California Music Channel (CMC-TV) is an American music video

Music video

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 service based in the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...

. It is one of the world’s longest running local music video television stations. The live broadcasts feature on-camera disc jockeys, audience participation, and contemporary music videos. It is owned by CMC Broadcasting Company, Inc. Since 1984, CMC is broadcasted on independent station KTSF

KTSF

KTSF is an independent television station serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Although licensed to San Francisco, the station's studio building is located in south suburban Brisbane, California. It is owned by Lincoln Broadcasting Company, and broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 27 from a...

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1981-1982

CMC-TV was founded on August 31, 1981 by Rick Kurkjian, debuting on March 1, 1982 as a half hour show telecast twelve times per week on Teleprompter Cable Oakland Channel 12. The notion of a Bay Area Interconnect was developed early on as CMC expanded by doing local original cable channels on Concord TV Cable Ch. 11, Viacom Cable of San Francisco Ch 6, Viacom of Marin and Castro Valley Cable TV. After a little more than a year on the local cable channels CMC started running a Saturday night version of the program on KCSM-TV

KCSM-TV

KCSM-TV, virtual channel 60, is an independent, non-commercial television station located in San Mateo, California, USA. Until 2009, KCSM-TV was a PBS member station...

 Ch 60 in San Mateo. The CMC broadcast was simulcast in stereo on KCSM-TV's sister station, KCSM-FM 91.1.

1983

In 1983, KCSM-TV was one of a handful of Educational-access television stations to experiment with running expanded underwriting announcements and full 30 second commercial TV spots from non profit organizations. In addition to the U.S. Army, many of its other advertisers were coincidentally set up as non-profit organizations under dealer associations and franchise organizations such as the California Milk Advisory Board and the McDonalds "Golden Arches Advertising Fund". As such, CMC was able to include commercials for these organizations on the otherwise non-commercial, educational, KCSM. This revenue allowed the show to remain profitable, when other local music video shows were struggling to remain on the air or even on non commercial Public-access television

Public-access television

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1984

In 1984, the demand from CMC advertisers grew beyond the scope of underwriting announcements and non profit 30s. On October 1, 1984 the California Music Channel debuted its Monday to Friday broadcast on full power independent KTSF-TV.

Format

The California Music Channel music video format is Hot AC and CHR/Rhythmic. The concept is "radio with pictures" - music video shows are broadcast live, and announcers interact directly with viewers by telephone and e-mail, including requests, contests, and birthday greetings.

CMC currently airs Monday through Saturday on KTSF

KTSF

KTSF is an independent television station serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Although licensed to San Francisco, the station's studio building is located in south suburban Brisbane, California. It is owned by Lincoln Broadcasting Company, and broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 27 from a...

 in the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...

, which currently holds the 4-5pm time slot on weekdays, as well as a late-night music video show late Saturday night. CMC-TV operates as a full-time channel, broadcasting 24 hours a day on its website. Unlike other TV programs which are sold or bartered to local stations, the show on KTSF is solely responsible for its advertising clients. KTSF receives the 24 hour feed and simulcasts it during CMC’s scheduled time on channel 26. Prior to this, CMC operated three full-time video music channels for MobiTV, including "CMC California Music Channel", "CMC Beat Lounge", and "CMC-USA Country Music Channel". Currently, music videos from all three genres are being featured on its website.

Broadcast affiliates

KCSM

KCSM-TV

KCSM-TV, virtual channel 60, is an independent, non-commercial television station located in San Mateo, California, USA. Until 2009, KCSM-TV was a PBS member station...

: 1983 - 1984
KTSF

KTSF

KTSF is an independent television station serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Although licensed to San Francisco, the station's studio building is located in south suburban Brisbane, California. It is owned by Lincoln Broadcasting Company, and broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 27 from a...

: 1984 - Present
KXTV

KXTV

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: 1986 - 1987
KVIQ

KVIQ

KVIQ is a digital-only broadcast television station which broadcasts as a CBS affiliate on UHF channel 17 from a transmitter in Eureka, California.-History:KVIQ signed on the air on VHF channel 6 as Eureka's second television station on April 1, 1958...

: 1986 - 1987
KNSO

KNSO

KNSO is a television station in the Fresno, California area, and a station of the Telemundo network. The station is owned by NBCUniversal and operated by ZGS Communications. The station operates on digital VHF channel 11.1 -History:KNSO signed on the air in 1996 under the ownership of Sainte...

: 1996 - 1997
KTNC

KTNC-TV

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: 1996 - 2001 (Country Music Channel)

CMC DJs

1985: Big Tom Parker from KFRC

KFRC (defunct)

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 simulcasting in AM-Stereo 610 KFRC.
1986: Modern Rock Five at Five with Steve Masters

Steve Masters

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 from KITS

KITS

KITS is a San Francisco, California, USA-based radio station broadcasting at 105.3 MHz. The station is owned by CBS Radio and programs a modern rock format. The station also broadcasts on HD channel L2, locally on Comcast cable channel 986, and is streaming online.-Hot Hits:The station's...

 Live 105.
1987: Power Thursday with Renel from KMEL

KMEL

KMEL is an Urban Contemporary-formatted radio station located in San Francisco, California, and owned by Clear Channel Communications....

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1992: Mimi Chen from KRQR

KLLC

KLLC is a commercial radio station located in San Francisco, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area. KLLC airs an Adult Top 40 music format same as KZZO in Sacramento and on 97.3 HD-2 is Chill With Alice, a Chill format channel...

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1992: Gomez from KYLD formerly Wild 107.7 and then from KMEL. Chuy is still the main personality on CMC today.
1994: Steve Jordan from KSAN at 94.9 FM (now KYLD) and KYCY-FM (now KRZZ

KRZZ

KRZZ is a commercial radio station located in San Francisco, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area on 93.3 FM. KRZZ airs a regional mexican music format branded as "La Raza".-History:...

) hosting CMC's Country Music Channel.
1994: Trace & Franzen from KMEL.
1997: Sway Calloway

Sway Calloway

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 from KMEL.

Additional CMC personalities

Gil Ashley - 1988
Alex Caronfly - 1991
Susan Butler - 1991
Andy Kawanami - 1992
Lipoi Niualiku - 1994
Cynthia Roberts - 1998
Jessica Correos - 2004
Brian Moore "B-Mo" - 2004
Heather Kant - 2007
Cheryl Zurbano - 2007
Lori Rosales - 2009

Mary Diaz - 2010
"Hood Rat" Miguel - 2010
Nessa - 2010

External links

• California Music Channel's Official Website
• Yahoo Directory: California > San Francisco > Television Stations
• KNSO
  KNSO
  KNSO is a television station in the Fresno, California area, and a station of the Telemundo network. The station is owned by NBCUniversal and operated by ZGS Communications. The station operates on digital VHF channel 11.1 -History:KNSO signed on the air in 1996 under the ownership of Sainte...
  
  
• Mediaweek
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  June 19, 2006 "Media Plan of the Year Best Use of Mobile"
• KTSF-TV Press Release
• KPIX-TV Press Release