KICU-TV

KICU-TV, channel 36, is an independent television station licensed to San Jose, California, USA and serving the San Francisco Bay Area. KICU-TV is owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, as part of a duopoly with Fox owned-and-operated station KTVU (channel 2). The two stations share studio facilities located at Jack London Square in Oakland; KICU maintains transmitter facilities located on Monument Peak in Milpitas, California.

History

Prior history of UHF channel 36 in Northern California

The UHF channel 36 allocation was originally assigned to Stockton, and was occupied by a short-lived UHF station under the callsign KTVU (not related to the present-day Oakland-based sister station of KICU) that existed in the mid-1950s. The allocation was later reassigned to the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose television market; Stockton, meanwhile, became part of the Sacramento television market.

KICU station history

The current station on channel 36 first signed on the air on October 9, 1967 as KGSC-TV; it is currently the longest continuously operating commercial UHF television station in the Bay Area. KGSC was notable for its all-night movie presentations, which were hosted for several years by the "Old Sourdough" and "Chief Wachikanoka". While there were several sets of hosts for the all-night movies, including Eugene Hogan, an experienced emcee who was best known for his work at San Jose radio station KLOK (1170 AM), most versions were branded as Movies 'Til Dawn, and sponsored by local retailer MMM Carpets.