KAAR[]
1965–1968[]
The station first signed on the air on November 14, 1965, as KAAR, owned by San Diego Telecasters. It was the first television station in the San Diego market to operate on the UHF band (on channel 39) and was the market's first independent station.
KCST (-TV)[]
1968–1970[]
Channel 39 then went dark and was subsequently sold to Western Telecasters Inc., controlled by the Texas-based Bass family, and returned to the air on February 2, 1968, as KCST (standing for "California San Diego Television").
1970–1973[]
1973–1975[]
In May 1972, the FCC revoked XETV's permission to carry ABC programming. As the only commercial station in the market other than CBS affiliate KFMB-TV (VHF channel 8) and then-NBC affiliate KGTV (channel 10), KCST took over the ABC affiliation in two stages: daytime programming moved to channel 39 in June 1973, followed by prime time programs and all other shows (including children's programs, network newscasts and sports) by July 1, 1973. Four months earlier in March, Western Telecasters agreed to sell KCST to Storer Broadcasting, which owned major network affiliates in the Eastern and Midwestern United States. The sale was completed on September 30, 1974; on January 1, 1975, Storer added a "-TV" suffix to the KCST callsign.
1975–1988[]
1975–1977[]
KCST rebranded as 39 Alive in 1975.
1977-1981[]
On June 27, 1977, in the wake of its new success as the highest-rated television network in America, ABC moved its San Diego affiliation from KCST to KGTV, causing an affiliation swap that ended with KCST taking the NBC affiliation formerly held by KGTV.
1981–1984[]
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"39 Alive, Just Watch Us Now" ID (1982–1983)
"39, be there!" (1983–1984)
1984–1986[]
Notice that the "Alive" font used in this "39 Alive" ID was revised slightly to match the Serpentine typeface then used for the logo of NBC News at the time.
"39, Let's All Be There" (1984–1985)
"39, Let's All Be There" (1985–1986)
1986–1988[]
Station ID from their local "Come Home to NBC" promo (1986–1987)
KCST-TV "39 Alive" ID (late 1986)
NewsCenter 39 Tonight open (late 1986)
In 1985, the Storer stations were acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Two years later, KCST and the other Storer stations were sold to Gillett Communications (former Storer flagship WTVG in Toledo, Ohio, was the only station left out of the sale and was instead sold to a local employee/investor group).
KNSD[]
1988–1997[]
1988–1995[]
On September 16, 1988, the station changed its news brand to News San Diego, and its call letters to the current KNSD to reflect the new name; it also adopted the on-air brand "Channel 7/39" (in respective reference to its cable and over-the-air channel positions). Gillett was restructured into SCI TV in 1991, after Gillett defaulted on some of his bond purchases. After SCI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1992, the company's stations were sold in a group deal to New World Communications.
1995–1997[]
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In May 1994, New World entered into a deal with News Corporation that would result in most of New World's television stations (which were primarily CBS affiliates, along with a few ABC and NBC stations) switching from their "Big Three" network affiliations to join Fox, causing the network's affiliations in the affected markets relocating from UHF to VHF stations. However, New World opted to exclude KNSD from the affiliation deal, since Fox's San Diego affiliation was already on the VHF band through XETV. Instead, KNSD was able to retain its NBC affiliation, and New World sold the station and WVTM-TV in Birmingham, Alabama to NBC in May 1996; the sale was finalized that August. Under the traditional definition, KNSD is the only English-language owned-and-operated station of a major network in the San Diego market (however, several stations owned by Grupo Televisa on the Mexican side of the market are O&Os of that company's various networks).
1997–2011[]
1997–2000[]
Following the sale's closure, in January 1997, KNSD modified its on-air branding to "NBC 7/39" ("7" refers to it's cable position). In October 1997, NBC sold a 24% ownership interest in KNSD to LIN Television; in exchange, NBC acquired majority control (76%) of its Dallas–Fort Worth affiliate KXAS-TV from LIN. The deal closed on March 2, 1998, marking the official launch of the new NBC/LIN joint venture known as Station Venture Operations, LP (which was controlled by NBC).
2000–2011[]
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San Diego Nightly News open (2009)
January–June 2011[]
Designer:
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Mother New York
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Launched:
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January 29, 2011
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Station ID (late January 2011)
On January 29, 2011, KNSD adopted the station branding "NBC San Diego" after 23 years of being referred to as "7/39".
