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{{short description|ABC affiliate in Arcata, California}}
{{short description|ABC affiliate in Arcata, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KAEF-TV
| callsign = KAEF-TV
| above = [[Broadcast relay station#Semi-satellites|Semi-satellite]] of [[KRCR-TV]],<br>[[Redding, California|Redding]]/[[Chico, California]]
| above = {{ubl|[[Semi-satellite]] of [[KRCR-TV]],|[[Redding, California|Redding]]–[[Chico, California]]}}
| city = Arcata, California
| city = Arcata, California
| logo = KAEF Logo.png
| logo = KAEF-TV Eureka.svg
| branding = KAEF ABC 23; ''The Northstate's News''
| logo_size = 200px
| digital = 22 ([[UHF]])
| branding = KAEF ABC 23 ''(general)''<br>North Coast News ''(newscasts)''
| virtual = 23
| digital = 22 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| translators = ''see {{section link||Translators}}''
| virtual = 23
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''23.1:''' [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|'''23.2:''' [[TBD (TV network)|TBD]]|'''23.3:''' [[Comet (TV network)|Comet]]}}
| translators = ''K50MR-D (UHF) South Eureka/[[Loleta, California|Loleta]]''
| airdate = {{start date and age|1987|8|1|p=y|br=yes}}
| subchannels =
| callsign_meaning = Arcata, Eureka, [[Fortuna, California|Fortuna]]
| affiliations = '''23.1:''' [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1989–present)<br>'''23.2:''' [[MeTV]]<br>'''23.3:''' [[Movies!]]
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KREQ (1987–1989)|KAEF (1989–2009)}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1987|8|1|p=y}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 23 (UHF, 1987–2009)}}
| callsign_meaning = Arcata, Eureka, [[Fortuna, California|Fortuna]]
| owner = [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]
| former_callsigns = KREQ (1987–1989)
| licensee = Sinclair Media Licensee, [[LLC]]
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>23 (UHF, 1987–2009)
| location = [[Arcata]]–[[Eureka, California]]
| owner = [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]
| country = United States
| licensee = Sinclair Media Licensee, [[Limited liability company|LLC]]
| location = [[Arcata, California|Arcata]]/[[Eureka, California]]
| sister_stations = [[KBVU (TV)|KBVU]], [[KECA-LD]], [[KEUV-LD]]
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (primary 1987–1989, secondary 1989–1994)|[[Dark (broadcasting)|Dark]] (1989)}}
| country = United States
| erp = 45 [[kW]]
| sister_stations = [[KBVU (TV)|KBVU]], [[KECA-LD]], [[KEUV-LD]]
| haat = {{convert|549.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| former_affiliations = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (1987–1994; secondary from 1989)<br>[[Dark (broadcasting)|silent]] (April–October 1989) <br> [[Live Well Network|LWN]] (DT3, 2011–2013)
| facility_id = 8263
| erp = 45 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40|43|38.3|N|123|58|21.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KAEF-TV}}
| haat = {{convert|549.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| class =
| website = {{URL|https://krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/eureka-local-news}}
| facility_id = 8263
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|40|43|38.3|N|123|58|21.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KAEF-TV}}}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/eureka-local-news}}
}}
}}


'''KAEF-TV''', [[virtual channel]] 23 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[Digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 22), is an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]-[[Network affiliate|affiliated]] [[television station]] serving [[Eureka, California]], United States that is licensed to [[Arcata, California|Arcata]]. Owned by the [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], it is [[sister station|sister]] to two [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] stations: dual [[The CW|CW]]/[[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[KECA-LD]] (channel 29), and [[Univision]] affiliate [[KEUV-LD]] (channel 35); Sinclair also operates Eureka-licensed [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KBVU (TV)|KBVU]] (channel 28) under a [[local marketing agreement]] (LMA) with owner [[Cunningham Broadcasting]]. However, Sinclair effectively owns KBVU as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The four stations share studios on Sixth Street in downtown Eureka; KAEF-TV's transmitter is located along Barry Road southeast of the city.
'''KAEF-TV''' (channel 23) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Arcata, California]], United States, serving as the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate for the [[Eureka, California|Eureka]] area. It is owned by [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] alongside two [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] stations: dual [[The CW|CW]]/[[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[KECA-LD]] (channel 29) and [[Univision]] affiliate [[KEUV-LD]] (channel 35). Sinclair also provides certain services to Eureka-licensed [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KBVU (TV)|KBVU]] (channel 28) under a [[local marketing agreement]] (LMA) with [[Cunningham Broadcasting]]; however, Sinclair effectively owns KBVU as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The four stations share studios on Sixth Street in downtown Eureka; KAEF-TV's transmitter is located along Barry Road southeast of the city.


Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, KAEF is actually considered a [[Broadcast relay station#Semi-satellites|semi-satellite]] of [[KRCR-TV]] (channel 7) in [[Redding, California|Redding]]/[[Chico, California|Chico]]. As such, it clears all network programming as provided through its parent station but airs a separate offering of [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] programming; there are also separate local newscasts, commercial inserts and legal [[station identification]]s. [[Master control]] and most internal operations are based at the shared studios of KRCR-TV and LMA partner [[KCVU]] on Auditorium Drive in Redding. There is no separate website for KAEF-TV; instead, it is integrated with that of sister station KRCR-TV.
Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, KAEF is actually considered a [[semi-satellite]] of [[KRCR-TV]] (channel 7) in [[Redding, California|Redding]]–[[Chico, California|Chico]]. As such, it clears all network programming as provided through its parent station but airs a separate offering of [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] programming; there are also separate local newscasts, commercial inserts and legal [[station identification]]s. [[Master control]] and most internal operations are based at the studios for KRCR-TV and [[KCVU]] in Redding.


==History==
==History==
KAEF began broadcasting August 1, 1987, as '''KREQ''', a [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate owned by Mad River Broadcasting.<ref name="tf1988">{{cite book|title=Television & Cable Factbook 1988 Edition|year=1988|page=A-94|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1988-TV-Factbook/TV-Factbook-1988.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> During this period, the station lost money on a monthly basis, in part because KREQ was, for all intents and purposes, a UHF [[independent station (North America)|independent station]] (at the time, Fox only offered a nightly late night program and weekend prime time programming, and would not air an entire week's worth of programming until 1993) in a small market dominated by two [[Very high frequency|VHF]] network affiliates, [[NBC]] affiliate [[KIEM-TV]] (channel 3) and [[CBS]] affiliate [[KJRW|KVIQ]] (channel 6).<ref name="fcc-saletocobi">{{cite web |title=Memorandum Opinion and Order |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1672/m1/223/ |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |date=August 18, 1989 |access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>
KAEF began broadcasting August 1, 1987, as KREQ, a [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate owned by Mad River Broadcasting.<ref name="tf1988">{{cite book|title=Television & Cable Factbook 1988 Edition|year=1988|page=A-94|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1988-TV-Factbook/TV-Factbook-1988.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> During this period, the station lost money on a monthly basis, in part because KREQ was, for all intents and purposes, a UHF [[independent station]] (at the time, Fox only offered a nightly late night program and weekend prime time programming, and would not air an entire week's worth of programming until 1993) in a small market dominated by two [[VHF]] network affiliates, [[NBC]] affiliate [[KIEM-TV]] (channel 3) and [[CBS]] affiliate [[KVIQ]] (channel 6).<ref name="fcc-saletocobi">{{cite web |title=Memorandum Opinion and Order |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1672/m1/223/ |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |date=August 18, 1989 |access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>


