KNTV

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KNTV

San Jose–San Francisco– Oakland, California United States
City	San Jose, California
Channels	Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 11
Branding	NBC Bay Area
Programming
Affiliations	11.1: NBC 48.3: Telemundo for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	NBC Owned Television Stations (NBC Telemundo License LLC)
Sister stations	KSTS, NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports California
History
Founded	April 16, 1954 (1954-04-16)[1]
First air date	September 12, 1955 (69 years ago) (1955-09-12)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1955–2009) Digital: 12 (VHF, 1999–2020)
Former affiliations	Independent (1955–1960) ABC (1960–2000) The WB (2000–2001)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	35280
ERP	95 kW
HAAT	419 m (1,375 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°41′6.5″N 122°26′4.6″W / 37.685139°N 122.434611°W / 37.685139; -122.434611
Translator(s)	KSTS 11.3 (19.3 UHF) San Jose
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.nbcbayarea.com

KNTV (channel 11), branded NBC Bay Area, is a television station licensed to San Jose, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. It is owned and operated by the NBC television network through its NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Telemundo outlet KSTS (channel 48); it is also sister to regional sports networks NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California. KNTV and KSTS share studios on North 1st Street in the North San Jose Innovation District; KNTV's transmitter is located on San Bruno Mountain, and two of its subchannels are also broadcast from the KSTS tower on Mount Allison.

KNTV was established as an independent station in 1955; in 1960, it became an affiliate of ABC as the affiliate of record for Salinas and Monterey, otherwise a separate market. Even though San Francisco had its own ABC television station, KGO-TV, KNTV focused its news and other programming on the Santa Clara Valley. In 1999, ABC paid KNTV to end its affiliation in 2000 in order to allow KGO-TV to serve as the only source of ABC programming in the San Jose area. The station operated as an independent for a year and a half before securing a 10-year affiliation with NBC and then being sold to the network outright. Local news covering the entire Bay Area is produced from the San Jose studios.