KSTS

KSTS, virtual channel 48 (UHF digital channel 49), is a Telemundo owned-and-operated television station serving the San Francisco Bay Area that is licensed to San Jose, California, United States. The station is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal, as part of a duopoly with NBC owned-and-operated station KNTV (channel 11). The two stations share studios and offices located on North 1st Street in San Jose. KSTS's transmitter is located atop Mount Allison.

History

The station first signed on the air on May 31, 1981 as an independent station. It was owned by National Group Television, which was headed by N.J. Douglas. The station initially offered programming weekdays from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. from the Financial News Network. From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and from noon to 4 p.m. weekends, the station ran off network shows from the 50's and early 60's such as Fury, Gentle Ben, Flipper, Batman starring Adam West, Danny Thomas Show, Jackie Gleason Show, low budget old movies, and other shows. Weekdays after 7 p.m. and weekends throughout much of the day, the station offered various types of brokered programming included foreign language shows, religious programs and some programming pertaining to technology. The station branded under the slogan "Your Computer Connection". KSTS was also the only station to broadcast the introduction of Apple's Macintosh personal computer at the company's 1984 Annual Shareholders Meeting. Beginning in the fall of 1981, KSTS carried the subscription television service Star TV, featuring recent movies, after 7 p.m. daily. By 1983, they were carrying subscription TV after 12 noon on weekends. By 1983, the off network shows were dropped for more brokered programming. That year, the station ran various brokered programming weekends from 5 a.m. to noon and from 3 to 6 p.m. weekdays. Financial News remained weekdays till 3 p.m.