2011–2012[]
On June 2011, KNSD revised its logo, adding the "7" in its branding (The "7" refers to its cable position).
Alternate Olympics logo. This re-appeared on the Look S lower third graphics from October 2021–February 2022.
2012–present[]
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Typography:
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Futura (7) Gotham
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This logo has been updated with the NBC generic "Look F" package. In February 2013, LIN Media withdrew itself from the Station Venture Operations joint venture as part of a corporate reorganization. As a result, NBC regained full ownership in KNSD and assumed full ownership of KXAS.
In 2017, NBCUniversal decided to launch a Telemundo O&O station for the San Diego market. The channel is known as Telemundo 20 and was launched on July 1, 2017, the same date when XHAS-TDT's contract with Telemundo expired. In 2018, NBCUniversal purchased KUAN-LD from NRJ TV, LLC and Telemundo 20 programming was moved to channel 48.
Alternate logo (2013–present)
Olympics logo (
2014–present)
50th anniversary logo (2015)
"NBC 7 News" logo (2021–present)
NBC 7 News at 11 open (2021–present)
On-screen bug (2021–present)
On-screen bug (2021–present, used on breaking news)
External links[]
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Part of Comcast
NBCUniversal Studios Group:
Filmed Entertainment:
Universal Pictures | Universal 1440 Entertainment | Universal Animation Studios | United International Pictures7 | DreamWorks Animation | Focus Features | Focus World | Illumination (Labs | Studios Paris) | Makeready | MSNBC Films | NBC Sports Films | 21NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan | OTL Releasing | Working Title Films
Universal Studio Group:
Big Idea Entertainment | Bravo Originals | DreamWorks Animation Television | DreamWorks Classics | Harvey Comics | Harvey Entertainment | LXTV | NBC News Studios | NBCUniversal International Studios | NBCUniversal Syndication Studios | Syfy Originals | Universal Content Productions | Universal Kids Original | Universal Television | Universal Television Alternative Studios | Working Title Television
NBCUniversal Media Group:
US television networks:
NBC | Bravo | E! | NBC LX Home | New England Cable News | Oxygen | Syfy | Universal Kids | USA Network
Streaming:
Peacock (Peacock Kids | Peacock Jr)
NBC Sports Group:
Golf Channel | NBC Olympics | NBC Sports | NBC Sports Digital | NHL Network | SportsEngine | Telemundo Deportes | Regional Networks (Bay Area | Boston | California | Chicago | Philadelphia | SportsNet New York)
NBCU Telemundo Enterprises:
Telemundo | Universo | Telemundo Global Studios
NBCUniversal Local
NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations:
NBC O&Os: KNBC | KNSD | KNTV | KXAS-TV | WBTS-CD | WCAU | WMAQ-TV | WNBC | WRC-TV | WTVJ | WVIT
Cozi TV O&Os: K15CU-D | KRTN-LD | KUPT
Movies! affiliate: KUPT-LD
Telemundo O&Os: KASA-TV/KTEL-CD/KTEL-TV | KBLR | KCSO-LD | KDEN-TV | KEJT-CD | KTAZ/KHRR | KNSO | KSTS | KTDO | KTLM | KTMD | KTMW | KUAN-LD | KULX-CD | KVDA | KVEA | KXTX-TV | WDMR-CD | WKAQ-TV | WNEU | WNJU | WRDM-CD | WRIW-CD | WRMD-CD | WRTD-CD | WSCV | WSNS-TV | WTMO-CD | WWSI | WWDT-CD | WYCN-LD | WZDC-CD | WZTD-LD
Other properties: Cozi TV | TeleXitos
Further list: List Of NBC O&O
NBCUniversal News Group:
CNBC (World) | NBC News (NBC News Now | NBC News Radio25) | NBCNews.com | MSNBC
NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-To-Consumer:
13th Street Universal (Calle 13 Universal | 13ème Rue Universal | 13 Ulica) | Bravo (New Zealand22 | 7Bravo23) | CNBC (Africa | Arabia | Asia | Australia | Europe | India 14 (CNBC-TV18, CNBC Awaaz and CNBC Bajar) | Indonesia15 | Latin America | Pakistan) | Diva | DreamWorks (Spain | Latin America) | E! (Canada | France | Latin America) | Golf Channel (Latin America11 | Indonesia15 | France) | Movies 24 | Movies 24+ | Studio Universal (Latin America | Africa) | Syfy | Telemundo Internacional | Universal TV (Latin America | Africa | Australia | Germany) | USA | Universal+ | Latin America | (Premiere | Cinema | Crime | Comedy | Reality)