In June 1988, Mad River put KREQ up for sale; in 1989, it sold the station to [[California Oregon Broadcasting]] (COBI), owner of KRCR-TV.<ref name="fcc-saletocobi"/> COBI already owned two radio stations in Eureka, KFLI (790 AM, now [[KEJY]]) and [[KEKA-FM]] (101.5), which were sold off as a condition of the purchase of channel 23.<ref name="fcc-saletocobi"/> Mad River took KREQ off the air, citing financial problems, on April 30, 1989;<ref name="fcc-saletocobi"/> that October, COBI returned channel 23 to the air as '''KAEF''' (Arcata Eureka Fortuna), an ABC affiliate and semi-satellite of KRCR-TV.<ref name="tf1993">{{cite book|title=Television & Cable Factbook 1993 Edition|year=1993|page=A-100|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1993-TV-Factbook/Television-Factbook-1993-AL-IN.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> Prior to 1989, ABC programming was limited to off-hours clearances on KIEM and KVIQ; through KRCR, KAEF still offered some Fox programming in off-hours until KBVU signed on in 1994.
In June 1988, Mad River put KREQ up for sale; in 1989, it sold the station to [[California Oregon Broadcasting]] (COBI), owner of KRCR-TV.<ref name="fcc-saletocobi"/> COBI already owned two radio stations in Eureka, KFLI (790 AM, now [[KEJY]]) and [[KEKA-FM]] (101.5), which were sold off as a condition of the purchase of channel 23.<ref name="fcc-saletocobi"/> Mad River took KREQ off the air, citing financial problems, on April 30, 1989;<ref name="fcc-saletocobi"/> that October, COBI returned channel 23 to the air as KAEF (Arcata–Eureka–[[Fortuna, California|Fortuna]]), an ABC affiliate and semi-satellite of KRCR-TV.<ref name="tf1993">{{cite book|title=Television & Cable Factbook 1993 Edition|year=1993|page=A-100|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1993-TV-Factbook/Television-Factbook-1993-AL-IN.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> Prior to 1989, ABC programming was limited to off-hours clearances on KIEM and KVIQ; through KRCR, KAEF still offered some Fox programming in off-hours until KBVU signed on in 1994.


California Oregon Broadcasting sold KAEF, along with KRCR-TV and its other satellite station, [[KQSL|KFWU]] in [[Fort Bragg, California|Fort Bragg]], to Lamco Communications for $11.925 million in 1995.<ref name="b&c-saletolamco">{{cite news |title=Changing Hands |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1995/BC-1995-03-06.pdf |access-date=September 25, 2018 |date=March 6, 1995 |page=56 |format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="tf2002">{{cite book|title=Television & Cable Factbook 2002 Edition|year=2002|page=A-121|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2002-TV-Factbook/Television-Factbook-2002-AL-to-IN.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> Lamco sold its stations, including KAEF and KRCR, to BlueStone Television in 2004;<ref name="wbj-saletobluestone">{{cite news |last1=Mazzullo |first1=Lainie |title=Former KWCH owner buys 12 stations, makes Wichita base |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2004/01/26/story5.html |access-date=September 26, 2018 |work=[[Wichita Business Journal]] |date=January 25, 2004}}</ref> BlueStone, in turn, was acquired by [[Bonten Media Group]] for $230 million in 2007.<ref name="tvnc-saletobonten">{{cite news |title=Bonten Closes on $230M BlueStone Buy |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/13291/bonten-closes-on-230m-bluestone-buy/ |access-date=September 25, 2018 |work=TV News Check |date=June 5, 2007}}</ref> KAEF added the "-TV" suffix to its call sign on July 1, 2009.<ref name="fcc-callsigns">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History (KAEF-TV) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=8263&Callsign=KAEF-TV |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>
California Oregon Broadcasting sold KAEF, along with KRCR-TV and its other satellite station, KFWU in [[Fort Bragg, California|Fort Bragg]] (now [[KQSL]] in [[Cloverdale, California|Cloverdale]]), to Lamco Communications for $11.925 million in 1995.<ref name="b&c-saletolamco">{{cite news |title=Changing Hands |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1995/BC-1995-03-06.pdf |access-date=September 25, 2018 |date=March 6, 1995 |page=56 |format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="tf2002">{{cite book|title=Television & Cable Factbook 2002 Edition|year=2002|page=A-121|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2002-TV-Factbook/Television-Factbook-2002-AL-to-IN.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> Lamco sold its stations, including KAEF and KRCR, to BlueStone Television in 2004;<ref name="wbj-saletobluestone">{{cite news |last1=Mazzullo |first1=Lainie |title=Former KWCH owner buys 12 stations, makes Wichita base |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2004/01/26/story5.html |access-date=September 26, 2018 |work=[[Wichita Business Journal]] |date=January 25, 2004}}</ref> BlueStone, in turn, was acquired by [[Bonten Media Group]] for $230 million in 2007.<ref name="tvnc-saletobonten">{{cite news |title=Bonten Closes on $230M BlueStone Buy |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/13291/bonten-closes-on-230m-bluestone-buy/ |access-date=September 25, 2018 |work=TV News Check |date=June 5, 2007}}</ref> KAEF added the "-TV" suffix to its call sign on July 1, 2009.<ref name="fcc-callsigns">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History (KAEF-TV) |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=8263&Callsign=KAEF-TV |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>


