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KSBW
CitySalinas, California
Channels
Branding
  • KSBW 8; Action News 8
  • Central Coast ABC (DT2)
  • Estrella TV Costa Central (DT3)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
September 11, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-09-11)
Former call signs
  • KSBW-TV (1953–1987)
  • KMBY-TV (1953–1955; time sharing partner)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 8 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 10 (VHF, 2002–2009)
  • All secondary:
  • DuMont (1953–1955)
  • ABC (1953–1960)
  • CBS (1953–1969)
Call sign meaning
"Salad Bowl of the World" (Salinas' nickname)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID19653
ERP20.6 kW
HAAT760 m (2,493 ft)
Transmitter coordinates36°45′22.8″N 121°30′8.7″W / 36.756333°N 121.502417°W / 36.756333; -121.502417
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.ksbw.com

KSBW (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Salinas, California, United States, serving the Monterey Bay area as an affiliate of NBC and ABC. Owned by Hearst Television, the station has studios on John Street (Highway 68) in downtown Salinas, and its transmitter is located on Fremont Peak in the Gabilan Mountains. The call letters KSBW stand for "Salad Bowl of the World,"[2] which is the nickname of the city of Salinas.[3]

History

The shared-time years

When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocated television channels in 1952 and ended a multi-year freeze on station applications, it placed two channels—very high frequency (VHF) channel 8 and ultra high frequency (UHF) channel 28—in the Salinas–Monterey area.[4] Two applications were received for channel 8, each from a major local radio station: KSBW of Salinas and KMBY of Monterey.[5]

To break the logjam that awaited the competing applications, including a possible comparative hearing, KSBW and KMBY set television precedent when they agreed to share use of channel 8. On that basis, the FCC approved both stations on February 19, 1953, as the first shared-time TV operation in the country. Channel 8 would be broadcast from Mount Toro,[6] where a defunct FM radio station, KSNI, had already built a tower and transmitter facilities. KSBW-TV and KMBY-TV would provide the programs on an alternating basis from separate studios in Salinas and Monterey, respectively.[7] The commission assented in large part because it found KSBW and KMBY were not competing for the same sponsors, each primarily serving their own city.[8] KSBW–KMBY announced a May 1 start date,[7] but this was held up when the grantee for channel 28, Salinas–Monterey Television Company (with the call letters KICU), protested to the FCC, which stayed its authorization of channel 8.[9] Its contention was that the two radio stations—each with separate network ties—KSBW with NBC and KMBY with CBS—had the intention to air programming from all four major networks (those two plus ABC and DuMont), thus tying up all networks in the area and leaving nothing for channel 28.[10] It raised the possibility that the San Francisco Chronicle, which owned San Francisco NBC affiliate KRON-TV and was a minority owner of KSBW, would do everything it could to protect KSBW-TV; likewise, it believed CBS would be highly protective of KMBY-TV, given that KMBY radio was owned by entertainer and CBS personality Bing Crosby.[11] The FCC heard arguments on the matter in late June,[12] rejecting KICU's protest and permitting KSBW-TV and KMBY-TV to begin construction.[13]

KSBW-TV and KMBY-TV began broadcasting on September 11, 1953, as primary affiliates of CBS with additional programs from ABC and DuMont.[14][6] At the outset, the only local programming originated from the Salinas studios of KSBW-TV. The two stations sold advertising separately for network programs when they aired on assigned nights and planned to split advertising sales for special events.[15][a]

After four months of negotiations, KSBW-TV agreed to buy KMBY-TV in November 1954.[18] KMBY radio was marked for divestiture. By then, the station was also airing NBC programs.[19] The transaction was approved in February 1955, leaving KSBW-TV as the full-time user of channel 8.[20]

KSBW began broadcasting on September 11, 1953. It shared the channel 8 frequency with KMBY-TV of Monterey until the two stations merged in 1955 under KSBW's license and call letters. Originally, it was affiliated with all four major networks—NBC, ABC, CBS and DuMont; the latter folded in 1955. ABC disappeared from KSBW's programming schedule when San Jose's then-independent KNTV decided to concentrate on the Monterey–Salinas market in 1960. For the next nine years, KSBW was forced to shoehorn NBC and CBS into its schedule.