Other assets:
AdSmart | Amblin Partners12 | Back Lot Music | DreamWorks Experience | DreamWorks New Media | Fandango (70%) (Flixster | Movieclips | Movies.com | Rotten Tomatoes) | Green is Universal | Hayu16 | Movies Anywhere | NBCi | NBC On Demand | NBCU Academy | NBCUniversal Content Studio | NBCUniversal International Distribution | NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises | PictureBox Films | RTI Producciones (40%) | Underground Producciones | Universal All-Access | Universal Products & Experiences | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Studio Distribution Services9) | Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment10 | Vudu18
Defunct/Former:
A&M Films | Alan Enterprises | Associated Film Distribution6 | AwesomenessTV (Awesomeness Films | Big Frame) 2 | The Baseball Network17 | Bullwinkle Studios (75%) | Canal de Noticias NBC | Castle Films | Chapman Entertainment | Chiller | Chiller Films | CIC Video7 | Cinema International Corporation7 | Cloo | Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast | Comcast Network | Comcast Sports Southwest | Craftsy | DailyCandy | Diva TV | Diva Universal (Italy) | DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment | E! (Asia | Australia & New Zealand | Italy | Russia) | Entertainment Rights | Esquire Network2 | Exercise TV | Fearnet1 | Felix the Cat Productions | FilmDistrict | Filmation | FlixMix | G4 | Golden Books Family Entertainment | Golden Step Ahead | GoldenVision | Good Machine | Gramercy Pictures | Hallmark Channel (International) | High Top Releasing | Hulu | International Pictures | Interscope Communications | Island Pictures | ITC Entertainment Group5 | ITC Home Video5 | ITC Film Distributors5 | iVillage | Kayro-UTV Productions | KidsCo4 | LaserDisc | MCA | MCA TV | MCA Family Entertainment | MCA Television Entertainment | MCA DiscoVision | MoonBoy Animation | MountainWest Sports Network | MSNBC Canada | Multimedia Entertainment | Multimedia Motion Pictures | NBC Enterprises | NBC Films | NBC Home Video | NBC International | NBC Nonstop | NBC Plus | NBC Radio Network24 | NBCSN | NBC Sports Northwest | NBC Studios | NBC Sports Washington | NBC Universal Television Studio | Olympic Channel13 | October Films | PBJ1 | Pacific Data Images | Peacock Productions | Pearl Studio | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | PolyGram Television | PolyGram Video | Propaganda Films | Qubo8 19 | Qubo Channel8 19 | Rankin Bass Animated Entertainment | Rondo Robe | Revue Studios | Seagram's | Seeso | Studio Universal (Italy) | Tomorrow Entertainment | Total Television | Trans-Lux Television | UPA | Universal Cartoons | Universal Channel (Hungary | Japan | Philippines | Poland | Romania | Russia) | Universal Eight | Universal Focus | Universal HD | Universal Media Studios | Universal Network Television | Universal Pay Television | Universal Pictures Debut Network | Universal Sports3 | Universal Studios Family Productions | Universal Television Entertainment | Universal TV (UK & Ireland) | Universal Worldwide Television | USA Cartoon Express | USA Films | USA Home Entertainment | USA Network Originals | Studios USA | Walter Lantz Productions | The Weather Channel | Wet 'n Wild Orlando
Notes
1Co-owned with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation.
2Co-owned with Hearst Corporation.
3Owns a minority share, InterMedia Partners owns a majority share.
4Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
5NBCUniversal acquired some of ITC's assets when Universal Pictures merged with PolyGram, but ITV plc still owns ITC's films and shows.
6NBCUniversal has some of AFD's assets, but Vivendi now owns EMI's films and ITV plc owns ITC's films.
7Co-owned with Paramount Pictures.
8Joint venture with Ion Media Networks, DreamWorks Classics, Corus Entertainment and Scholastic.
