KSBW

Not to be confused with KSWB-TV.
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KSBW
Inside a television screen shape, a serif 8 in silver next to the NBC peacock and the letters K S B W in a white, square sans serif beneath.
Inside a television screen shape, a stylized bridge in white. The part above the bridge is royal blue and contains the words "central coast" in white in a sans serif. The part beneath the bridge is sky blue in color. The middle arch of the bridge is semicircular, and nestled under it is the ABC network logo, a black disk with the letters a b c in round-bodied lowercase.
CitySalinas, California
Channels
Branding
  • KSBW 8; Action News 8
  • Central Coast ABC (DT2)
  • Estrella TV Costa Central (DT3)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
September 11, 1953 (70 years ago) (1953-09-11)
Former call signs
  • KSBW-TV (1953–1987)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 8 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 10 (VHF, 2002–2009)
  • All secondary:
  • DuMont (1953–1955)
  • ABC (1953–1960)
  • CBS (1953–1969)
Call sign meaning
"Salad Bowl of the World", nickname for Salinas[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID19653
ERP20.6 kW
HAAT760 m (2,493 ft)
Transmitter coordinates36°45′22.8″N 121°30′8.7″W / 36.756333°N 121.502417°W / 36.756333; -121.502417
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.ksbw.com

KSBW (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Salinas, California, United States, serving the Monterey Bay area as an affiliate of NBC and ABC. Owned by Hearst Television, the station has studios on John Street (Highway 68) in downtown Salinas, and its transmitter is located on Fremont Peak in the Gabilan Mountains.

KSBW-TV began broadcasting on September 11, 1953. It was originally a shared-time operation with KMBY-TV, which operated from Monterey; the stations were outgrowths of radio stations KSBW and KMBY and shared programs from all four major television networks. KSBW bought out KMBY in 1955, becoming the sole station on channel 8. In 1957, its owners began operating KSBY in San Luis Obispo as a semi-satellite; the two stations remained commonly owned for more than three decades, and KSBW became the dominant local news outlet in the area. It retained this status despite a series of ownership transfers in the 1980s and 1990s, during which time Elisabeth Murdoch and her husband briefly owned KSBW and KSBY.

Hearst acquired KSBW in 1998 as part of a trade with Sunrise Television Corporation. Under Hearst, KSBW was the first station in the area to broadcast a digital signal. In 2011, it launched Central Coast ABC, a local in-market ABC affiliate, as a digital subchannel.

  1. ^ "KSBW Is Named For 'Salad Bowl Of World' Here". The Californian. Salinas, California. October 3, 1947. pp. 8, 10. Retrieved December 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSBW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.