KXVU-LD
Television station in Chico, California
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KXVU-LD (channel 17) is a low-power television station in Chico, California, United States, serving the Chico–Redding market as an affiliate of Antenna TV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside ABC/Fox affiliate KRCR-TV (channel 7), KCVU (channel 20), and four other low-power stations: MyNetworkTV affiliates KRVU-LD (channel 21) and KZVU-LD (channel 22), Univision affiliate KUCO-LD (channel 27), and UniMás affiliate KKTF-LD (channel 30). The stations share studios on Auditorium Drive east of downtown Redding and maintain a news bureau and sales office at the former Sainte Television Group facilities on Main Street in downtown Chico. KXVU-LD's transmitter is located along Cohasset Road northeast of Chico.
- Sinclair Broadcast Group
- (Sinclair-California Licensee, LLC)
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| Channels | |
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| Branding | Antenna TV 17.1 |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Antenna TV |
| Ownership | |
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| KRCR-TV, KCVU, KRVU-LD, KUCO-LD | |
| History | |
| Founded | July 26, 2002 |
First air date | March 31, 2006 |
Former call signs |
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Former channel number |
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| Telemundo (2006–2014) | |
Call sign meaning | No meaning; the "VU" letters are also used on sister stations KCVU and KRVU-LD/KZVU-LD |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 125422 |
| ERP | 0.1 kW |
| HAAT | 374.5 m (1,229 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°57′42.7″N 121°42′43.1″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
History
The station started broadcasting on March 31, 2006. It was founded by Chester Smith of Sainte Partners II, L.P., joining sister station and Univision affiliate KUCO-LD as the only two Spanish-language stations in the North Valley until they also founded UniMás affiliate KKTF-LD (channel 30). After the sale of Sainte's assets to Bonten Media Group (owners of ABC affiliates KRCR-TV in Redding and KAEF-TV (channel 23) in Eureka) in 2014, the new owners sold the rights of Telemundo to K4 Media Holdings and moved the station from KXVU-LP to KNVN-DT2, which is now operated by Allen Media Broadcasting.
On April 21, 2017, Sinclair announced its intent to purchase the Bonten stations for $240 million.[2] The sale was completed September 1.[3]
