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Line 1: {{short description\|Fox affiliate in Bakersfield, California}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=~~November~~March ~~2023~~2024}} {{Infobox television station \| callsign = KBFX-CD Line 11: \| branding = Fox 58; ''[[Eyewitness News]]'' \| analog = \| digital = 29 ([[~~ultra high frequency\|~~UHF]]) \| virtual = 58 \| subchannels = \| translators = ''[[KBAK-TV~~\|KBAK-DT~~]] 58.2 ~~(33.2 UHF)~~ Bakersfield'' \| affiliations = {{ubl\|'''58.1:''' [[Fox Broadcasting Company\|Fox]]\|''for others, see {{Section link\|\|Subchannels}}''}} \| owner = [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] \| licensee = Sinclair Bakersfield Licensee, [[~~Limited liability company\|~~LLC]]<ref name=rei/> \| founded = August 23, 1989 \| airdate = {{start date and age\|1990\|11\|1\|p=y}} Line 26: \| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl\|'''Analog:''' 58 (UHF, 1989–2010)}} \| former_affiliations = \| erp = 15 [[~~kilowatt\|~~kW]] \| haat = {{convert\|1113.2\|m\|ft\|0\|abbr=on}} \| class = [[Class A television service\|CD]] \| facility_id = 51501 \| coordinates = ~~{{nowrap\|~~{{coord\|35\|27\|10.8\|N\|118\|35\|28.3\|W\|type:landmark_scale:2000\|display=inline, title}}}} \| licensing_authority = [[~~Federal Communications Commission\|~~FCC]] \| website = {{url\|https://bakersfieldnow.com/}} }} '''KBFX-CD''' (channel 58) is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television\|low-power]], [[~~Class A television service\|~~Class A television station]] in [[Bakersfield, California]], United States, affiliated with the [[Fox Broadcasting Company\|Fox]] network. It is owned by [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] alongside [[CBS]] affiliate [[KBAK-TV]] (channel 29). The two stations share studios on Westwind Drive west of [[Downtown Bakersfield]]; KBFX's transmitter is located atop Breckenridge Mountain. In addition to its own digital signal, KBFX-CD is [[simulcast]] in [[high-definition television\|high definition]] on KBAK's second digital subchannel (58.2) from the same transmitter site. ==History== KBFX signed on November 1, 1990,<ref name="tf1993">{{cite book\|title=Television & Cable Factbook 1993 Edition\|year=1993\|page=B-12\|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1993-TV-Factbook/Television-Factbook-1993-ALL-OTHER.pdf\|access-date=September 20, 2018}}</ref> as K58DJ, a low-powered relay [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators\|translator]] of [[KMPH-TV\|KMPH]], [[~~Fresno, California\|~~Fresno]]'s Fox affiliate. It changed its [[call signs in North America\|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 10 p.m. 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]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=61026&p=irol-newsArticle&t=Regular&id=1037227& \|title=FisherCommunications - News \|website=phx.corporate-ir.net \|access-date=February 2, 2022 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111213322/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=61026&p=irol-newsArticle&t=Regular&id=1037227& \|archive-date=January 11, 2013 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> with the sale closing on January 1, 2008. [[File:KBFX58.png\|thumb\|right\|KBFX-CD's logo from 2010 to 2015, during a period in which the station branded simply with its call letters]] On February 28, 2010, [[Bright House Networks]] (now [[Spectrum (cable service)\|Spectrum]]) announced that KBFX ~~will~~would be carried in [[Tehachapi, California\|Tehachapi]] on cable channel 6. In January 2011, KBFX began airing its local news in high definition. Line 64: ! Programming \|- ! scope = "row" \| 29.2~~<ref group="notes">~~{{efn\|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 (an HD simulcast of 58.1) already exists on KBAK.~~</ref>~~}} \| [[480i]] \|\| [[4:3]] \|\| TBD \|\| [[TBD (TV network)\|TBD]] \|- ! scope = "row" \| 58.1 \| [[720p]] \|\| rowspan=3\|[[16:9]] \|\| FOX58 \|\| ~~Main KBFX-CD programming /~~ [[Fox Broadcasting Company\|Fox]] \|- ! scope = "row" \| 58.3 Line 82: ==Notes== {{notelist}} ~~{{reflist\|group="notes"}}~~ ==References== Line 97: [[Category:1990 establishments in California]] [[Category:Comet (TV network) affiliates]] [[Category:Fox ~~network~~Broadcasting Company affiliates]] [[Category:Low-power television stations in California\|BFX]] [[Category:Pappas Telecasting]]