11 Facts About KUSI

KUSI-TV is an independent television station in San Diego, California, United States.

KUSI dropped UPN when its affiliation agreement with the network expired on January 16,1998, citing low ratings for the network's programming locally.

In 1998, KUSI started to plan a new state-of-the-art streetside studio facility along with 194 apartments in downtown San Diego near the convention center.

KUSI has continued to operate from its Kearny Mesa studios.

KUSI alleged that she had begun seeking a raise in 2017 after learning that men with less seniority at the station made more money than her, and when she sought the same salary that her recently departed co-anchor, Allen Denton, was working—$70,000 more than her own—her contract was not renewed.

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Documents in the case contain the allegation that, in the wake of the dispute, KUSI refused to cover an equal pay dispute involving the United States women's national soccer team.

KUSI was criticized in his later years for his vocal stance as a denier of climate change, which had led to two TV specials on the topic and presentations across the United States.

KUSI's newscast drew criticism in December 2019 for an interview with Congressman Duncan D Hunter in which the only questions asked were those suggested by his staff.

In 2021, KUSI ceased airing content from local iHeartMedia radio stations on its morning show after a segment about "Famous Baby Daddies" was criticized as racist by the San Diego chapter of the NAACP, which noted that it overrepresented Black men and perpetuated stereotypes.

From 1987 to 1994 and again from 1997 to 2003, KUSI held the over-the-air television rights to San Diego Padres Major League Baseball games; during the second tenure, the station had only broadcast the team's Sunday games, which were produced by 4SD until becoming exclusive to the cable channel in 2004.

KUSI-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 51, on June 12,2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.