KAEF-TV became a sister station to Fox affiliate [[KBVU (TV)|KBVU]] (channel 28) in 2012, after Bonten (via KRCR-TV) took over the sales operation for KBVU in August and the entire station in December through a [[local marketing agreement]] with Esteem Broadcasting, which has functioned as a [[shell corporation]] for Bonten since 2008.
KAEF-TV became a sister station to Fox affiliate [[KBVU (TV)|KBVU]] (channel 28) in 2012, after Bonten (via KRCR-TV) took over the sales operation for KBVU in August and the entire station in December through a [[local marketing agreement]] with Esteem Broadcasting, which has functioned as a [[shell corporation]] for Bonten since 2008.


===Disputes with Dish Network===
===Disputes with Dish Network===
[[Dish Network]] and KAEF, via KRCR, had been at odds for quite sometime regarding carriage of the station on the satellite system. KRCR was asking for reimbursement and made their feeling public. As a result, on December 8, 2013, Dish halted carrying KRCR on their system. General manager Andrew Stewart went to the internet at the station's website to share his frustrations with the viewers and called out Dish Network.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131216035229/http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/a-letter-to-our-viewers-from-the-general-manager-regarding-dish/-/14322302/23458282/-/14bv746/-/index.html A letter to our viewers, from the general manager, regarding Dish], Andrew Stewart, General Manager, KRCR-TV, taken from KRCRTV.com, December 12, 2013</ref> On January 12, 2014, DISH restored KRCR and KAEF and associated stations to its line-up. On January 17, 2017, KAEF was once again removed from Dish Network's lineup as part of a new dispute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/a-message-to-our-northcoast-dish-viewers/288212014|title=A message to our NorthCoast DISH viewers|publisher=KRCRTV.com|date=January 23, 2017|access-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref> KAEF is back on Dish (return date not known).
[[Dish Network]] and KAEF, via KRCR, had been at odds for quite sometime regarding carriage of the station on the satellite system. KRCR was asking for reimbursement and made their feeling public. As a result, on December 8, 2013, Dish halted carrying KRCR on their system. General manager Andrew Stewart went to the internet at the station's website to share his frustrations with the viewers and called out Dish Network.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131216035229/http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/a-letter-to-our-viewers-from-the-general-manager-regarding-dish/-/14322302/23458282/-/14bv746/-/index.html A letter to our viewers, from the general manager, regarding Dish], Andrew Stewart, General Manager, KRCR-TV, taken from KRCRTV.com, December 12, 2013</ref> On January 12, 2014, Dish restored KRCR and KAEF and associated stations to its lineup. On January 17, 2017, KAEF was once again removed from Dish Network's lineup as part of a new dispute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/a-message-to-our-northcoast-dish-viewers/288212014|title=A message to our NorthCoast DISH viewers|publisher=KRCRTV.com|date=January 23, 2017|access-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref> It was returned to Dish at a later date.{{when|date=January 2022}}


