KBVU (channel 28) is a

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Eureka, California Eureka ( ; Wiyot: ; Hupa: ; ) is a city and the county seat of Humboldt County, located on the North Coast of California. The city is located on U.S. Route 101 on the shores of Humboldt Bay, north of San Francisco and south of the Oreg ...

, United States, affiliated with the

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network. It is owned by

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, which maintains a

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(LMA) with the

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, owner of

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-licensed ABC affiliate

KAEF-TV KAEF-TV (channel 23) is a television station licensed to Arcata, California, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Eureka area. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside two low-power stations: dual CW/MyNetworkTV affil ...

(channel 23), for the provision of certain services. However, Sinclair effectively owns KBVU as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. KBVU is also sister to two low-power stations owned by Sinclair: dual CW/

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affiliate

KECA-LD KECA-LD (channel 29) is a low-power television station in Eureka, California, United States, affiliated with The CW Plus and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Arcata-licensed ABC affiliate KAEF-TV (channel 23) and ...

(channel 29) and

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affiliate KEUV-LD (channel 35). The four stations share studios on Sixth Street in downtown Eureka; KBVU's transmitter is located along Barry Road southeast of Eureka. Although it identifies as a station in its own right, KBVU is considered a

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KCVU KCVU (channel 20) is a television station licensed to Paradise, California, United States, serving the Chico– Redding market as an affiliate of the Fox network. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, which maintains a local marketing agree ...

(channel 20) in

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– Chico– Redding. As such, it clears all network programming as provided through its parent station but airs a separate offering of syndicated programming; there are also separate local newscasts, commercial inserts and legal

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and most internal operations are based at the shared studios of KCVU and LMA partner

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on Auditorium Drive in Redding.

History

The station signed on the air as a Fox affiliate on July 20, 1994. Prior to KBVU's launch, Fox's programming was only available via a secondary affiliation with ABC affiliates KAEF and KFWU (both satellites of KRCR-TV), while out-of-market affiliates

KTVU KTVU (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Oakland, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. It is owned and operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network through its Fox Television Stations division along ...

and

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were imported by some cable providers. On April 21, 2017,

purchased KAEF and the LMA with KBVU as part of a four-station deal. The sale was completed on September 1.

Newscasts

KBVU currently airs hours of newscasts each week, all on weeknights at 10 p.m., as ''North Coast News on KBVU Fox 28 at 10''. The newscasts are produced by sister station KAEF.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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Analog-to-digital conversion

KBVU shut down its analog signal, over

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channel 29, on December 22, 2008, along with KCVU, due to financial hardship. The station's digital signal broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 28.

References

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