ABC10 News

What ABC10 News does

ABC10 News (legal callsign KGTV) is a local broadcast television station and ABC network affiliate serving San Diego County, California. Founded circa 1952-1953 and headquartered at 4600 Air Way, San Diego, the station operates with 51-100 employees and is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP), a publicly traded broadcast media corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. KGTV functions as a privately held operating unit within Scripps' local media division, distributing content through over-the-air broadcast (channel 10), cable/satellite carriage (including DirecTV), proprietary live streaming at 10news.com, a mobile application, email newsletters, and social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube).

The station's product portfolio centers on a live news broadcast supplemented by PinPoint Weather (forecasting, radar, wildfire and earthquake tracking), Team 10 Investigates (investigative journalism unit), and digital sub-products including the mobile app, on-demand video library, Positively San Diego community segment, and Fact or Fiction fact-checking service. Underlying technology comprises a traditional broadcast television stack with a digital streaming platform leveraging Scripps' uplynk CDN, supported by Associated Press wire integration and Scripps News Group national content feeds. Editorial coverage is segmented by neighborhood (North County, East County, South Bay, Central San Diego) to localize reporting and advertising targeting.

ABC10 News monetizes primarily through local television advertising (commercials, sponsorships), digital advertising on 10news.com (banner ads, sponsored content, programmatic), and recurring affiliate/broadcast fees paid by cable and satellite providers. Pricing is quote-based for both TV and digital ad inventory. The station serves a mass-market consumer audience in San Diego County and a B2B advertiser base of local businesses. Emerging commercial surfaces include marketplace verticals (San Diego Connect, Brand Spotlight, Home Improvement Collective, The Doctor Is In) suggesting experimentation with content commerce and affiliate lead generation beyond traditional advertising.

Name

ABC10 News

Legal name

The E.W. Scripps Company

Website

https://10news.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ABC10 News (KGTV) is an ABC-affiliated local broadcast television station serving San Diego County, California. Owned by The E.W. Scripps Company, it delivers local news, weather, and investigative content across broadcast, streaming, mobile, and social platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Broadcast Television News

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (51612)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Local News & Weather Stations (MPABACAJ)

Keywords

• Local news broadcasting
• Weather forecasting
• Investigative journalism
• Television affiliate
• Community news coverage

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Television Advertising: Revenue generated through TV commercials, sponsorships, and advertising placements during news broadcasts and programming.
2. Digital Advertising: Revenue from digital advertising on the 10news.com website, including banner ads, sponsored content, and programmatic advertising.
3. Affiliate/Broadcast Fees: Fees paid by cable and satellite providers to carry the ABC 10News signal as part of the Scripps Company network.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ABC10 News (KGTV) is a local ABC network affiliate television station serving San Diego County, California, providing live broadcast news, weather forecasting, investigative journalism, sports coverage, and digital news content via its website, mobile app, and social media channels. The station generates revenue primarily through television and digital advertising, with content distributed via broadcast television, cable/satellite providers, live streaming, and digital platforms.

Product overview

ABC 10News (KGTV) is a local television news station serving San Diego, California, offering a multi-platform news broadcasting service. The station provides local, national, and world news coverage through its core broadcast product, supplemented by 10News PinPoint Weather for meteorological forecasting, Team 10 Investigates for investigative journalism, and digital products including a mobile app, on-demand video content, community-focused segments (Positively San Diego), and fact-checking services (Fact or Fiction). The integrated product portfolio combines live broadcast television with digital and mobile platforms to deliver news, weather, sports, and investigative content to the San Diego market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ABC 10News Live Stream

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Scripps News GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerABC 10News (KGTV) is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. The station receives national news content from Scripps News Group for stories not covered locally. Scripps provides investigative journalism resources, national content partnerships, and branded content from uplynk CDN for video streaming.
• Associated Press (AP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerABC 10News sources some national and international news stories from Associated Press wire services, including breaking news, sports coverage, and world events.
• ABC NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerABC 10News operates as an ABC affiliate, receiving national programming, branding, and network support from the ABC broadcast network owned by Disney.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• KUSI News (San Diego): Independent local broadcaster based in San Diego, competing directly with ABC 10News for local news audiences and advertisers in the same DMA without major-network affiliation.
• WEWS (Cleveland, Scripps): Scripps-owned ABC affiliate in Cleveland — directly comparable in network affiliation (ABC), market tier, and operational model to ABC 10News.
• KNSD (NBC 7 San Diego): NBC-owned affiliate directly competing with ABC 10News in the San Diego DMA for local news, weather, and sports audiences. Operates the same multi-platform broadcast-plus-digital model with comparable revenue mix.
• WPTV (West Palm Beach, Scripps): Scripps-owned NBC affiliate in the West Palm Beach market. Same parent company, similar multi-platform newsroom structure, and shared corporate resources.
• KNXV (Phoenix, Scripps): Sister Scripps-owned ABC affiliate in Phoenix. Operates under identical ownership, content-sharing agreements, and Scripps News Group resources, making it the closest direct operational peer.
• KFMB (CBS 8 San Diego): CBS affiliate and direct competitor in the San Diego market. Competes head-to-head for local news viewership, broadcast ad dollars, and retransmission fees in the same DMA.
• WFAA (Dallas, ABC affiliate): ABC affiliate in a major US market (Dallas). Comparable ABC-network local news model with strong weather and investigative franchises, providing a benchmark for premium-market ABC affiliate economics.
• KPBS (San Diego): PBS member station serving San Diego. Competes for local news, investigative, and community audiences in the same DMA with a public-broadcasting funding model rather than commercial ad sales.

Broad incumbents

• WLS-TV (Chicago, ABC O&O): Disney-owned ABC O&O in Chicago, another top-tier ABC market. Comparable in network affiliation and content mix but with O&O economics and reach rather than affiliate economics.
• KABC-TV (Los Angeles, ABC O&O): ABC network-owned-and-operated station in Los Angeles. Operates the same ABC network programming and news model but as a Disney-owned O&O rather than a Scripps affiliate, providing a benchmark for top-tier ABC market positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/10news
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/10newsvideos
• Facebookfacebook.com/ABC10News
• Instagraminstagram.com/abc10news
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kgtv-channel-10

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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