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{{Short description|Television station in San Jose, California}}
{{about|the television station in San Jose, California|the British educational TV programme|The KNTV Show}}
{{Distinguish|KTNV-TV}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KNTV
| city = San Jose, California
| logo = NBC Bay Area 2023.svg
| logo_size = 210px
| location = {{ubl|[[San Jose, California|San Jose]]–[[San Francisco]]–|[[Oakland, California]]}}
| country = United States
| branding = NBC Bay Area
| digital = 13 ([[VHF]])
| virtual = 11
| translators = KSTS 11.3 (19.3 [[UHF]]) San Jose
| affiliations = {{Unbulleted list|'''11.1:''' [[NBC]]|'''[[KSTS|48.3]]:''' [[Telemundo]]|''for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| owner = [[NBC Owned Television Stations]]
| licensee = NBC Telemundo License [[LLC]]
| founded = {{start date|1954|04|16}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=For the record: Actions of the FCC–New TV stations–Grants |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/54-OCR/1954-04-26-BC-OCR-Page-0103.pdf |magazine=Broadcasting-Telecasting |date=April 26, 1954 |page=103 |via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
| airdate = {{start date and age|1955|09|12|p=y}}
| last_airdate =
| callsign_meaning =
| sister_stations = [[KSTS]], [[NBC Sports Bay Area]], [[NBC Sports California]]
| former_callsigns =
| former_channel_numbers = {{Unbulleted list|'''Analog:''' 11 (VHF, 1955–2009)|'''Digital:''' 12 (VHF, 1999–2020)}}
| former_affiliations = {{Unbulleted list|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1955–1960)|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1960–2000)|[[The WB]] (2000–2001)}}
| erp = 95 kW
| haat = {{convert|419|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 35280
| coordinates = {{coord|37|41|6.5|N|122|26|4.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.nbcbayarea.com/}}
}}

'''KNTV''' (channel 11), branded '''NBC Bay Area''', is a [[television station]] licensed to [[San Jose, California]], United States, serving the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. It is [[owned and operated]] by the [[NBC]] television network through its [[NBC Owned Television Stations]] division alongside [[Telemundo]] outlet [[KSTS]] (channel 48); it is also sister to [[regional sports network]]s [[NBC Sports Bay Area]] and [[NBC Sports California]]. KNTV and KSTS share studios on North 1st Street in the [[North San Jose Innovation District]]; KNTV's transmitter is located on [[San Bruno Mountain]], and two of its subchannels are also broadcast from the KSTS tower on [[Mount Allison]].

KNTV was established as an independent station in 1955; in 1960, it became an affiliate of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] as the affiliate of record for [[Salinas, California|Salinas]] and [[Monterey]], otherwise a separate market. Even though San Francisco had its own ABC television station, [[KGO-TV]], KNTV focused its news and other programming on the [[Santa Clara Valley]]. In 1999, ABC paid KNTV to end its affiliation in 2000 in order to allow KGO-TV to serve as the only source of ABC programming in the San Jose area. The station operated as an independent for a year and a half before securing a 10-year affiliation with NBC and then being sold to the network outright. Local news covering the entire Bay Area is produced from the San Jose studios.

==History==
===Early years and ABC affiliation (1955–1999)===
KNTV<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/55-OCR/1955-05-02-BC-OCR-Page-0097.pdf "For the record: Actions of the FCC–Existing TV stations–Call letters assigned."] {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', May 2, 1955, pg. 97: Station was originally assigned call letters KQXI; calls were changed to KNTV in May 1955.</ref> signed on the air on September 12, 1955, originally operating as an [[independent station]] covering the entire north-central California coast from [[Monterey]] to San Francisco. It was the first television station in San Jose and was originally operated by Standard Radio and Television Corporation, which was owned by Allen T. Gilliland.<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/55-OCR/1955-09-05-BC-OCR-Page-0010.pdf "KNTV (TV) starts next week."] {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', September 5, 1955, pg. 9.</ref> The station's studios and offices were located at 645 Park Avenue, a short distance from the [[Caltrain]] railroad tracks and adjacent to the Gilliland-owned Sunlite Baking Company in downtown San Jose. Its antenna was originally located on [[Loma Prieta]], some {{convert|60|mi|km}} south of San Francisco. Channel 11 often aired shows from [[CBS]], [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] and NBC that were respectively turned down by San Francisco's [[KPIX-TV]] (channel 5) and [[KRON-TV]] (channel 4), as well as some [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] shows that also aired on [[KGO-TV]] (channel 7). The station was not viable as an independent, despite the Bay Area's size. The going got even more difficult when [[Oakland]]-based [[KTVU]] (channel 2) signed on in 1958, and it soon became apparent that the Bay Area was not large enough at the time to support two independent stations.

However, due to KNTV's transmitter and antenna location, its signal could be received fairly well in the nearby areas of Monterey and [[Salinas, California|Salinas]]; the transmitter was located approximately halfway between San Jose and Monterey. Taking advantage of this, KNTV sought and was granted the ABC affiliation for the [[Monterey Bay]] area in 1960,<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1960/BC-1960-04-18.pdf|title=Goes ABC|work=Broadcasting|date=April 18, 1960|page=63|volume=58|issue=16}}</ref> on the condition that the station reduced its transmitter power so as not to overlap with network-owned KGO-TV's signal. Previously, all three networks had been shoehorned onto Salinas-based [[KSBW-TV]] (channel 8). KNTV, therefore, became one of the few stations located outside the market it served.

Following the death of Allen T. Gilliland in 1960, ownership of KNTV was held by the executors of his estate, which included son Allen T. Gilliland Jr.<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1960/BC-1960-08-15.pdf "For the record: Actions of the FCC–Ownership changes–Applications."]''Broadcasting'', August 15, 1960, pg. 102.</ref> The younger Gilliland acquired majority ownership in August 1966<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/66-OCR/1966-08-15-BC-OCR-Page-0064.pdf "Changing hands–Approved."] {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Broadcasting'', August 15, 1966, pg. 64.</ref><ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1966/1966-08-15-BC.pdf "Gains control of KNTV(TV)."] ''Broadcasting'', August 15, 1966, pg. 74.</ref> and later operated it as part of Gill Industries, which also controlled San Jose's [[cable television]] system. KNTV was highly regarded locally by viewers and seen as a "hometown" station for the South Bay, with news coverage and local commercials reflecting its South Bay roots, rather than focusing almost solely on San Francisco as the other network outlets did{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}. Gill Industries sold KNTV to [[Norfolk, Virginia]]–based [[Landmark Communications]] in 1978.<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/78-OCR/1978-01-09-BC-OCR-Page-0028.pdf "In brief."] {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Broadcasting'', January 9, 1978, pg. 28.</ref><ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/78-OCR/1978-08-14-BC-OCR-Page-0065.pdf "Changing hands–Approved"] {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Broadcasting'', August 14, 1978, pg. 65.</ref> Twelve years later, Landmark sold the station to a minority-owned firm, [[Granite Broadcasting]].<ref>[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/90-OCR/BC-1990-02-26-OCR-Page-0019.pdf Announcement of acquisition of KNTV by Granite Broadcasting Corp.] {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Broadcasting'', February 26, 1990, pg. 19.</ref>

