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Overview
In the Bakersfield, CA TV market, KBAK-TV is the CBS station licensed to Bakersfield, California.
Viewers find it on channel 29. That is the virtual channel your TV displays; the signal itself goes out on RF channel 33, which is why a rescan sometimes matters. The station's subchannels add Charge! and True Crime Network.
Subchannels
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 29.1 | CBS |
| 29.3 | Charge! |
| 29.4 | True Crime Network |
According to FCC records, the licensee is Sinclair Bakersfield Licensee, LLC. It first signed on in 1953. It has used the KBAK-TV call letters since August 1980.
You can reach the station online at www.bakersfieldnow.com.
In its 2025 children's television report to the FCC, KBAK-TV listed educational programs including Lucky Dog Reunions, Extraordinary World with Jeff Corwin and Lucky Dog: Down Under.
Key facts
- Call sign
- KBAK-TV
- Network
- CBS (subchannels: Charge!, True Crime Network)
- Virtual channel
- 29
- RF channel
- 33
- City of license
- Bakersfield, California
- TV market
- Bakersfield, CA
- Licensee
- Sinclair Bakersfield Licensee, LLC
- On the air since
- 1953
- Call sign since
- August 1980
- FCC facility ID
- 4148
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.bakersfieldnow.com
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KBAK-TV at a glance
- Network
- CBS
- Channel
- 29 (RF 33)
- Licensed to
- Bakersfield, CA
- Subchannels
- Charge!, True Crime Network
- TV market
- Bakersfield, CA
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