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interested in acquiring kicu was nbc television stations which sought to acquire an owned and operated station in the bay area after nbc was outbid by young broadcasting for longtime nbc affiliate kron tv in november 1999 leading to a dispute between the network and young which has since merged with media general now nexstar media group during negotiations to renew nbc s affiliation agreement with kron that resulted in the latter group declining to renew the contract after it expired on december 31 2001 14 15 nbc would ultimately reach an affiliation deal with san jose based abc affiliate kntv channel 11 after then owner granite broadcasting corporation from which nbc would later acquire kntv on february 18 2000 16 17 on november 29 1999 wilson sold the station to the cox broadcasting now cox media group subsidiary of cox enterprises the resulting pairing of kicu with ktvu created the bay area s first television station duopoly when the deal was finalized in march 2000 18 19 the operations of kicu migrated from that station s original studio facilities on kerley drive in san jose where ktvu relocated its south bay news bureau and were consolidated into ktvu s jack london square facility in oakland 20 acquisition by fox television stations edit on june 24 2014 fox television stations announced that it would acquire ktvu and kicu from the cox media group in exchange for trading two fox owned and operated stations wfxt in boston and whbq tv in memphis to the latter group 21 22 23 the trade was completed on october 8 2014 it was part of fox s pursuit of station acquisitions in the markets of nfl teams that are part of the national football conference the san francisco oakland san jose market where the san francisco 49ers are based became the sixth largest nfc market where fox owned at least one television station 24 25 with the completion of the deal kicu became the first independent station to be operated by fox since september 2006 when it converted kdfi in dallas fort worth into a charter owned and operated station of the co owned mynetworktv programming service until september 2024 kicu was the only fox television stations outlet that was not a mynetworktv o o due to a pre existing agreement with kron tv which since the launch of mynetworktv was their primary affiliation from 2006 to 2023 and after transitioning to a cw owned and operated station on september 1 2023 the service aired after kron tv s late newscasts on a secondary basis in november 2014 when ktvu transitioned from cox s in house digital platforms to the worldnow platform used for fox television stations websites and mobile apps 26 kicu discontinued its standalone website with fox reducing the station s web presence to a minimalist subpage on the revamped ktvu site incorporating only listings for kicu and ktvu fcc required disclosures for children s television act and employment requirements and forms of contact and the default tmz on tv video portal logo used from 2016 to 2026 on april 25 2016 kicu adopted the ktvu plus brand replacing the tv 36 branding that had been in use since september 2007 the co branding with sister station ktvu is similar to that adopted in 2009 by san jose pbs member station kqeh channel 54 when that station as a result of its purchase by northern california public broadcasting two years earlier changed its branding to kqed plus to reflect its ties to sister station kqed channel 9 27 28 the ktvu plus branding has since inspired fox to de emphasize its localized mynetworktv brand and rebrand to an extension of its fox o o sisters in washington d c phoenix minneapolis st paul dallas fort worth orlando seattle los angeles and chicago on september 17 2024 kicu began carrying mynetworktv after the expiration of kron tv s affiliate agreement though effectively it is still run as a complementary independent sister to ktvu and continues to carry its sister station s newscast in prime time the service s programming airs in the graveyard slot on kicu tuesday through saturday mornings from 3 to 5 a m the latest possible time it can in a broadcast day and is sparingly promoted on september 23 2026 kicu was rebranded to kicu fox 2 plus aligned with the new rebranding across all of the others mynetworktv owned and operated stations 29 programming edit occasionally as time permits kicu may air fox network programs normally seen on ktvu in the event that channel 2 is unable to air them because of extended breaking news coverage or conflicts with fox sports event telecasts or locally produced special programming on that station this was also the case when ktvu aired san francisco giants baseball games that ran into or aired during prime time hours until that station lost the broadcast television rights to the giants to nbc owned and operated station kntv in 2007 channel 36 assumed additional backup programming responsibilities in april 2016 when it began to air local newscasts normally seen on ktvu