===Transition (1999–2001)===
In 1999, KGO-TV agreed to pay Granite a substantial fee to stop channel 11 from running ABC programming once the station's affiliation contract expired. ABC's corporate parent, [[The Walt Disney Company]], saw the need to expand KGO-TV's exclusive advertising market share into San Jose for this reason, and it felt that KNTV was taking away from the share.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=Jill |date=September 2, 1999 |title=KNTV San Jose exits ABC |url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/kntv-san-jose-exits-abc-1117755319/ |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Carman |first=John |date=September 3, 1999 |title=KGO to Be Area's Only ABC Station |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/KGO-to-Be-Area-s-Only-ABC-Station-2910780.php |access-date=April 2, 2024 |work=SFGATE |language=en}}</ref>

That same year, the deYoung family, owners of KRON-TV and the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', put all of its media properties up for sale. NBC, which had been in the midst of renewing its affiliation agreement with KRON-TV, jumped into the bidding. It had been one of the bidders for the channel 4 license in the late 1940s when it wanted a sister television station to complement West Coast flagship KNBC (AM 680, now [[KNBR (AM)|KNBR]]), but lost out to Chronicle. The deYoungs had built KRON into one of NBC's strongest affiliates, though NBC had long felt chagrin at KRON's frequent preemptions of network programming. NBC was thought to be the favorite to buy KRON-TV, but in a move that shocked the broadcasting industry, lost a bidding war for the station to [[Young Broadcasting]] in November 1999.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-17-fi-34449-story.html KCAL's Owner Outbids NBC for S.F.'s Leading TV Station], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 17, 1999. Retrieved May 11, 2013.</ref> NBC responded by threatening to yank its programming from KRON unless Young agreed to run it under the conventions of an NBC-owned outlet, including disallowing the station from preempting NBC programs outside of breaking news coverage.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/NBC-Tells-KRON-Bidders-Who-s-Boss-2900935.php NBC Tells KRON Bidders Who's Boss], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', October 27, 1999.</ref><ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/NBC-offers-to-buy-KRON-3060010.php NBC offers to buy KRON], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', November 3, 1999.</ref> The network also made the unprecedented demand that Young pay NBC $10 million annually to carry the network's programming—a form of [[reverse compensation]]. Young refused and announced that it would end KRON-TV's 52-year relationship with NBC once its affiliation contract ended in December 2001.<ref name="KNTV in KRON out">{{cite web|author=Goodman, Tim|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/KNTV-in-KRON-out-as-NBC-affiliate-3074793.php|title=KNTV in, KRON out as NBC affiliate|work=The San Francisco Examiner|date=February 14, 2000|access-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref>

In February 2000, Granite contacted NBC to negotiate an affiliation deal and offered to pay an average of $37 million annually (totaling roughly $362 million over 10 years) for the rights to broadcast NBC programs on KNTV. This agreement was groundbreaking and notable, as KNTV became the first major market affiliate to pay a network for programming, reversing a long-standing model where networks paid affiliates to carry their programming. NBC accepted the deal, which was due to take effect in January 2002.<ref name="KNTV in KRON out" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=February 15, 2000 |title=NBC mines huge fee in Granite affil deal |url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/nbc-mines-huge-fee-in-granite-affil-deal-1117776442/ |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> In preparation for this switch, KNTV boosted its signal to reach the entire Bay Area. This increased KNTV's potential audience to more than seven million viewers, including 90% of the Bay Area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/granite-boosts-san-jose-station-signal|title=Granite boosts San Jose station signal|author=Wilkerson, David B.|work=marketwatch.com|date=May 10, 2000|access-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref>

On July 3, 2000, KNTV terminated its ABC affiliation after 40 years with the network; it then temporarily carried programming from [[The WB]] in a part-time simulcast with then co-owned KBWB-TV (channel 20, now [[KOFY-TV]]), which was the full-time WB affiliate for the Bay Area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/TV-Turmoil-As-Channel-11-Cuts-ABC-Link-2750427.php|title=TV Turmoil As Channel 11 Cuts ABC Link|last=Carman|first=John|date=July 3, 2000|website=SFGate|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> The move cost the Monterey Bay area an over-the-air ABC affiliate. To compensate for the loss, KGO-TV was then added on cable providers in that market, with certain syndicated programs carried by the station replaced due to [[syndication exclusivity]] rules. This did not pose as much of a problem as it may seem due to the very high penetration of cable and satellite in the Monterey Bay area. ABC would not return over-the-air to the area until KSBW began carrying ABC programming on the station's [[KSBW-DT2|second digital subchannel]] on April 18, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KSBW To Offer ABC, NBC Programming |url=http://www.ksbw.com/station/26197122/detail.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716140356/http://www.ksbw.com/station/26197122/detail.html |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=KSBW |language=en}}</ref>

In September 2000, [[Nielsen Media Research]] reclassified KNTV to the Bay Area DMA.<ref>[ftp://ftp.fcc.gov/pub/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/2001/da010706.txt]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In March 2001, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) officially recognized KNTV as a Bay Area station,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2001/03/19/daily39.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20021109235606/http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2001/03/19/daily39.html| archive-date = November 9, 2002| title = KNTV officially in 5th market, says FCC - 2001-03-21 - Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal}}</ref> clearing the way for channel 11 to begin identifying as "San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland".

For Granite Broadcasting, the deal with NBC was expensive; the company showed a net loss of $44 million for the first three quarters of 2001, more than double its losses during the same period the previous year. In an attempt to reduce debts, Granite started looking for a buyer for [[Detroit]] WB affiliate WDWB (now [[WMYD]]) in October 2001;<ref>[http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.06.01/cover/kntv-0149.html The Story At 11: KNTV is set to become the Bay Area's NBC affiliate—but can it play with the big boys?], Jeff Kearns, Metroactive, December 6, 2001</ref> that station would not be sold until 2014.<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/73998/scripps-buying-granite-tvs-in-buffalo-detroit Scripps Buying Granite TVs in Buffalo, Detroit], ''TVNewsCheck'', Retrieved February 10, 2014.</ref>