===Sale to Sinclair===
===Sale to Sinclair===
On April 21, 2017, [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] announced its purchase of KAEF-TV as part of its $240 million acquisition of Bonten Media Group; the purchase also gave it control of KBVU, KECA-LD, and KEUV-LP.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Houston|first1=Will|title=Media giant Sinclair Broadcast Group to buy four Eureka stations|url=http://www.times-standard.com/article/NJ/20170421/NEWS/170429975|access-date=10 July 2017|date=4 April 2017}}</ref> The sale was completed on September 1.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1765838&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=308 Consummation Notice], ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]], Retrieved 6 September 2017.</ref>
On April 21, 2017, [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] announced its purchase of KAEF-TV as part of its $240 million acquisition of Bonten Media Group; the purchase also gave it control of KBVU, KECA-LD, and KEUV-LP.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Houston|first1=Will|title=Media giant Sinclair Broadcast Group to buy four Eureka stations|url=http://www.times-standard.com/article/NJ/20170421/NEWS/170429975|access-date=July 10, 2017|date=April 4, 2017}}</ref> The sale was completed on September 1.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1765838&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=308 Consummation Notice], ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]], Retrieved September 6, 2017.</ref>


==Programming==
==Digital television==
KAEF airs much of the same programming as KRCR, sometimes at different times. There are also some programs that only air on KAEF while some are only seen on KRCR, as the stations are in different [[media market]]s.<ref>[http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=10658&channel=7&aid=tvschedule TV Listing] {{dead link|date=December 2022}}</ref><ref>[http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=10315&channel=7&aid=tvschedule TV Listing] {{dead link|date=December 2022}}</ref>

===News operation===
KAEF presently broadcasts 15 hours of newscasts each week (with three hours each weekday). KAEF produces five of those hours at its Eureka studios; the morning newscast, ''Daybreak'', is simulcast from KRCR-TV in Redding. There are currently no newscasts on the weekends.


KAEF discontinued its original news operation on February 6, 2001, due to low ratings;<ref name="ncj-kaefnewsend2001">{{cite news |title=News show plug pulled |url=https://www.northcoastjournal.com/021501/news0215.html |access-date=September 25, 2018 |work=[[North Coast Journal]] |date=February 15, 2001}}</ref> ''ABC 23 News'' had generally been the third-ranked news operation in the Eureka market.<ref name="ncj-kaefabc23newsratings">{{cite news |last1=Doran |first1=Bob |title=More News More Often! |url=https://www.northcoastjournal.com/062900/cover0629.html |access-date=September 25, 2018 |work=[[North Coast Journal]] |date=June 29, 2000}}</ref> Following the cancellation, the only Eureka-specific news content on the station was a weather segment produced by KRCR-TV.<ref name="ncj-kaefnewsend2001"/> Local news returned to KAEF-TV on November 17, 2014; the news operation also produces a prime time newscast for sister station KBVU.<ref name="ncj-kaefnewsreturn2014">{{cite news |last1=Scott-Goforth |first1=Grant |title=Anchors Aweigh! |url=https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2014/11/18/anchors-away |access-date=September 25, 2018 |work=[[North Coast Journal]] |date=November 18, 2014}}</ref>
===Digital channels===

The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
==Technical information==

===Subchannels===
The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels of KAEF-TV<ref>{{cite web|title=RabbitEars listing for KAEF-TV|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=October 22, 2022|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KAEF-TV}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | Channel
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 23.1
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
| [[720p]] || [[16:9]] || KAEF-DT || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! [[Program and System Information Protocol#What PSIP does|PSIP Short Name]]
! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KAEF#station RabbitEars TV Query for KAEF]</ref>
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 23.2
| 23.1 || [[720p]] || [[16:9]] || KAEF-DT || Main KAEF-TV programming / [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| rowspan=2| [[480i]] || rowspan=2| [[4:3]] || MeTV || [[TBD (TV network)|TBD]]
|-
| 23.2 || rowspan=2| [[480i]] || rowspan=2| [[4:3]] || MeTV || [[MeTV]]
|-
| 23.3 || Movies! || [[Movies!]]
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 23.3
| Movies! || [[Comet (TV network)|Comet]]
|}
|}