whenever that station is scheduled to air fox sports event telecasts that will overflow predeterminedly into the time slot of the given program 27 kicu previously aired select nbc programs pre empted by the network s designated bay area affiliates at three separate times throughout its history after the market s original nbc affiliate kron tv removed the program from its schedule in july 1998 in favor of syndicated talk program the howie mandel show kicu aired another world until the soap opera ended its run on the network in june 1999 30 31 ten years later after kntv became the broadcast home of the giants in 2008 kicu took on the role of airing nbc daytime and prime time programs pre empted by the nbc owned station in april 2010 kron took over the duties of running nbc programs preempted by kntv the duty of being nbc s backup affiliate in the bay area in the event that kntv broadcasts giants games and breaking news coverage reverted over to kicu in 2012 however as of 2014 it is unlikely that preempted nbc programming will air on kicu due to its ownership by the corporate parent of competing network fox nbc o o kntv later used its cozi tv affiliated second digital subchannel to carry network programs in such situations currently it delays preempted programming until early morning hours sports programming edit during the station s ownership tenures under ralph wilson enterprises and cox enterprises kicu tv maintained a strong association with bay area sports perhaps with the exception of the nfl s san francisco 49ers and the now defunct san jose lasers of the american basketball league each of the city s major professional sports franchises along with several local college and high school teams have had their games televised on channel 36 kicu obtained the broadcast rights to carry nba games involving the golden state warriors beginning with the 1984 85 season 32 the station initially aired up to 70 preseason and regular season games per season some of which were broadcast on tape delay beginning in the late 1990s the number of warriors games aired on channel 36 decreased to 30 per season after the 1997 98 season when the team renewed its cable agreement with regional sports network sportschannel bay area later fsn bay area now nbc sports bay area with kicu also passing a limited number of additional games over to ktvu following cox s 1999 purchase of kicu the warriors relationship with kicu ended after the 2001 02 season when the team moved its local broadcasts exclusively to fox sports net bay area through the signing of a ten year deal with the cable channel 33 34 35 36 on october 28 1998 kicu tv acquired the rights to broadcast major league baseball games from the oakland athletics after the team exercised a clause in its existing five year television contract with kron tv to shop the rights to other bay area television outlets following the 1998 regular season it was the second stint for the athletics on channel 36 they had aired 21 games in 1988 on the station 37 under the initial deal in which it became the team s broadcast television flagship which began with the 1999 season channel 36 offered an expanded schedule of 55 regular season games 25 more than what kron was able to offer within its schedule due to difficulties with its programming obligations with nbc all other a s games that were not televised nationally aired in the market on now defunct fox sports bay area 38 during the first year of the contract kicu carried all of the team s afternoon games on tape delay on a trial basis to allow viewers who were at work while the game was being played the opportunity to watch it that evening however due to viewer complaints particularly since play by play audio of the games that kicu televised could be heard on radio live although a s director of broadcasting ken pries noted to the san francisco chronicle that the team had reservations about allowing the telecasts to be tape delayed beforehand the station switched to airing all a s telecasts regardless of when they were held live to air in may 1999 39 after it was purchased by cox the duopoly of kicu and ktvu which held the over the air rights to the giants essentially had exclusive control of the local broadcast television contracts to both of the bay area s mlb teams this lasted until channel 2 lost the rights to the giants to nbc owned and operated station kntv following the 2007 season kicu subsequently lost the rights to the athletics after the 2009 season when the team signed an exclusive television deal with comcast sportsnet california now nbc sports california the station also was a longtime broadcaster of national hockey league games featuring the san jose sharks from the team s inaugural season in 1991 until fsn bay area took over as the sharks exclusive local television broadcaster following the 2000 01 season 40 41 the station also carried major league soccer games involving the san jose clash now the san jose earthquakes from the team s inaugural season