===As an NBC O&O (2001–present)===
On December 17, 2001, NBC announced another twist on the deal: it bought KNTV from cash-strapped Granite for $230 million,<ref>{{cite news|last=Warren|first=Michael|title=NBC gets Bay Area owned-and-operated station with KNTV purchase|url=http://www0.mercurycenter.com/local/center/nbc1217e.htm|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News|agency=Associated Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011218050735/http://www0.mercurycenter.com/local/center/nbc1217e.htm|archive-date=December 18, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2001/12/17/daily1.html|title=NBC to buy San Jose's KNTV|newspaper=[[San Jose Business Journal]]}}</ref> effectively separating itself from KBWB (which remained under Granite ownership; it was sold in 2018). The network was already in the process of acquiring San Jose-based Telemundo station KSTS and wanted to create a [[duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly]] in the Bay Area. KNTV officially joined NBC at 11:35&nbsp;p.m. Pacific Time on December 31, 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/The-new-KRON-makes-a-weak-first-impression-2886414.php|title=The new KRON makes a weak first impression|last=Goodman|first=Tim|date=January 2, 2002|website=SFGate|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> [[Jay Leno]] officially welcomed NBC's newest station in a ceremony on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno|The Tonight Show]]'' (leading an area-wide 10-second countdown, as the show served as KNTV's first NBC program),<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gap8sUIZWJY NBC11 COUNTDOWN TO NBC AFFILIATION]</ref> followed later that morning by a segment on the ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' show in which [[Al Roker]] introduced KNTV's anchors. With NBC's move to channel 11, it became the only major network in the Bay Area to switch from one station to another. KNTV is the third Bay Area station to affiliate with NBC, as primary CBS affiliate KPIX-TV had carried the network as a secondary affiliation upon its sign-on in 1948 until KRON debuted the following year. NBC formally took control of KNTV in April 2002. This was not NBC's first attempt at purchasing a station in the Bay Area; a plan to purchase KTVU in 1961 was canceled following antitrust objections from KRON-TV, along with an FCC hearing designation surrounding all applications related to NBC's ownership of [[KYW (AM)|radio]] and [[KYW-TV|television]] stations in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Big piece falls out of NBC-RKO deal.|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/61-OCR/1961-10-30-BC-OCR-Page-0042.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|page=42|date=October 30, 1961}}<br />{{cite web|title=Big piece falls out of NBC-RKO deal.|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/61-OCR/1961-10-30-BC-OCR-Page-0044.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|date=October 30, 1961|page=44}}</ref>

[[File:KNTV NBC 11 Bay Area (California) Logo 2002.png|thumb|left|150px|KNTV's logo from September 2002 to July 2008]]
After the affiliation switch to NBC, Granite switched the station's on-air numerical branding to "NBC 3" to reflect its position on cable channel 3 on nearly every cable provider in the Bay Area.<ref>{{cite web|author=Carman, John|title=NBC move guaranteed to rankle / Trying times ahead for network's viewers|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/NBC-move-guaranteed-to-rankle-Trying-times-2839180.php|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=December 18, 2001|access-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref> After the sale to NBC, its new ownership addressed issues involving confusion with [[Sacramento]]'s NBC affiliate, [[KCRA-TV]] (which broadcast on channel 3), and [[rebranded]] the station as "NBC 11" in September 2002.

Initially as the station built up its newsgathering resources in San Francisco and the East Bay, KNTV newscasts were perceived to be [[infotainment]] due to the focus on much more accessible crime and entertainment news, but by late 2002 the newscasts began focusing on Bay Area affairs.<ref name="KNTV stronger">{{cite web|author=Hartlaub, Peter|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/KNTV-stronger-as-an-NBC-affiliate-but-still-has-2742947.php|title=KNTV stronger as an NBC affiliate but still has signal trouble|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=December 28, 2002|access-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref> The station added on a San Francisco bureau and studio in a {{convert|25,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility on Battery Street in San Francisco.<ref name="KNTV stronger"/>

During the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], the station heavily promoted channel 11 through its "illuminating" [[marketing campaign]] (stylized as "I11uminating," with the number "11" used in place of the "L" letters).

====New studios and transmitter====
[[File:KNTVNBC11MainStudios.JPG|220px|thumb|KNTV and KSTS studios located at 2450 North First Street in San Jose]]
In 2004, NBC converted a vacant office space in northern San Jose into a state-of-the-art, all-digital facility for KNTV and KSTS. On December 13 of that year, KNTV moved from its original studios on Park Avenue to the new location. As part of a company-wide environmental initiative (known today as "Green is Universal"), the facility is entirely powered by [[wind energy]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/209462-Green_Blends_In.php |title=Green Blends in - 2009-04-18 06:00:00 &#124; Multichannel News |access-date=April 19, 2009 |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615232251/http://www.multichannel.com/article/209462-Green_Blends_In.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> Following its acquisition by NBC, KNTV continued to broadcast from its longtime transmitter location on the summit of Loma Prieta (located between San Jose and [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]]), but did not increase its power to improve signal coverage in San Francisco and Oakland; as a result, the signal could not be seen over the air in much of the Bay Area north of [[San Mateo County]], including much of San Francisco itself.<ref name="poor reception">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/KNTV-s-poor-reception-Many-Bay-Area-viewers-2887035.php|title=KNTV's poor reception; Many Bay Area viewers can't get signal from new NBC affiliate|last1=Carman|first1=John|last2=Goodman|first2=Tim|date=January 4, 2002|work=SFGate|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020112134927/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fchronicle%2Farchive%2F2002%2F01%2F04%2FMN227474.DTL|archive-date=January 12, 2002|access-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-05-et-ybarra5-story.html|title = Bay Area: I Want My NBC|last = Ybarra|first = Michael J|date = February 5, 2002|work = [[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date = September 16, 2015}}</ref> The affiliation and market switches also resulted in many cable providers in the Monterey Bay area either dropping KNTV entirely or blocking its NBC programming under syndication exclusivity guidelines; even so, the signal still overlapped with KSBW.

That all changed on September 12, 2005, when KNTV was able to finally move its transmitter {{convert|52|mi|km}} northwest to San Bruno Mountain, giving it a signal comparable to the Bay Area's other major stations. The move came after years of objection from KRON's owner Young Broadcasting. KRON made numerous filings with the FCC, alleging that thousands of San Jose residents would lose over-the-air coverage of KNTV if it moved closer to San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/KRON-tries-to-block-TV-tower-Old-foe-NBC-plans-2525624.php|title=KRON tries to block TV tower / Old foe NBC plans transmitter to boost viewership in S.F.|last=Hartlaub|first=Peter|date=December 4, 2003|website=SFGate|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref>

Some San Francisco residents, especially in the Sunset and Richmond districts of the city, still found it difficult to receive an adequate over-the-air signal, because they are shielded from San Bruno Mountain. Most of the other Bay Area stations operate from [[Sutro Tower]], which has a better overall view of San Francisco proper, although at the expense of those in northern San Mateo County, where San Bruno Mountain acts as a shield. However, most of the Bay Area is covered with a strong signal from all of the stations. The year closed, however, with a devastating [[wildfire]] at the retired transmitting facility on Loma Prieta. The fire was quickly extinguished on the afternoon of December 31; however, the fire reignited after firefighters had left the scene, and destroyed the former primary analog and digital transmitters, which had only been retired a few months earlier and were in backup status, as well as a variety of other communications equipment.

