KPIX-TV
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KPIX-TV (channel 5), also known as CBS Bay Area, is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area's CBS network outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside independent station KPYX (channel 44), also licensed to San Francisco. The two stations share studios at Broadway and Battery Street, just north of San Francisco's Financial District; KPIX's transmitter is located atop Sutro Tower. In addition to KPYX, KPIX shares its building with formerly co-owned radio stations KCBS, KFRC-FM, KITS, KLLC, KRBQ and KZDG, although they use a different address number for Battery Street (865 as opposed to 855).
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City | San Francisco, California |
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Branding | KPIX; CBS News Bay Area |
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First air date | December 22, 1948 (75 years ago) (1948-12-22) |
Former call signs | KWIS (CP, 1946–1948)[1] |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 5 (VHF, 1948–2009) |
Call sign meaning | "PIX" is an abbreviation of "pictures" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 25452 |
ERP | 1,000 kW |
HAAT | 490.3 m (1,609 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°45′19″N 122°27′10″W |
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Website | www |