in 1996 until fsn bay area took over the local rights following the 2000 01 season and the san jose sabercats arena football league franchise from that team s inaugural season in 1998 until fsn bay area assumed the local television rights to the team following the 2000 01 season from 1991 until the program s cancellation in 2008 the station also aired the sports highlight program high school sports focus on friday nights at 11 p m which was rebroadcast on sundays at 4 p m which covered high school sports events throughout the bay area with a primary focus on events involving santa clara county area schools the program won several regional emmy awards throughout its 18 year run 42 in addition after fsn bay area shut down in 2008 kicu occasionally served as a backup fox sports net affiliate carrying select basketball and football games to which fsn held rights through its contract with the pacific 10 conference 43 on april 24 2017 ktvu relocated the rain delayed food city 500 to kicu marking the first time a nascar cup series race has been broadcast on the station this occurred again the next year on april 16 2018 with the 2018 running of the same race in february 2025 kicu will air matches from the coachella valley invitational preseason tournament featuring san jose earthquakes of major league soccer and bay fc of the national women s soccer league 44 newscasts edit further information ktvu news operation as of september 2023 update ktvu does not produce any regularly scheduled newscasts specifically for kicu however kicu rebroadcasts some regularly scheduled ktvu weekday newscasts on a delayed basis in addition kicu airs all or portions of ktvu s regularly scheduled newscasts live when ktvu preempts them for fox sports programming particularly on saturday and sunday mornings and at one time the station rebroadcast the ktvu produced public affairs program bay area people sundays at 9 a m until ktvu canceled it in august 1981 five months after the wilson acquisition kicu tv debuted a half hour early evening newscast at 7 30 p m focusing on santa clara valley news 45 the program was eventually moved to 10 p m in 1988 placing it in direct competition with eventual sister station ktvu s higher rated prime time newscast the 10 o clock news the newscast was anchored for several years by former kpix tv channel 5 sports anchor jan hutchins and bay area news veteran ysabel duron the station s reporting staff included among others bill buckmaster tony russomanno and melanie morgan during its first three years in the later slot action 36 news at ten was accompanied at 10 30 p m by the nationally syndicated independent network news which was produced by fellow independent station wpix now a cw affiliate in new york city until both programs were canceled in june 1990 kicu revived its news department in 1992 with the debut of action 36 prime news an early evening local newscast at 7 p m that aired seven nights a week this program was canceled in 1994 in 1995 the station began producing the technology focused business news program silicon valley business this week which aired until 1999 after being acquired by cox enterprises sister station ktvu began simulcasting its flagship newscast on kicu in january 2000 the station began airing a rebroadcast of the ten o clock news immediately following its initial broadcast on ktvu each night at 11 p m under the title the eleven o clock edition of the original ten o clock news the original branding was used during that period to differentiate from other prime time newscasts that aired in that hour a few years prior on kron tv and cbs station kpix tv both of which pushed their network evening schedules one hour early in august 1992 in an attempt to improve prime time viewership and to compete with ktvu as well as a kntv produced program that aired on kbwb tv channel 20 now kofy tv at the time the simulcast was dropped from the schedule on september 14 2001 from 2001 to 2003 kicu also aired a simulcast of ktvu s morning newscast mornings on 2 each monday through friday from 7 to 9 a m with the station inserting a ticker featuring traffic and weather information news briefs and breaking news stories specific to the south bay region ktvu restored news programming to channel 36 s schedule on january 21 2008 when that station began producing the half hour bay area news at 7 on tv 36 airing at 7 p m each weeknight 46 the rebroadcast of the ten o clock news was restored onto kicu s schedule on april 5 2010 being shown this time at 11 30 p m each weeknight the rebroadcast reverted to the 11 p m slot it held during its original run on kicu on july 1 2013 but reverted to 11 30 p m when ktvu added an 11 p m newscast on february 12 2014 bay area news at 7 on tv 36 was renamed to ktvu channel 2 news at 7 on tv 36 47 concurrent with the station s rebranding under the ktvu plus moniker on april 25 2016 in addition to retaining the late rebroadcast of the ten o clock news kicu expanded its 7 p m newscast to one hou...