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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 10:00 p.m. newscast for [[The WB|WB]] affiliate [[KSWB-TV]] (channel 69, now a Fox affiliate), following owner [[Tribune Broadcasting]]'s decision to shut down KSWB's in-house news department<ref>[http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/features/20050922-9999-1c22kswb.html KSWB news changes hands; 30 to lose jobs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213191007/http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/features/20050922-9999-1c22kswb.html |date=December 13, 2013 }}, ''[[San Diego Union-Tribune|U-T San Diego]]'', September 22, 2005.</ref> (KSWB continued to produce local news updates during its simulcast of Los Angeles sister station [[KTLA]]'s [[KTLA Morning News|weekday morning newscast]] from the station's Kearny Mesa studios). KNSD's news outsourcing agreement with KSWB ended on July 31, 2008, when that station resumed in-house news operations upon switching its affiliation from [[The CW]] to Fox.<ref>[http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080801/news_1c01karla.html Trading places: Fox, CW switch network channels] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814014023/http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080801/news_1c01karla.html |date=August 14, 2014 }}, ''U-T San Diego'', August 1, 2008.</ref>
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 [[North America]] to outsource weather forecasts to a co-owned station. In October 2011, KNSD resumed in-house production of its forecast segments with the hiring of three weather anchors (including chief weather anchor [[Dagmar Midcap]], who joined the station from [[WANF|WGCL-TV]] in [[Atlanta]]) and the promotion of Jodi Kodesh from reporter to morning weather anchor.<ref>[http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/meteorologist-dagmar-midcap-joins-knsd_b26457 Weathercaster Dagmar Midcap Joins KNSD], ''TVSpy'', October 25, 2011.</ref> On December 13, 2010, KNSD unveiled a new HD-ready set for its newscasts, which mainly mirrors that of the "Window on the World" set used by ''Today''; this marked the first major renovations since KNSD moved into the NBC Building in 2001.<ref>[http://www.nbcsandiego.com/station/as-seen-on/NBC_San_Diego_Set_Redesign_Timelapse_San_Diego-111783284.html NBC San Diego Set Redesign Timelapse]. NBCSanDiego.com. Retrieved on December 22, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Check-Out-Our-New-Set-111785909.html Check Out Our New Set]. NBCSanDiego.com. Retrieved on December 22, 2011.</ref>
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 [[standard-definition television|standard definition]]. The station also implemented a new logo and on-air graphics package designed by NBC Artworks and the [[advertising agency]] [[Mother (advertising agency)|Mother New York]], which dropped the longtime "NBC 7/39" brand in favor of branding as simply "NBC San Diego".<ref>{{cite web|title=San Diego station rolls out HD look with new NBC brand|url=http://www.newscaststudio.com/2011/02/03/san-diego-station-rolls-out-hd-look-with-new-nbc-brand/|publisher=NewscastStudio|access-date=February 13, 2013}}</ref> The "block" graphics and branding used in this period (which featured similarities to the design of the NBC Nonstop channels) were to be implemented by the remaining NBC O&Os (and were used by their websites during the same period); however, KNSD was the only O&O to use the scheme on-air before dropping it in July 2012, in favor of Artworks' new "Look F" standardized graphics that were first adopted by sister station KNTV (at which point, the station revised its branding to "NBC 7 San Diego"). On October 25, 2012, the station expanded its weekday morning newscast to 2½ hours, with the addition of a 4:30 a.m. half-hour.
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