KNSD-TV

$1.62M 2025-2026 cycle

KNSD-TV is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KNSD-TV was paid $1.62M across 8 client committees, of which $536K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Media NBC affiliate San Diego, CA ● Recent
Call sign: KNSD · Network: NBC · Market: San Diego, CA

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$1.62M = $1.08M (Schedule B) + $536K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$1,084,115 31 rows 66.9%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$536,458 25 rows 33.1%
Activity span ALL TIME
Jan 31, 2000 → Jul 31, 2026
spans 26.5 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
31
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
8
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
$996K 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 $97K Media · 9 txns FRYDAY FOR LT. GOVERNOR 2026; JOSH $53K — · 2 txns KT KNSD-TV
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026
1480025
$96,645 9
FRYDAY FOR LT. GOVERNOR 2026; JOSH
1479464
$52,573 2
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 3

BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 $137K Media · 13 txns FRYDAY FOR LT. GOVERNOR 2026; JOSH $53K — · 2 txns BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 SPONSORED B… $29K Media · 1 txn KT KNSD-TV
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 6

VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 6

VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 6

VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 6

By party

PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $1,620,573 100.00%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2026 Q1 2026 (2026 cycle): $290KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $557KQ3 2026 (2026 cycle): $149K Q1Q3 $557K

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 Q1 2026 $290K 4 MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026; CA… 100% $290K
2026 Q2 2026 $557K 13 MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026; CA… 49% Media 22% $847K
2026 Q3 2026 $149K 11 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 65% Media 65% $996K
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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: $286K across 18 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (48% of category) Last paid: 2w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $97K

Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $286K across 18 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (48% of category) Last paid: 2w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $166K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $286K across 18 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (48% of category) Last paid: 2w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $217K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $19K across 2 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: PORTER FOR GOVERNOR 2026; KATIE (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $19K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $286K across 18 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (48% of category) Last paid: 2w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $217K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $19K across 2 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: PORTER FOR GOVERNOR 2026; KATIE (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $19K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $286K across 18 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (48% of category) Last paid: 2w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $217K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $19K across 2 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: PORTER FOR GOVERNOR 2026; KATIE (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $19K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $286K across 18 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (48% of category) Last paid: 2w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $217K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $19K across 2 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: PORTER FOR GOVERNOR 2026; KATIE (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $19K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Media $286,452 18 $16K 88.5% BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 48% 2w ago
Digital $18,870 2 $9K 5.8% PORTER FOR GOVERNOR 2026; K… 100% 3mo ago
Other / Unclassified $18,415 1 $18K 5.7% CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S HOSPI… 100% 17y ago
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Client retention

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

0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
8
One-time clients 1 cycle
$1,084,115 · 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
$1,084,115 100.0% 8
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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 2026-01-30 MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026; CALIFORNIA BACK TO BASICS SUPPORTING MATT $191,250
Largest all-time 2026-05-14 TUBBS FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 2026; FRIENDS OF $146,339
Largest all-time 2026-04-14 MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026; CALIFORNIA BACK TO BASICS SUPPORTING MATT $103,169
Largest all-time 2026-04-20 MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026; CALIFORNIA BACK TO BASICS SUPPORTING MATT $84,596
Largest all-time 2026-04-24 MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026; CALIFORNIA BACK TO BASICS SUPPORTING MATT $83,810
Recent 2026-07-31 FRYDAY FOR LT. GOVERNOR 2026; JOSH $23,779
Recent 2026-07-31 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Advertising $16,490
Recent 2026-07-31 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Advertising $8,904
Recent 2026-07-31 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Advertising $6,991
Recent 2026-07-31 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Advertising $6,163
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