california branding my 7.1 cozi tv 7.2 on dt2 channels digital 7 vhf virtual 7 psip subchannels 7.1 mynetworktv 7.2 cozi tv 7.3 heroes & icons affiliations mynetworktv cozi tv dt2 heroes & icons dt3 owner aperio communications llc aperio communications llc first air date december 18 1961 former channel number s analog 53 uhf 1961 2009 former affiliations independent 1961 1995 upn 1995 2006 dt3 weathernation tv 2011 2015 transmitter power 38 kw height 560 m facility id 67494 transmitter coordinates 37 4 23 n 119 25 52 w 37.07306 n 119.43111 w 37.07306 ; 119.43111 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.kail.tv kail virtual and vhf digital channel 7 is a mynetworktv affiliated television station located in fresno california united states . kail maintains studio facilities located on alluvial avenue in clovis and its transmitter is located in meadow lakes rural northeastern fresno county . contents 1 history 1.1 prior history of uhf channel 53 in fresno 1.2 kail station history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 newscasts 5 references 6 external links history edit prior history of uhf channel 53 in fresno edit the uhf channel 53 allocation in the fresno market was originally licensed to kbid tv which operated for a few months in 1954 . the station was owned by veteran broadcaster john poole the original owner of kbic tv in los angeles whose channel 22 allocation is now occupied by mundofox affiliate kwhy tv . kbid ceased operations when the station was unable to acquire a network affiliation . at the time cbs was the only u.s. broadcast network did not have an affiliate in fresno . the network would eventually affiliate with kfre tv channel 12 now abc owned and operated station kfsn tv on channel 30 when that station signed on in may 1956 . kail station history edit the station first signed on the air on december 18 1961 originally broadcasting on uhf channel 53 ; it was the first independent station to sign on in the fresno market beating eventual competitor kicu tv channel 43 channel allocation now occupied by kgmc to the air by five days . the station holds the record for the longest continuous usage of the same call letters in the fresno market having used the kail callsign since its sign on ; it has held the record since 2000 when kjeo tv channel 47 which signed on under those call letters in september 1953 changed its calls to kgpe several other stations have had the same call letters since their original licensing but signed on after kail made its debut ; it is also the only station in the market and one of the few commercial television stations in the united states that has had the same ownership throughout its history and is the only fresno station that is independently owned . in its early years kail produced a sizeable amount of its own programming ; among them included the children s program leebo the clown . during the 1960s kail ran a mix of religious and public affairs programs a few older syndicated programs some cartoons classic movies and some sports events . the station originally broadcast for about eight hours a day . during the 1970s kail ran older cartoons drama series several hours a day of religious programs and specialty programming . as new syndicated cartoons became abundant during the mid 1980s the station added more of these programs to its schedule . channel 53 also continued to lean toward carrying barter syndicated programs . the station s ratings continued to be rather modest throughout the 1980s . on january 16 1995 kail became a charter affiliate of the united paramount network upn ; the station maintained a schedule resembling an independent during its first three years with the network as upn would not carry a week s worth of programming until 1999 even at that point the network had no weekend primetime programming . during the 1990s kail added stronger programs to its schedule including recent off network sitcoms talk reality and court shows . the station began gradually phasing out cartoons from its schedule around 2000 and dropped them from the weekday lineup altogether in august 2003 when upn discontinued its children s program block disney s one too . on february 22 2006 news corporation announced the launch of a new sixth network called mynetworktv which would be operated by fox television stations and its syndication division twentieth television . mynetworktv was created to compete against another upstart network that would launch at the same time that september the cw an amalgamated network that originally consisted primarily of upn and the wb s higher rated programs as well as to give upn and wb stations that were not mentioned as becoming cw affiliates another option besides converting to independent stations . 1 2 kfre tv channel 59 no relation to what is now kfsn tv took the cw affiliation ; kail meanwhile signed an affiliation agreement to become mynetworktv s fresno affiliate . the station became a charter affiliate of the network when it launched on september 5 2006 . in 2008 the station acquired the broadcast rights to fresno state bulldogs collegiate sporting events assuming the rights from cw affiliate kfre tv channel 59 . on april 15 2014 kail s longtime owners trans america broadcasting changed its name to tel america north corporation as part of a restructuring of the company s operations which coincided with the sale of its sole radio outlet ktym in los angeles to el sembrador ministries ; as a result kail until then was tel america s sole media property . 