KRCB (TV)

KRCB

Cotati/Santa Rosa, California United States
City	Cotati, California
Channels	Digital: 5 (VHF) Virtual: 22
Branding	KRCB North Bay
Programming
Affiliations	22.1: PBS 22.2: Create 22.3: NHK World-Japan
Ownership
Owner	Northern California Public Media (Rural California Broadcasting Corporation)
Sister stations	KRCB-FM, KRCG-FM, KPJK
History
First air date	December 2, 1984 (39 years ago) (1984-12-02)
Former call signs	KRCB-TV (1984–1995)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 22 (UHF, 1984–2009) Digital: 23 (UHF, 2003–2009) 22 (UHF, 2009–2020)
Call sign meaning	"Rural California Broadcasting"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	57945
ERP	18.6 kW
HAAT	463.3 m (1,520 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°45′19″N 122°27′10″W / 37.75528°N 122.45278°W / 37.75528; -122.45278
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	norcalpublicmedia.org

KRCB (channel 22) is a PBS member television station licensed to Cotati, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Owned by Northern California Public Media (the Rural California Broadcasting Corporation), it is a sister station to NPR members KRCG-FM (91.1) and KRCB-FM (104.9) and independent noncommercial station KPJK (channel 60). The stations share studios on Labath Avenue in Rohnert Park; the TV station's transmitter is located at Sutro Tower in San Francisco.

KRCB began broadcasting on December 2, 1984. Its sign-on culminated years of effort to bring a public television station to the North Bay, which was underserved in local programming and signal coverage by San Francisco public station KQED. In 1994, KRCB expanded to FM radio broadcasting. After agreeing to sell its spectrum for $72 million in the 2016 incentive auction, it rapidly expanded, moving its transmitter to San Francisco; buying San Mateo public station KCSM-TV (now KPJK); and rebranding as Northern California Public Media. KRCB continues to serve as a secondary member of PBS and produces programming of local interest to the North Bay as well as regional programming for the Bay Area.