Paradise/Redding/Chico, California United States |
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City | Paradise, California |
Branding | Fox 20 (general) KRCR NewsChannel 7 (newscasts) |
Slogan | The Northstate's Sports Leader |
Channels |
Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 20 (PSIP) |
Subchannels | 20.1 Fox 20.2 Cozi TV |
Translators | K38FQ (UHF analog) Anderson/Central Val |
Affiliations | Fox (1994–present) |
Owner | Esteem Broadcasting, LLC (sale to Cunningham Broadcasting pending) |
Operator |
Bonten Media Group (to be operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group) |
Founded | May 14, 1986 |
First air date | November 14, 1990 |
Call letters' meaning |
Chico VU (as in "view") -or- Chico/Sacramento Valley UHF -or- possible rhyming variations of San Francisco station KTVU |
Sister station(s) |
KRCR-TV KRVU-LD/KZVU-LD KUCO-LP KXVU-LP KKTF-LD |
Former callsigns | KBCP (1990–1992) |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 30 (UHF, 1990–2008) |
Former affiliations |
Primary: Independent (1990–1994) Secondary: UPN (1995–1997) The WB (1995–1998) |
Transmitter power | 172 kW |
Height | 449 m |
Facility ID | 58605 |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°57′42.8″N 121°42′43.1″W / 39.961889°N 121.711972°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
KCVU, virtual and UHF digital channel 20, is a Fox-affiliated television station serving Chico and Redding, California, United States, that is licensed to Paradise, California. The station is owned by Esteem Broadcasting and operated by Bonten Media Group through a local marketing agreement as part of a virtual duopoly with Bonten-owned, Redding-licensed ABC affiliate KRCR-TV (channel 7); it is also sister to five low-power stations owned by Bonten: Chico-licensed Antenna TV affiliate KXVU-LP (analog channel 14); MyNetworkTV affiliates Chico-licensed KRVU-LD (channel 22) and Redding-licensed KZVU-LD (channel 21); Univision affiliate KUCO-LP (analog channel 27); and UniMás affiliate KKTF-LD (channel 30). The stations share studios located on Auditorium Drive in Redding and maintain a news bureau and sales office at the former Sainte Television Group facilities located on Main Street in downtown Chico, while its transmitter is located along Cohasset Road northeast of Chico.