In January 2007, [[CNBC]] moved its [[Silicon Valley]] bureau—formerly located at ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''{{'}}s bureau in [[Palo Alto]]—into KNTV/KSTS' San Jose studios. Former KNTV and KRON reporter Jim Goldman is the bureau chief, and the main CNBC reporter covering business stories concerning the Silicon Valley; the set used for daily broadcasts on CNBC occupies part of KNTV's newsroom. In 2008, KNTV changed its on-air branding from "NBC11" to "NBC Bay Area"; the station's website was relaunched on October 16, 2009, as part of a larger revamp of the websites of NBC's entire O&O station group.<ref name="tvnd-websiterelaunch">{{cite news|last=TVnewsday Staff|url=http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/10/13/daily.6/|title=NBC O&Os Relaunch as 'Locals Only' Sites|date=October 13, 2008|work=TVnewsday|access-date=October 17, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016060436/http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/10/13/daily.6/|archive-date=October 16, 2008}}</ref>

In April 2010, KNTV entered into an arrangement with former NBC affiliate KRON-TV to broadcast network programs during instances in which KNTV has to preempt them for special programming such as telecasts of San Francisco Giants games. Incidentally, KRON's owner, Young Broadcasting discussed entering KRON into a [[shared services]] agreement with KNTV's owner [[NBCUniversal]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/nbc-talks-partner-kron-42198|title=NBC in Talks to Partner with KRON|last=Tanklefsky|first=David|date=February 16, 2010|website=Broadcasting & Cable|language=en-us|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> which ultimately never materialized. KRON's default carriage of preempted NBC shows ended in 2012, when [[KICU-TV]] (then owned by [[Cox Media Group]] as a sister station to KTVU) resumed those duties until the sale of both KICU and KTVU to [[Fox Television Stations]] in 2014; preemptions are now handled in-house with a move of NBC programming to KNTV's [[Cozi TV]] subchannel. On April 13, 2010, KNTV became the subject of [[Stephen Colbert]]'s program, ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', where Colbert played a clip read by weekend anchor Diane Dwyer on the issue of "unpaid internships". Colbert would eventually use that given clip to set the stage for laughs based on unpaid interns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/steven-colbert-thinks-were-funny/1885900/|title=Stephen Colbert Thinks We're Funny|last=Preuitt|first=Lori|date=April 13, 2010|website=NBC Bay Area|language=en-US|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref>

In April 2014, a five-alarm fire destroyed the former KNTV complex on Park Avenue; the vacant property had been purchased by the [[San Jose Redevelopment Agency]] along with adjacent parcels in the (eventually ill-fated) hopes of attracting a new downtown stadium for the [[Oakland Athletics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/04/14/san-jose-five-alarm-fire-burned-building-on-land.html|title=San Jose five-alarm fire burned building on land set aside for A's ballpark|last=Donato-Weinstein|first=Nathan|date=April 14, 2014|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=July 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/04/16/herhold-kntv-fire-destroyed-the-last-remnants-of-an-era/|title=Herhold: KNTV fire destroyed the last remnants of an era|last=Herhold|first=Scott|date=April 16, 2014|website=San Jose Mercury News|language=en-US|access-date=July 13, 2019}}</ref>

==Programming==
Since being purchased by NBCUniversal, KNTV has produced its own programs for both local broadcast and for distribution nationally on the NBC television network and in [[Broadcast syndication|syndication]]. Two of KNTV's national and regional programs distributed to NBC stations and the network at large were ''Tech Now!'' (a weekly show that debuted on September 19, [[1998 in television|1998]] under Granite Broadcasting ownership covering tech news and products, hosted by Scott Budman and produced by [[Scott McGrew]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.technowtv.com/?page=9432901 |title=TechNow » About |access-date=May 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321144542/http://www.technowtv.com/?page=9432901 |archive-date=March 21, 2011 }}</ref> and was at one time popular in [[Ghana]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Silicon-Valley-s-TechNow-TV-show-is-big-hit-in-Ghana-27910|title=Silicon Valley's|date=October 1, 2002|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref>) and ''In Wine Country'' (a weekly series focusing on the [[Napa County, California|Napa Valley]] wine community). KNTV is one of ten NBC [[O&O]] stations to distribute programs to other stations or to the network itself as of 2021, along with [[Los Angeles]]' KNBC, [[New York City]]'s [[WNBC]], [[Miami]]'s [[WTVJ]], [[Hartford]]'s [[WVIT]], Philadelphia's [[WCAU]], [[Chicago]]'s [[WMAQ-TV]], [[Dallas]]' [[KXAS-TV]], San Diego's [[KNSD]] and [[Washington, D.C.]]'s [[WRC-TV]]. The station is also the local broadcaster of the [[San Jose Holiday Parade]] each December.

On October 12, 2010, KNTV hosted its first political debate since becoming owned by NBCUniversal. Its 5, 6, and 11 p.m. newscast was broadcast live at [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]]'s Dominican University of California,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Third-Final-Gubernatorial-Debate-Coming-Oct-12-104586884.html|title=Third, Final Gubernatorial Debate Coming Oct 12|last=Middleton|first=R. J.|date=October 8, 2010|website=NBC Bay Area}}</ref><ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nbc-news-tom-brokaw-to-moderate-california-governors-debate-between-candidates-meg-whitman-and-jerry-brown-at-dominican-university-of-california-on-october-12-99922439.html NBC News' Tom Brokaw to Moderate California Governor's Debate Between Candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown at Dominican University of California on October 12]</ref> though the latter newscast were used as a wrap-up of the debate. The debate between California [[Governor of California|gubernatorial]] candidates [[Meg Whitman]] and [[Jerry Brown]] was moderated by [[NBC News]] special correspondent [[Tom Brokaw]]. This program was simulcast on several other NBC stations within California, including fellow NBC O&Os KNBC and KNSD, as well as on Hearst Television-owned KCRA-TV and KSBW.<ref>[http://www.hearsttelevision.com/in-the-news/newsarticle17.html WISN-TV and partners to provide Wisconsin Gubernatorial Primary Debate statewide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003190910/http://www.hearsttelevision.com/in-the-news/newsarticle17.html |date=October 3, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/12/5277155-tonights-brown-whitman-debate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014220124/http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/12/5277155-tonights-brown-whitman-debate|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2010|title=First Read - Tonight's Brown-Whitman debate|date=October 14, 2010|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101015033058/http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/12/5277163-first-thoughts-a-tale-of-two-candidates First Read – First thoughts: A tale of two candidates]</ref>

===Past program preemptions and deferrals===
As an ABC affiliate, KNTV occasionally preempted a few ABC programs.{{Specify|date=November 2023}} KGO-TV, meanwhile (as a network-owned outlet) aired ABC's entire programming schedule, so this often gave San Jose and Silicon Valley (also known as the "South Bay") area residents a second choice for viewing preempted ABC programming (although reception of KGO in the South Bay tended to [[Broadcast range|have some static]] without a roof-mounted antenna, because of the relatively far distance from Sutro Tower). In its early years as the new NBC affiliate for the San Francisco Bay Area, KNTV aired NBC's [[soap opera]] lineup much later in the afternoon than most affiliates; KRON had done this for years as an NBC affiliate. Soon enough, by July 2009, KNTV fell in line with the network's recommended time slot and aired ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (NBC's remaining afternoon daytime drama) at 1 p.m., before the soap opera moved to NBCUniversal's streaming service [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] in September 2022.

