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64-571: KGO-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California , United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area 's ABC network outlet. It has been owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division since the station's inception. KGO-TV's studios are located at the ABC Broadcast Center immediately west of The Embarcadero north of the city's Financial District , and its transmitter

128-471: A Grit affiliate and switching to western programming on April 16, 2022. On July 20, 2007, longtime evening news anchor and KGO radio talk show host Pete Wilson died at age 62, following a massive heart attack that he suffered during a hip replacement procedure at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, California . The station aired extensive tributes to Wilson when his death was publicly announced

192-517: A barter in some cases. KMKY (AM) KMKY (1310  AM ) is a radio station licensed to Oakland, California that broadcasts with 5,000 watts. It calls itself "Radio Punjab" and airs programming in Hindi and Punjabi aimed at the San Francisco Bay Area 's South Asian community. It is owned by Charanjit Batth, through licensee Radio Punjab AM 1310 Inc. Its transmitter is located in Oakland near

256-603: A 32-member news team. After Powell failed to make payroll for KFYI – having lost a reported $ 4-million in funding invested by Aetna Insurance in less than six months on the air – the station went silent on April 9, 1985. It returned to air in July, however, having reclaimed its legacy KDIA call letters, while resuming its urban music format. In the early 1990s, KDIA was co-owned by then mayor of Oakland, California , Elihu Harris , with then California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown . In 1992, Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey returned to

320-533: A Millionaire , first-run on the network, until the game show's cancellation in 2019. It also paired Donahue with Oprah on the station's afternoon lineup in the late 1980s, after the station acquired Donahue from KTVU; however, in January 1995, KGO-TV became the first affiliate in the country to drop the talk show, sixteen months before its cancellation in May 1996 (New York City's NBC O&O WNBC dropped Donahue during

384-697: A computerized podium (on a par with Bermudez) from its premiere until August 2011, when she became a frequent technology and social media guest contributor for the now-defunct CBS morning news program, The Early Show . The program played off the "seven" theme by sometimes incorporating a seven-item list (referred to as "The List") into the program. 7 Live was canceled by KGO, due to low ratings, airing its last broadcast on April 27, 2012. KGO-TV presently broadcasts 42 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours, 35 minutes each weekday and five hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). The program usually rebroadcast stories previously shown during

448-412: A digital subchannel; at the time, the 7.2 subchannel ran simulcasts and rebroadcasts of most KGO newscasts and other locally produced programs, along with repeats of ABC News programs in non-traditional timeslots (for example, the weeknight editions of ABC World News Tonight aired at 7 pm, while Nightline aired most weekdays at 9 a.m. and 7:30 pm). Some programs seen on channel 7.2, such as

512-965: A hand in getting KGO-TV on the air, as the CBS -affiliated station produced informational programming on how to receive and view ABC's channel 7. KGO-TV's original studios were located in the renovated Sutro Mansion near Mount Sutro in San Francisco, next to the transmitter tower it shared with KPIX. KGO-TV was the fourth of ABC's five original owned-and-operated stations to sign-on, after WABC-TV in New York City, WLS-TV in Chicago and WXYZ-TV in Detroit, and before KABC-TV in Los Angeles. The call letters were inherited from KGO radio (810 AM). In addition to airing ABC programming, KGO-TV also aired syndicated programs from

576-493: A live 11 p.m. newscast. On July 9, 2015, KGO became the first station in Northern California to fly a commercial drone under newly approved FAA guidelines. Called "DroneView7", the aircraft flew over the demolition of Candlestick Park, broadcasting live. On February 4, 2022, the station launched ABC 7 Bay Area 24/7 , a continuous online streaming channel showing local news and information. On February 1, 2024, KGO updated

640-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in

704-431: A result, KGO-TV instead called its newscasts Channel 7 News Scene throughout the 1970s, and Channel 7 News from 1982 to 1998, when it switched to the current ABC 7 News branding. Along with the other ABC O&Os, KGO-TV also used an edited version of the "Tar Sequence" from the soundtrack of Cool Hand Luke as the theme music for its newscasts starting in 1969. After its Chicago sister station, WLS-TV, began to reuse

