KCNZ-CD

"KFTL" redirects here. For the station in Stockton that used the call letters KFTL from 1987 to 2004, seeKTFK-DT.

KCNZ-CD

San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose, California United States
City	San Francisco, California
Channels	Digital:21 (UHF), shared withKOFY-TVand KQRM-LD) Virtual:28
Programming
Affiliations	28.1:LATV for others, see§ Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	CNZ Communications (Poquito Mas CommunicationsLLC)
Sister stations	KOFY-TV,KQRM-LD
History
Founded	April 25, 1986
First air date	May 3, 1994(1994-05-03)
Former call signs	K30BI (1986–1999) KBIT-LP (1999–2001) KBIT-CA (2001–2004) KFTL-CA (2004–2010) KFTL-CD (2010–2017)
Former channel number(s)	Analog:30 (UHF, 1994-1999), 28 (UHF, 1999-2010) Digital:28 (UHF, 2010-2020)
Former affiliations	The Box(1994–1995) Network One(1995–1997) Spanish Independent(1995–2002) HSN(2002–2010) Family Educational Television(2004–2013) ShopHQ(2013–2020) Quest(2020–2021)
Call signmeaning	CNZ Communications
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	52887
Class	CD
ERP	15kW
HAAT	377.2 m (1,238 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°41′14.4″N122°26′5.3″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

KCNZ-CD(channel 28) is alow-power,Class A television stationlicensed toSan Francisco, California,United States, serving theSan Francisco Bay Area.Owned by CNZ Communications,LLC,it issistertoGritaffiliateKOFY-TV(channel 20) and low-power station KQRM-LD. The three stations share transmitter facilities atopSan Bruno Mountain.

History

KCNZ-CD was founded on April 25, 1986, with an originalconstruction permitgranted to National Innovative Programming Network. Initially assigned toPalo AltoandLos Altos, California,and given callsign K30BI, the station's construction permit was modified and extended several times. In August 1990,Channel Americaacquired the station, but sold it again in July 1992 to Polar Broadcasting, who finally licensed the station on May 3, 1994. By this time, the station had been assigned to San Francisco,OaklandandSan Jose.

According to listings from 1997, K30BI (referred to as "KBI-TV" ) was formerly affiliated withThe Box,a 24-hour-a-day music network, and aired classic television during the day.It offered a Korean-language local newscast and a Spanish-language call-in show,as well as Spanish-language preseason broadcasts ofSan Francisco 49ersfootball. It was the only Korean-language TV station in San Francisco and its only independent Spanish-language outlet.

In 1999, the station relocated to channel 28 to make way forKQED's digital signal on channel 30 and rebranded as "Tu Vision" (Spanish for "Your Vision" ). Its studios were originally located in the Cannery onFisherman's Wharf, San Francisco.In 2000, KBI moved its studios to San Jose, a bid to move the station closer to the locus of the Hispanic community in the Bay Area.

Eventually, the station changed affiliations toHSN;itscall letterswere changed to KBIT-LP shortly after. KBIT received Class A status on August 27, 2001, and assumed the call sign KFTL-CA in February 2004 after being taken over byFamily Stations, Inc.Family Stations previously used the KFTL call sign on analog channel 64, licensed toStockton,which is nowUniMásowned-and-operated stationKTFK-DT.

KFTL-CAflash cutto digital on June 27, 2009; its call sign was changed to KFTL-CD.

Family Stations sold KFTL-CD to LocusPoint Networks in November 2012.

The station was purchased by CNZ Communications subsidiary Poquito Más Communications in mid-2017 and changed the call sign to KCNZ-CD on August 7, 2017.

Subchannels

Subchannels of KCNZ-CD, KQRM-LD, and KOFY-TV

License	Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
KCNZ-CD	28.1	480i	16:9	KCNZ-CD	LATV
	28.2			MariaV	Mariavision
	28.4			ShopHQ	ShopHQ
	28.5			CRTV	CRTV
	28.6			ShopLC	Shop LC
	28.7			FunRoad	Fun Roads
KQRM-LD	18.1			KQRM-LD	ShopHQ
KOFY-TV	20.1	720p		KOFY-TV	Merit Street Media
	20.2	480i		Grit	Grit
	20.3			Positiv	Positiv
	20.6			RCTV	Real Collectibles TV
	20.7			RVTV	RVTV
	20.8			FunRoad	Fun Roads

See also

• KEAR (AM)
• KEBR (FM)