===Sports programming===
On November 1, 2007, KNTV entered into a three-year broadcast contract with the [[San Francisco Giants]] through 2010, replacing the team's longtime broadcaster KTVU, which had carried Giants games since 1961, three years after the team moved to the Bay Area and KTVU first began broadcasting. The team's first game broadcast on KNTV aired on April 1, [[2008 San Francisco Giants season|2008]]. KNTV broadcasts 20 to 40 Giants baseball games a year, which are produced by sister network [[NBC Sports Bay Area]]. Also, KNTV airs ''Giants Clubhouse'' each weekend during the [[MLB]] season. All of the Giants broadcasts are carried in [[high-definition television|high definition]]. The station has preempted Giants telecasts during the [[Summer Olympics]] due to [[Olympics on NBC|NBC]] currently holding the television rights to the Olympics. The Giants' contract with KNTV concluded at the end of the [[2010 San Francisco Giants season|2010 season]], however, the broadcast rights were renewed before the [[2011 San Francisco Giants season|2011 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/on-air/as-seen-on/San-Francisco-Giants-on-NBC-Bay-Area-117498629.html|title=San Francisco Giants on NBC Bay Area|date=March 6, 2011|website=NBC Bay Area|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316063519/http://www.nbcbayarea.com/on-air/as-seen-on/San-Francisco-Giants-on-NBC-Bay-Area-117498629.html|archive-date=March 16, 2011|access-date=March 27, 2011}}</ref> Thus, it is one of the few major network affiliates that carry live local MLB games to viewers in their broadcast area. As of [[2022 San Francisco Giants season|2022]], Giants telecasts on KNTV have been simulcasts from NBC Sports Bay Area.

KNTV also occasionally runs special editions of its newscasts or ''Sports Sunday'', to cover [[San Francisco 49ers]] [[NFL]] games that are broadcast as part of ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football]]''. On January 23, 2014, NBCUniversal, [[Comcast]], and the San Francisco 49ers announced a 10-year partnership that included new additions to [[Levi's Stadium]]. The partnership spans multiple business units that include KNTV, NBC Sports Bay Area, its VoiceEdge, [[Ethernet]], and [[Xfinity]] services, as well as building a new studio only {{convert|4|mi|km|0|spell=in}} from where KNTV is based. It also produced 400 hours of programming on KNTV and NBC Sports Bay Area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Comcast-NBC-Universal-49ers-Announce-10-Year-Partnership-241642301.html|title=Comcast, NBCUniversal, 49ers Announce 10-Year Partnership|last=Trujillo|first=Damian|date=January 23, 2014|publisher=NBC Bay Area|access-date=February 17, 2014}}</ref> KNTV is slated to become the local broadcaster for [[Super Bowl LX]] in 2026, to be held at Levi's Stadium.

From 2006 to 2021, KNTV aired [[San Jose Sharks]] games shown via the ''[[NHL on NBC]]''; this included the team's appearance in the [[2016 Stanley Cup Finals]].

===News operation===
KNTV presently{{As of?|date=July 2023}} broadcasts 37 hours, 25 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours, 5 minutes each weekday, and {{frac|3|1|2}} hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). The station also produces a local sports highlight and discussion program on Sunday nights called ''Xfinity Sports Sunday Primetime'', which is hosted by sports anchor [[Dave Feldman]] during the fall, when NBC provides football coverage in prime time.

In September 1998, KNTV began producing an hour-long 10 p.m. newscast for then-WB affiliate KBWB-TV (now KOFY-TV).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Former-KOFY-plans-news-at-10-3072331.php|title=Former KOFY plans news at 10|last=Goodman|first=Tim|date=September 2, 1998|website=SFGate|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> Upon becoming a WB affiliate in July 2000, KNTV increased its local news programming; it retained all of its existing newscasts and added two hours to its weekday morning newscast, an hour-long news and technology-focused program at noon, an additional half-hour to its 5 p.m. newscast and a simulcast of the KBWB 10 p.m. newscast.<ref name="ABC Link">[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/TV-Turmoil-As-Channel-11-Cuts-ABC-Link-2750427.php TV Turmoil As Channel 11 Cuts ABC Link], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', July 3, 2000.</ref><ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/NEW-NBC-AFFILIATE-KNTV-Expansion-Plans-Focus-on-2803548.php NEW NBC AFFILIATE / KNTV Expansion Plans Focus on More News], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', February 15, 2000.</ref> The 7–9 a.m., 5:30 and 10 p.m. newscasts were dropped once KNTV switched to NBC in January 2002.

[[File:KNTV NEWS DESK.jpg|220px|thumb|left|KNTV's news desk until December 21, 2010. After rebranding as "NBC Bay Area", the news desk and newsroom made a minor change to reflect the current branding.]]
On July 21, 2008, KNTV became the third station in the Bay Area (behind KGO and KTVU) to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/nbc11-gives-bay-area-residents-local-news-in-hd/|title=NBC11 gives Bay Area residents local news in HD|last=Murph|first=Darren|date=July 22, 2008|website=Engadget|language=en|access-date=February 13, 2020}}</ref> For the first half of 2009, the recession forced NBC to cut costs at KNTV. Several rounds of layoffs occurred, forcing KNTV to shed some well-known personalities, including chief weather anchor John Farley, who left the station in March 2009;<ref>[http://sfppc.blogspot.com/2009/03/john-farley-leaves-nbc-11-after-13.html John Farley leaves NBC 11 after 13 years]</ref> after Farley's departure, weekend weather segments originated from the studios of Los Angeles sister station KNBC. The station also closed news bureaus in Sacramento and Oakland. KNTV's news helicopter (which was purchased in 2006) was also suspended from use on April 30, 2009.<ref>[http://sfppc.blogspot.com/2009/04/budget-cuts-ground-channel-11.html Budget cuts ground Channel 11 helicopter]</ref> On May 22, 2009, former [[NBC Weather Plus]] meteorologist [[Jeff Ranieri]] was named KNTV's new chief meteorologist.<ref>[http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/nbc-weather-guy-jeff-ranieri-moves-west_b28427 NBC Weather Guy Jeff Ranieri Moves West]</ref> The year prior, on June 29, 2008, layoffs included reporters Noelle Walker, Ethan Harp, Christien Kafton, and San Jose reporter Daniel Garza, along with several behind-the-scenes jobs.