Partnership with KSBY

Further information: KSBY § Ownership with KSBW

In 1956, John Cohan, the lead stockholder in KSBW radio and television, agreed to acquire KVEC radio and television in San Luis Obispo for $450,000.[21] In June 1957, the San Luis Obispo station became KSBY and began receiving its programs via a microwave link from Salinas. While the pairing maintained studios in Salinas and San Luis Obispo, the combination was promoted as the Gold Coast Stations, and they began carrying the same mix of CBS, ABC, and NBC network programming.[22]

The Salinas Valley Broadcasting Corporation, parent company of both stations as well as KSBW radio in Salinas, agreed to be purchased in 1960 by Paul Harron and Gordon Gray, who together owned radio and television properties in upstate New York.[23] The deal never materialized; instead, president and general manager John Cohan and three associates took control of the station in a transaction announced that October.[24] KSBW and KSBY were no longer ABC affiliates by 1962; in the Salinas portion of the market, KNTV in San Jose was carrying the CBS and NBC shows that could not be fit on KSBW–KSBY's schedule,[25] while KEYT in Santa Barbara became a full-time ABC affiliate in September 1963.[26] In 1964, a second station went on the air in Santa Maria: KCOY-TV (channel 12), which in 1965 sought to force KSBY to become an exclusive CBS affiliate so as to protect its NBC affiliation.[27] The opposite would take place four years later: on January 12, 1969, KSBY became a primary NBC affiliate and KCOY-TV a primary CBS affiliate.[28] CBS found itself an affiliate on the northern Central Coast when it aligned with KMST (channel 46), a new station which began in February 1969.[29][30]

The ownership consortium, later known as Central California Communications Corporation, also owned the cable systems in Salinas and San Luis Obispo.[31] The FCC ordered Central California Communications Corporation to file for operation of KSBY on a standalone, non-satellite basis in 1975, on account of its financial condition; the order stemmed from a dispute with Gill Industries, owner of KNTV, over the combination of KSBW and KSBY viewership figures for ratings purposes in the Salinas–Monterey market, where the stations' competition—KNTV and KMST in the north and KCOY-TV in the south—did not serve the same area.[32]

KSBW and KSBY were acquired in 1979 by John Blair & Co., a New York firm that represented TV and radio stations to national advertisers. The company owned two radio stations but no TV stations.[33] During Blair's ownership,

In 1986, Blair fended off a hostile takeover attempt by Macfadden Acquisition Corporation[34] by accepting a competing, higher offer from Reliance Capital Group, led by financier Saul Steinberg.[35] Reliance, however, did not buy Blair intending to keep its three English-language TV stations: KSBW, KSBY, and KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City; rather, it was interested in the Spanish-language stations in Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico,[36] which were used to launch the Telemundo network in January 1987.[37] As a result, Blair sold KSBW, KSBY, and KOKH-TV to Gillett Communications for $86 million in November 1986.[38][39]

Gillett financed its ventures by issuing junk bonds and became burdened by a heavy debt load. The parent company, Gillett Holdings, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 1991; the next year, many of its subsidiaries, including KSBW, filed their own bankruptcy cases to protect the station from possible legal issues in the Gillett case.[40][41] The companies emerged from bankruptcy in October 1992 with ownership having been assumed by Gillett's debtholders. In 1994, KSBW and KSBY went on the market as a package, with Gillett Holdings seeking between $30 and $40 million and receiving multiple offers.[42]

EP Communications ownership

Headshot of Elisabeth Murdoch
Elisabeth Murdoch (pictured in 2010) owned KSBW from 1994 to 1995.

Gillett announced on March 25, 1994, that KSBW and KSBY would be sold to EP Communications, a new company formed by Elisabeth Murdoch—daughter of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, owner of the Fox network—and her husband, Elkin Pianim. The Los Angeles Times reported a month before the announcement that Rupert Murdoch was interested in giving his daughter and son-in-law hands-on experience running a business.[43] Elisabeth Murdoch had previously worked at Australia's Nine Network and Fox, including a stint as the programming manager of Fox's station in Salt Lake City, Utah, KSTU.[44][45] There was also speculation that the stations could switch to Fox: at the time, Fox had no affiliate on the southern Central Coast, though Salinas-based KCBA aired the network's programming. However, Elisabeth Murdoch was also reported to be taking pains to separate the running of the Central Coast stations from her father's media empire.[46] EP Communications paid $35 million for the pair;[47] the transaction was primarily financed by Commonwealth Bank of Australia, a longtime banker for Rupert Murdoch's media ventures, and was personally guaranteed by Rupert Murdoch.[48]

