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KMAX

KMAX-TV (Channel 31) is a CBS station broadcasting to the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto television market in Northern California. The station is owned by CBS Television Stations, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS, and is part of a local duopoly with Sacramento-area CW station KOVR (Channel 13).

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U.C. Davis to bring five football games to broadcast TV in Sacramento

Paramount's KMAX-TV has dethroned cross-town rival KCRA as the local home for U.C. Davis football games this upcoming season.

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KOVR becomes latest CBS-owned station to launch virtual reality studio

CBS News & Stations has launched its latest augmented-virtual reality (AR/VR) news studio at its CBS-owned station in Sacramento

Ted Koplar, real estate mogul and former KMAX-TV owner, dies at 77

Edward Koplar, a real estate mogul who once owned a TV station in Sacramento, died this weekend at his home in St. Louis.

Exclusive: CBS nears launch of 24-hour Sacramento-based news channel

After multiple missed launch windows, CBS is finally preparing to unveil a 24-hour digital news channel based in Sacramento that will cover Northern California.