KTVU

$17.44M 2025-2026 cycle

KTVU is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KTVU was paid $17.44M across 78 client committees.

Media Fox affiliate San Francisco, CA ○ Slowing (~2mo since last)
Call sign: KTVU · Network: Fox · Market: San Francisco, 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
Jul 20, 2000 → May 21, 2026
spans 25.8 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
213
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
78
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Jun 2025 May 2026
$6.20M 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.

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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 6

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Top buyers last 6 months · top 8

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Top buyers last 12 months · top 9

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Top buyers last 18 months · top 9

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Top buyers last 24 months · top 10

STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 $3.8M Media · 35 txns CALIFORNIANS FOR THE PEOPLE, SPONSORE… $955K Digital · 13 txns NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; GO… $932K Media · 8 txns SWALWELL FOR GOVERNOR 2026; CALIFORNI… $193K Media · 4 txns JUSTICE FOR RENTERS SPONSORED BY AIDS… $180K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn STOP THE REVENGE INITIATIVE - NO ON 3… $180K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSOR… $136K Other / Unclassified · 4 txns MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSORED BY THE… $88K Media · 1 txn GROW CALIFORNIA $81K — · 4 txns NAPA-SOLANO COUNTY LABOR & WORKING FA… $15K Media · 1 txn K KTVU

By party

PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $17,437,476 100.00%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20182019202020212022202420252026 Q2 2018 (2018 cycle): $117KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $72KQ1 2019 (2018 cycle): $21KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $129KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $60KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $273KQ1 2021 (2020 cycle): $256KQ2 2021 (2020 cycle): $52KQ3 2021 (2020 cycle): $34KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $93KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $535KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $298KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $192KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $308KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $375KQ3 2025 (2024 cycle): $436KQ4 2025 (2024 cycle): $497KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $1.08MQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $4.18M Q2Q1Q2Q1Q3Q2Q4Q4Q4Q2 $4.18M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 8 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2018 Q2 2018 $117K 4 CHIANG FOR GOVERNOR 2018; J… 94% Other / Unclassified 94% $117K
2018 Q4 2018 $72K 1 PREVENT CRUELTY CALIFORNIA,… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $190K
2019 Q1 2018 $21K 1 CALIFORNIANS AGAINST CRUELT… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $210K
2020 Q1 2020 $129K 1 BECKER FOR SENATE 2020; JOSH 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $129K
2020 Q2 2020 $60K 1 YES ON 22 - SAVE APP-BASED … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $189K -49%
2020 Q4 2020 $273K 3 YES ON 15 - SCHOOLS AND COM… 75% Other / Unclassified 100% $462K +277%
2021 Q1 2020 $256K 3 YES ON 15 - SCHOOLS AND COM… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $718K +1144%
2021 Q2 2020 $52K 1 COX FOR GOVERNOR 2021, INC.… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $770K
2021 Q3 2020 $34K 3 COX FOR GOVERNOR 2021, INC.… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $804K
2022 Q1 2022 $93K 2 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 100% Media 100% $93K -28%
2022 Q2 2022 $535K 5 NO ON 27 - CALIFORNIANS FOR… 77% Other / Unclassified 79% $628K +788%
2022 Q3 2022 $298K 2 NO ON 27 - CALIFORNIANS FOR… 71% Other / Unclassified 100% $926K
2022 Q4 2022 $192K 3 NO ON 27 - CALIFORNIANS FOR… 55% Other / Unclassified 55% $1.12M -29%
2024 Q1 2024 $308K 3 COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFO… 90% Other / Unclassified 100% $308K +230%
2024 Q4 2024 $375K 3 STOP THE REVENGE INITIATIVE… 48% Other / Unclassified 96% $683K +95%
2025 Q3 2024 $436K 4 NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 100% Media 100% $1.12M
2025 Q4 2024 $497K 4 NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 100% Other / Unclassified 20% $1.61M
2026 Q1 2026 $1.08M 15 STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 47% Media 65% $1.08M +253%
2026 Q2 2026 $4.18M 48 STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 79% Media 81% $5.27M
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $4.96M across 58 disbursements (avg $85K/check) Top buyer: STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (77% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +1000% vs prior cycle Media $836K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $960K across 14 disbursements (avg $69K/check) Top buyer: CALIFORNIANS FOR THE PEOPLE, SPONSORED BY BUSINESS OWNERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS (99% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $450K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $4.96M across 58 disbursements (avg $85K/check) Top buyer: STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (77% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +1000% vs prior cycle Media $4.09M Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $960K across 14 disbursements (avg $69K/check) Top buyer: CALIFORNIANS FOR THE PEOPLE, SPONSORED BY BUSINESS OWNERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS (99% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $960K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $4.96M across 58 disbursements (avg $85K/check) Top buyer: STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (77% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +1000% vs prior cycle Media $4.53M Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $960K across 14 disbursements (avg $69K/check) Top buyer: CALIFORNIANS FOR THE PEOPLE, SPONSORED BY BUSINESS OWNERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS (99% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $960K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $4.96M across 58 disbursements (avg $85K/check) Top buyer: STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (77% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +1000% vs prior cycle Media $4.53M Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $960K across 14 disbursements (avg $69K/check) Top buyer: CALIFORNIANS FOR THE PEOPLE, SPONSORED BY BUSINESS OWNERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS (99% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $960K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $4.96M across 58 disbursements (avg $85K/check) Top buyer: STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 (77% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +1000% vs prior cycle Media $4.54M Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $960K across 14 disbursements (avg $69K/check) Top buyer: CALIFORNIANS FOR THE PEOPLE, SPONSORED BY BUSINESS OWNERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS (99% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $960K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Other / Unclassified $11,022,199 133 $83K 65.1% NO ON 45-CALIFORNIANS AGAIN… 11% 4mo ago
Media $4,957,713 58 $85K 29.3% STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 77% 2mo ago
Digital $960,126 14 $69K 5.7% CALIFORNIANS FOR THE PEOPLE… 99% 2mo ago
Contributions & Transfers $2,325 1 $2K 0.0% HUNT FOR ASSEMBLY 2014 100% 12y ago
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Client retention

