Its transmitter, shared with KCNS, KTNC-TV and KEMO-TV, is located atop Sutro Tower in San Francisco.
[4][5] KNEW-TV ran the syndicated Metromedia talk shows and variety programming of such stars as shock-talker Joe Pyne, and others.
[9][10] KMTP claimed in a March 31, 2017, press release, that it was negotiating with other broadcast stations in the Bay Area to share a channel.
On April 12, 2012, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on two of the issues raised by KMTP's suit.
This was a partial victory for KMTP, as it did not address the basic issue of how commercials differ from the sponsorships on which most public stations depend for financial support.
[16] The case was reheard by the 9th Circuit en banc, which in 2013 overruled the panel, declaring that the 1981 law was constitutional (NPR and PBS filed in support of the FCC);[17] the Supreme Court declined to hear the case in the following year, ensuring that non-commercial stations cannot air political advertisements.