KSBW
$3.16M
2025-2026 cycle
KSBW is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KSBW was paid $3.16M across 41 client committees.
Call sign: KSBW · Network: NBC · Market: Salinas, CA · Owner: Hearst Television
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Feb 4, 2000 → Jul 31, 2026
- spans 26.5 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 124
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 41
- 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
$1.44M
across 12 months
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 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$158,049 | 3 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$349,928 | 7 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$79,730 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$906,823 | 26 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$301,624 | 15 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$906,823 | 26 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$301,624 | 15 |
| NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; YES ON 50, THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT, GOVERNOR 1380675 |
$226,704 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$906,823 | 26 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$301,624 | 15 |
| NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; YES ON 50, THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT, GOVERNOR 1380675 |
$226,704 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 5
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$906,823 | 26 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$301,624 | 15 |
| NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; YES ON 50, THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT, GOVERNOR 1380675 |
$226,704 | 4 |
| RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS FOR RENT CONTROL YES ON 33, SPONSORED BY AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION 1458912 |
$72,205 | 4 |
| STOP THE REVENGE INITIATIVE - NO ON 34, SPONSORED BY AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION 1469081 |
$68,825 | 3 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $3,160,492 | 100.00% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 5 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $18K | 1 | 810163 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $18K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $10K | 1 | RIVAS FOR ASSEMBLY 2020; RO… 100% | Digital 100% | $10K | -44% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $53K | 3 | RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS FOR … 53% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $53K | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $88K | 4 | STOP THE REVENGE INITIATIVE… 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $141K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $227K | 4 | NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 100% | Other / Unclassified 46% | $368K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $80K | 4 | A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNI… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $80K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $970K | 34 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 77% | Media 77% | $1.05M | — |
| 2026 | Q3 | 2026 | $158K | 3 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 100% | Media 100% | $1.21M | +199% |
Revenue by service category
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $1,892,155 | 83 | $23K | 67.2% | PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND… 19% | 4mo ago |
| Media | $914,545 | 27 | $34K | 32.5% | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 99% | 2w ago |
| Digital | $9,847 | 1 | $10K | 0.3% | RIVAS FOR ASSEMBLY 2020; RO… 100% | 5y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$83,226 · 3% of revenue
1
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$64,694 · 2% of revenue
39
One-time clients 1 cycle
$3,012,572 · 95% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 810163 | 3 | $83,226 | 3 | 2002-10-25 | 2018-10-22 |
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 | $3,160,492 | 100.0% | 41 |
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 | 2005-09-24 | PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA CALIFORNIA INITIATIVE FUND | Other / Unclassified | — | $165,529 |
| Largest all-time | 2005-10-14 | PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA CALIFORNIA INITIATIVE FUND | Other / Unclassified | — | $142,694 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-07-31 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $88,005 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-10-23 | NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; YES ON 50, THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT, GOVERNOR | — | — | $79,951 |
| Largest all-time | 2000-07-20 | 990640 | Other / Unclassified | — | $74,202 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $68,995 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-07-31 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $64,774 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $64,596 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $63,338 |
| Recent | 2026-06-10 | A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER | — | — | $19,253 |
| Recent | 2026-06-04 | A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER | — | — | $18,658 |
| Recent | 2026-07-31 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $5,270 |