After four months, when Murdoch—who had been splitting her time between Salinas and San Luis Obispo—hired a manager to run KSBY and devoted her time to running KSBW.[49] This was much-needed, particularly as KSBY underwent significant turnover during Murdoch ownership, including the firing of its general manager and longtime lead anchor.[50][51][52] In hindsight, observers noted that Murdoch brought to KSBW and KSBY a larger-market style that was at odds with the stations' prior image,[48] but it was more aggressive and professional with fewer on-air errors.[49] The stations were able to quickly improve their financial positions on account of reduced program costs and a 50-percent[49] increase in network compensation from NBC. In a year when advertising sales were flat, cash flow increased 42 percent.[48][49]

Ownership change

In 1987, KSBW built a 1,500-foot (460 m) tall tower atop Mount Madonna in the Santa Cruz mountains in anticipation of viewers from afar, particularly San Jose and the South Bay region. However, KSBW was not very successful in reaching this audience. San Jose viewers (and advertisers) gravitated to Bay Area stations broadcasting from San Francisco and Oakland, in addition to San Jose-based stations. In 2000, KSBW abandoned the tower in favor of their original broadcasting point at Fremont Peak. In any case, the following year, when San Jose's KNTV acquired the Bay Area NBC affiliation (and was purchased by NBC itself), NBC would likely have enforced market exclusivity with KNTV. KSBW currently broadcasts atop a 400-foot (120 m) tower on Fremont Peak.

The tall Mount Madonna tower still stands today and is visible from many locations in the South Bay. This tower is currently leased to Etheric Networks by its current owner, the Mount Madonna Tower Association, and is used today mainly for long-range wireless Internet.

Gillett Holdings, a subsidiary of Vail Associates at that time, owned just the two stations, along with nearby station KSBY, two ski resorts, and a packing company. Gillett later filed for bankruptcy on August 17, 1992, after the ski area and its media company was due to emerge from bankruptcy.[53] Gillett restructured into SCI TV and put KSBW and KSBY on the market. However, a buyer for both stations was not found until after SCI sold most of its stations to New World Communications in 1993. The following year, KSBW and KSBY were sold to EP Communications, a company co-owned by Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of News Corporation chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch.

In 1995, Smith Broadcasting and SJL Communications teamed up to purchase the EP stations, with KSBW going to Smith Broadcasting and KSBY going to SJL because Smith Broadcasting already owned KEYT. At the time, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) did not allow common ownership of two stations in the same market. What was then called Hearst-Argyle Television bought KSBW, along with WPTZ in Plattsburgh, New York, and its semi-satellite WNNE in White River Junction, Vermont, from Sunrise Television (at that time a subsidiary of Smith Broadcasting) in 1998, swapping WDTN in Dayton, Ohio, and the license for WNAC-TV in Providence, Rhode Island; both stations were required to be divested by Hearst due to since-repealed FCC restrictions on ownership of stations with overlapping city-grade signals.

KSBW-DT2

The main KSBW and Central Coast ABC studios in Salinas

In early 2005, KSBW debuted its localized version of NBC Weather Plus, branded as KSBW Weather Plus on its second digital subchannel. NBC's national Weather Plus operations were shut down on December 1, 2008, after the network's parent company NBCUniversal purchased The Weather Channel. However, KSBW continued to use the L-bar graphics while changing the local forecast frequency to eight times per hour. KSBW's Prime Plus programming block debuted on August 2, 2010, although it is broadcast Monday through Friday nights during prime time. Prime+ consisted of repeat of the 6:00 p.m. newscast, Access Hollywood, Dr. Phil, Oprah and a 10:00 p.m. newscast. KSBW Weather Plus continued to air on the subchannel during the time that Prime Plus was not on the air.[54]

