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KCVU-TV

KCVU
KCVU FOX 20 Logo 2013.png
Paradise/Redding/Chico, California
United States
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; 26 years ago (1990-11-14)
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 / 39.961889; -121.711972
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.


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