3 on april 6 2015 tel america agreed to sell kail to aperio communications for 3 million . 4 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 5 7.1 720p 16 9 kail 7 main kail programming mynetworktv 7.2 480i 4 3 cozi tv 7.3 heroes & icons on april 1 2008 kail began carrying classic television service the retro television network on digital subchannel 7.2 . 6 the subchannel eventually assumed local broadcast rights to san francisco giants major league baseball games which moved to the station from kfre tv . on january 14 2013 kail ended its run as an affiliate of rtv switching its 7.2 subchannel over to the similarly styled cozi tv . 7 in february 2010 kail became the first television station in the fresno market to begin offering mobile dtv broadcasts simulcasting the station s main channel and digital subchannel 7.2 . analog to digital conversion edit kail tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 53 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal allocated vhf channel 7 during pre transition and they opted to remain on that channel as they could not return to channel 53 which was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition . 8 through the use of psip digital television receivers also display the station s virtual channel as channel 7 instead of its former analog era uhf channel 53 ; kail has a waiver from the fcc to do so . programming edit san francisco giants games air on its second subchannel . 9 newscasts edit on july 31 2006 nbc affiliate ksee channel 24 began producing a half hour primetime newscast that air monday through fridays at 10 00 p.m. through a news share agreement ; the program was discontinued on september 11 2009 having been canceled due to low ratings . the station would not air local news programming again until january 7 2013 when abc owned and operated station kfsn tv began to produce another weeknight only 10 00 p.m. newscast for kail . titled abc 30 action news live at 10 00 the program competed with the longer established in house 10 00 p.m. newscast on fox affiliate kmph tv channel 26 which comparatively runs for one hour and airs seven nights a week . with the news share agreement with kail kfsn became the fourth abc owned station to produce a newscast for an unrelated station in the same market wtvd in raleigh north carolina and wpvi tv in philadelphia produce 10 p.m. newscasts for cw affiliate wlfl and mynetworktv affiliate wphl tv in the respective markets while kgo tv in san francisco produces a 9 00 p.m. newscast for independent station kofy tv ; they have since been joined by kabc tv in los angeles which produces both a 7 00 & 7 30p . m. newscast for independent station kdoc tv . kfsn ended the 10 p.m. newscast in july 2014 . 10 though it no longer carries a newscast kail produces the public affairs program the valley today which airs saturday mornings ; in november 2013 episodes of the valley today became available for streaming online at thevalleytoday.tv . references edit news corp. to launch new mini network for upn stations . usa today . february 22 2006 . retrieved january 21 2013 . news corp. unveils mynetworktv broadcasting & cable february 22 2006 . ktym los angeles sold nyc pirates busted from all access april 15 2014 mnt affiliate kail fresno sold for 3 million . tvnewscheck . april 9 2015 . retrieved april 9 2015 . rabbitears tv query for kail equity media holdings corporation rtn to launch in fresno kail gets new retro lineup rick bentley fresnobee.com dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . marszalek diana july 23 2013 . news finds a new home among diginets . tv news check . retrieved august 16 2014 . bentley rick july 28 2014 . abc30 to lay off 15 on technical staff no on air talent . fresno bee . retrieved november 29 2014 . external links edit kail official website the valley today official website query the fcc s tv station database for kail biafn s media web database information on kail tv program information for kail at titantv.com v t e television stations in central california including fresno and visalia english language stations kvhf ld 4.1 tv scout 4.2 tuff tv 4.3 ustv 4.4 rev n 4.6 biz tv 4.7 launch tv 4.8 classic shows 32.8 kjeo kail 7.1 mntv 7.2 cozi tv 7.3 h & i k13zl d 13.1 creation tv 13.2 hsn 13.10 sab tv kvbc lp 13.1 metv kgmc 43.6 13.2 heartland 13.3 movies 13.4 retro tv 13.05 justice network 13.06 youtoo america 13.07 buzzr 13.8 ind 13.9 drtv 13.10 pbj kshc lp 16.1 kjoi fm 16.2 real estate barker channel 16.4 sonlife 16.5 infomercials k17ji d 17 k03hk 3 3abn kmph cd 17.1 fox kmph 26.1 kvpt 18.1 pbs 18.2 create kftv 21.2 gettv 21.3 escape 21.4 grit kzmm cd 22.2 evine live 22.3 sonlife ksee 24.1 nbc hd 24.2 nbc sd 24.3 grit kmph 26.1 fox 26.2 this tv 26.3 comet kjkz lp 27.1 the works kfsn 30.1 abc 30.2 live well 30.3 laff kbid lp 31.1 euronews kjeo ld 32 32.1 bounce tv 32.2 qvc 32.4 mana 3 kgof lp 33 33.2 fam 33.3 escapes 33.4 amgtv 33.6 france 24 33.7 thecooltv kmsg ld 39.3 tcn 43.3 daystar kgmc 43.4 hsn 43.5 antenna tv 43.6 metv kgpe 47.1 cbs hd 47.2 escape knxt 49.1 religious ind knso 51.3 ion kfre 59.1 cw spanish language stations kvhf ld 4.3 aza kshc lp 16.3 infomercials spanish 22.4 3an latino kzmm cd 22.1 ind kmsg ld 39 kfaz ca 8 kvvg ld 43.2 54.1 aza 39.3 euronews spanish kvpt 18.3 v me kftv dt 21.1 uni ksee 24.3 latv kbid lp 31.2