KPIX-TV

KPIX-TV
San Francisco–Oakland–; San Jose, California; ; United States;
City	San Francisco, California
Channels	Digital: 29 (UHF); Virtual: 5;
Branding	KPIX; CBS News Bay Area
Programming
Affiliations	5.1: CBS; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	CBS News and Stations; (CBS Broadcasting Inc.);
Sister stations	KPYX
History
First air date	December 22, 1948
Former call signs	KWIS (CP, 1946–1948)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 5 (VHF, 1948–2009)
Former affiliations	All secondary:; NBC (1948–1949); DuMont (1949–1956); Paramount (1949–1956);
Call sign meaning	"PIX" is an abbreviation of "pictures"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	25452
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	490.3 m (1,609 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°45′19″N 122°27′10″W / 37.75528°N 122.45278°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/

KPIX-TV (channel 5), branded as CBS Bay Area, is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving as the CBS network outlet for the San Francisco Bay Area. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside KPYX (channel 44), an independent station. The two stations share studios at Broadway and Battery Street, just north of San Francisco's Financial District; KPIX's transmitter is located atop Sutro Tower. In addition to KPYX, KPIX shares its building with formerly co-owned radio stations KCBS, KFRC-FM, KITS, KLLC, KRBQ and KZDG, although they use a different address number for Battery Street (865 as opposed to 855).