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{{Short description|NBC TV station in San Diego}}
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{{Infobox television station
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| logo = KNSD NBC 39 San Diego, California
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'''KNSD''' (channel 39) is a [[television station]] in [[
KNSD's [[Brand|on-air branding]], '''NBC 7 San Diego''', is derived from its [[cable television|cable]] channel position in the market on [[Charter Spectrum]], [[Cox Communications]] and [[AT&T U-verse]]. The station is also available on channel 39 on [[satellite television|satellite]] providers [[DirecTV]] and [[Dish Network]].
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==History==
===Early history===
The station first signed on the air on November 14, 1965, as
A short time later, in January 1967, KAAR made an arrangement with [[
For a four-year period from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, Western Telecasters tried to take the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliation from [[
In May 1972, the FCC revoked XETV's permission to carry ABC programming.<ref>{{ cite news | url = http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/72-OCR/1972-06-05-BC-OCR-Page-0036.pdf | title = Beginning of the end for XETV-ABC association | magazine = [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] | page = 36 | date = June 5, 1972 | access-date = December 28, 2018 }} {{ cite news | url = http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/72-OCR/1972-06-05-BC-OCR-Page-0037.pdf | title = Beginning of the end for XETV-ABC association | magazine = [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] | page = 37 | date = June 5, 1972 | access-date = December 28, 2018 }}</ref> As the only commercial station in the market other than [[CBS]] affiliate [[KFMB-TV]] (channel 8) and then-NBC affiliate [[KGTV]] (channel 10), KCST took over the ABC affiliation in two stages: daytime programming moved to channel 39 in June 1973, followed by prime time programs and all other shows (including children's programs, network newscasts and sports) by July 1, 1973.<ref>{{ cite news | url = http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/73-OCR/1973-03-12-BC-OCR-Page-0057.pdf | title = San Diego truce approved | magazine = [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] | page = 57 | date = March 12, 1973 | access-date = December 28, 2018 }}</ref> Four months earlier in March, Western Telecasters agreed to sell KCST to [[Storer Broadcasting]], which owned major network affiliates in the [[Eastern United States|Eastern]] and [[Midwestern United States]].<ref>{{ cite news | url = http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/73-OCR/1973-03-19-BC-OCR-Page-0050.pdf | title = Storer to pay $12 million for San Diego UHF | magazine = [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] | page = 48 | date = March 19, 1973 | access-date = December 28, 2018 }}</ref> The sale was completed on September 30, 1974; on January 1, 1975, Storer added a "-TV" suffix to the KCST callsign.<ref name="fcc-historycards">{{cite web |title=KCST-TV (KNSD) history cards |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=84544 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=May 19, 2019 |format=PDF}}</ref> The switch and sale changed channel 39's fortunes, transforming the low-rated independent into a major player in the market. Riding on the heels of ABC's ascent to first place nationally during the [[1975–76 United States network television schedule|1975–76 season]], KCST also out-rated its network-affiliated rivals locally.<ref>{{ cite news | url = http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-03-29-BC-OCR-Page-0019.pdf | title = ABC's gains are turning television upside down | magazine = [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] | page = 19 | date = March 29, 1976 | access-date = December 28, 2018 }} {{ cite news | url = http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-03-29-BC-OCR-Page-0020.pdf | title = ABC's gains are turning television upside down | magazine = [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] | page = 20 | date = March 29, 1976 | access-date = December 28, 2018 }}</ref> By 1976, KCST had actually become the highest-rated station in San Diego, displacing longtime leader KFMB-TV.<ref>"ABC's gains are turning television upside down." ''Broadcasting'', March 29, 1976, pp. 19–20. [https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-03-29-BC-OCR-Page-0019.pdf] [https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-03-29-BC-OCR-Page-0020.pdf]</ref> XETV, meanwhile, operated as an independent station until October 1986, when it became a charter affiliate of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] (the station is now an exclusive Spanish-language outlet for [[Canal 5 (Mexico)|Canal 5]]).
===NBC affiliation===
[[File:KNSD Logo.png|thumb|135px|left|KNSD's logo as ''NBC 7/39'', variations of which were used from January 1, 1997, to August 9, 2010.]]
On June 27, 1977, in the wake of its new success as the highest-rated television network in America, ABC moved its San Diego affiliation from KCST to KGTV, causing an affiliation swap that ended with KCST taking the NBC affiliation formerly held by KGTV.<ref>{{ cite news | url = http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-06-07-BC-OCR-Page-0026.pdf | title = In Brief | magazine = [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] | page = 24 | date = June 7, 1976 | access-date = December 28, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite news | url = http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/77-OCR/BC-1977-03-07-OCR-Page-0026.pdf | title = In Brief | magazine = [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] | page = 26 | date = March 7, 1977 | access-date = December 28, 2018 }}</ref> ABC expressed dissatisfaction with how it had been relegated to UHF in San Diego, and had preferred affiliating with VHF stations in markets of San Diego's size long before its national ratings success. Under the circumstances, KCST's ratings success was not enough to save the affiliation. This move did not please Storer, who retaliated by switching its only other ABC affiliate at the time, present-day Fox O&O [[WITI (TV)|WITI]] in [[
In 1985, the Storer stations were acquired by [[
[[File:KNSD 2011 Logo.png|200px|thumb|right|KNSD's logo as ''NBC San Diego'', used August 9, 2010, to June 2011. A modified version reflecting the ''NBC 7 San Diego'' branding was then used until July 11, 2012; during this time, the station's website continued to use this logo.]]
