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KKFX-CD is the Class A television service Fox-affiliated television station for the Central Coast of California that is licensed to San Luis Obispo. It broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 24 from a transmitter near Serrano and U.S. 101 in the Los Padres National Forest. Owned by News-Press & Gazette Company, it is the sister station to ABC affiliate KEYT-TV. It also operates CBS affiliate KCOY-TV (owned by VistaWest Media, LLC). The two share studios on West McCoy Lane in Santa Maria. It can be seen on cable channel 11, hence the FOX 11 branding. Apart from its own digital transmission, a standard definition digital signal can be found on the KCOY-DT2 digital sub-channel. This broadcasts from a transmitter on Tepusquet Peak in the Los Padres National Forest east of Santa Maria.
On January 20, 2015, KKFX began broadcasting over-the-air in high definition, and an HD feed is provided directly to cable and DirecTV. KKFX-CD signed-on for the first time on November 6, 1998 as the area's Fox affiliate. KTTV in Los Angeles was the default station for the Central Coast area before KKFX signed-on. Until July 1, 2006, this station could also be seen in Santa Barbara on KSBB-LP channel 17 but was switched to a repeater of KEYT-TV. On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel Communications entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Providence Equity Partners. The sale was finalized on March 14, 2008. However, Providence Equity Partners did not keep KKFX and sister station KCOY due to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) restrictions. As a result, they were resold to the Cowles Publishing Company. On May 7, 2008, the deal between Cowles and Newport Television closed. Also, on January 20, 2015, KKFX-CA returned to the airwaves in Santa Barbara on low power KSBB-LP Channel 17.
On September 20, 2013, News-Press & Gazette Company, owner of KEYT-TV in Santa Barbara, announced that it would purchase KKFX-CA, as well as Monterey sister stations KION-TV and KMUV-LP. NPG will also take over some of the operations of sister station KCOY, which Cowles will retain, under a shared services agreement. The sale was completed on December 13.