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768-475: A result, KGO-TV is the only Bay Area television station to retain the same channel allocation post-transition and the only other station alongside KNTV to remain on the VHF dial (KQED moved from VHF channel 9 to UHF channel 30). During the 2019 digital television repack, KGO-TV moved to VHF channel 12, while KRON-TV moved to VHF channel 7. KGO-TV has a construction permit for a fill-in translator on UHF channel 35, serving

832-458: A studio audience called "The Voice Box" and viewer-submitter e-mail, Facebook and Twitter comments that were read by the hosts during the program. Copeland spent most of the program walking about the studio, peppering his material with humorous comments. Each edition of 7 Live generally ended with Copeland sharing a "Thought of the Day". Jennifer Jolly served as the technology/social media co-host from

896-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations

960-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,

1024-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around

1088-551: Is located atop Sutro Tower . In addition, KGO-TV leases part of its building to CW outlet KRON-TV (channel 4, owned by The CW's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group ), but with completely separate operations. KGO-TV first signed on the air on May 5, 1949, as the San Francisco Bay Area's second-oldest television station, signing on five months after KPIX (channel 5) and the 50th in the United States. In fact, KPIX had

1152-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually

1216-479: The Commonwealth Club Speaker's Luncheon and reruns of the 1960s ABC prime time western The Guns of Will Sonnett , were not shown on channel 7.1. KGO-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 24 to VHF channel 7. As

1280-700: The 2016 and 2019 NBA Finals . The station carried the 1989 World Series , a matchup between the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants which would be interrupted by the Loma Prieta earthquake shortly before Game 3 was to begin at Candlestick Park . From June 26, 2006, to September 10, 2010, KGO-TV broadcast a locally produced weekday variety show called The View from the Bay , hosted by Spencer Christian and Janelle Wang. The hour-long show focused on local attractions as well as interviews and other interests in

1344-507: The Eyewitness News branding in 2013, KGO-TV became the only ABC O&O that does not use the Eyewitness News or Action News brand for its newscasts as with other ABC O&O stations. The station broadcast a 4:30 p.m. newscast named Early News in 1970, anchored by Ray Tannehill and John Reed King , with Pete Giddings covering weather and Bob Fouts presenting sports. Lu Hurley provided live helicopter traffic coverage, one of

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1408-743: The Oakland Raiders ' appearance in Super Bowl XXXVII . Also, Channel 7 airs NBA on ABC contests involving the Golden State Warriors via the network's contract with the NBA and, since 2021, San Jose Sharks games through the network's contract with the NHL . KGO-TV has aired the Warriors' championship victories in the 2015 , 2017 , 2018 , and 2022 NBA Finals and the Warriors' championship appearances in

1472-603: The Paramount Television Network ; among the Paramount programs aired were Time For Beany , Hollywood Reel , Sandy Dreams , Hollywood Wrestling , and Cowboy G-Men . Channel 7 had a limited broadcasting schedule during its first year on the air. It was not until September 1950 that the station announced, in the San Francisco Chronicle , that it would broadcast on all seven days of the week. For much of

1536-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station

1600-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has

1664-540: The 1950s, the station signed on late in the morning or early afternoon, especially on the weekends, because the ABC network did not offer many daytime programs then. For many years, Saturday programming began with King Norman's Kingdom of Toys , a popular children's program hosted by the owner of a San Francisco toy store, Norman Rosenberg, from 1954 until 1961. He died in December 2016 at the age of 98. In 1954, KGO-TV moved to one of

1728-455: The 6 p.m. newscast and national and international news reports from ABC News. KGO-TV had followed the lead of its New York City sister station, WABC-TV, and adopted the Eyewitness News format for its newscasts in the late 1960s; however, the Eyewitness News title was already being used on KPIX-TV, which inherited its version of the format from its Philadelphia sister station KYW-TV . As

1792-565: The Bay was replaced by a new local afternoon talk program called 7 Live on September 13, 2010 (which was similar in format to one of MSNBC 's earliest programs, The Site ), taking the former program's previous 3 p.m. timeslot. The program was hosted by longtime KGO-AM radio host Brian Copeland and Lizzie Bermudez, who stood at a computerized podium and alternatively acted as "sidekick" or "sounding board" to Copeland and shared material from her computer; Bermudez focused on technology and pop culture segments. 7 Live had an innovative format with

