| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Chronicle Publishing Company (51%)/ Tele-Communications, Inc. (49%) (1994–1999) Young Broadcasting (51%)/ AT&T Broadband (49%) (1999–2001) |
| Sister channels | KRON-TV |
| History | |
| Launched | July 1, 1994 |
| Closed | August 30, 2001 (7 years, 60 days) |
| Replaced by | Food Network (on AT&T Broadband systems) |
BayTV was a 24-hour regional cable news and sports channel that served the San Francisco Bay Area and operated from July 1994 to August 2001. It was originally owned as a joint venture between the locally based Chronicle Publishing Company (which owned a controlling 51% interest) and cable provider Tele-Communications, Inc. (which owned the remaining 49% share). Young Broadcasting acquired majority control of the channel after it acquired parent television station KRON-TV (channel 4) in November 1999, while TCI's interest transferred to AT&T Broadband upon its acquisition of TCI earlier that year.
The channel operated from KRON-TV's (now-former) studio facilities at 1001 Van Ness Avenue in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco.