KNTV

KNTV
Brand	NBC Bay Area
City of License	San Jose, California
Market	Oakland-San Francisco, California
Channel	Digital 12 Virtual 11 Subcarrier: 12.2 (Cozi TV) 12.3 (Telemundo) Formerly: 11 analog (1955-2009)
Network Affiliation	Current: NBC Formerly: Independent (1955-60) ABC (1960-2000) CBS (secondary, 1960-63) NBC (secondary, 1960-63) The WB (2000-01)
Founded	1955
Company	NBC Universal
President
Current Popular Non-Network Shows	The Ellen DeGeneres Show Extra Access Hollywood Steve Harvey Kathy

KNTV is the NBC affiliate serving the San Francisco/Oakland, California market. It is licensed to San Jose, California and broadcasts on digital channel 12, displayed on digital tuners and converter boxes as virtual channel 11. Its sister station is Telemundo station KSTS.

KNTV signed on in 1955 on analog channel 11 as an independent, airing CBS and NBC shows passed up by San Francisco's affiliates. At that time, San Jose was considered a separate market from San Francisco. It was granted ABC affiliation in 1960 and became the default ABC station for the Monterey/Salinas market, which had no affiliate (the subcarrier for NBC affiliate KSBW has since launched as that market's ABC outlet). KNTV switched to The WB in 2000 after ABC expanded San Francisco's main affiliate KGO/channel 7's presence in the market. It would acquire NBC a year later after KRON (digital 38, virtual 4) reverted to independent status (now with MyNetworkTV).

Digital programming

Virtual	Physical	Name	Programming
11.1	12.1	KNTV-DT	Main KNTV (NBC)
11.2	12.2	KNTV-DT2	Cozi TV
11.3	12.3	KSTS-DT	Telemundo

External Links

• Official Site
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KNTV