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KNSD is the NBC affiliate for the San Diego, California market, broadcasting on channel 39. Its digital signal is broadcast on channel 40.1 with a subcarrier, 40.2, that broadcasts NBC Weather Plus.

Channel 39 first signed on in 1965 as independent KAAR, the city's first UHF station. A fire in 1966 closed down the station till 1968 when it went back up as KCST. It remained an independent until in 1972 KCST filed a suit against then-ABC affiliate XETV/channel 6. XETV was licensed to Tijuana, Mexico while serving San Diego proper, and KCST charged that a station licensed to another country could not be affiliated with an American television network. KCST successfully won the ABC affiliation and the change, with XETV reverting to independent status, took place on July 1, 1973. ABC was not happy with landing on a UHF station and in 1977 changed to KGTV/channel 10, which then was an NBC affiliate. NBC would conversely land on KCST.

The station changed calls to the current KNSD in 1982. Their branding of 7/39 is denoted from their channel position on all San Diego cable systems, which is channel 7. Their syndicated programmimg is hubbed from KNBC/channel 4 in Los Angeles, and their morning news has an outdoor setting at their studios on Broadway in downtown San Diego. The station produced a 10 PM newscast for KSWB/channel 69. Upon their switch to Fox, KSWB's newscast will be in-house produced.

Digitally, while broadcasting on channels 40.1 (KNSD/NBC) and 40.2 (NBC Weather Plus), KNSD will be mapped on digital tuners as 39.1 and 39.2.

[edit] Current Prime-Time Schedule

Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	11:00
Monday	Wheel of Fortune	Jeopardy!	Chuck		Heroes		My Own Worst Enemy		NBC 7/39 News
Tuesday	Wheel of Fortune	Jeopardy!	The Biggest Loser: Families				Law & Order: Special Victims Unit		NBC 7/39 News
Wednesday	Wheel of Fortune	Jeopardy!	Knight Rider		Deal or No Deal		Lipstick Jungle		NBC 7/39 News
Thursday	Wheel of Fortune	Jeopardy!	My Name Is Earl	Kath & Kim	The Office	SNL Weekend Update Thursday	ER		NBC 7/39 News
Friday	Wheel of Fortune	Jeopardy!	America's Toughest Jobs		Deal or No Deal		Life		NBC 7/39 News
Saturday	Wheel of Fortune	Jeopardy!	Various Repeats				Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (encores)		NBC 7/39 News
Sunday	Football Night in America		Sunday Night Football						NBC 7/39 News at 11

[edit] External Links

Official website for KNSD