On August 23, 2011, [[Disney-ABC Television Group]] announced that KAEF would carry [[Live Well Network]] as part of an affiliation agreement with Bonten Media Group; the network was added to a new third subchannel.<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/08/23/53444/live-well-adds-7-affils-tops-40-clearance Live Well Adds 7 Affils, Tops 40% Clearance], ''TVNewsCheck'', August 23, 2011.</ref> Live Well Network was replaced by [[Movies!]] on November 18, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://moviestvnetwork.com/where-to-watch.php |title=''Movies! TV Network - Where to Watch'' |access-date=2017-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722143040/http://moviestvnetwork.com/where-to-watch.php |archive-date=2013-07-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On August 23, 2011, [[Disney-ABC Television Group]] announced that KAEF would carry [[Live Well Network]] as part of an affiliation agreement with Bonten Media Group; the network was added to a new third subchannel.<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/08/23/53444/live-well-adds-7-affils-tops-40-clearance Live Well Adds 7 Affils, Tops 40% Clearance], ''TVNewsCheck'', August 23, 2011.</ref> Live Well Network was replaced by [[Movies!]] on November 18, 2013,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://moviestvnetwork.com/where-to-watch.php |title=''Movies! TV Network - Where to Watch'' |access-date=February 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722143040/http://moviestvnetwork.com/where-to-watch.php |archive-date=July 22, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> only for it to be replaced by Comet on September 1, 2022.


===Analog-to-digital conversion===
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KAEF-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 23, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-29 }}</ref> Through the use of [[PSIP]], digital television receivers display the station's [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 23.
KAEF-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 23, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 23.


==Programming==
===Translators===
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|8247|3=K20CN-D}}''' [[Fortuna, California|Fortuna]]–[[Rio Dell]]
KAEF airs much of the same programming as KRCR, sometimes at different times. There are also some programs that only air on KAEF while some only air on KRCR, as the stations are in different [[media market]]s.<ref>http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=10658&channel=7&aid=tvschedule</ref><ref>http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=10315&channel=7&aid=tvschedule</ref> Such programs include ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'', ''[[Dr. Phil (talk show)|Dr. Phil]]'', ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'', and ''[[Jeopardy!]]''.
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|8272|3=K21OO-D}}''' [[Eureka, California|South Eureka]]–[[Loleta, California|Loleta]]

==News operation==
KAEF presently broadcasts 15 hours of newscasts each week (with three hours each weekday). KAEF produces five of those hours at its Eureka studios; the morning newscast, ''Daybreak'', is simulcast from KRCR-TV in Redding. There are currently no newscasts on the weekends.

KAEF discontinued its original news operation on February 6, 2001, due to low ratings;<ref name="ncj-kaefnewsend2001">{{cite news |title=News show plug pulled |url=https://www.northcoastjournal.com/021501/news0215.html |access-date=September 25, 2018 |work=[[North Coast Journal]] |date=February 15, 2001}}</ref> ''ABC 23 News'' had generally been the third-ranked news operation in the Eureka market.<ref name="ncj-kaefabc23newsratings">{{cite news |last1=Doran |first1=Bob |title=More News More Often! |url=https://www.northcoastjournal.com/062900/cover0629.html |access-date=September 25, 2018 |work=[[North Coast Journal]] |date=June 29, 2000}}</ref> Following the cancellation, the only Eureka-specific news content on the station was a weather segment produced by KRCR-TV.<ref name="ncj-kaefnewsend2001"/> Local news returned to KAEF-TV on November 17, 2014; the news operation also produces a prime time newscast for sister station KBVU.<ref name="ncj-kaefnewsreturn2014">{{cite news |last1=Scott-Goforth |first1=Grant |title=Anchors Aweigh! |url=https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2014/11/18/anchors-away |access-date=September 25, 2018 |work=[[North Coast Journal]] |date=November 18, 2014 |language=en}}</ref>

==Translators==
{| class=" wikitable"
|-
! City of license
! Callsign
! Channel
! [[effective radiated power|ERP]]
! [[height above average terrain|HAAT]]
! [[Facility ID]]
! Transmitter coordinates
|-
|| [[Fortuna, California|Fortuna]]<br>[[Rio Dell, California|Rio Dell]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|8247|3=K20CN-D}}'''|| 20 || 3.5 kW || {{convert|59|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 8247 || {{coord|40|25|11.4|N|124|5|4.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K20CN-D}}
|-
|| [[Eureka, California|South Eureka]]<br>[[Loleta, California|Loleta]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|8272|3=K21OO-D}}'''|| 21 || 0.328 kW || {{convert|141|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 8272 || {{coord|40|40|0|N|124|12|13.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K21OO-D}}
|}
K21OO-D formerly operated under the callsign '''K51EG''', operating on UHF channel 51. In July 2012, K51EG converted to digital under the callsign K51MR-D on channel 50. K51MR-D moved to RF Channel 21 K21OO-D in October 2018.


