WKBF-TV

WKBF-TV

Cleveland, Ohio United States
Channels	Analog: 61 (UHF)
Programming
Affiliations	Independent
Ownership
Owner	Kaiser Broadcasting (1968–1975) Superior Broadcasting (co-owner, 1968–1972) Field Communications (co-owner, 1973–1975)
History
First air date	January 19, 1968 (1968-01-19)
Last air date	April 25, 1975 (1975-04-25) (7 years, 96 days)
Call sign meaning	"Kaiser Broadcasting"
Technical information
Power	3,020 kW[1]
HAAT	1,070 feet (330 m)
Transmitter coordinates	41°22′45.3″N 81°43′11.7″W / 41.379250°N 81.719917°W / 41.379250; -81.719917

WKBF-TV was a television station that broadcast on channel 61 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, from January 1968 to April 1975. Owned and operated by Kaiser Broadcasting as one of an eventual group of six stations, it was the first ultra high frequency (UHF) independent station to serve northeast Ohio and the last outlet constructed by the Kaiser chain during the 1960s to begin operations. Despite airing several high-profile local programs, Kaiser's efforts to establish itself in Cleveland never took root because of the establishment of a second independent outlet, WUAB, later that same year, as well as general stagnation in the Cleveland market. In April 1975, Kaiser shut WKBF-TV down and sold its programming inventory to WUAB in exchange for a minority stake in that station.

WKBF-TV maintained studios in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid, Ohio, while the transmitter was located in nearby Parma.