In May 1994, New World entered into a deal with [[
Under the traditional definition, KNSD is the only English-language owned-and-operated station of a major network in the San Diego market (however, several stations owned by [[Grupo Televisa]] on the Mexican side of the market are O&Os of that company's various networks). The station blamed its woes on its UHF status in the past, but as viewers migrated to
In the spring of 2001, KNSD moved its operations into [[225 Broadway (San Diego)|225 Broadway]], a high-rise office building in downtown San Diego that was redeveloped to serve as its studio and office facilities, which includes a glass-enclosed street-level news studio resembling that of the streetside studio at [[Rockefeller Center]] in
KNSD shut down its analog signal, over [[
NBC's three owned-and-operated stations in California ([[KNBC]] in
As part of the [[
On January 9, 2014, KNSD announced that it would not renew its lease for the 225 Broadway studios when it expires in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=NBC San Diego To Leave Downtown Studio By 2016|url=http://www.kpbs.org/news/2014/jan/09/nbc-set-leave-horton-plaza-2016/|
On March 15, 2016, NBCUniversal's parent company Comcast pulled the signals of KNSD along with co-owned cable channels [[USA Network]], [[Bravo (American TV channel)|Bravo]], [[Syfy]], [[MSNBC]] and [[CNBC]] from [[Dish Network]]'s lineup as a result of a dispute between NBC and Dish. Dish claimed NBCUniversal was demanding it [[Retransmission consent|renew its carriage]] of 10 NBC-owned stations and 16 Telemundo-owned stations including those removed due to the dispute. [[XHAS-TDT]], then a [[Telemundo]] affiliate, was unaffected by the dispute.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-dish-sues-nbc-breach-of-contract-20160315-story.html Satellite giant Dish sues NBC, alleging breach of contract] ''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 2016</ref> Three days later on March 18, 2016, the company announced it would continue to carry KNSD and five other cable channels for another 10 days while seeking arbitration by the FCC.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2016/03/dish-network-tells-fcc-wants-arbitration-settle-dispute-nbcuniversal-1201722943/ Dish Network Tells FCC It Will Seek Arbitration To Resolve NBCU Dispute] ''Deadline'', March 18, 2016</ref>
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===Local programming===
Local lifestyle and infotainment program ''Streetside San Diego'' and Spanish-language newscast ''Noticias Mi San Diego'' (the latter of which was a holdover from KNSD's operation of KBOP-CA (channel 43, now [[KSEX-CD]])) were local programs previously produced by KNSD; these programs, along with the station's weekend morning newscasts (which were restored in December 2013 as part of a gradual newscast expansion resulting from a benefits package offered to the FCC upon the NBCUniversal-[[Comcast]] merger<ref>{{cite news|title=Several winners in November sweeps|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/dec/05/several-winners-november-sweeps/|first=Jay|last=Posner|newspaper=[[San-Diego Union-Tribune|U-T San Diego]]|date=December 5, 2013|access-date=August 13, 2014}}</ref>), were canceled on December 5, 2008, as a result of budget cuts at the station.<ref name="ut-knsdcuts">{{cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20081206-9999-1m6knsd.html|title=KNSD/Channel 39 drops 3 local-news shows, lays off 12 |last=Peterson|first=Karla|date=December 6, 2008|work=[[U-T San Diego]]|access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> The station currently produces a late-night music and lifestyle program ''SoundDiego'' on Saturdays.
===Sports programming===
When channel 39 switched to NBC in 1977, it became the default home station for the [[
The station was also the broadcast home of the [[San Diego Padres]] and [[San Diego Mariners]]. Padres games aired during two different periods, first in the [[1971 San Diego Padres season|1971]] and [[1972 San Diego Padres season|1972 seasons]], and again from [[1984 San Diego Padres season|1984]] to [[1986 San Diego Padres season|1986]]; while the [[World Hockey Association|WHA]]'s Mariners broadcast games on the station during the entirety of the team's existence. The station also carried any games that were part of [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]]'s MLB coverage in [[1976 San Diego Padres season|1976]], then over to [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]]'s MLB broadcasts from [[1977 San Diego Padres season|1977]] to [[1989 San Diego Padres season|1989]]; this included the Padres' first World Series appearance in [[1984 World Series|1984]]; limited postseason games involving the Padres were aired from 1995 to 2000.
