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KBCW (TV)

Broadcast information
Call lettersKBCW
BrandingThe CW, 44/Cable 12
Digital45 (UHF)
AffiliationsThe CW
CBS (alternate affiliate)
OwnerCBS Corporation
LicenseeSan Francisco Television Station KBCW, Inc.
First air dateJanuary 2, 1968
Call letters' meaningA portmanteau of:
Kaiser Broadcasting and Bay Area CW
(reflects original owner and current affiliation)
Former callsignsKBHK-TV (1968-2006)
Former channel numbersAnalog:
44 (UHF, 1968-2009)
Former affiliationsindependent (1968-1995)
UPN (1995-2006)
Transmitter Power400 kW
Height446 m
Facility ID69619

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KBCW, digital channel 45 (virtual channel 44), is a CW-affiliated television station based in San Francisco, California. KBCW is owned by the CBS Corporation, and is part of a duopoly with CBS station KPIX-TV. The station's signal is transmitted from Sutro Tower.

From January 1995 until September 2006, KBCW was an owned-and-operated station of United Paramount Network (UPN). Before 1995, the station was an independent station. Channel 44 used the call letters KBHK-TV from its inception in 1968 until 2006. It airs on cable channel 12 on most cable systems in the Bay Area.

The station is also considered an alternate CBS affiliate, and as such KBCW can air CBS programs if KPIX should preempt it in a news-related emergency (which only happens occasionally). KBCW also airs reruns of Face the Nation, CBS Sunday Morning, and local programming such as Evening Magazine, now called Eye on the Bay, and the Last Honest Sports Show, produced by KPIX. The Cookie Jar TV children's block is carried on KBCW if pre-empted by CBS Sports coverage (Cookie Jar TV would itself pre-empt The CW4Kids block).

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As a CW affiliate (2006-present) : Programming
Subchannel Programming
44.1 / 45.1 main KBCW/CW programming

Broadcast television in the San Francisco Bay Area including San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, California

English channelsKTVU (2.1 Fox, 2.2 LATV) * KRON (4.1 MNTV, 4.2 MNTV, 4.3 Traffic) * KPIX (5.1 CBS) * KGO (7.1 ABC, 7.2 Live Well, 7.3 AccuWX) * KNTV (11.1 NBC, 11.2 WX+, 11.3 Uni Sports) * KOFY (20.1 Ind, 20.4 AZA) * KFTL-CA (28.1 HSN) * KICU (36.1 Ind, 36.2 KBS/KEMS, 36.3 Estrella TV) * KTVJ-LP 36 (Ind) * KBCW (44.1 CW) * KKPX (65.1 ION, 65.2 Qubo, 65.3 ION Life) * KTLN (68.1 TLN)
Public televisionKQED (9.1 PBS, 9.3 PBS World) * KTEH (54.1 PBS, 54.5 V-me) * KCSM (60.1 PBS, 60.2 WV, 60.3 KCSM-FM simulcast)
Spanish channelsKDTV (14.1 UNI, 14.2 TFT) * KAXT-Digital 1.1 (12 digital channels) * KMMC-LP 40 (MTV3) * KSTS (48.1 TEL) * KFSF (66.1 TFT, 66.2 UNI)
Ethnic channelsKTSF (26.1 Ind, 26.2 NHK-D, 26.3 MBC-D, 26.4 CCTV News) * KMTP (32.1 Ind) * KCNS (38.1 Ind)
Diablo/Tri-ValleyKTNC-TV (42.1 Estrella TV) * Tri-Valley Community Television
Santa RosaKRCB (22.1 PBS, 22.2 Create) * KFTY (50.3 Ind)
Ukiah/Mendocino CountyKUNO (8.1 Estrella TV) * K09PM 9 (PBS) * K17CG 17 (Ind) * KDSL-CA 19 (Estrella TV) * K21CD 21 (TEL) * K29DF 29 (Ind) * K31GK 31 (Ind) * K39AG 39 (Fox) * K41AF 41 (MNTV) * K43AF 43 (CBS) * KTJH-LP 44 (Ind) * K45AH 45 (ABC) * K47AL 47 (Ind) * K51AQ 51 (The CW) * K55GX 55 (PBS) * K69DF 69 (PBS)
Defunct stationsKSAN/KNEW/KQEC 32 (Ind/PBS)
Local cable channelsComcast SportsNet Bay Area - Comcast SportsNet California - KHRT 15 (Hayward) - KCRT 28 (Richmond)

CW network affiliates in the state of California

KCWQ-LP 2 (Palm Springs) - KUVU-LP 9 / KVIQ-DT 6.2 (Eureka) - KTLA 5 (Los Angeles) - KSBY-DT 6.2 (San Luis Obispo) - XETV 6 (Tijuana / San Diego)1 - KHSL-DT 12.2 (Chico) - KGET-DT 17.2 (Bakersfield) - KMAX 31 (Sacramento) - KBCW 44 (San Francisco) - KION-DT 46.2 (Salinas) - KFRE 59 (Fresno)
1XETV is licensed to Tijuana, Mexico, but primarily serves viewers in the San Diego market.

CBS Corporation

Corporate directorsDavid R. Andelman * Joseph A. Califano, Jr. * William S. Cohen * Philippe Dauman * Charles K. Gifford * Bruce S. Gordon * Leslie Moonves * Shari Redstone * Sumner Redstone * Ann N. Reese * Judith A. Sprieser
Radio stationsBroadcast radio stations owned by CBS Radio
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Television facilitiesCBS Broadcast Center * CBS Studio Center * CBS Television City * Ed Sullivan Theater
CBS Television Studios
CBS Studios, Inc.
Big Ticket Entertainment * CBS Studios International * CBS Television Distribution
Television stationsBroadcast TV stations owned by CBS Television Stations
Cable television networksShowtime Networks * CBS College Sports Network * MountainWest Sports Network (joint-venture with Mountain West Conference and Comcast)
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Defunct propertiesCBS Cable * CBS Paramount Domestic Television * CBS Paramount Network Television * Free FM * Infinity Broadcasting Corporation * Spelling Television * UPN (United Paramount Network)



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