KGTV-TV

$432K 2025-2026 cycle

KGTV-TV is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KGTV-TV was paid $432K across 7 client committees, of which $158K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Media ABC affiliate San Diego, CA ● Active
Call sign: KGTV · Network: ABC · Market: San Diego, CA · Owner: Sinclair Broadcast Group

Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Source split

$432K = $275K (Schedule B) + $158K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$274,668 25 rows 63.5%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$157,713 9 rows 36.5%
Activity span ALL TIME
Jan 31, 2000 → Jul 31, 2026
spans 26.5 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
25
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
7
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

One timeframe control governs all three panels below. Change it once and the trajectory, top buyers, and party breakdown all update together.

Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Aug 2025 Jul 2026
$207K across 12 months
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Top buyers

Two views of the same data — diagram and table share the time-window control and the same top-buyers slice. Click "View all buyers in research" to drill in with the matching date range.

VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 1 months · top 2

BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 $41K Media · 7 txns FRYDAY FOR LT. GOVERNOR 2026; JOSH $20K — · 2 txns KT KGTV-TV
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026
1480025
$40,936 7
FRYDAY FOR LT. GOVERNOR 2026; JOSH
1479464
$19,737 2
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 5

VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 5

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Top buyers last 12 months · top 5

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Top buyers last 18 months · top 5

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Top buyers last 24 months · top 5

By party

PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $432,381 100.00%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2026 Q2 2026 (2026 cycle): $146KQ3 2026 (2026 cycle): $61K Q2Q3 $146K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 1 year

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2026 Q2 2026 $146K 13 TUBBS FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERN… 43% Media 47% $146K
2026 Q3 2026 $61K 9 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 67% Media 67% $207K
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Revenue by service category

Revenue by service category

last 1 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $109K across 15 disbursements (avg $7K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (64% of category) Last paid: 1w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $41K

Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $109K across 15 disbursements (avg $7K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (64% of category) Last paid: 1w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $82K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $109K across 15 disbursements (avg $7K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (64% of category) Last paid: 1w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $109K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $109K across 15 disbursements (avg $7K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (64% of category) Last paid: 1w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $109K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $109K across 15 disbursements (avg $7K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (64% of category) Last paid: 1w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $109K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $109K across 15 disbursements (avg $7K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (64% of category) Last paid: 1w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $109K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Media $108,826 15 $7K 61.5% BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 64% 1w ago
Other / Unclassified $68,065 3 $23K 38.5% CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S HOSPI… 94% 17y ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
7
One-time clients 1 cycle
$274,668 · 100% of revenue
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Geographic concentration

Where this vendor's clients are based — federal committees by state, plus implicit jurisdiction for CA and TX state filers.

State   Total spend % of revenue Clients
CA
$274,668 100.0% 7
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Notable disbursements

5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.

Reason Date Filer Category Purpose Amount
Largest all-time 2026-05-14 TUBBS FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 2026; FRIENDS OF $62,230
Largest all-time 2008-10-01 CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INITIATIVE FUND Other / Unclassified $43,520
Largest all-time 2026-04-30 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 SPONSORED BY LABOR AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; WORKING FAMILIES FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING Media TV & Digital Ads $20,400
Largest all-time 2008-09-26 CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INITIATIVE FUND Other / Unclassified $20,145
Largest all-time 2026-07-31 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Advertising $17,587
Largest this cycle 2026-05-21 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Advertising $14,663
Largest this cycle 2026-07-31 FRYDAY FOR LT. GOVERNOR 2026; JOSH $12,470
Recent 2026-07-31 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Advertising $10,081
Recent 2026-07-31 FRYDAY FOR LT. GOVERNOR 2026; JOSH $7,268
Recent 2026-07-31 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Advertising $2,958
Recent 2026-07-31 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Advertising $1,046
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