distributed by CBS Media Ventures. KNTV is one of two NBC O&Os (alongside WBTS-CD in Boston) to carry Rachael Ray (sister station KXAS-TV in Dallas also aired the same program from September 2016 until September 2019). KNTV also serves as the San Francisco Bay Area affiliate for Hearst Television's Sunday morning talk show Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien, alongside sister stations WNBC in New York City and WVIT in Hartford. Since being purchased by NBCUniversal, KNTV has produced its own programs for both local broadcast and for distribution nationally on the NBC television network and in syndication. Two of KNTV's national and regional programs that are distributed to NBC stations are Tech Now! (a weekly show that debuted on September 19, 1998 under Granite Broadcasting ownership that covers the latest in technology and gadgets, and is hosted by Scott Budman and produced by Scott McGrew and was at one time popular in Ghana) and In Wine Country (a weekly series focusing on the Napa Valley wine community). KNTV is one of ten NBC O&O stations to distribute programs to other stations or to the network itself as of 2021, along with Los Angeles' KNBC, New York City's WNBC, Miami's WTVJ, Hartford's WVIT, Philadelphia's WCAU, Chicago's WMAQ-TV, Dallas' KXAS-TV, San Diego's KNSD and Washington D.C.'s WRC-TV. The station is also the local broadcaster of the San Jose Holiday Parade each December. On October 12, 2010, KNTV hosted its first political debate since becoming owned by NBCUniversal. Its 5, 6, and 11 p.m. newscast was broadcast live at San Rafael's Dominican University of California, though the latter newscast were used as a wrap-up of the debate. The debate between California gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown was moderated by NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw. This program was simulcast on several other NBC stations within California including fellow NBC O&Os KNBC and KNSD, as well as on Hearst Television-owned KCRA-TV and KSBW. Past program preemptions and deferrals As an ABC affiliate, KNTV occasionally preempted a few ABC programs. KGO-TV, meanwhile (as a network-owned outlet) aired ABC's entire programming schedule, so this often gave San Jose and Silicon Valley (also known as the "South Bay") area residents a second choice for viewing preempted ABC programming (although reception of KGO in the South Bay tended to have some static without a roof-mounted antenna, because of the relatively far distance from Sutro Tower).