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

1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$167,501 · 1% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$280,194 · 2% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$16,989,781 · 97% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
741666 3 $167,501 5 2002-12-02 2016-10-24
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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
$17,437,476 100.0% 78
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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 2014-03-31 YES ON PROPOSITION 52 - A COALITION OF CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS AND NON-PROFIT HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS Other / Unclassified $1,112,447
Largest all-time 2014-10-17 NO ON 45-CALIFORNIANS AGAINST HIGHER HEALTHCARE COSTS, MAJOR FUNDING BY KAISER FNDN. HEALTH PLAN INC, WELLPOINT INC, BLUE SHIELD OF CA, WITH DOCTORS HOSPITALS HEALTH INSURERS & CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS Other / Unclassified $610,895
Largest all-time 2014-10-23 NO ON 45-CALIFORNIANS AGAINST HIGHER HEALTHCARE COSTS, MAJOR FUNDING BY KAISER FNDN. HEALTH PLAN INC, WELLPOINT INC, BLUE SHIELD OF CA, WITH DOCTORS HOSPITALS HEALTH INSURERS & CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS Other / Unclassified $431,885
Largest all-time 2012-09-28 OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE Other / Unclassified $377,060
Largest all-time 2005-10-14 PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA CALIFORNIA INITIATIVE FUND - YES ON PROPOSITION 78 AND NO ON PROPOSITION 79 Other / Unclassified $375,445
Largest this cycle 2026-04-23 STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media Ad Buy $244,392
Largest this cycle 2026-04-23 STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media Ad Buy $231,965
Largest this cycle 2026-02-02 STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media Ad Buy $231,296
Largest this cycle 2026-04-23 STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media Ad Buy $220,902
Largest this cycle 2026-05-21 STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Ad Buy $220,792
Recent 2026-05-21 STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Ad Buy $217,791
Recent 2026-05-21 STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Ad Buy $145,252
Recent 2026-05-21 STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Ad Buy $143,263
Recent 2026-05-21 STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Ad Buy $15,942
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