KFSN-TV

KFRE-TV

1956–1961

After the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s four-year-long freeze on awarding television station licenses was lifted in 1952, two radio stations—KARM (1430 AM, now KYNO) and KFRE (940 AM, now KFIG) competed for the construction permit to operate a station on channel 12, the sole VHF allocation given to Fresno. KFRE won the permit, and the station first signed on the air on May 10, 1956, as KFRE-TV (for Fresno). It is the third-oldest television station in the Fresno market in a three-year timeframe and upon signing on, KFRE-TV took the CBS affiliation from KJEO (channel 47, now KGPE). This made Fresno one of the smallest markets where each network gained full-time affiliations at the time. The KFRE stations were acquired by Triangle Publications in 1959.

1961–1967

On February 17, 1961, KFRE-TV reluctantly moved to UHF channel 30 to make Fresno an all-UHF market under orders from the FCC. The move of KFRE-TV to channel 30 opened up channel 12 for use by KCOY-TV in Santa Maria, which went on the air in 1964.

1967–1971

KFSN-TV

1971–1977

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Triangle began its exit from broadcasting in 1971, and sold the KFRE stations to Capital Cities Communications. The new owners sold off the AM and FM radio stations as a condition of the purchase and kept the television station, changing its call letters to KFSN-TV on May 1 of that year (the KFRE-TV calls are now used on Fresno's CW affiliate on channel 59; that station is unrelated to the current KFSN-TV).

1977–1996

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On March 18, 1985, Capital Cities announced it would purchase ABC. Nearly six months later, on September 9, 1985, KFSN-TV traded network affiliations with KJEO and became an ABC affiliate; CBS then transferred its affiliate to KJEO on the same day. The transaction was finalized on January 3, 1986, making channel 30 an ABC owned-and-operated station. It marks the first time a Big Three network owns a UHF television station since NBC sold WNBC (now WVIT) in New Britain, Connecticut to Plains Television in 1960.

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1984 ID image before ABC switch

Station ID (1991)

Station ID from ABC's "It Must Be ABC" campaign (1992–1993)

1996–present

The Compacta Italic "30" has been used by the station since 1996, with minor design changes along the way.

1996–2007

1996–2000

2000–2007

2007–present

2007–2013

2013–2022

Until 2022, they utilized the new logo of their network and owner, ABC, and enlarged it.

2022-present

Print logo

Station ID (2023)

ABC30 Action News logo (2022-present)

ABC30 Action News 11pm open (2022-present)

ABC30 Action News 3pm open (2023-present)

External links

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