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KNSD presently broadcasts {{frac|37|1|2}} hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with {{frac|6|1|2}} hours each weekday and {{frac|2|1|2}} hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); however, during the NFL season, the Sunday edition of the 6 p.m. newscast is typically preempted due to ''Sunday Night Football'' coverage. In addition, the station produces the sports highlight program ''SportsWrap'', which is sponsored by local furniture store [[Jerome's|Jerome's Furniture]] and airs Sundays after the 11 p.m. newscast.
As KCST, the station started its news department in 1973; [[Harold Greene (journalist)|Harold Greene]], who would later gain fame as an anchor in Los Angeles, served as its [[news director]] and lead news anchor. As a newcomer, channel 39's newscasts regularly placed third in the market, behind KFMB and KGTV, for many years. On October 28, 2005, KNSD began producing a nightly half-hour 10
In June 2009, the station outsourced production of its evening weather forecast segments to Los Angeles sister station KNBC, using that station's on-air weather staff;<ref>[http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/jun/25/bn25knsd21941/ KNSD's local forecasts to originate in L.A.], ''U-T San Diego'', June 25, 2009.</ref> as a result, KNSD became the only network-owned station in the United States and one of the few television stations in
On January 29, 2011, KNSD became the fifth television station in the San Diego market, and the last NBC-owned station to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in [[high-definition television|high definition]]; footage shot in-studio is broadcast in high definition, while all news video from on-remote locations was initially broadcast in [[
On July 18, 2016, KNSD began using the new "Look N" standardized graphics. The graphics were first implemented by the NBC O&Os on the East Coast in Summer of that year; however, KNSD became the second NBC O&O on the West Coast to begin using the new graphics. Also, its theme music was also updated, by warp-speeding the [[NBC chimes]] in the "LA Groove" theme in all of its opens, making the first NBC-owned station to warp-speed its musical signature in its theme music. Prior to the graphics change, KNSD along with sister stations KNBC and KNTV revamped their websites on July 1, 2016.
On January 3, 2017, KNSD expanded the 11 a.m. midday newscast to an hour, following rivals KGTV and KFMB-TV. As a result of this expansion, the station moved the entertainment newsmagazine program ''Access Hollywood'' to the overnight slot of 2:05
====Notable current on-air staff====
* [[Mark Mullen]] – anchor
* [[Dagmar Midcap]] – chief meteorologist▼
====Notable former on-air staff====
* [[Emily Chang (journalist)|Emily Chang]] – reporter (later at [[CNN]] and [[Bloomberg Television]])
* [[Fritz Coleman]] – weathercaster (2009–2011; was concurrent with his duties with [[KNBC]]; now retired)
* [[Ron Fortner]] – anchor (previously with [[
* [[Courtney Friel]] (later at [[KTTV]] in Los Angeles, now at [[KTLA]] in Los Angeles)
* [[Harold Greene (journalist)|Harold Greene]] – anchor (1973–1974; now retired)
* [[Roger Hedgecock]] – anchor (1991–1992, now a radio host at [[
* [[Jim Hill (broadcaster)|Jim Hill]] – sports reporter and host of ''Mr. 39's Talent Night'' (later with KGTV; now with [[KCBS-TV]] and [[KCAL-TV]] in
* [[Jim Laslavic]] – sports director (1989–2019, recently retired)
* [[Joe Lizura]] – weather/meteorologist (1990–2006, subsequently at KUSI)
▲* [[Dagmar Midcap]] – chief meteorologist (2011-2023)
* [[Bill Ritter (journalist)|Bill Ritter]] – Reporter (now at [[WABC-TV|WABC]])
* [[Rolland Smith]] – anchor (1993–1997, returned to New York)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=47252|title=William Jefferson Clinton interview with Rolland Smith of KNSD-TV, San Diego|date=October 22, 1993|access-date=March 12, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Anne State]] – anchor/reporter (2002–2008, later at [[WBBM-TV]] in
* [[Bree Walker]] – anchor (1997–2000, later with [[KEIB|KTLK]] in Los Angeles)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?58351/BreeWalker|title=Disabilities In The Workplace|date=October 26, 1998|access-date=August 12, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Lou Waters]] – [[news director]] and anchor (subsequently an early and tenured [[CNN]] anchor)
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! scope = "row" | 39.1
| [[1080i]] || rowspan="4"|[[16:9]] || KNSD-DT || Main KNSD programming / [[NBC]]
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| rowspan="3"|[[480i]] || COZI-TV || [[Cozi TV]]
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! scope = "row" | 39.3
| LocalX || [[NBC LX
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! scope = "row" | 39.4
| Oxygen || [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]]
|}
==See also==
* [[Channel 7 branded TV stations in the United States]]
* [[Channel 17 digital TV stations in the United States]]
* [[Channel 39 virtual TV stations in the United States]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.nbcsandiego.com/}}
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