KSEE

KSEE
Channels
BrandingKSEE 24
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KGPE
History
First air date
May 31, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-05-31)
Former call signs
KMJ-TV (1953–1981)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 24 (UHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 16 (UHF, 2002–2005), 38 (UHF, 2005–2020)
  • CBS (secondary, 1953–1956)
Call sign meaning
pronounced "K-SEE"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35594
ERP221 kW
HAAT601.1 m (1,972 ft)
Transmitter coordinates37°4′14″N 119°25′34″W / 37.07056°N 119.42611°W / 37.07056; -119.42611
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.yourcentralvalley.com

KSEE (channel 24) is a television station in Fresno, California, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside CBS affiliate KGPE (channel 47). The two stations share studios on McKinley Avenue in eastern Fresno; KSEE's transmitter is located on Bear Mountain (near Meadow Lakes).

KSEE began broadcasting as KMJ-TV, the first television station in Fresno, on May 31, 1953. It was owned by McClatchy Newspapers, alongside The Fresno Bee and KMJ radio, and was the market's leading station for most of McClatchy's ownership. However, the company owning the major daily newspaper in Fresno, its leading radio station, and its leading television station led to legal scrutiny in the 1970s and a five-year battle by local investors known as San Joaquin Communications Corporation to attempt to wrest the license from McClatchy. McClatchy opted to sell to the investors in 1979, a deal completed in 1981, but they soon sold the station for financial reasons. Nexstar acquired KSEE in 2013, shortly after purchasing KGPE, and moved the latter station's operations into the former's studio building. KSEE produces daily newscasts as well as other local programs.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSEE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.