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Latest revision as of 02:30, 1 April 2024

KAEF-TV
CityArcata, California
Channels
BrandingKAEF ABC 23; The Northstate's News
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KBVU, KECA-LD, KEUV-LD
History
First air date
August 1, 1987
(37 years ago) (1987-08-01)
Former call signs
  • KREQ (1987–1989)
  • KAEF (1989–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 23 (UHF, 1987–2009)
  • Fox (primary 1987–1989, secondary 1989–1994)
  • Dark (1989)
Call sign meaning
Arcata, Eureka, Fortuna
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID8263
ERP45 kW
HAAT549.9 m (1,804 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°43′38.3″N 123°58′21.1″W / 40.727306°N 123.972528°W / 40.727306; -123.972528 (KAEF-TV)
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitekrcrtv.com/north-coast-news/eureka-local-news

KAEF-TV (channel 23) is a television station licensed to Arcata, California, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Eureka area. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside two low-power stations: dual CW/MyNetworkTV affiliate KECA-LD (channel 29) and Univision affiliate KEUV-LD (channel 35). Sinclair also provides certain services to Eureka-licensed Fox affiliate KBVU (channel 28) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Cunningham Broadcasting; however, Sinclair effectively owns KBVU as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The four stations share studios on Sixth Street in downtown Eureka; KAEF-TV's transmitter is located along Barry Road southeast of the city.

Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, KAEF is actually considered a semi-satellite of KRCR-TV (channel 7) in Redding–Chico. As such, it clears all network programming as provided through its parent station but airs a separate offering of syndicated programming; there are also separate local newscasts, commercial inserts and legal station identifications. Master control and most internal operations are based at the studios for KRCR-TV and KCVU in Redding.

History

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KAEF began broadcasting August 1, 1987, as KREQ, a Fox affiliate owned by Mad River Broadcasting.[2] During this period, the station lost money on a monthly basis, in part because KREQ was, for all intents and purposes, a UHF independent station (at the time, Fox only offered a nightly late night program and weekend prime time programming, and would not air an entire week's worth of programming until 1993) in a small market dominated by two VHF network affiliates, NBC affiliate KIEM-TV (channel 3) and CBS affiliate KVIQ (channel 6).[3]

In June 1988, Mad River put KREQ up for sale; in 1989, it sold the station to California Oregon Broadcasting (COBI), owner of KRCR-TV.[3] COBI already owned two radio stations in Eureka, KFLI (790 AM, now KEJY) and KEKA-FM (101.5), which were sold off as a condition of the purchase of channel 23.[3] Mad River took KREQ off the air, citing financial problems, on April 30, 1989;[3] that October, COBI returned channel 23 to the air as KAEF (Arcata–Eureka–Fortuna), an ABC affiliate and semi-satellite of KRCR-TV.[4] Prior to 1989, ABC programming was limited to off-hours clearances on KIEM and KVIQ; through KRCR, KAEF still offered some Fox programming in off-hours until KBVU signed on in 1994.

California Oregon Broadcasting sold KAEF, along with KRCR-TV and its other satellite station, KFWU in Fort Bragg (now KQSL in Cloverdale), to Lamco Communications for $11.925 million in 1995.[5][6] Lamco sold its stations, including KAEF and KRCR, to BlueStone Television in 2004;[7] BlueStone, in turn, was acquired by Bonten Media Group for $230 million in 2007.[8] KAEF added the "-TV" suffix to its call sign on July 1, 2009.[9]

KAEF-TV became a sister station to Fox affiliate KBVU (channel 28) in 2012, after Bonten (via KRCR-TV) took over the sales operation for KBVU in August and the entire station in December through a local marketing agreement with Esteem Broadcasting, which has functioned as a shell corporation for Bonten since 2008.