1856-555: The Bay Area to work as public affairs director and newscaster on KDIA. Bailey later became the editor of the Oakland Post who was murdered on the streets of downtown Oakland . KDIA changed from gospel music to Radio Disney on December 16, 1997, when the station was sold by Jim Gabbert to The Walt Disney Company . On August 13, 2014, Disney put KMKY and 22 other Radio Disney stations up for sale, to focus on digital distribution of

1920-500: The Bay Area's only O&O station ended in 1995 when several other stations in the San Francisco-Oakland market became network-owned stations over the next twenty years—including KBHK-TV (now KPYX ) becoming a charter member of UPN (in which the station's then-owner was a partner) in 1995, KPIX becoming a CBS O&O with the network's 1995 merger with Westinghouse, KNTV becoming an NBC O&O in 2002 after being bought by

1984-499: The Bay Area. Aimed at female viewers, the show aired weekdays at 3 pm, and was also live streamed online. Los Angeles sister station KABC-TV also aired the program weeknights at 10 p.m. on its second digital subchannel, with the program also airing at various times on digital subchannels of other ABC O&O stations. The program was also syndicated to the Live Well Network in 2010, retitled as Everyday Living . The View from

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2048-613: The Bay Area. It was first licensed, with the randomly assigned call letters of KLS, on March 10, 1922, on 833 kHz. It moved to 1220 kHz in 1927, then 1440 kHz in 1928. It moved to 1280 kHz in 1937, then 1310 kHz in 1941 as a result of the NARBA agreement. In 1945, when the station was still owned by the Warner Brothers of Oakland, no relation to the movie studio, it changed its call letters to KWBR and changed its format to focus on an African-American audience. In 1959, it

2112-643: The Capital Cities/ABC merger, KGO-TV went on to be the longest-serving ABC O&O outside of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Owing to its common ownership with ESPN , Channel 7 holds the right of first refusal to Monday Night Football games involving the San Francisco 49ers . The station carried coverage of the 49ers' victories in Super Bowl XIX , which was played locally at Stanford Stadium , and Super Bowl XXIX . The station also carried coverage of

2176-627: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in

2240-421: The exception of programs that channel 7 was only allowed to show within the San Francisco market under syndication exclusivity rules. On December 20, 2010, Hearst Television , owners of NBC affiliate KSBW , signed an affiliation agreement with ABC to bring the network's programming to KSBW's second digital subchannel . The new subchannel (branded on-air as "Central Coast ABC") debuted on April 18, 2011, and took

2304-402: The facility with radio stations KGO (AM 810), KSFO and KMKY (the former two are now owned by Cumulus Media ). By 2012, the radio stations had vacated 900 Front Street. In late 2014, KRON-TV (channel 4; then a primary MyNetworkTV affiliate) moved its operations from 1001 Van Ness Avenue, a building it had occupied since 1967, to the ABC Broadcast Center, leasing from KGO-TV/ABC the space on

2368-399: The first television programs in the San Francisco Bay Area to offer traffic reports. KGO-TV was one of the last ABC affiliates that broadcast the network's evening news program in the 7:00 p.m. time slot. By early 1992, World News Tonight had been displaced to 5:30 pm, replacing the last half of the 5:00 p.m. news hour. KGO-TV has long broadcast an 11:00 p.m. newscast; it

2432-455: The following day. His final newscast and radio show were on July 18, 2007. In 2008, KGO became the first station in the market to start its early morning newscast before 5 am, with the expansion of its weekday morning program to 4:30 am. Around that same time and prompted by a sluggish economy and the station's conversion to the "Ignite" automated control room system, on May 26, 2011, KGO debuted an hour-long 4 p.m. newscast, which filled

2496-610: The helicopter was only available in 4:3 standard definition at times (when this occurs, the helicopter is branded simply "Sky 7"). KGO became the second television station in the Bay Area (after KTVU) to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition on February 17, 2007. From January 8, 2007, until March 11, 2022, KGO-TV also produced an hour-long 9 p.m. newscast for independent station KOFY-TV (channel 20). On September 6, 2021, KOFY moved ABC 7 News from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 pm. KGO aired its final news broadcast on KOFY on March 11, 2022, in anticipation of KOFY becoming

