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1956–1961 1961–1967 1967–1971 1971–1977 1977–1996
1956–1961 1961–1967 1967–1971 1971–1977 1977–1996
1996–2000 2000–2007 2007–2013 2013–2022 2022–present
1996–2000 2000–2007 2007–2013 2013–2022 2022–present

KFRE-TV

1956–1961

KFRE 1957

After the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s four-year-long freeze on awarding television station licenses was lifted in 1952, two radio stations—KARM (1430 AM, now KYNO) and KFRE (940 AM, now KFIG) competed for the construction permit to operate a station on channel 12, the sole VHF allocation given to Fresno. KFRE won the permit, and the station first signed on the air on May 10, 1956, as KFRE-TV (for Fresno). It is the third-oldest television station in the Fresno market in a three-year timeframe and upon signing on, KFRE-TV took the CBS affiliation from KJEO (channel 47, now KGPE). This made Fresno one of the smallest markets where each network gained full-time affiliations at the time. The KFRE stations were acquired by Triangle Publications in 1959.

1961–1967

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On February 17, 1961, KFRE-TV reluctantly moved to UHF channel 30 to make Fresno an all-UHF market under orders from the FCC. The move of KFRE-TV to channel 30 opened up channel 12 for use by KCOY-TV in Santa Maria, which went on the air in 1964.

1967–1971

KFRE-1967

KFSN-TV

1971–1977

KFSN - 1971
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Triangle began its exit from broadcasting in 1971, and sold the KFRE stations to Capital Cities Communications. The new owners sold off the AM and FM radio stations as a condition of the purchase and kept the television station, changing its call letters to KFSN-TV on May 1 of that year (the KFRE-TV calls are now used on Fresno's CW affiliate on channel 59; that station is unrelated to the current KFSN-TV).

1977–1996

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On March 18, 1985, Capital Cities announced it would purchase ABC. Nearly six months later, on September 9, 1985, KFSN-TV traded network affiliations with KJEO and became an ABC affiliate; CBS then transferred its affiliate to KJEO on the same day. The transaction was finalized on January 3, 1986, making channel 30 an ABC owned-and-operated station. It marks the first time a Big Three network owns a UHF television station since NBC sold WNBC (now WVIT) in New Britain, Connecticut to Plains Television in 1960.

1996–present

The Compacta Italic "30" has been used by the station since 1996, with minor design changes along the way.

1996–2007

1996–2000
KFSN 1
2000–2007
KFSN 2

2007–present

KFSN Circle 30
2007–2013
KFSN ABC 30 HD
2013–2022
KFSN (2013)

Until 2022, they utilized the new logo of their network and owner, ABC, and enlarged it.

2022-present
KFSN (2022)

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