KSWB-TV
 
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San Diego, California United States |
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| Branding | Fox 5 San Diego (general; cable channel) Fox 5 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | So San Diego |
| Channels |
Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 69 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner |
Tribune Broadcasting (KSWB, LLC) |
| First air date | October 1, 1984 |
| Call letters' meaning |
San Diego's Warner Brothers (former affiliation) |
| Sister station(s) | KTLA & KTXL |
| Former callsigns | KTTY (1984–1996) |
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| Transmitter power | 322.8 kW |
| Height | 598 m |
| Facility ID | 58827 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°41′47″N 116°56′7″W / 32.69639°N 116.93528°WCoordinates: 32°41′47″N 116°56′7″W / 32.69639°N 116.93528°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | fox5sandiego |
KSWB-TV, virtual channel 69 (UHF digital channel 19), is a Fox-affiliated television station located in San Diego, California, United States. The station is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Media Company. KSWB maintains studio facilities located on Engineer Road in the city's Kearny Mesa section (within a quarter-mile to the west of the studios of CBS affiliate KFMB-TV), and its transmitter is located southeast of Spring Valley.
KSWB-TV is branded as "Fox 5 San Diego", in reference to its primary cable position in the market on local cable providers (it is also carried in Tijuana on Cablemás channel 165 and channel 166 in high definition); as such, until 2011, the logo bug shown during the station's newscasts rotated between its common cable channel position and its over-the-air virtual channel number, 69.
The station first signed on the air on October 1, 1984 as KTTY. The station originally operated from studios located on Frontage Road in Chula Vista. Originally locally owned by San Diego Television, it operated as an independent station; it maintained a general entertainment format featuring a mix of dramas, classic movies, cartoons and religious programming that the other stations in the market declined to air. KTTY also aired a significant amount of paid programming. The station suffered from low ratings throughout its run as an independent station, struggling to compete with established independents XETV-TV (channel 6) and KUSI-TV (channel 51). On January 11, 1995, KTTY became the San Diego charter affiliate of The WB, an upstart broadcast network that was majority owned by the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner.
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