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Sacramento//Modesto, California United States |
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| City | Sacramento, California |
| Branding | ABC 10 (general) ABC 10 News (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 10 (VHF) Virtual: 10 () |
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| Owner |
Tegna, Inc. (KXTV, LLC) |
| First air date | March 20, 1955 |
| Call letters' meaning |
X = Roman numeral 10 (for channel number) TV |
| Former callsigns | KBET-TV (1955–1959) |
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| Former affiliations | CBS (1955–1995) |
| Transmitter power | 28.6 kW |
| Height | 611.9 m (2,008 ft) |
| Facility ID | 25048 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°14′24″N 121°30′3″W / 38.24000°N 121.50083°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KXTV, virtual and VHF digital channel 10, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Sacramento, California, United States. The station is owned by Tegna, Inc. KXTV's studios are located on Broadway, just south of Business Loop 80 at the south edge of downtown Sacramento, and its transmitter facility (which is shared with -licensed CBS owned-and-operated station KOVR, channel 13) is located in Walnut Grove.
The station first signed on the air on March 19, 1955 as KBET, owned by the locally based Sacramento Telecasters. It was the second of three VHF stations in the Sacramento market, signing on six months behind KOVR and six months ahead of KCRA-TV (channel 3); it is also the longest serving station licensed to Sacramento, as KOVR is licensed to Stockton. Originally operating as a CBS affiliate, KBET maintained studio facilities located on 7th Avenue in South Sacramento. McClatchy Newspapers, owner of the Sacramento Bee newspaper, and Sacramento Telecasters had long fought over the channel 10 construction permit before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and ultimately in federal court. In 1959, Sacramento Telecasters sold the station to Corinthian Broadcasting and its call letters were changed to the current KXTV (the "X" representing the Roman numeral for its channel number, 10). In 1968, The station moved to its present location at 400 Broadway in downtown Sacramento. Corinthian became part of Dun & Bradstreet in 1971. The A.H. Belo Corporation bought all of Dun & Bradstreet's television stations (except for WISH-TV in Indianapolis and WANE-TV in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which went to LIN Broadcasting) in February 1984.
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