KGET-TV is a television

Television

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 station serving Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively....

, owned by High Plains Broadcasting and operated by Newport Television, LLC

Newport Television

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. It is an NBC

NBC

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 affiliate, and transmits on UHF

Ultra high frequency

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 channel 25 (using its former analog channel 17 as its virtual channel

Virtual channel

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 via PSIP). KGET also has a digital-only/cable CW outlet called KWFB, one of the The CW Plus

The CW Plus

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 stations. It was originally part of The WB 100+ Station Group

The WB 100+ Station Group

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 for the WB network when it was still in operation. The network ended in September 2006 along with UPN

UPN

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 to form The CW and KWFB affiliated with the new network.
Founded by businessman Ed Urner, channel 17 first broadcast on November 8, 1959 as KLYD, an ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 affiliate.