KCVU
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| KCVU | |
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| Chico/Redding, California | |
| City of license | Paradise, California |
| Branding | Fox 30 |
| Slogan | The Northstate's Sports Leader |
| Channels | Analog: 30 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 30.1 HD 30.2 MyNetworkTV |
| Translators | K08NH Oroville K38FQ Anderson |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Sainte Partners II, L.P. |
| First air date | November 14, 1990 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Chico View (U) -or- Chico/Sacramento Valley UHF (possible rhyming variation of San Francisco station KTVU) |
| Sister station(s) | Eureka Television Group |
| Former callsigns | KBCP (1990-1992) |
| Former affiliations | Primary: Independent (1990-1992) Secondary: UPN (1995-1997) The WB (1995-1998) |
| Transmitter Power | 2510 kW (analog) 100 kW (digital) |
| Height | 440 m (analog) 449 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 58605 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | (analog) (digital) |
| Website | www.myfoxchico.com |
KCVU Fox 30 is a Fox Network affiliate based in Chico, California. The station is owned and operated by Sainte Partners II, L.P. of Modesto, California. It was founded in 1986 and it hit the airwaves as KBCP in 1990. It was a home shopping channel until 1992, when KBCP flipped the call sign to KCVU reflecting its FOX affiliation. It replaces a secondary affiliation on KRCR-TV seen since the network's inception in 1986. KRCR's other two satellites in Eureka and Fort Bragg had FOX as well as ABC. Full time FOX coverage was provided by KTVU on Chico and Redding cable systems.
The company president and chief executive officer is Chester Smith and the station's general manager is Doug Holroyd. Its transmitter and license is located near Paradise, California. KCVU's sister stations include Chico's KRVU-TV My 21 (also on KCVU's DT2 signal), KUCO-TV Univision 27 KXVU-TV Telemundo 17, and KKTF-TV TeleFutura 35; Medford, Oregon's KFBI-TV My 48 and KMCW-TV Telemundo 14, as well as five stations in Eureka owned by Raul Broadcasting.
Fox 30 is seen on cable channel 2 on both Comcast in Chico and Charter Cable in Redding. On May 6, 2007, KCVU replaced Medford Fox affiliate KMVU on Northland Cable Television channel 13 in both Mt. Shasta and Yreka when KMVU and Northland could not come to an agreement to remain on the cable system. (Northland also carries sister station KRVU My 21 on cable channel 2.) However, Northland has been blocked from airing Fox Network programming as a result.
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[edit] Locally-produced programs
Fox 30 broadcasts local two local programs weekly: Issues and Answers, hosted by Georgie Szendrey (with periodic guest hosts including Tricia Conner and Doug Holroyd), Sundays at 6:00am, Pray Northstate with Pastor Jim Wilson, Mondays at 6:30am, and Randy & Monica: Almost Live! with Randy and Monica Zachary, Tuesdays at 6:30am.
[edit] Local News
From 2004 to 2005, they broadcast Fox 30 News at 10:00pm using the news team from KRCR-TV in Redding. A new local newscast is possible using the ActionNews branding and news team from KHSL-TV, titled ActionNews at 10:00 on Fox 30, and rebroadcast Wake Up!, but KHSL would have to sell KNVN in favor of KCVU. Another idea is to come up with a very small news team and call the one-hour nightly news "Fox 30 10:00 News" and come up with another NorCal morning show.
[edit] Cable Coverage
- Charter Communications
- Redding - 2
- Red Bluff - 2
- Alturas - 8 (changed markets from Medford to Chico)
- Comcast Cable (Chico) - 2
- DCA CableVision (Palo Cedro) - 2
- Time Warner (Burney) - 8
- Almega Cable (Olinda/Happy Valley) - 13
- Former Foxnet Channels
- DCA CableVision
- Weaverville - 3
- Lewiston - 2
- Hayfork - 13
- Lakehead - 3
- DCA CableVision
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- Almega Cable
- Trinity Center - 10
- Fall River Mills - 3
- Almega Cable
[edit] Digital Television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| PSIP Channel |
Physical RF Channel |
Comcast | Charter | Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 30.1 | 20.1 | 2 / 910 | 2 / 790 | 720p | 16:9 | KCVU HD |
| 30.2 | 20.2 | 13 | 13 | 480i | 4:3 | KRVU-LP My 21 |
In 2009, KCVU will leave channel 30 and move to channel 20 when the analog to digital conversion is complete.[1]
Most Fox programs on KCVU broadcast from 8 PM, are broadcast in HD, including most sporting events on weekends such as Major League Baseball, NASCAR and NFL Football. Most MyNTV programs on KRVU that are apart of its normal programming hours (8-10 PM) which are normally broadcast in HD, are broadcast on KRVU in SD.
[edit] Past general managers
- Melvin J. Querio, founding GM (1993-1996, deceased)
- John Stahl (1996-1998, now GM at KHSL-TV)
- Doug Holroyd (1998-present)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Fox 30 website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KCVU
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K08NH
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K38FQ
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KCVU-TV
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