KGPE
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Fresno, California United States |
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| Branding | CBS 47 (general) CBS 47 Eyewitness News (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 34 (UHF) Virtual: 47 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | CBS (since 1985; also from 1953–1956) |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 20, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Grow, Protect, Enjoy (Fresno's slogan) |
| Sister station(s) | KSEE |
| Former callsigns | KJEO (1953–2000) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 47 (UHF, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1953–1985; secondary until 1956) |
| Transmitter power | 185 kW |
| Height | 577 m |
| Facility ID | 56034 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°4′12.4″N 119°25′37.2″W / 37.070111°N 119.427000°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.yourcentralvalley.com |
KGPE, virtual channel 47 (UHF digital channel 34), is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Fresno, California, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, as part of a duopoly with NBC affiliate KSEE-TV (channel 24). The two stations share studio facilities located on McKinley Avenue in East Fresno (several blocks from Fresno Yosemite International Airport); KSEE maintains transmitter facilities located on Bear Mountain (near Meadow Lakes).
The station first signed on the air on September 20, 1953 as KJEO; it was the second television station to sign on in the Fresno market, after KMJ-TV (channel 24, now KSEE), which debuted three months earlier on June 1. Channel 47 originally operated as a primary CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. KFRE-TV (channel 12, now KFSN-TV on channel 30) took the CBS affiliation when it signed on in May 1956, due to sister radio station KFRE (940 AM, now KFIG)'s longtime affiliation with the CBS Radio Network. Retlaw Broadcasting, a unit of Retlaw Enterprises (a company owned by relatives of Walt Disney), acquired KJEO from its original owners in 1968. On September 8, 1985, KFSN's owner, Capital Cities Communications merged with ABC. KFSN-TV became an ABC owned-and-operated station, sending the CBS affiliation back to KJEO.
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