KSBW-DT2 and its ABC affiliation launched on April 18, 2011, branded as "Central Coast ABC."[55] This marks a return of the ABC affiliation to the immediate Monterey Bay market in 51 years after KSBW dropped the secondary affiliation. Before KSBW-DT2's launch, ABC formerly served the area by San Jose-based KNTV for four decades before it was replaced by a cable-only feed of San Francisco-based KGO-TV in 2000. Previously, both KNTV and KGO-TV (along with other stations from the San Francisco television market) were carried on Salinas–Monterey area cable systems for decades beforehand.[citation needed]

News operation

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KSBW's new set from July 2016

KSBW currently broadcasts more local news than any other station in the market, with 28½ hours total (4½ hours each weekday and three hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). On weekdays, a two-hour morning newscast is shown at 5:00 a.m., followed by half-hour news blocks at noon and 5:00 p.m., one hour at 6:00 p.m., and a 35-minute wrap-up at 11:00 p.m. On weekends, KSBW broadcasts the market's only two-hour, early-morning weekend newscast at 7:00 a.m., followed by half-hour blocks at 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. With the exception of its noon newscast on weekdays, KSBW-DT2 simulcasts all of its parent station's newscasts, subject to preemption on one channel due to NBC or ABC obligations. (It is noted that KSBW is currently one of three stations in the entire Central Coast to carry both a noon newscast on weekdays and a morning newscast on weekends, since as of June 2021, KEYT has launched a midday newscast at 11:00 a.m. weekdays, and fellow NBC affiliate KSBY also launched a new 11 a.m. midday newscast, while rivals KCBA, KION, KCOY and KKFX do not currently offer a noon or a weekend morning newscast.)

KSBW also operates a Santa Cruz newsroom to this day. It was destroyed during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake when one reporter was working there.[56] The station started to broadcast live coverage of the earthquake from the time it struck until just after midnight, then from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. the following day.[57] In both cases, it included a live broadcast from Santa Cruz.

On August 2, 2010, KSBW began local newscasts on its Prime Plus programming block beginning with the debut of KSBW's 10:00 p.m. newscast on its second digital subchannel, as well as its 7:00 p.m. repeat of the 6:00 p.m. newscast.[54] Sunday evening newscasts when NBC Sunday Night Football is carried on KSBW. However, those newscasts were broadcast with limited functionality. With a dual NBC/ABC affiliation, all newscasts, especially on weekends, are subject to delay or preemption under network obligations.

KSBW's notably stable weekday-evening anchor team are Dan Green and Erin Clark, who have worked together since 1998 and anchor the 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. newscasts. Jim Vanderzwaan, known more commonly as "Lead Forecaster" rather than being called "Chief Meteorologist", has been with the station since 1983.[58] On February 1, 2015, Jim Vanderzwaan announced that he was retiring from KSBW after 32 years at the station and that current morning weather anchor Lee Solomon would take over as Chief Meteorologist beginning in June 2015.[59] The other anchor teams and reporting staff have less longevity, but field reporters Felix Cortez[60][61] and Phil Gomez[62] are station veterans, having been with the station since the late 1990s. The most recent addition to the weekday evening team is Dina Ruiz-Eastwood, who first came to KSBW in 1991. Eastwood, the wife of actor Clint Eastwood, retired in 1997, but returned to the station on February 8, 2011, and occasionally anchors the 5:00 p.m. newscasts.

In September 2020, Joseph W. Heston, who had served as KSBW's president and general manager, announced his retirement.[63] Heston created many charitable programs, including the Golden Whistle Award, the Crystal Apple Award, and so much more, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. He also hosted daily news editorials with a neutral perspective. KSBW named Laura Williamson, formerly of KCRA in Sacramento, as General Manager and President of KSBW in September 2020.[64]

Notable former on-air staff

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KSBW[67]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
8.1 1080i 16:9 KSBW NBC
8.2 720p CC ABC ABC
8.3 480i EST Estrella TV
8.4 Story Story Television

On April 25, 2016, the station's third subchannel launched, carrying the Spanish-language network Estrella TV.[68]

Analog-to-digital conversion

KSBW shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 8, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 10 to channel 8.[69]

Notes

  1. ^ While KSBW–KMBY was the first shared-time channel authorized and was billed in the local press as the first in the nation when it went on the air, this was not the case by September 11 as other shared-time authorizations were made. On August 2, KMBC-TV and WHB-TV began on channel 9 in Kansas City.[16] On September 1, WTCN-TV and WMIN-TV began broadcasting on channel 11 in Minneapolis.[17]

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