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KVOF-TV was given until January 2, 1986, to close. Scott warned viewers of his San Francisco successor, "Here comes the Tower of Babel religious brigade ... the voices like [[Oral Roberts]], [[Jimmy Swaggart]] and [[Jerry Falwell]] preaching homosexuals into hell and beating the drum with the same claptrap you hear Sunday on every religious station in the country".<ref>{{cite news|first=David|last=Rosenthal|work=[[The Mercury News]]|title=No revival for Gene Scott: TV preacher's license yanked|page=1F|date=December 5, 1985}}</ref> KWBB began operation in January 1986, featuring secular and religious programs—including Scott, who purchased four hours every night.<ref>{{cite news|page=1C|title=Could KPIX's Kate Kelly be Chicago-bound?|first=David|last=Rosenthal|work=[[The Mercury News]]|date=August 23, 1986}}</ref> The deal with Scott also granted use of the [[San Bruno Mountain]] studio and transmitter facilities associated with the former KVOF-TV.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86143834/ill-have-to-spin-pat/|first=Rob|last=Morse|title=I'll have to spin, Pat|page=A-18|date=January 12, 1986|work=San Francisco Examiner}}</ref> In 1989, channel 38 moved to [[Sutro Tower]], becoming the last new analog station to use the site.

KVOF-TV was given until January 2, 1986, to close. Scott warned viewers of his San Francisco successor, "Here comes the Tower of Babel religious brigade ... the voices like [[Oral Roberts]], [[Jimmy Swaggart]] and [[Jerry Falwell]] preaching homosexuals into hell and beating the drum with the same claptrap you hear Sunday on every religious station in the country".<ref>{{cite news|first=David|last=Rosenthal|work=[[The Mercury News]]|title=No revival for Gene Scott: TV preacher's license yanked|page=1F|date=December 5, 1985}}</ref> KWBB began operation in January 1986, featuring secular and religious programs—including Scott, who purchased four hours every night.<ref>{{cite news|page=1C|title=Could KPIX's Kate Kelly be Chicago-bound?|first=David|last=Rosenthal|work=[[The Mercury News]]|date=August 23, 1986}}</ref> The deal with Scott also granted use of the [[San Bruno Mountain]] studio and transmitter facilities associated with the former KVOF-TV.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86143834/ill-have-to-spin-pat/|first=Rob|last=Morse|title=I'll have to spin, Pat|page=A-18|date=January 12, 1986|work=San Francisco Examiner}}</ref> In 1989, channel 38 moved to [[Sutro Tower]], becoming the last new analog station to use the site.



In May 1991, former [[KRON-TV]] anchor Jim Paymar became KWBB's general manager. The station changed its [[call signs in North America|call sign]] to KCNS on June 24, 1991.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86109021/|work=San Francisco Examiner|date=November 2, 1991|title=KCNS-TV joins Viacom cable system Monday|page=C-11|access-date=September 28, 2021|archive-date=September 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928075841/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86109021/kcns-tv-joins-viacom-cable-system-monday/|url-status=live}}</ref> It aired imported and locally produced shows in several Asian languages, including [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Filipino language|Filipino]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] and [[Korean language|Korean]]. Based at studios in the former [[Hamm's Brewery]], most of the local programs were produced by third parties.<ref name="now">{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Fong-Torres|page=D3|work=San Francisco Chronicle|title=And Now, The News In Mandarin / Foreign-language reporters are up to it|date=September 16, 1991}}</ref> There was also home shopping programming during the day.{{r|now}} While the station struggled to gain cable carriage at a time when there was no must-carry rule for local TV stations,<ref>{{cite news|date=June 5, 1992|title=Pacific bridge: Former anchorman Jim Paymar steps behind the camera to link two continents by satellite and give a broad community its own broadcasts|first=Ron|last=Miller|page=1E|work=[[The Mercury News]]}}</ref> it was able to reach agreements to produce a Cantonese-language simulcast of KRON's 6 p.m. newscast in 1992 and even several [[Oakland Athletics]] baseball games in 1993.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 15, 1992|work=The Mercury News|title=News to be given in Cantonese|page=3C}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rickey runs to another milestone|first=Pedro|last=Gomez|author-link=Pedro Gomez (journalist)|date=May 23, 1993|page=7D|work=The Mercury News}}</ref>

===KCNS===

In May 1991, former [[KRON-TV]] anchor [[Jim Paymar]] became KWBB's general manager. The station changed its [[call signs in North America|call sign]] to KCNS on June 24, 1991.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86109021/|work=San Francisco Examiner|date=November 2, 1991|title=KCNS-TV joins Viacom cable system Monday|page=C-11|access-date=September 28, 2021|archive-date=September 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928075841/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86109021/kcns-tv-joins-viacom-cable-system-monday/|url-status=live}}</ref> It aired imported and locally produced shows in several Asian languages, including [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Filipino language|Filipino]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] and [[Korean language|Korean]]. Based at studios in the former [[Hamm's Brewery]], most of the local programs were produced by third parties.<ref name="now">{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Fong-Torres|page=D3|work=San Francisco Chronicle|title=And Now, The News In Mandarin / Foreign-language reporters are up to it|date=September 16, 1991}}</ref> There was also home shopping programming during the day.{{r|now}} While the station struggled to gain cable carriage at a time when there was no must-carry rule for local TV stations,<ref>{{cite news|date=June 5, 1992|title=Pacific bridge: Former anchorman Jim Paymar steps behind the camera to link two continents by satellite and give a broad community its own broadcasts|first=Ron|last=Miller|page=1E|work=[[The Mercury News]]}}</ref> it was able to reach agreements to produce a Cantonese-language simulcast of KRON's 6 p.m. newscast in 1992 and even several [[Oakland Athletics]] baseball games in 1993.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 15, 1992|work=The Mercury News|title=News to be given in Cantonese|page=3C}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rickey runs to another milestone|first=Pedro|last=Gomez|author-link=Pedro Gomez (journalist)|date=May 23, 1993|page=7D|work=The Mercury News}}</ref>



===Home shopping and return to Chinese-language programming===

===Home shopping and return to Chinese-language programming===

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