KBCW-TV
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San Francisco–Oakland– San Jose, California United States |
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| City | San Francisco, California |
| Branding | KBCW 44 Cable 12 |
| Slogan | Dare to Defy |
| Channels |
Digital: 45 (UHF) (to move to 28 (UHF)) Virtual: 44 () |
| Affiliations |
The CW CBS (alternate affiliate) |
| Owner |
CBS Corporation (San Francisco Television Station KBCW Inc.) |
| First air date | January 2, 1968 |
| Call letters' meaning | A portmanteau of: Kaiser Broadcasting and Bay Area CW (reflects original owner and current affiliation) |
| Sister station(s) | KPIX-TV, KCBS, KFRC-FM, KITS, KLLC, KMVQ-FM, KZDG |
| Former callsigns | KBHK-TV (1968–2006) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 44 (UHF, 1968–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1968–1995) UPN (1995–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW 790 kW (CP) |
| Height | 490.5 m (1,609 ft) 490.3 m (1,609 ft) (CP) |
| Facility ID | 69619 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°45′19″N 122°27′10″W / 37.75528°N 122.45278°WCoordinates: 37°45′19″N 122°27′10″W / 37.75528°N 122.45278°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | cwsanfrancisco |
KBCW, virtual channel 44 (UHF digital channel 45), is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area as the West Coast flagship of The CW Television Network. The station is owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of CBS Corporation, as part of a duopoly with CBS owned-and-operated station KPIX-TV (channel 5), also licensed to San Francisco. The two stations share studios located on Battery Street, just north of San Francisco's Financial District; KBCW's transmitter is located atop Sutro Tower. The station is available on channel 12 on most cable providers in the Bay Area.
The station first signed on the air on January 2, 1968 as KBHK-TV (standing for Kaiser Broadcasting/Henry Kaiser); it was originally owned by Kaiser Broadcasting (established by steel/aluminum and shipbuilding industrialist Henry J. Kaiser [1882-1967]) and which owned other UHF independent stations in Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and Cleveland. KBHK-TV was the third independent station in the San Francisco Bay area behind San Jose-based KGSC-TV (channel 36, now KICU-TV) and KTVU (channel 2), licensed to Oakland.
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