In December 2010, sports director [[Raj Mathai]] transitioned to weeknight news anchor, though he continued to host ''Sports Sunday'' for a short time after the change.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Raj-Mathai-Makes-Jump-to-News-Desk--112388294.html|title=Raj Mathai Makes Jump to News Desk|last=Preuitt|first=Lori|date=December 23, 2010|publisher=NBC Bay Area|access-date=December 23, 2010}}</ref> On December 21, 2010, KNTV's newscasts moved to a temporary set while the main news set underwent renovations, traffic and sports reports were also done in the newsroom. Meteorologist Rob Mayeda also announced his move to the weekend evening newscast. The station added additional personnel including former [[KOB]] reporter Marla Tellez,<ref>[http://www.abqjournal.com/abqnews/abqnewseeker-mainmenu-39/25537-updated-kob-tv-annouces-staff-moves.html UPDATED: KOB-TV Announces Staff Moves]</ref> meteorologist Nick O'Kelly, and freelance sports anchors Justin Allen<ref>[http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/may/04/WTSP-anchor-sports-justin-allen-leaving/ WTSP sports anchor Justin Allen leaving station]</ref> and Christine Nubla (all of whom, except for Tellez, previously worked for KNTV).

On April 20, 2011, KNTV announced that Comcast SportsNet Bay Area (now NBC Sports Bay Area) would begin producing sports segments for the station starting on June 13, 2011,<ref>[http://www.csnbayarea.com/04/20/11/NBC-Bay-Area-and-Comcast-SportsNet-annou/landing.html?blockID=507838&feedID=3422 NBC Bay Area and Comcast SportsNet announce new era in Bay Area sports journalism] {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} CSN Bay Area.</ref><ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/19/SP9F1J3TLF.DTL Comcast to provide sports content for KNTV] ''San Francisco Chronicle''.</ref> to be produced from a dedicated set at the cable channel's studios.<ref>{{cite web | last =Okanes| first =Jonathan| year = 2011| url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_17884778|title = CSNBA to provide content for sports segments on NBC Bay Area | publisher = Inside Bay Area| access-date= April 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/comcast-bay-area-sports-network-180700 Comcast Bay Area Sports Network to Produce Sports Content for NBC Station] The Hollywood Reporter.</ref> This made KNTV the first NBC-owned station to have its sports segments produced by the [[regional sports network]].<ref>[http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_17884669 NBC Bay Area to use CSNBA to provide content on nightly sports segments] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330162316/http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_17884669 |date=March 30, 2012 }} Inside Bay Area.</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Fernandez| first =Bob| year = 2011| url=http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20110421_Comcast_to_provide_sports_coverage_for_San_Francisco_NBC_station.html|title = Comcast to provide sports coverage for San Francisco NBC station| newspaper = The Philadelphia Inquirer| access-date= April 21, 2011}}</ref> On August 10, 2011, Janelle Wang replaced Jessica Aguirre as weeknight anchor of the 5 p.m. newscast. Wang and Raj Mathai are the only [[Asian American]] weekday anchor team outside of Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aaja.org/news/Headliners/2011_07_15_02/ |title=AAJA : News : Headliners : AAJA Salutes NBC Bay Area for Diversity in Hiring |access-date=August 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827075721/http://www.aaja.org/news/Headliners/2011_07_15_02/ |archive-date=August 27, 2011 }}</ref>

On July 16, 2016, KNTV became the eighth NBC-owned station and the first station on the West Coast to begin using "Look N" graphics following seven NBC-owned stations on the East Coast which began using the new graphics in the summer of 2016. Before this, KNTV along with sister stations KNBC and KNSD revamped their websites on July 1, 2016. As of January 2017, KNTV is the only NBC-owned station and one of the two stations in the Bay Area which do not have 4&nbsp;p.m. newscasts since the NBC affiliation taken over from KRON-TV in 2002. Several owned stations already have hour-long 4&nbsp;p.m. newscasts. The other NBC-owned stations in New York, Miami, and Hartford began theirs in June, the stations in Los Angeles and Chicago revived theirs in the summer of 2016, and the station in [[Boston]] (then [[WBTS-LD]]) debuted theirs in January 2017.

In December 2018, the station announced that they would cut its midday newscasts to half an hour beginning on January 7, 2019, in favor of the brand new lifestyle show ''California LIVE''; sister stations KNBC (which produces the program<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/California-Live-A-New-Lifestyle-and-Entertainment-Show-to-Premiere-on-NBC-Owned-Stations-in-California-in-January-2019-484641711.html|title="California Live," A New Lifestyle and Entertainment Show to Premiere on NBC Owned Stations in California in January 2019|date=June 5, 2018|website=NBC 4 Los Angeles|language=en|access-date=July 13, 2019}}</ref>) and KNSD also announced their cuts on the midday newscasts for a half-hour due to the launching of the series.

From mid-March 2020 until April 17, 2020, KNTV expanded its 11&nbsp;p.m. weeknight newscast to a full hour to provide expanded coverage of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in California|COVID-19 pandemic]].

In May 2021, it was announced that KNTV will move ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'' to the network recommended time of 6:30&nbsp;p.m. beginning June 7 as a result of the introduction of two new newscasts at 5:30&nbsp;p.m. and 7&nbsp;p.m.; the former will be the third in the San Francisco Bay Area to have this (following KTVU which have theirs as a result of their expansion of its 5&nbsp;p.m. newscast in April 2005 and KPIX-TV which introduced it in February 2019) and the latter will be the second station in the area to adding the 7&nbsp;p.m. newscasts (following KPIX-TV which introduced their 7&nbsp;p.m. newscast in February 2019).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/rajmathai/status/1396943930298572800|title=Working w/ the Big Guy today. @LesterHoltNBC is always so genuine, humble and fun. He's in town to announce @NBCNightlyNews moving to 6:30p and launch of our new 7pm local newscast @nbcbayarea (all begins June 7). @JessAguirreNBC|author=[[Raj Mathai]]|website=[[Twitter]]|date=May 24, 2021|accessdate=May 24, 2021}}</ref> In addition, the logo was modified, with the stripes of colors used in the NBC logo was added, and the news opens was also modified with the addition of "Moving You Forward" slogan (which is introduced to complete with their competitor KGO-TV which introduced their slogan "Building a Better Bay Area" in 2020).

On July 5, 2021 (a day after [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]]), KNTV began using "Look S" graphics after its sister station KNBC began using it a week prior to its switch and other stations in Chicago and Dallas both debuting it on June 21 and 29 respectively.

