KBTV-CD, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 27), known on-air as Crossings TV, is a television station in Sacramento, California, United States, broadcasting locally as a multicultural independent station. KBTV-CD is also available throughout the Central Valley on Xfinity channel 398. It is owned by HC2 Holdings. KBTV-CD's transmitter is located in downtown Sacramento. The station broadcasts programs in various ethnic languages as well as programming from Shop LC (formerly Liquidation Channel) during the late-night hours.
History
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When KBTV-CD started broadcasting, it carried the Home Shopping Network.
In June 2013, KBTV-CD was slated to be sold to Landover 5 LLC as part of a larger deal involving 51 other low-power television stations; the sale fell through in June 2016. Mako Communications sold its stations, including KBTV-CD, to HC2 Holdings in 2017.
| TV stations in California | |
|---|---|
| Independent stations | Public TV stations |
| KBTV-CD, Sacramento | KCET, Los Angeles |
| KCAL, Los Angeles | KMTP, San Francisco |
| KIIO-LD, Los Angeles | KPJK, San Mateo |
| KSCI, Long Beach | |
| KOFY, San Francisco | |
| KHTV-CD, Los Angeles | |
| KNLA-CD, Los Angeles | |
| KBSV, Ceres | |
| KTSF, San Francisco | |
| KICU, San Francisco/San Jose | |
| KXLA, Rancho Palos Verdes/Los Angeles | |
| KUSI, San Diego | |
| KSKT-CD, San Diego | |
| KDOC, Los Angeles | |
| KTNC, Concord | |
| KGEC-LD, Redding | |
| TV stations in Northern California, including Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto |
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| KCRA 3 (NBC) KVIE 6 (PBS) |
