SF Station War II: KRON-TV owner Young opposes NBC transmitter plan.(Washington)(San Francisco, California station owner Young Broadcasting)

Broadcasting & Cable, December, 2003 by McConnell, Bill

NBC and Young Broadcasting are still battling in San Francisco--four years after Young outbid NBC for KRON-TV and NBC retaliated by buying a station in nearby San Jose and yanking KRON-TV's affiliation. Now NBC is trying to move the transmitter for KNTV(TV) San Jose closer to San Francisco in an attempt to recapture the more than 400,000 viewers lost when it canceled KRON-TV's affiliation contract.

Young is demanding that federal regulators scotch the move as a bad deal for viewers in San Jose. "The move will restore service to hundreds of thousands of viewers who lost NBC service during the switch" of affiliations," KNTV General Manager Linda Sullivan told BROADCASTING & CABLE last week. The transfer requires FCC approval, which has been pending...

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