On September 12, 2022, KNTV launched a half-hour 4:30&nbsp;p.m. newscast, after the East Coast edition of ''Nightly News'' airing at 4 p.m.<ref>[https://www.nexttv.com/news/kntv-bay-area-debuts-430-pm-news-september-12 KNTV Bay Area Debuts 4:30 P.M. News September 12] Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved on November 21, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/press-release-nbc-bay-area-launches-weekday-430-p-m-newscast-on-sept-12/2992153/ Press Release: NBC Bay Area Launches Weekday 4:30 P.M. Newscast  on Sept. 12] NBC Bay Area. Retrieved on November 21, 2022.</ref>

====Notable current on-air staff====
* [[Jessica Aguirre]] – anchor; also host of ''NBC Class Action''
* [[Raj Mathai]] – anchor
* [[Rob Mayeda]] ([[American Meteorological Society|AMS]] Seal of Approval) – meteorologist and host of ''On Thin Ice''
* [[Scott McGrew]] – business and technology reporter, ''Tech Now'' producer/reporter, ''Press Here'' host/moderator and weekday anchor
* [[Jeff Ranieri]] (AMS Seal of Approval) – chief meteorologist
* [[Garvin Thomas]] – "Bay Area Proud" reporter; also fill-in anchor

====Notable former on-air staff====
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* [[Chauncey Bailey]] – reporter (1970–1971)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bender|first=Kristin|date=August 7, 2007|title=Chauncey Bailey, veteran newsman, Oakland Post editor|work=[[The Mercury News]]|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/08/07/chauncey-bailey-veteran-newsman-oakland-post-editor/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_6534397|title=Bailey's career in news spanned globe for decades'|last=Richman|first=Josh|author2=Fischer, Douglas |date=September 18, 2007|work=[[Oakland Tribune]]|access-date=March 12, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Brodie Brazil]] – sports anchor/reporter; [[NBC Sports Bay Area]] contributor
* [[Marc Brown (journalist)|Marc Brown]] – reporter (1985–1987)<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 30, 2019|title=Marc Brown|url=https://www.nabjla.com/speakers-bios-2/2019/9/30/marc-brown|publisher=NABJLA}}</ref>
* [[Allen Denton]] – anchor (2000–2007)<ref>{{Cite news|last=McCollum|first=Charlie|date=November 14, 2007|title=TV anchor Allen Denton leaving KNTV|work=[[The Mercury News]]|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/11/14/tv-anchor-allen-denton-leaving-kntv/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Griffin|first=Rick|date=March 3, 2019|title=MarketInk: KUSI-TV News Anchor Allen Denton Retires|work=Times of San Diego|url=https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2019/03/03/marketink-kusi-tv-news-anchor-allen-denton-retires/#:~:text=After%2010%20years%20as%20evening,San%20Jose%20and%20San%20Francisco.}}</ref>
* [[Dave Feldman]] – sports anchor<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 23, 2012|title=Dave Feldman Joins Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Returns to Northern California|work=Business Wire|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120723006293/en/Dave-Feldman-Joins-Comcast-SportsNet-Bay-Area}}</ref>
* [[Chris Flanagan (broadcaster)|Chris Flanagan]] – sports anchor (2000–2004)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Santos|first=Derrick|date=July 14, 2016|title=Chris Flanagan Joining FOX 25 as Weekend Evening Anchor|url=http://www.newenglandone.com/news/local/boston/chris-flanagan-joining-fox-25-as-weekend-evening-anchor.html|website=New England One|access-date=July 27, 2020|archive-date=March 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326142157/http://www.newenglandone.com/news/local/boston/chris-flanagan-joining-fox-25-as-weekend-evening-anchor.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[T. J. Holmes]] – anchor (2003–2006)<ref>{{Cite web|title=T.J. Holmes|url=http://www.tjholmes.net/bio/|website=T.J. Holmes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 15, 2006|title=T.J. Holmes Joins CNN As Weekend Anchor|url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/t-j-holmes-joins-cnn-as-weekend-anchor/11980/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727052802/https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/t-j-holmes-joins-cnn-as-weekend-anchor/11980/|archive-date=July 27, 2020|website=TVNewser}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chariton|first=Jordan|date=December 23, 2014|title=T.J. Holmes Joins ABC News as Co-Anchor of 'America This Morning' and 'World News Now'|url=https://www.thewrap.com/t-j-holmes-joins-abc-news-as-co-anchor-of-america-this-morning-and-world-news-now/|website=The Wrap}}</ref>
* [[Jon Kelley]] – anchor (2011–2013)<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 7, 2011|title=NBC Bay Area Announces Addition of Two New Anchors|work=PR Newswire|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nbc-bay-area-announces-addition-of-two-new-anchors-125190804.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 17, 2015|title=Jon Kelley Exiting Chicago TV For Second Time|url=http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/news/7653-jon-kelley-exiting-chicago-tv-for-second-time|website=Chicagoland Radio and Media}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 15, 2016|title=Jon Kelley To Host Game 'Funny You Should Ask'|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/99314/jon-kelley-to-host-game-funny-you-should-ask/|website=TV News Check}}</ref>
* [[Lisa Kim]] – anchor (1999–2010)<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 10, 2010|title=Lisa Kim departs NBC Bay Area|url=https://sfpressclub.org/2010/12/10/lisa-kim-departs-nbc-bay-area/|publisher=San Francisco Press Club}}</ref>
* [[Tony Kovaleski]] – chief investigative reporter (2011–2015)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Michael|date=November 11, 2011|title=Tony Kovaleski on his decision to leave 7News in favor of KNTV in Bay Area|url=https://www.westword.com/news/tony-kovaleski-on-his-decision-to-leave-7news-in-favor-of-kntv-in-bay-area-5873113|website=Westword}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=November 25, 2015|title=TV reporter Tony Kovaleski returning to Denver|work=[[The Mercury News]]|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2015/11/25/tv-reporter-tony-kovaleski-returning-to-denver/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428122102/http://www.mercurynews.com/2015/11/25/tv-reporter-tony-kovaleski-returning-to-denver/|archive-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Jim Kozimor]] – sports anchor
* [[M. David Lee III|David Lee]] – sports anchor (1993–1998)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eck|first=Kevin|date=April 14, 2014|title=Former KNTV Building Gutted by Fire|url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/former-kntv-building-gutted-by-fire/120137/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727054650/https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/former-kntv-building-gutted-by-fire/120137/|archive-date=July 27, 2020|website=TVSpy}}</ref>
* [[Jess Marlow]] – reporter (1960s)<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Jess-Marlow-Long-Time-TV-Newscaster--Dies-at-Age-84-269862781.html|title = Long-Time Newscaster Jess Marlow Dies at Age 84|date = August 4, 2014|work = NBC Bay Area|access-date = September 16, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Vicky Nguyen]] – investigative reporter/fill-in anchor (2007–2019)<ref name="vickynbc">{{Cite news|last=Barney|first=Chuck|date=April 9, 2019|title=Bay Area journalist Vicky Nguyen leaving KNTV|work=The Mercury News|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/08/bay-area-journalist-vicky-nguyen-leaving-kntv-for-nbc/|access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Shannon O'Donnell (meteorologist)|Shannon O'Donnell]] – weekend/morning meteorologist (2001–2007)<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 15, 2007|title=Allen Denton leaving NBC11|url=https://sfpressclub.org/2007/11/15/allen-denton-leaving-nbc11/|publisher=San Francisco Press Club}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=February 20, 2009|title=Shannon O'Donnell now a freelance substitute on KOMO/4|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/article/Shannon-O-Donnell-now-a-freelance-substitute-on-1300725.php}}</ref>
* [[Victoria Recaño]] – anchor/reporter (2002)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=August 24, 2009|title=Ohlman, Recano to anchor KTLA|url=https://variety.com/2009/tv/news/ohlman-recano-to-anchor-ktla-1118007681/|website=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=VICTORIA RECAÑO|url=https://pressexpress.sho.com/cbs-television-distribution/shows/inside-edition/bios?id=victoria-recano|publisher=[[CBS Television Distribution]]}}</ref>
* [[Ric Romero]] – cameraman (1977–1978)<ref name="ricabc">{{Cite web|title=Romero retires from KABC|url=https://www.mediamoves.com/2015/11/ric-romero-retires-from-kabc.html|last=Villafañe|first=Veronica|date=November 25, 2015|website=Media Moves}}</ref>
* [[Ted Rowlands (newscaster)|Ted Rowlands]] – reporter (1997–1999)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ted Rowlands|url=https://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/rowlands.ted.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516205756/https://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/rowlands.ted.html|archive-date=May 16, 2020|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 19, 2019|title=Court TV Promotes Ted Rowlands To Anchor|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/court-tv-promotes-ted-rowlands-to-anchor-300977761.html|website=PR Newswire}}</ref>
* [[Catt Sadler]] – entertainment reporter/host of ''The Bay Beat'' (1998–2002)<ref name="cattleavesE">{{Cite web|last=Quinn|first=Dave|date=December 20, 2017|title=All About Catt Sadler, Single Mom Who Left Her 'Dream Job' at E! News Over Pay Inequality|url=https://people.com/tv/catt-sadler-former-e-news-host-5-things-to-know/|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=April 28, 2015|title=A Day in the Life {{!}} Catt Sadler|url=https://focusmag.us/cattsadler/|website=Focus}}</ref>
* [[Marla Tellez]] – anchor/reporter (2010–2013)<ref name="marlakttv">{{Cite web|date=November 26, 2013|title=LA's Fox 11 Hires Marla Tellez To Join 'Good Day LA'|url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/las-fox-11-hires-marla-tellez-to-join-good-day-la-644196/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
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==Technical information==

