KFMB-TV

KFMB-TV (channel 8) is a television station in San Diego, California, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by the Tegna subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group; Nexstar also owns CW station KUSI-TV (channel 51) and Fox affiliate KSWB-TV (channel 69). KFMB-TV's studios are located on Engineer Road in the Kearny Mesa section of San Diego, and its transmitter is atop Mount Soledad in La Jolla. The station first signed on the air on May 16, 1949. It was the first television station in San Diego. The station was founded by Jack O. Gross, who also owned local radio station KFMB (760 AM). San Diego mayor Harley E. Knox was present at the station's first broadcast. The station cost Gross $300,000 to build. KFMB-TV has been a primary CBS affiliate since its sign-on and is the only television station in the market that has never changed its network affiliation. In its early years, channel 8 also maintained secondary affiliations with ABC, NBC and the DuMont Television Network.