9Joint venture with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
10Joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
11Owned by Discovery Networks Latin America under brand license
12Co-owned with Participant, Entertainment One, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, and Alibaba Group.
13Co-owned with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
14Co-owned with TV18.
15Co-owned with Trans Corp.
16Co-owned with The Walt Disney Company.
17Co-owned with Major League Baseball.
18Previously owned by Walmart.
19Sold its stake to Ion Media.
20Joint venture with Pioneer Corporation.
21Co-owned with Dentsu.
22Co-owned with Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand.
23Co-owned with Seven West Media.
24GE sold to Westwood One.
25In partnership with IHeartMedia, Inc.
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Owned Television Stations:
KNBC (Los Angeles, CA) | KNSD (San Diego, CA) | KNTV (San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA) | KXAS (Dallas–Fort Worth, TX) | WBTS (Boston, MA) | WCAU (Philadelphia, PA) | WMAQ (Chicago, IL) | WNBC (New York City, NY) | WRC-TV (Washington, D.C.) | WTVJ (Miami–Ft. Lauderdale, FL) | WVIT (New Britain-Hartford-New Haven, CT) | WKAQ-DT3 (San Juan, PR)
Affiliates
WVTM | WRGX / WTVY-DT4 | WAFF | WPMI | WSFA | KTUU | KTVF | KATH / KSCT | KPNX / KNAZ | KVOA | KYMA | KTVE | KNWA / KFTA-DT2 | KAIT-DT2 | KARK | KGET | KNVN | KIEM | KSEE | KMIR | KCRA | KSBW | KSBY | KUSA | KKCO | KOAA | WRDE / WBOC-LD3 / WSJZ-LD4 | WESH | WBBH | WNBW | WTLV | WJHG | WTWC | WFLA | WPTV | WALB | WXIA | WAGT | WLTZ | WMGT | WSAV | KHNL / KHBC / KOGG | KTVB / KTFT | KPVI | WAND | WEEK | WGEM | WREX | WFIE | WPTA-DT2 | WTHR | WPBI-LD2 | WNDU | WTWO | KWQC | WHO | KYOU-DT2 | KTIV | KWWL | KSNT | KSNW / KSNG / KSNC / KSNL / KSNK | WNKY | WLEX | WAVE | WPSD | KALB | WVLA | KPLC | KLAF / KADN-DT2 | WDSU | WWPI | WCSH | WLBZ | WBAL | WWLP / WFXQ | WDIV | WOOD | WLUC | WILX | WEYI | WPBN / WTOM | KARE | KTTC | KMNF | WNBD | WXXV-DT2 | WLBT | WDAM | WGBC-DT2 | WTVA | KOMU | KSNF | KSHB | KNPG | KSDK | KYTV | KULR / KYUS | KXGN-DT2 | KTVH / KTGF | KECI / KCFW / KTVM | KNOP | WOWT | KNEP | KSNB | KSNV | KRNV | KOB / KOBR / KOBF | WNYT | WBGH-CD / WIVT-DT2 | WGRZ | WETM | WPTZ | WHEC | WSTM | WKTV | WVNC | WCNC | WRAL | WITN | WECT | WXII | KVLY | KFYR / KQCD / KMOT / KUMV | WLWT | WKYC | WCMH | WDTN | WLIO | WTOV | WNWO | WFMJ | WHIZ | KTEN | KFOR | KJRH | KTVZ | KMTR / KMCB / KTCW | KOTI / KOBI | KGW | WICU | WJAC | WGAL | WPXI | WBRE | WJAR | WCBD | WIS | WYFF | WMBF | KNBN | KDLT / KDLV | WRCB | WNBJ | WBIR | WMC | WSMV | KRBC | KAMR | KXAN | KBMT-DT2 | KVEO | KRIS | KTSM | KPRC | KETK | KGNS | KCBD | KWES | KSAN | WOAI | KCEN / KAGS | KTAL | KMOL | KFDX | KSL | WCYB | WVIR / WVIR-CD | WSVW | WAVY | WWBT | WSLS | KING | KHQ | KNDO / KNDU | WVVA | WBOY | WSAZ | WTAP | WEAU | WGBA | WMTV | WTMJ | WJFW | KBJR / KRII | KCWY / KCHY | KVZK | KUAM | WVGN | PJA
Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area.
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