Disputes with Dish Network

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Dish Network and KAEF, via KRCR, had been at odds for quite sometime regarding carriage of the station on the satellite system. KRCR was asking for reimbursement and made their feeling public. As a result, on December 8, 2013, Dish halted carrying KRCR on their system. General manager Andrew Stewart went to the internet at the station's website to share his frustrations with the viewers and called out Dish Network.[10] On January 12, 2014, Dish restored KRCR and KAEF and associated stations to its lineup. On January 17, 2017, KAEF was once again removed from Dish Network's lineup as part of a new dispute.[11] It was returned to Dish at a later date.[when?]

Sale to Sinclair

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On April 21, 2017, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced its purchase of KAEF-TV as part of its $240 million acquisition of Bonten Media Group; the purchase also gave it control of KBVU, KECA-LD, and KEUV-LP.[12] The sale was completed on September 1.[13]

Programming

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KAEF airs much of the same programming as KRCR, sometimes at different times. There are also some programs that only air on KAEF while some are only seen on KRCR, as the stations are in different media markets.[14][15]

News operation

[edit]

KAEF presently broadcasts 15 hours of newscasts each week (with three hours each weekday). KAEF produces five of those hours at its Eureka studios; the morning newscast, Daybreak, is simulcast from KRCR-TV in Redding. There are currently no newscasts on the weekends.

KAEF discontinued its original news operation on February 6, 2001, due to low ratings;[16] ABC 23 News had generally been the third-ranked news operation in the Eureka market.[17] Following the cancellation, the only Eureka-specific news content on the station was a weather segment produced by KRCR-TV.[16] Local news returned to KAEF-TV on November 17, 2014; the news operation also produces a prime time newscast for sister station KBVU.[18]

Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KAEF-TV[19]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
23.1 720p 16:9 KAEF-DT ABC
23.2 480i 4:3 MeTV TBD
23.3 Movies! Comet

On August 23, 2011, Disney-ABC Television Group announced that KAEF would carry Live Well Network as part of an affiliation agreement with Bonten Media Group; the network was added to a new third subchannel.[20] Live Well Network was replaced by Movies! on November 18, 2013,[21] only for it to be replaced by Comet on September 1, 2022.

Analog-to-digital conversion

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KAEF-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 23, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22,[22] using virtual channel 23.

Translators

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References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KAEF-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Television & Cable Factbook 1988 Edition (PDF). 1988. p. A-94. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Memorandum Opinion and Order". Federal Communications Commission. August 18, 1989. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  4. ^ Television & Cable Factbook 1993 Edition (PDF). 1993. p. A-100. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  5. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). March 6, 1995. p. 56. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  6. ^ Television & Cable Factbook 2002 Edition (PDF). 2002. p. A-121. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  7. ^ Mazzullo, Lainie (January 25, 2004). "Former KWCH owner buys 12 stations, makes Wichita base". Wichita Business Journal. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  8. ^ "Bonten Closes on $230M BlueStone Buy". TV News Check. June 5, 2007. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  9. ^ "Call Sign History (KAEF-TV)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  10. ^ A letter to our viewers, from the general manager, regarding Dish, Andrew Stewart, General Manager, KRCR-TV, taken from KRCRTV.com, December 12, 2013
  11. ^ "A message to our NorthCoast DISH viewers". KRCRTV.com. January 23, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  12. ^ Houston, Will (April 4, 2017). "Media giant Sinclair Broadcast Group to buy four Eureka stations". Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  13. ^ Consummation Notice, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  14. ^ TV Listing [dead link]
  15. ^ TV Listing [dead link]
  16. ^ a b "News show plug pulled". North Coast Journal. February 15, 2001. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  17. ^ Doran, Bob (June 29, 2000). "More News More Often!". North Coast Journal. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  18. ^ Scott-Goforth, Grant (November 18, 2014). "Anchors Aweigh!". North Coast Journal. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  19. ^ "RabbitEars listing for KAEF-TV". RabbitEars. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  20. ^ Live Well Adds 7 Affils, Tops 40% Clearance, TVNewsCheck, August 23, 2011.
  21. ^ "Movies! TV Network - Where to Watch". Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  22. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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