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KFTL-CA
San Francisco, California
Channels	Analog: 28 (UHF)
Affiliations	HSN, Religious
Owner	Polar Broadcasting Inc.
Founded	April 25, 1986
Former callsigns	K30BI, KBIT-LP, KBIT-CA
Former affiliations	The Box
Transmitter Power	90 KW analog
Class	Class A
Website	http://www.kftl.com

KFTL-CA is a low-power Class A television station affiliated with Home Shopping Network and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. KFTL also airs a mix of Religious, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese programming. It broadcasts in analog on UHF channel 28 and is owned by Polar Broadcasting, Inc. KFTL rebroadcasts in Redding on KRDT-CA 47, Chico on KKPM-CA 28, and in Fresno and Bakersfield.

[edit] History

KFTL was founded in the April 25, 1986 with an original construction permit granted to National Innovative Programming Network. Initially assigned to Palo Alto and Los Altos, California, and given callsign K30BI, the station's construction permit was modified and extended several times. In August 1990, Channel America acquired the station, but sold it again in July 1992 to Polar Broadcasting, who finally licensed the station on May 3, 1994. By this time, the station had been assigned to San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose and then to San Francisco alone.

K30BI (referred to as "KBI-TV"), was formerly affiliated with The Box, a 24-hour-a-day music network, and aired classic television during the day. Eventually, the station changed affiliations to HSN. Its call letters were changed to KBIT-LP shortly after. The station also relocated to channel 28 to make way for KQED's digital signal on channel 30.

KBIT received Class A status on August 27, 2001, and received its current call sign in February 2004.

[edit] Other Logos Used

Used when TV 28 was KBIT-TV

[edit] External links

• kftl.com
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KFTL-CA

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