KSBW

KSBW
Brand	KSBW Action News 8
City of License	Monterey/Salinas, California
Market	Monterey/Salinas, California
Channel	Digital 8 Subcarrier: 8.2--ABC Formerly: 8 analog (1953-2009) 10 digital (2000-2009)
Network Affiliation	Current: NBC ABC (DT2) Formerly: DuMont ((secondary, 1953-55), ABC (secondary, 1953-60) CBS (secondary, 1953-69)
Founded	1953
Company	Hearst Television
President
Current Popular Non-Network Shows	Dr. Phil Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! The Ellen DeGeneres Show

KSBW is the NBC affiliate for the Monterey/Salinas, California television market, broadcasting on digital channel 8.

KSBW signed on in 1953 on analog channel 8 in Salinas as a time share with KMBY in Monterey. The stations merged two years later. KSBW had ABC, CBS and DuMont as secondary affiliations, dropping DuMont in 1955 after it went under, dropping ABC in 1960 when KNTV in San Jose signed on (it was the market's default ABC station up until 2002 when it became San Francisco's NBC outlet), and dropping CBS in 1969 when KMST (now KION) signed on.

Since 2000, ABC had been available as a cable-only channel as "ABC 7", which was a pipe-in of KGO-TV in San Francisco as the Monterey/Salinas market had no proper ABC affiliate. In spring 2011, KSBW will make its subcarrier the market's ABC affiliate.

Digital programming

Virtual	Physical	Name	Programming
8.1	8.1	KSBW-DT	Main KSBW (NBC)
8.2	8.2	KSBW-DT2	ABC

Current NBC Prime-Time Schedule (ch. 8.1)

ABC programming to be announced after subcarrier start-up.

External Links

• Official Site
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KSBW