KFAC

KFAC is the NBC owned-and-operated station serving the San Fatigo, CA area. It broadcasts on channel 8.
==History==
===As KFC-TV (1950-1981)===
KFAC signed on the air as KFC-TV under ownership by a local businessman on January 1, 1950, with its first program being an episode of Westinghouse Studio One. Ratings were poor at that time, so much so that CBS ended up moving to the newly launched KNRO by 1957, leaving KFC as an independent for quite a while. The station would continue to struggle for a few years before both it and KFC-AM were sold off to what would later be called United Television in 1964. The change in ownership would end up benefiting the station as not only would their ratings improve for the better, but they were also able to upgrade their transmitters to reach as much of the San Fatigo region as possible, and would eventually launch a news department in 1973. In Late-1980, United had announced that they would divest KFC-TV & KFC-AM to different companies, while many of them had chimed in, Tribune Company (later Tribune Media, which would be acquired by Nexstar Media Group in 2019) was a major candidate, and would acquire KFC-TV by 1981. Due to FCC laws at the time prohibiting TV and Radio stations under different owners from using the same callsign, Tribune had to change the callsign to something else.
===As KFAC-TV (1981-Present)===
On August 15, 1981 at 7:55 A.M. KFC-TV, became KFAC-TV. Around 1993, Warner Bros had announced the formation of The WB, with KFAC's owner Tribune holding a minority interest. Said station was slated to become a charter affiliate of that network. However, something would change that. 
That same year, NBC, growing frustrated with KSTR's constant preemption of their programming, decided to not renew its affiliation deal with said station, and started looking for alternatives. This would lead to even more frustration as every single station had turned down NBC's offer, either due to already being under another network's contract, or due to having conditions the network didn't want to follow. KFAC was initially one of those stations due to Tribune's aforementioned plans, but after much negotiation, KFAC would become the new home of NBC on June 9, 1993. The Channel 8 branding would remain, though it would be amended to say "Channel 8 NBC". 
Around April 1999, Meredith Corporation announced their intent on acquiring KFAC from Tribune. The deal was finalized by November. On June 13, 2005, a 5:30 P.M newscast were introduced. on December 18, 2007, KFAC debuted not only a new logo, but also new HD-ready graphics (though they wouldn't go HD until 2009) used by real-life station WSMV. At the same time, their newscasts would be re-titled from NewsChannel 8 to Channel 8 News, which was previously in use from 1973-1991. On June 12, 2009 KFAC switched all analog operations to a DTV Transition Tips video which ran on a loop until their transmitters were shut down completely on June 26, 2009. On January 1, 2010, KFAC celebrated both New Years Day, and their 50th birthday, with a celebration going on until the end of month. 
In Early-2012, NBCUniversal announced that they will acquire KFAC for $250.7 million, which was much higher than what Meredith Corp put forward. The deal was finalized on August 18, 2012, and within a few months, KFAC would ditch their Meredith-era graphics in favor of the new Look F graphics used on all of NBC's owned and operated stations, on top of rebranding from Channel 8 NBC, to NBC 8.
==News operation==
KFAC broadcasts 43 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday and four hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the highest local newscast output among all broadcast television stations in the San Fatigo market.
=== Newscast Themes ===
* Where It All Happens - Gari Media Group (1993-1999)
* Total Coverage - 615 Music (1999-2001)
* WPXI News Theme - Cliff Schwarz (2001-2007)
* Summit - FirstCom (2007-2012)
* The Tower - 615 Music (2012–present)
==Gallery==
KFAC.png|Gold version of KFAC's current logo. It debuted in 2007 and would be used until around 2017, when the 8 was changed from gold to black (and sometimes white)
Kfacapp.png|Icon for its Android & iOS app (2016–present)
NBC 8 News open.png|KFAC's News open used from 2005-2007
KFAC news open 2007.png|News open used from 2007-2012 (This one had minor edits when KFAC went HD in 2009)
KFAC news open 2013.png|News open used from August 2012-June 2016 (note that it still retains the HD in the newscasts as this was recorded in late 2013)
KFAC 2016 news open.png|News open used from 2016-2021
KFAC 2021 open.png|News open used since May 2021
Category:Channel 8
Category:NBC network affiliates
Category:NBCUniversal
Category:Cozi TV subchannel-only affiliated stations
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Former CBS affiliates
Category:San Fatigo
Category:California
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1950