:00AM
- Anchors: Brent Cannon and Laura Garcia Cannon,
- Weather: Shannon O'Donnell
- Traffic: Mike Inuoye
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area Today - 10:00 - 11:00AM
- Anchors: Brent Cannon and Laura Garcia Cannon
- Weather: Shannon O'Donnell
- Traffic: Mike Inuoye.
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 5PM - 5:00 - 5:30PM
- Anchor: Scott Budman
- Health Reporter: Marianne Favro
- Weather: John Farley
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 6PM - 6:00 - 7:00PM
- Anchors: Allen Denton and Lisa Kim
- Weather: John Farley
- Sports: Raj Mathai.
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 11PM - 11:00 - 11:35PM
- Anchors: Allen Denton and Lisa Kim
- Weahter: 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
- Anchor: Kris Sanchez
- Weather: Rob Mayeda
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 5PM - 5:00 - 5:30PM
- Anchor: Diane Dwyer
- Weather: Rob Mayeda
- Sports: Darryl Hawks.
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 6PM - 6:00 - 6:30PM
- Anchor: Diane Dwyer
- Weather: Rob Mayeda
- Sports: Darryl Hawks
- Tech Now (Technology Show) - 6:30 - 7:00PM
- Host: Scott Budman
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 11PM - 11:00 - 11:30PM
- Anchor: Diane Dwyer
- Weather: Rob Mayeda
- 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
- Anchor: Kris Sanchez
- Weather: Rob Mayeda
- Bay Area Vista - 10:00 - 10:30AM during NFL season, 4:00 - 4:30PM during non-NFL season (Community Affairs program)
- Host: Janice Edwards
- Communidad de Valle 10:30 - 11:00AM during NFL season, 3:00 - 3:30PM during non-NFL season (Community Affairs program)
- Host: Damian Trujillo
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 5PM - 5:00 - 5:30PM
- Anchor: Diane Dwyer
- Weather: Rob Mayeda
- Sports: Darryl Hawks or Raj Mathai.
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 6PM - 6:00 - 6:30PM
- Anchor: Diane Dwyer
- Weather: Rob Mayeda
- Sports: Darryl Hawks.
- In Wine Country - 6:30 - 7:00PM(Entertainment and Lifestyles show)
- Host: Mary Babbit
- Sports Sunday Early Edition - Immediately Following the NFL Game (During NFL Season)
- Hosts: Raj Mathai and Jerry Rice
- NBC11 News: The Bay Area at 11PM - 11:00 - 11:30PM
- Anchor: Diane Dwyer
- Weather: Rob Mayeda or Craig Herrera
- 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 (Sports Wrap up Show)
- Hosts: Raj Mathai and Jerry Rice
[edit] NBC 11 Weather Plus
- NBC 11 weather plus provides 24/7 weather with
- Chief Meteorologist John Farley
- Meteorologist Shannon O'Donnell
- Meteorologist Rob Mayeda
- Meteorologist Craig Herrera
- 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, NBC11 Consumer Reporter
- Lisa Bernard, San Francisco Bureau Reporter
- Scott Budman, Business & Tech Reporter/"Tech Now" host
- Brent Cannon, "NBC11 News at 5am & 6am" & "NBC11 Bay Area Today" anchor
- Kelly Carr, NBC11 Sports fill-in reporter
- Allen Denton, "NBC11 News at 6 and 11 PM" anchor
- Diane Dwyer, "NBC11 News at 5, 6 and 11 PM" weekend anchor/San Francisco Bureau Reporter
- Janice Edwards, NBC11 Community Affairs and "Bay Area Vista" host
- Jean Elle, San Francisco Bureau Reporter
- John Farley, NBC11 Weather Plus Chief Meteorologist
- Marianne Favro, NBC11 Health Reporter
- Monte Francis, Reporter
- Laura Garcia-Cannon, "NBC11 News at 5am & 6am" & "NBC11 The Bay Area Today" anchor
- Daniel Garza, San Jose Bureau Reporter
- Larry Gerston, NBC11 Political Analyst
- Traci Grant, San Francisco Bureau Reporter
- Ethan Harp, Oakland Bureau Reporter
- Darryl Hawks, Weekend Sports anchor
- Jodi Hernandez, Oakland Bureau Reporter
- Craig Herrera, NBC11 Weather Plus Meteorologist, Substitute traffic reporter
- Cheryl Hurd, San Francisco Bureau Reporter
- Mike Inouye, NBC11 Traffic Reporter
- Christien Kafton, San Francisco Bureau Reporter
- Lisa Kim, "NBC11 News at 6 and 11" PM anchor
- George Kiriyama, San Jose Bureau Reporter
- Mike Luery, NBC11 "Capitol Insider"/Sacramento Bureau Chief & Reporter
- Scott McGrew, Business & Tech morning reporter
- Raj Mathai, NBC11 Sports Director
- Rob Mayeda, NBC11 Weather Plus/Weekend Weather Anchor
- Mark Neerman, NBC11 Assistant News Director
- Victoria (Vicky) Nguyen, NBC11 Field Reporter
- Shannon O'Donnell, NBC11 Morning Weather Meteorologist (Was on Maternity leave in 2004 and 2006 returned as of November 20, 2006)
- Bob Redell, San Jose Bureau/The Bay Area Today Features reporter
- Kris Sanchez, NBC11 Bay Area Today Weekend/Reporter
- Susan Siravo, San Jose Bureau Reporter and Sports Sunday Reporter
- Christie Smith, Oakland Bureau Reporter
- Joie Tamkin, NBC11.com Reporter
- Garvin Thomas, San Jose Bureau Reporter
- Damian Trujillo, "Communidad Del Valle" host/South Bay Bureau Reporter
- Jim Sanders, NBC 11 News Director
- Noelle Walker, San Jose Bureau Reporter
[edit] KNTV Alumni
- Jennifer Arterburn (2000-2003)
- Justin Allen (2002-2004, Later moved to KXTV in Sacramento now at WTSP in Tampa Bay)
- Dina Braun Traffic Reporter (1996-2001 now a spokesperson for the VTA)
- 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)
- Sandy Castelblanco, "NBC 11 News at 5 PM" anchor (1997-2006)
- Rigo Chacon (2000-2002 now at KRQE in Albequerque, New Mexico)
- John Chaffetz (?)
