BayTV
| BayTV | |
|---|---|
| Launched | July 1, 1994 |
| Closed | August 30, 2001 |
| Owned by |
Chronicle Publishing Company (51%)/ Tele-Communications, Inc. (49%) (1994–1999) Young Broadcasting (51%)/ AT&T Broadband (49%) (1999–2001) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Replaced by |
Food Network (on AT&T Broadband systems) |
| Sister channel(s) | KRON-TV |
BayTV is a defunct 24-hour regional cable news and sports channel that served the San Francisco Bay Area and operated from July 1994 to August 2001. It was originally owned as a joint venture between the locally based Chronicle Publishing Company (which owned a controlling 51% interest) and cable provider Tele-Communications, Inc. (which owned the remaining 49% share). Young Broadcasting acquired majority control of the channel after it acquired parent television station KRON-TV (channel 4) in November 1999, while TCI's interest transferred to AT&T Broadband upon its acquisition of TCI earlier that year.
The channel operated from KRON-TV's (now-former) studio facilities at 1001 Van Ness Avenue in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco.
The channel launched on July 1, 1994, operating as companion service to NBC affiliate KRON-TV (now a MyNetworkTV affiliate) The company was founded by the San Francisco-based Chronicle Publishing Company, in conjunction with Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), which carried it on cable channel 35 throughout the provider's San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose service area, and its affiliate company Liberty Media. When BayTV debuted, its programming primarily consisted of rebroadcasts of KRON-TV's news programs, as well as some limited news and talk content exclusive to the channel (including the morning newscast BayTV Morning and a video simulcast of KRON sports director Gary Radnich's midday sports talk show on KNBR (680 AM), The Gary Radnich Show). The channel originally utilized equipment formerly used by its parent station, with a separate staff of writers and producers.
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