2560-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of

2624-459: The husband-and-wife team of Fred LaCosse and Terry Lowry (other ABC owned-and-operated stations produced their own A.M. programs in the 1980s; for example, A.M. Chicago at WLS-TV evolved into The Oprah Winfrey Show , and Live with Kelly and Mark evolved from a similar A.M. program on WABC). For a week or two in the summer of 1988, A.M. Los Angeles was simulcast on KGO-TV, with a few KGO-TV produced segments. For most of its existence, KGO-TV

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2688-408: The latter two are produced by Sony Pictures Television and distributed by CBS Media Ventures ). Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune have aired on KGO-TV since both shows moved to the station from KRON-TV in 1992. The Oprah Winfrey Show aired on KGO-TV throughout the program's tenure from 1986 to 2011. The station was among the handful of ABC affiliates to have aired the syndicated Who Wants to Be

2752-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at

2816-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on

2880-562: The mid-1950s, KGO-TV telecast live weeknight variety shows hosted by Don Sherwood , a disc jockey for KSFO , until Sherwood was fired for making a political comment in defiance of a warning from station management. In September 1962, KGO began carrying ABC's first color program, the animated series The Jetsons , followed by The Flintstones . In the mid 1960s, KGO became the first Bay Area station to broadcast local programs in color, including its newscasts. In 1985, KGO-TV began broadcasting from its current studios at 900 Front Street, sharing

2944-644: The most modern broadcasting facilities on the West Coast at the time at 277 Golden Gate Avenue, formerly known as the Eagle Building. The building was demolished between 2010 and 2011 to make way for apartments. As an ABC-owned station, KGO-TV originated a few network daytime shows, including programs hosted by fitness expert Jack La Lanne , singer Tennessee Ernie Ford , and entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee . Syndicated game shows Oh My Word and The Anniversary Game were produced at KGO-TV by Circle Seven Productions . In

3008-517: The network after it disaffiliated from KRON-TV, KTVU becoming a Fox O&O in 2015 after being acquired by the network alongside sister station KICU-TV a year prior (although KICU remains an independent station due to KRON-TV's affiliation with MyNetworkTV), and KRON-TV becoming a CW O&O after picking up the affiliation in 2024 following KBCW (now KPYX) and seven other CBS-owned stations disaffiliating with The CW. After ABC sold Detroit's WXYZ-TV to Scripps–Howard Broadcasting in 1986 as part of

3072-535: The network's exclusive Bay Area outlet. This resulted in the Salinas – Monterey – Santa Cruz market losing over-the-air reception of ABC programs since KNTV had also served those communities (the station temporarily affiliated with The WB , before replacing KRON-TV as the Bay Area's NBC affiliate in January 2002). In response, a cable -only ABC affiliate was set up for the areas affected, that simulcast KGO-TV's programming (including ABC programming and local newscasts), with

3136-593: The network's prime time Olympics coverage. The special newscast did not air on nights when NBC's Olympic coverage ended before midnight (August 8, for example, resulting in no KGO midnight newscast on August 9). At least one other ABC-owned station, KABC-TV downstate in Los Angeles, also produced a seven-minute midnight newscast during the 2012 Olympics. On August 8, 2014, KGO struck a partnership with Univision O&O KDTV-DT to cross-promote newscast and share news context second behind its Philadelphia sister station WPVI-TV which in December partnered with WUVP-DT to produce

3200-571: The news graphics after a new logo launched. The station's signal is multiplexed : In May 2010, KGO-TV began carrying the Disney/ABC-owned Live Well HD (later Live Well Network, now Localish ) on its second digital subchannel; KGO-TV also produces the cooking show Good Cookin' with Bruce Aidells for the network. In 2007, KGO was among the few commercial television stations in California that scheduled an alternative set of programs on

3264-524: The pay-TV channel slots of KGO's market-only feed throughout California's Central Coast , with the latter wound down at the same time. KGO-TV was the first ABC station to use the Circle 7 logo . According to Broadcasting magazine, KGO unveiled this logo, created by San Francisco design consultant G. Dean Smith, on August 27, 1962. When the station incorporated ABC into its branding in the late 1990s (initially as "Channel 7 ABC" from 1996 to 1997, then as "ABC 7"),

