KCNS
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San Francisco/Oakland/ San Jose, California United States |
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| City | San Francisco, California |
| Channels |
Digital: 39 (UHF) Virtual: 38 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Estrella TV |
| Owner | NRJ TV, LLC (operated by Titan TV Broadcast Group) (NRJ TV San Fran License Co, LLC) |
| First air date |
First incarnation: December 28, 1968 Second incarnation: October 4, 1974 Current incarnation: January 6, 1986 |
| Last air date |
First incarnation: April 15, 1971 Second incarnation: December 30, 1985 |
| Call letters' meaning |
California's Network for Shopping |
| Sister station(s) | KTNC-TV |
| Former callsigns | KUDO (1968-1971) KVOF (1974-1985) KWBB (1986–1991) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 38 (UHF, 1968–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1968–1971 and 1986–1988) Silent (1971-1974) Religious independent (1974–1985) Shop at Home/Jewelry Television (1998–2007) infomercials (January–April 2007) RTV (2007–2012) MundoFox/MundoMax (2012-2016) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 428 m |
| Facility ID | 71586 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°45′18.8″N 122°27′10.4″W / 37.755222°N 122.452889°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | Estrella TV 38 |
KCNS, virtual channel 38 (UHF digital channel 39), is a Estrella TV-affiliated television station located in San Francisco, California, United States. The station is owned by NRJ TV, LLC, as part of a duopoly with Estrella TV affiliate KTNC-TV (channel 42). KCNS maintains studios and offices located on Montgomery Street in the North Beach district of San Francisco, and its transmitter is located atop Sutro Tower.
Channel 38 first signed on the air on December 28, 1968 as KUDO-TV. The station initially broadcast financial programming during the morning and early afternoon hours, along with movies at night. The station went dark on April 15, 1971 due to financial difficulties. On October 4, 1974, Faith Center (managed by pastor Ray Schoch (1917-1977) acquired the station at a cheap price and returned it to the air as KVOF-TV, carrying Christian programming about 12 hours a day. Some was produced by Faith Center while other shows came from outside Christian groups. The station expanded to nearly 24 hours a day by 1975 when Dr. Gene Scott became pastor of Faith Center and assumed control of its television stations. By 1976, the station was only running programming from Scott's "University Network" 24 hours a day. However, the station lost its license, along with those of sister stations KHOF-FM (relicensed as KKLA) in Los Angeles and KHOF-TV (relicensed as KZKI-TV, now KPXN-TV) in San Bernardino, California, after Faith Center refused to disclose its private donor records to the Federal Communications Commission.
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