KPYX

KPYX
San Francisco–Oakland–; San Jose, California; ; United States;
City	San Francisco, California
Channels	Digital: 28 (UHF); Virtual: 44;
Branding	KPIX+ 44 Cable 12
Programming
Affiliations	44.1: Independent; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	CBS News and Stations; (Paramount Global); ; (San Francisco Television Station KBCW Inc.);
Sister stations	KPIX-TV
History
First air date	January 2, 1968
Former call signs	KBHK-TV (1967–2006); KBCW (2006–2023);
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 44 (UHF, 1968–2009); Digital: 45 (UHF, 1998–2020);
Former affiliations	Independent (1968–1995); UPN (1995–2006); The CW (2006–2023);
Call sign meaning	Brand extension of KPIX
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	69619
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	490.3 m (1,609 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°45′19″N 122°27′10″W / 37.75528°N 122.45278°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/kpixplus/

KPYX (channel 44), branded KPIX+, is an independent television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving the San Francisco Bay Area. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside KPIX-TV (channel 5), the market's CBS owned-and-operated station. The two stations share studios at Broadway and Battery Street, just north of San Francisco's Financial District; KPYX's transmitter is located atop Sutro Tower.

As KBHK, channel 44 was one of the UHF stations built by Kaiser Broadcasting and one of just two commercial UHF stations in the Bay Area to survive a boom-and-bust cycle of new stations in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was acquired by United Television in 1982 and was one of the launch owned-and-operated stations for the United Paramount Network in 1995. The station has been under its present ownership since 2001 and, as KBCW, was part of The CW from its 2006 launch until 2023, when CBS withdrew its eight affiliates from the network after selling its ownership stake to Nexstar Media Group. Together with a call sign change to KPYX, the station launched prime time and morning local news after leaving The CW.

^ "Facility Technical Data for KPYX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[1] "Facility Technical Data for KPYX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

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