===Subchannels===
{{further|KSTS#Subchannels}}
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels of KNTV<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KNTV#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KNTV|access-date=March 16, 2022|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 11.1
| [[1080i]] || rowspan="5"| [[16:9]] || KNTV HD || [[NBC]]
|-
! scope = "row" |  11.2
| [[480i]] || COZI-TV || [[Cozi TV]]
|- style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"
! scope = "row" |  [[KSTS|48.3]]
| 1080i || KSTS HD || [[Telemundo]] ([[KSTS]])
|- style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"
! scope = "row" |  [[KSTS|48.4]]
| 480i || TeleX || [[TeleXitos]] ([[KSTS]])
|-
! scope = "row" |  11.5
| 480i || CRIMES || [[NBC American Crimes]]
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;"
! scope = "row" | [[KRON-TV|4.2]]
| 480i || 4:3 || Antenna || [[Antenna TV]] ([[KRON-TV]])
|}
{{legend|#DFEBF6|Broadcast on behalf of another station}}

Between them, KNTV and KSTS broadcast the same five services (11.3 and 11.4 on the KSTS multiplex simulcast 11.1 and 11.2 on the KNTV multiplex and vice versa for KSTS). The two stations are not co-sited (KSTS is on [[Mount Allison]]).

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KNTV ended regular programming on its analog signal, over [[VHF]] channel 11, on June 12, 2009, as part of the [[Digital television transition in the United States|federally mandated transition from analog to digital television]].<ref name="Analog to Digital">[http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf List of Digital Full-Power Station] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref> The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 12,<ref name="FCCForm387">[http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101233078&formid=387&fac_num=35280 CDBS Print<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 11. As part of the [[SAFER Act]], KNTV kept its analog signal on the air until June 26 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of [[public service announcement]]s from the [[National Association of Broadcasters]].<ref name="FCC Nightlight">{{cite web|url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-291375A1.pdf|title=UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=June 12, 2009|access-date=June 14, 2024}}</ref> On April 29, 2020, at 1 p.m. during the [[FCC repack]], KNTV relocated from channel 12 to channel 13.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=October 1, 2015 |title=How to Rescan Your TV |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/how-to-rescan-your-tv/65550/ |access-date=November 4, 2024 |website=NBC Bay Area |language=en-US}}</ref>

KNTV is now the largest NBC affiliate on the VHF band—and the only NBC O&O to broadcast on VHF.

=== ATSC 3.0 ===
On March 27, 2023, KNTV began carrying Antenna TV on its multiplexed signal on behalf of KRON on channel 4.2 to help free-up KRON's RF channel 7 for ATSC 3.0 transmission. On March 29, 2023, at 10:01&nbsp;a.m., KNTV and five other Bay Area stations went live on KRON's new transmitter on Sutro Tower in ATSC 3.0. With this addition of the ATSC 3.0 signal from Sutro Tower, KNTV is the only station in the Bay Area broadcasting from three different full-power transmitters, concurrently. Also, at the time of the ATSC 3.0 launch, the San Francisco Bay Area is the first and only market with all five major English networks participating via O&O stations (as well as [[Univision]] O&O [[KDTV]]). On May 5, 2023, KNTV began upconverting the ATSC 3.0 signal to [[Dolby Vision]], becoming the first station in the market to do so. Shortly before the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]], KNTV started broadcasting its ATSC 3.0 signal in [[Dolby Atmos]], as well as Dolby Vision.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/NBCBayArea/videos/ad-the-paris-olympics-so-close-you-can-feel-it-see-every-detail-hear-every-momen/315017381605277/ |title=The Paris Olympics, so close you can feel it. See every detail, hear every moment. Available in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos on NextGen TV.|date=July 27, 2024|author=NBC Bay Area|access-date=July 29, 2024 |via=[[Facebook]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
* Kearns, Jeff (December 6–12, 2001). "[http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.06.01/cover/kntv-0149.html The Story At 11." ''Metroactive'']. May 20, 2005.
* Romano, Allison. "[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA505340.html?display=People Sullivan Flexes KNTV's Muscle]". ''Broadcasting and Cable''. February 21, 2005.
* Malone, Michael (July 1, 2008). "[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6574887.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP&nid=2228 KNTV NBC 11 to fire 8 people from the station]". ''Broadcasting and Cable''. July 1, 2008

==External links==
{{commons category|KNTV}}
* {{Official website|https://www.nbcbayarea.com/}}
* [https://www.telemundoareadelabahia.com/ Telemundo48.com] – KSTS-TV {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.newscaststudio.com/setstudio/kntv/ NBC Bay Area Studio Pictures]

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