KFTY

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KFTY
Santa Rosa, California
Branding	TV 50
Slogan	News North of the Gate
Channels	50 (UHF) analog, 54 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Independent
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (sale pending)
Founded	August, 1972 [1]
Call letters meaning	FifTY (refering to Channel 50)
Former affiliations	none
Website	www.kfty.com

KFTY is an independent television station in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is based in Santa Rosa, California, and primarily covers neighborhoods in the north Bay Area. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 50, and its digital signal on UHF channel 54. The channel can also be seen in Marin and Sonoma County on Comcast Cable channel 10.

The station airs "Armstrong & Getty" weekday mornings with local Newsbreaks in between from 6-10 AM and TV 50 News at 7 and 10 PM weeknights. It also has TV 50 news weekends at 7 PM.

On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced that it would be selling all of its television stations, including KFTY,^[1] after being bought by private equity firms. The station was last sold in 2002.

On January 26, 2007, KFTY cancelled its evening newscasts, saying there was insufficient revenue to support their continued broadcast. Management denied the move was related to Clear Channel's intent to divest the property. ^[2]

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[edit] References

1. ^ "Clear Channel agrees to sale", The Cincinnati Enquirer, Gannett Company, 2006-11-16. Retrieved on 2006-11-17.
2. ^ "TV50 axes most of news operations", Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, 2007-1-27. Retrieved on 2007-1-29.

[edit] External links

• KFTY Homepage
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KFTY

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