KERO-TV



1953–1958	1958–1963	1963–1970	1970–1975	1975–1982	1982–1993


1993–2000	2000–2004	2004–2009	2009–2012	2012–2022	2022–present

1953–1958[]

LOGO MISSING

KERO-TV went on the air on September 26, 1953 as a primary NBC affiliate on channel 10. It was originally owned by Kern County Broadcasters along with KERO radio (1230 AM, now KGEO). In 1955, both stations were broken up after KERO radio was sold. In 1957, Wrather-Alvarez Broadcasting, owner of KFMB-AM-TV in San Diego purchased KERO. In 1956, Wrather-Alvarez was broke up into two when Wrather kept KERO-TV and the San Diego stations into a newly renamed company known as Marietta Broadcasting. In 1959, Marietta merged with the Transcontinent Television Corporation.

1958–1963[]

SVG NEEDED

1963–1970[]

SVG NEEDED

In 1963, KERO moved to channel 23 due to Bakersfield being a UHF-only market. In 1964, Time-Life (later known as Time Inc.) purchased KERO. McGraw-Hill purchased Time-Life's broadcasting unit in 1972.

1970–1975[]

SVG NEEDED

1975–1993, 2004–present[]

KERO-TV introduced its Helvetica Black "23" in 1975 when it was still a NBC affiliate. In 1984, KERO-TV became a CBS affiliate when KGET (channel 17) decided to affiliate with NBC.

1975–1982[]

1982–1993[]

1993–2004[]

1993–2000[]

KERO-TV would become a ABC affiliate in 1996, becoming one of the last stations owned by McGraw-Hill to switch to that network. CBS would move back to KBAK-TV (channel 29).

The logo has four color versions shown above.

2000–2004[]

SVG NEEDED

2004–2009[]

The NBC/CBS-era "23" was brought back in 2004.

2009–2012[]

SVG NEEDED

In 2011, McGraw-Hill sold its entire broadcasting division to The E. W. Scripps Company.

2012–present[]

2012–2022[]

2022–present[]

The "23" was recolored from red to blue and the 2021 ABC logo officially replaced the concurrent network logo seen above.

Video[]

External links[]

Official website

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The E. W. Scripps Company

Major television stations:

Fox affiliates: KSTU | WFLX² | WFTX-TV⁴ | WSYM-TV³ | WXMI

MyNetworkTV affiliate: WSYM-DT4

Telemundo affiliate: KZTV-DT2 / K22JA-D

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Ion Media

A division of The E. W. Scripps Company

Television networks: Ion | Ion Mystery | Ion Plus

Defunct networks: InTV | Qubo (Qubo Channel)

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¹Ion-affiliated stations owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings.
²Affiliated with Grit.
³Affiliated with Court TV.
⁴Affiliated with Bounce TV.

Other holdings: Scripps Howard Fund | Scripps National Spelling Bee | Scripps Sports

Programming: Let's Ask America (Let's Ask Cincinnati) | The List | Right This Minute | Pickler & Ben

Local news brandings: The Morning Blend | The Now

Predecessor companies: McGraw-Hill Broadcasting (Television stations only) | Journal Communications (Television stations only) | Cordillera Communications

¹KZTV is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting, but it is programmed and operated by Scripps under a Shared Services Agreement.
²WFLX is owned by Gray Media, but is programmed and operated by Scripps under a Shared Services Agreement.
³Sale of these stations to Gray Media in exchange for KKCO, KKTV/KJCT-LP and KMVT/KSVT-LD pending FCC approval
⁴Sale of this station to Sun Broadcasting pending FCC approval.

Headquarters: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | Website: http://www.scripps.com

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