- Sean Comey (?) (Currently media spokesperson for CSAA Northern California)
- Dick Currier(?)
- Frank Darien(?)
- Jim Dunne(?)
- Atle Erlingsson Reporter (2005-2006)
- Chris Flanagan Weekend Sports anchor (2000-2004, Now the lead news anchor at WOI in Des Moines, IA)
- Sasha Foo (2001-2002 currently at KUSI in San Diego)
- June Foster (1999-2002)
- Steve Gannon (1997-2000 now sub-sports anchor at KHOU in Houston)
- 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 weekend anchor/reporter (2000-2002, Currently weekend anchor at KTRK-TV in Houston, TX)
- Greg Gururle (2001-2002)
- P. Bert Haney (?)
- Gene Harrington (?)
- Bob Haulman (?)
- Stacey Hendler Weekend anchor/Reporter (1989-1994)
- Brad Hicks (1998-2002)
- T.J. Holmes (2003-2006, now Weekend Morning Anchor at CNN)
- Joe Hoskinson Temp Traffic reporter (2004-2005, later moved to KPIX-TV, but has left KPIX)
- Tom Janis (?)
- Terilyn Joe Anchor (2000-2002)
- Linton Johnson Anchor/Reporter (2000-2003, now the chief spokesperson for BART)
- Frank Johnstone (?)
- Sharon Katsuda Reporter (1997-2006)
- Bruce King (?)
- Fred LaCosse Anchor (1970-1973)
- Paul Lockwood (?)
- Sherri Ly (2001-2003)
- Robb Mahr (?)
- Jess Marlow (moved to KNBC in 1966, KNXT/KCBS-TV in 1980, rejoined KNBC in 1986, retired with KCET)
- Bob Marsden (?)
- Doug Moore (1987-2001)
- Penny Nakamura Reporter (1991-1994)
- Christine Nubla Traffic Anchor (2001-2005) (anchor for SportsRise at Comcast Sportsnet in Philly 2005-2006, now with FOX Sports)
- Stephanie O'Brien Sports Reporter/Anchor (2000-2002)
- Nick O'Kelly Morning/Weekend weather anchor (1998-2003, later moved on as morning weather anchor at KUSA in Denver 2004-2007 but as left KUSA-TV in pursuit of starting a private business.)
- Brian Sussman (1980s?)
- Flip Spiceland (?)
- Victoria Recano Anchor/reporter (January-June 2002, later anchored for Inside Edition now a reporter for The Insider)
- Dick Reizner (?)
- Ric Romero (1977-1978, Currently at KABC in Los Angeles)
- Ted Rowlands reporter (1997-2001, now reporting for KTVU)
- Kathy Sabine (1988-1991, Current chief forecaster at KUSA in Denver)
- Lee Schell (?)
- Maggi Scura (1987-2000)
- Catt Sadler Entertainment reporter on KNTV/KBWB (1998-2002, later moved to WXIN in Indianapolis now entertainment reporter for E!)
- Kim Stephens (2000-2003, Currently morning "Great Day" anchor at KMPH in Fresno)
- Will Tran (1996-2000 now reporter at KRON)
- 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, President/General Manager, KNTV
Address:
- KNTV NBC 11
- 2450 N. First St.
- San Jose, CA 95131
[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
|
Greater San Francisco Bay Area |
||
| 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) |
||
| Defunct television stations |
||
| Local cable television channels FSN Bay Area - Comcast SportsNet West - Tri-Valley Community Television |
||
| NBC Network Affiliates in the state of California | |
|---|---|
|
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) |
|
| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Independent, Other Spanish Network, Religious, Home Shopping and Other stations in California | |
