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KTSF, virtual channel 26 (UHF digital channel 27), is a leading independent Asian television station located in San Francisco, California, United States. The station is owned by Lincoln Broadcasting Company. KTSF maintains studio facilities located on Valley Drive in south suburban Brisbane, and its transmitter is located atop San Bruno Mountain. ==History== In 1965, Lillian Lincoln Howell was issued a broadcast license for a new television station in San Francisco. Her goal was to offer programming to audiences that were not targeted by the television stations already on the air at the time. Her stated mission was to "serve the underserved." It took many years to build the station, but when KTSF finally signed on the air on September 4, 1976,〔(KTSF Celebrates 30 Years as the Nation's Leading Asian Broadcaster )〕 it began broadcasting a general entertainment format featuring older off network shows from the 1950 and 1965, Japanese cartoons and live action shows dubbed in English, and older movies during the day and Asian programming after 7:00pm weekdays and 4:00pm weekends. The station also ran religious shows in the morning hours such as PTL Club and Praise The Lord. Entertainment shows included Dennis the Menace (Sitcom), Donna Reed Show, Hazel, Flying Nun, Father Knows Best, Lassie, Marine Boy, Ultra Man, King Kong cartoons, Space Giants, and others. At that time, four other independent Bay Area stations had general entertainment schedules, including KTVU, KTZO (now KOFY-TV), KICU, and KBHK (now KBCW). By 1981, the Japanese Animated and live action shows were dropped. KTSF (the "-TV" calls were dropped on December 31, 1981) became the first U.S. broadcaster to carry Asian-language programming. In January 1, 1980, KTSF ended the Chinese and Asian programming weeknights, relegating it to weekend afternoons. Daily after 7:00pm, the station picked up a subscription movie service called ONTV. Its signal would appear scrambled, with an audio message being played that described the service and provided a phone number to subscribe. Descrambler boxes could be rented to view the channel. In 1983, KTSF expanded its Asian content to reflect the changing demographics of the Bay Area. With increasing immigration of the Bay Area's Asian population from the Philippines and Korea, KTSF Tagalog and Korean language program content and expanded its schedule to include programming from India and Iran. The station began running this programming a couple hours a day middays. In the Spring of 1985, ONTV was winding down operations nationally so KTSF expended Asian offerings to evenings and overnights as well. Also, in 1985, KTSF dropped English general entertainment programming as well, partly due to the fact that San Francisco had 4 stations doing such a format. A significant step in the station's history came in 1987 when it hired Gallup to perform the first Chinese-language consumer study ever conducted in the United States. The challenge for any commercial broadcaster is to be able to demonstrate to advertisers a profile of its viewers. The Gallup study demonstrated to mainstream U.S. companies that the Chinese-American market behaved like most other groups. For instance, the vast majority of Chinese people had bank accounts at "mainstream" financial institutions such as Bank of America and Wells Fargo, while only a small percentage had accounts at Chinese-owned banks. The major grocery store chains, with their large variety of products and convenient locations, were patronized by 75% of Chinese-Americans on a weekly basis. With this new research, KTSF was able to attract mainstream U.S. companies to the Asian American market. On February 6, 1989,〔 KTSF launched the first live Chinese language newscast in the United States. Throughout the 1990s, with the H1-B visas in place, it was easier for U.S. companies to attract qualified workers from other countries. The Bay Area saw a large number of workers from China, Taiwan and India move to Silicon Valley. KTSF responded by dramatically expanding its Mandarin-language and South Asian programming. In 2005, KTSF became the first Asian broadcaster in the U.S. to subscribe to Nielsen. With the daily overnight viewing data, KTSF was able to help advertisers better target the Asian demographic. By 2010, KTSF carried programming in twelve languages including Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Hindi and Tagalog. In 2007, the KTSF news department expanded by adding a special features unit. A series of in-depth news features and hour-long documentaries were scheduled throughout the year. Topics included the tenth anniversary of the Hong Kong handover, the fashion industry in China, Olympic previews and the 40th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution which landed KTSF its first Emmy nomination. In 2008, a weekly business show - Business and Lifestyle - began airing. The show featured successful business profiles from the industries of finance, real estate, beauty, health and nutrition. It also included tips from established entrepreneurs on how to grow your business and how to avoid the common pitfalls of first-time business owner as well. In 2010, the first-ever American beauty television show, Kaitlyn's Beauty Journal began airing. The show produced and broadcast in Mandarin-Chinese with English subtitles and hosted by popular beauty blogger- Kuan-Ling Kaitlyn Chen, features make-up application tips, hair and nail care how-to's, product reviews and tests, and the latest fashion trends. Kaitlyn’s Beauty Journal broadcasts in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Houston. Kaitlyn's Beauty Journal has the potential to reach 56.3% of all Chinese in the U.S. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KTSF」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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