KNVN

KNVN
Chico/Redding, California
United States
Branding NBC 24 (general)
Action News Now (newscasts)
Slogan Your Community, In-Depth
Channels Digital: 24 (UHF)
Virtual: 24 (PSIP)
Subchannels 24.1 NBC
24.2 Antenna TV
24.5 The AccuWeather Channel
Translators K42HL-D Oroville
Affiliations NBC
Owner K4 Media Holdings, LLC
(operated under an LMA by GOCOM Media, LLC)
First air date September 24, 1985
Call letters' meaning North
Valley
News
Sister station(s) KHSL-TV
Former callsigns KCPM
(1985-1998)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
24 (UHF, 1983-2008)
Digital:
36 (UHF, 2004-2008)
Transmitter power 321 kW
Height 803.5 m
Facility ID 33745
Transmitter coordinates 40°15′30.5″N 122°5′24.3″W / 40.258472°N 122.090083°W
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.actionnewsnow.com

KNVN-TV is the NBC television station for the Chico/Redding, California market. The station is owned by KM Media Holdings, LLC, and operated by GOCOM Media, LLC, the owners of CBS affiliate KHSL-TV. It shares its studios, office and newscasts with KHSL-TV.

History

Channel 24 first hit the airwaves on September 24, 1985 as KCPM-TV, making the northern Sacramento Valley one of the last regions of the country with full network service. It also brought a full NBC affiliate to the area for the first time since KRCR-TV switched from NBC to ABC in 1978. Since then, assorted NBC programs had been available via off-hours clearances from both KHSL and KRCR.

KCPM signed on during a very prosperous time for NBC, and it did quite well for the first several years on the air. But by 1998, the station was sinking in debt and on the verge of closing down. At this point, KHSL stepped in, not wanting to see the loss of full network service in the area. Then-owner Grapevine Communications sold the station to Evans Broadcasting, which changed the calls to the current KNVN on August 10th and turned the station's operations over to KHSL (owned by Catamount Broadcasting at the time) under a shared services agreement.

It is rumored that KHSL and KNVN will be sold to Nexstar Broadcasting Group of Irving, Texas. It was first reported by Chico News & Review on January 3, 2013. [1] But that deal never materialized. On February 6, KNVN was sold to KM Media Holdings. It will be operated by GOCOM Media, LLC, which will be concurrently buying KHSL.[2][3] The FCC approved the sale on April 19.[4] It was consummated on May 6.[5]

News Operation

KHSL and KNVN currently share a single news operation; for information, see KHSL-TV#Action News.

KCPM aired its own newscasts for a time after going on the air. After Grapevine sold the station, KNVN relaunched its own news department, this time targeted toward younger viewers. However, this attempt at local news failed to make much of an impact. FInally, the news departments of both stations formally merged into a single news department in February 2000.

Digital Television and High-Definition

Digital television

KNVN's former logo.

KNVN has been broadcasting all-digital on UHF channel 24 since December 22, 2008, with its main channel and The Local AccuWeather Channel on DT2. It broadcasts an SD feed on cable channel 4 on every major cable system in Northern California.

See KHSL-TV for additional information on digital programming.

Digital channels for KNVN

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[6]
24.1 1080i 16:9 KNVN-HD Main KNVN programming / NBC
24.2 720i 4:3 Telmundo
24.5 AccuWX The AccuWeather Channel

Digital channels for K42HL-D

Channel Programming
42.1 / 24.4 Antenna TV
42.3 / 24.3 KNVN SD
42.4 / 12.3 KHSL SD
42.5 / 12.4 The CW 10
42.6 / 24.6 The AccuWeather Channel

Analog-to-digital conversion

KNVN shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 24, on December 22, 2008. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 36 to former UHF analog channel 24.[7]

High-Definition

KNVN airs all NBC-produced and most syndicated shows in HD, such as Live! with Kelly and Michael, Anderson, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, NUMB3RS, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Without a Trace.

Although KNVN and KHSL began airing local commercials (including their own promos) in high definition in January 2012, no details have been released if local newscasts will ever be produced in HD.

KNVN began airing high definition local newscasts on January 7, 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Clash of the broadcasts, Tom Gascoyne, Chico News & Review, January 3, 2103
  2. ↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1535479&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=33745
  3. ↑ http://rbr.com/double-deal-with-moving-parts-in-chico-redding-dma/
  4. ↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1550981.pdf
  5. ↑ https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101553813&formid=905&fac_num=33745
  6. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KNVN
  7. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

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