KGET-TV (channel 17) is a television station in Bakersfield, California, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Nexstar Media Group. Its second digital subchannel serves as an owned-and-operated station of The CW (via The CW Plus), as Nexstar owns a majority stake in the network. KGET-TV is sister to low-power Telemundo affiliate KKEY-LD (channel 13) and the two stations share studios on L Street in Downtown Bakersfield; KGET-TV's transmitter is located atop Mount Adelaide.
History
Founded by businessman Ed Urner, channel 17 first broadcast on November 8, 1959, as KLYD-TV, an ABC affiliate.[2] The station originally operated from studios located on Eye Street in Bakersfield.