branding fox 58 general eyewitness news newscasts channels digital 29 uhf & kbak dt 33.2 58.2 subchannels 29.2 notes 1 this tv 1 asn 2 58.1 fox 1 owner sinclair broadcast group sinclair bakersfield licensee llc 1 first air date august 23 1989 call letters meaning k bakersfield fox sister station s kbak tv 1 former callsigns k58dj 1989 1995 kmph lp 1995 1998 kbfx lp 1998 2005 kbfx ca 2005 2011 1 former channel number s analog 58 uhf 1989 2010 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website bakersfieldnow.com kbfx cd channel 58 is a class a low power digital television station serving bakersfield california . the station is a fox affiliate and is owned by sinclair broadcast group . the station s studios are co located with sister station and cbs affiliate kbak tv west of downtown bakersfield and the transmitter site is on breckenridge mountain . contents 1 digital television 2 history 3 notes 4 references 5 external links digital television edit the analog signal went off the air in august 2010 . kbfx currently broadcasts in high definition on rf channel 29 which maps to virtual channel 58 1 and also as a subchannel of kbak dt in high definition ; this digital signal is rf channel 33 2 and virtual mapped channel 58 2 . it is also available in high definition on bright house networks cable . history edit former station logo versions of which were used until 2010 . kbfx began in 1989 as k58dj a low powered relay translator of kmph fresno s fox affiliate . it changed its call letters to kmph lp in 1995 . later the fox network wanted to include a new separate affiliate station for the bakersfield market ; as a result in 1998 channel 58 was relaunched as kbfx lp . among the features on the new station was a kbak produced 10pm newscast fox 58 news 10 . it was so successful that kbak s then owner westwind communications bought the station in 2005 from kmph s owners pappas telecasting . on august 6 2007 westwind communications announced the sale of kbak and kbfx ca to fisher communications of seattle 1 with the sale closing on january 1 2008 . on february 28 2010 bright house networks announced that kbfx will be carried in tehachapi also on cable 6 . kbfx just recently launched their new digital transmitter on rf channel 29 . this signal carries this tv on its subchannel which maps to virtual channel 29 2 . in january 2011 kbfx began airing its local news in high definition . fisher communications announced on april 11 2013 that it would be acquired by sinclair broadcast group pending federal communications commission approval . 3 4 the deal was completed on august 8 2013 . 5 on october 3 2013 sinclair announced the completion of the sale of four stations owned by titan tv broadcast group including kmph which reunites kbfx as sister stations for the first time in eight years . 6 kbfx is the only bakersfield television station to never change its affiliation having always been a fox affiliate . the station s 29.2 subchannel was an initial affiliate of the american sports network with its first broadcast on august 30 2014 . 2 notes edit per atsc standards a station on channel x must map to channel y if another station on channel y maps to channel x ; channel 58.2 already exists on kbak references edit a b c d e digital tv market listing for kbfx . rabbitears.info . retrieved september 9 2014 . a b minium harry august 27 2014 . odu s opener with hampton to be televised in 66 markets . hamptonroads.com . the virginian pilot . retrieved september 8 2014 . sinclair acquiring fisher communications . bakersfieldnow.com . april 11 2013 . retrieved april 11 2013 . colman price april 10 2013 . sinclair poised to buy fisher stations . tvnewscheck.com . retrieved april 11 2013 . sinclair broadcast group closes on fisher communications acquisition . all access . august 8 2013 . retrieved august 8 2013 . http sbgi.net site mgr temp titan % 20close.pdf external links edit official website kbfx cd2 website query the fcc s tv 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