KGPE

KGPE (channel 47) is a television station in Fresno, California, United States, affiliated with CBS.

It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside NBC affiliate KSEE (channel 24).

The two stations share studios on McKinley Avenue in eastern Fresno; KGPE's transmitter is located on Bear Mountain (near Meadow Lakes).

Fisher Broadcasting merged with Retlaw in 1998, then proceeded to sell channel 47 to the Ackerley Group in 2000.

On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire group of television stations to Newport Television, a broadcast holding company controlled by the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.

[6] The sale closed on September 15, 2008;[7] Newport continued to operate KGPE under a shared services agreement.

[9][10] Nexstar subsequently announced the acquisition of KSEE from Granite Broadcasting, in the process forming a duopoly with KGPE.

FCC regulations do not allow common ownership of any two of the four top-rated stations in total day viewership in the same market.

[16] KGPE presently broadcasts 31 hours, 35 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours, 5 minutes each weekday and 35 minutes each on Saturdays and Sundays); unlike most CBS affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, the station does not broadcast a newscast in the 5:30 p.m. timeslot on weekdays (the station instead fills that half-hour with syndicated programming) nor does it carry early evening newscasts on weekends.

After Nexstar finalized its acquisition of KSEE In April 2013, the two stations began sharing reporters and photographers, but continue to maintain separate on-air talent.

KGPE's Eyewitness News logo since 2013.