KFTY
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- For the airport near Atlanta with ICAO airport code KFTY, see Fulton County Airport (Georgia).
| KFTY | |
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| Santa Rosa, California | |
| Branding | TV 50 |
| Slogan | News North of the Gate |
| Channels | Analog: 50 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Independent |
| Owner | Newport Television, LLC (sale pending to LK Station Group, LLC) (Ackerley Broadcasting Operations, LLC) |
| First air date | August 1972 [1][1] |
| Call letters’ meaning | FifTY (referring to Channel 50) |
| Transmitter Power | 302 kW (analog) 30 kW (digital) 20 kW (after 2009) |
| Height | 939 m (analog) 928 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 34440 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.kfty.com |
KFTY is an independent television station in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is based in Santa Rosa, California, and primarily covers neighborhoods in the north Bay Area. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 50, and its digital signal on UHF channel 54, both from atop Mount St. Helena. The channel can also be seen throughout the Bay Area on Comcast Cable channel 199.
The station airs "Armstrong & Getty" weekday mornings with local Newsbreaks in between from 6-10 AM, as well as "Headlines on the Hour" throughout the day. It also has local news on its website, KFTY.com. The station also airs a local commnunity affairs program called "Your Turn".
On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced that it would be selling all of its television stations, including KFTY,[2] after being bought by private equity firms. On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Providence Equity Partners's Newport Television.[3] However, Providence Equity will not be keeping KFTY or KVOS-TV in Bellingham, Washington; instead, those stations will be resold to LK Station Group.
On January 26, 2007, KFTY cancelled its evening newscasts, saying there was insufficient revenue to support their continued broadcast. Management denied the move was related to Clear Channel's intent to divest the property.[4]
[edit] Logos
 KFTY's previous logo from January, 2005-August-2006. |
[edit] References
- ^ However, both the Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook and the Television and Cable Factbook say May 1, 1981.
- ^ "Clear Channel agrees to sale", The Cincinnati Enquirer, Gannett Company, 2006-11-16. Retrieved on 2006-11-17.
- ^ Clear Channel Communications (2007-04-20). "Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
- ^ "TV50 axes most of news operations", Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, 2007-01-27. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
[edit] External links
- KFTY Homepage
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KFTY
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KFTY-TV
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