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3328-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be

3392-465: The southern portion of the viewing area, including San Jose, for UHF antenna viewers, until the digital transition . It has since returned to RF channel 7, which is a VHF channel, therefore its reception can be difficult for people with UHF HDTV antennas. Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany , was the first regular television service in

3456-505: The station—along with several other ABC stations broadcasting on channel 7 that used the original version of the Circle 7 logo—simply attached the ABC logo to the Circle 7. The station carries a high-profile lineup of daytime programming with shows such as Live with Kelly and Mark , Tamron Hall , Jeopardy! , and Wheel of Fortune (the first two programs are distributed by the station's corporate cousin, Disney Media Distribution , while

3520-665: The summer of 1995 as well, even though the program originated from WNBC's studios at Rockefeller Center until being ousted and relocated to new studios in Manhattan to finish its final season). KGO also airs the pre-show of the Academy Awards (which is produced by Los Angeles sister station KABC-TV). The station had sometimes aired the Bay to Breakers race during the 1980s, and the KGO Cure-a-thon with its radio partner, KGO-AM 810. KGO-TV

3584-655: The third floor that had been occupied by the radio stations. KRON-TV, which became a CW owned-and-operated station in 2023, also uses one of the two studios on the first floor for production of its news programming. In 1999, KGO-TV—seeking to gain advertising revenue in the South Bay —reached an agreement with the Granite Broadcasting Corporation , then-owner of San Jose 's ABC affiliate KNTV to pay Granite to drop KNTV's ABC affiliation, resulting in KGO-TV becoming

3648-429: The timeslot formerly held by The Oprah Winfrey Show (which ended its 25-year syndication run the previous day). On September 10, 2011, KGO-TV expanded its weekend 11 p.m. newscasts to one hour. KGO broadcast a special seven-minute "minicast" at midnight during the 2012 Summer Olympics , called ABC 7 News Special Edition , as an effort to counterprogram the special midnight local newscast on NBC-owned KNTV that followed

3712-535: The toll plaza for the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge . The 1310 AM frequency from 1959 to 1997, was the home of urban adult contemporary and gospel music station KDIA. It later served as the San Francisco home of Radio Disney from 1997 to 2015, using the call sign KMKY, the last three letters standing for the Disney character Mickey Mouse . KMKY is the second-oldest surviving radio station in

3776-630: The world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content

3840-399: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines

3904-509: Was bought by the owners of Memphis radio station WDIA , and the call letters were changed to KDIA. During the 1960s through the 1980s, the station was the premier soul and funk station in the San Francisco Bay Area . Sly Stone was a DJ at the station before launching Sly and the Family Stone . In December 1984, the station was sold to Adam Clayton Powell III , who turned the station into KFYI, with an all-news radio format backed by

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3968-554: Was originally a half-hour program, before expanding to 35 minutes in the early 1990s. In the 2000s, a staple of the 11 pm. Sunday newscast was Richard Hart's segment about technological developments, alternatively titled "Next Step" and "Drive to Discover". The station previously used the market's first helicopter equipped to shoot and transmit high definition video, branded as "Sky 7HD", which made its on-air debut in February 2006. Due to logistical and equipment limitations, video from

4032-448: Was the first station to produce documentaries of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake on April 8, 2006. In the 1970s and 1980s, KGO-TV produced weekday talk/variety shows in the 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. timeslot following Good Morning America . A.M. San Francisco ran from 1975 to 1987/1988, when it was replaced by Good Morning, Bay Area , hosted by Susan Sikora. Hosts of A.M. San Francisco included

4096-711: Was the only network-owned television station in the Bay Area, even throughout the time when ABC underwent ownership changes: Capital Cities Communications bought out ABC and merged with the network in 1985, the combined company Capital Cities/ABC was then sold to The Walt Disney Company in 1996. As such, the station did not heavily preempt network programming unlike its local competitors or its sister stations—such as Philadelphia's WPVI-TV , Houston's KTRK-TV and Fresno's KFSN-TV —which were known for doing so in those days (as of 2007, some exceptions to this policy may be made when breaking news events or selected ABC Sports programs warrant exclusive coverage). The distinction of being

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