KAKE-TV
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KAKE, channel 10, is an ABC
-affiliated television station based in Wichita, Kansas
. The station is owned by Atlanta, Georgia
-based Gray Television
. KAKE is also the flagship station of the KAKEland Television Network, a statewide network
of full-power stations, low-power stations, and translators relaying ABC network programming across central and western Kansas.
The station's studios are located on West Street in Wichita, and its transmitter is located near Colwich, Kansas
. Its distinctive call sign is pronounced "cake", however the station has been branded as "KAKEland", after the aforementioned statewide relay network, since July 2011.
encompassing the majority of Kansas, the KAKEland Television Network.
KUPK, in Garden City, houses the Western Kansas newsroom and studio, originating one segment of the nightly newscasts seen on KUPK and KLBY. The rest of the broadcast is live from the Wichita studio.
The KAKEland WeatherPlex, inside KAKE's Wichita studio, can provide live continuous severe weather coverage to any combination of its five broadcast zones.
For example: If a tornado is in progress near Colby, live continuous coverage will be seen only on KLBY, while normal programming will appear on the rest of the network.
These stations mostly rebroadcast KAKE. However, their full-power license allows them to broadcast different programming and commercial content, when desired.
Notes:
The FCC determined that after the digital transition some full-service stations would not be able to cover their pre-transition analog service areas. It created the “Replacement Digital Television Translator Service” to assist qualifying full-service stations. These are associated with, given the same call letters, cannot be transferred, and are renewed/assigned along with the station’s main license.
On February 9, 2010, KAKE filed an application to the FCC for a digital fill-in translator on its pre-transition digital allotment, UHF Channel 21. The translator serves the city of Wichita and the surrounding areas north and west of the city. Some viewers using indoor "set-top antennas", which by the nature of their compact design perform better with UHF signals, had difficulty receiving the station's digital signal after it "moved" to VHF channel 10. It started broadcasting March 4, 2010.
This station can ONLY rebroadcast KAKE, due to its translator classification.
The following stations will perform a flash-cut
when converting to digital. The translators on channels 70 to 83 moved in 1988 and many moved again on 15 August 2003.
These stations mostly rebroadcast KAKE. However, their low-power license allows them to broadcast different programming and commercial content, when desired.
Notes:
These stations can only rebroadcast KGBD-LP, due to their translator classification.
affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. It became a sole ABC affiliate in 1955 after KARD-TV (now KSNW
) signed on.
In 1979, the station was sold to the Chronicle Publishing Company
of San Francisco, California
, run by the de Young family, who also owned KRON-TV
in San Francisco and WOWT-TV
in Omaha, Nebraska
– KRON, a KRON translator, WOWT, and KAKE and its translators all have Facility IDs in the same range (assigned by the FCC circa 1980). Chronicle then bought KLBY in 1987. KLBY had been a separate, independent station with its own programming inventory, but with Chronicle's purchase it was made a satellite of KAKE.
In 1988, KAKE moved all of its translators on channels 70 to 83 (which were being phased out) down to other channel positions; in addition, a select few of the affected translators were simply closed. Chronicle owned the stations until 1999, when KAKE, its satellites, and WOWT were sold to LIN TV
in the midst of the de Young family's liquidation of its media holdings. Almost as soon as the sale was finalized, LIN turned around and traded KAKE and WOWT to Benedek Broadcasting
for that company's WWLP
in Springfield, Massachusetts
and cash. The acquisition of KAKE and WOWT could be seen as the ultimate undoing for the financially challenged Benedek, which in 2002 declared bankruptcy and sold most of its stations, including KAKE and WOWT, to Gray Television (their current owner). In 2003, another translator shuffle occurred, and many translator channels in service moved on August 15 of that year.
In the 1970s, KAKE received letters, poems and packages from the BTK serial killer
. One claimed responsibility for several of the BTK murders; another contained clues about an intended victim (who was not murdered). During an interview with Wichita's police chief in the late 1970s, subliminal messages were broadcast on KAKE to convince BTK to turn himself in. The effort was unsuccessful.
In 2004 and 2005, BTK again sent letters to KAKE. One included a word puzzle—another expressed concern about the colds
anchors Susan Peters
and Jeff Herndon had at the time. Park City, Kansas
resident Dennis Rader was eventually arrested and convicted of the murders.
which has been the dominant station in the market. KAKE is presently in second place, with NBC affiliate KSNW in third.
Saturday
Sunday
KAKEland WeatherPlex Meteorologists
KAKE Sports team
Reporters
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
-affiliated television station based in Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
. The station is owned by Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
-based Gray Television
Gray Television
Gray Television, Inc. is a communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with administrative offices in Albany, Georgia.Established in 1946 by James H...
. KAKE is also the flagship station of the KAKEland Television Network, a statewide network
State network
A State Network in the United States broadcasting industry is a term which refers to a miniature television network serving an entire state or multiple states...
of full-power stations, low-power stations, and translators relaying ABC network programming across central and western Kansas.
The station's studios are located on West Street in Wichita, and its transmitter is located near Colwich, Kansas
Colwich, Kansas
Colwich is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,327.-Geography:Colwich is located at...
. Its distinctive call sign is pronounced "cake", however the station has been branded as "KAKEland", after the aforementioned statewide relay network, since July 2011.
KAKE
KAKE broadcasts digital television on VHF channel 10.| Channel | Video | Aspect Aspect ratio The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,... |
Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.1 | 720p 720p 720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan... |
16:9 16:9 16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ... |
KAKE | Main KAKE programming / ABC HD |
| 10.2 ? | 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC... |
4:3 | KAKE | Me-TV; classic television series (TBA) |
Analog-to-digital conversion
On February 17, 2009, KAKE turned off its analog signal on channel 10 and moved its digital signal from UHF channel 21 to its pre-transition analog channel assignment of VHF channel 10.KAKEland Television Network
To reach the 69-county audience of the Wichita/Hutchinson-Plus DMA, KAKE extends its over-the-air coverage area through a network of eight full-power, low-power, and translator stationsState network
A State Network in the United States broadcasting industry is a term which refers to a miniature television network serving an entire state or multiple states...
encompassing the majority of Kansas, the KAKEland Television Network.
KUPK, in Garden City, houses the Western Kansas newsroom and studio, originating one segment of the nightly newscasts seen on KUPK and KLBY. The rest of the broadcast is live from the Wichita studio.
The KAKEland WeatherPlex, inside KAKE's Wichita studio, can provide live continuous severe weather coverage to any combination of its five broadcast zones.
- KAKE and its DTV Replacement translator - South Central Kansas, including Wichita
- KUPK - Southwest Kansas, including Dodge City and Garden City
- KLBY - Northwest Kansas, including Goodland and Colby
- KHDS - North Central Kansas, including Salina
- KGBD and its K25CV/K38GH translators - North Central Kansas, including Great Bend, Hays, and Russell
For example: If a tornado is in progress near Colby, live continuous coverage will be seen only on KLBY, while normal programming will appear on the rest of the network.
Full-power stations
These stations mostly rebroadcast KAKE. However, their full-power license allows them to broadcast different programming and commercial content, when desired.
| Station | City of license City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.... |
RF channel |
Virtual channel Virtual channel In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels.... |
First air date | Call letters’ meaning Call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations... |
ERP Effective radiated power In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains... (Digital) |
HAAT Height above average terrain Height above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts... (Digital) |
Facility ID Facility ID The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international broadcast station in its Common Database System . Licensees are required to provide the relevant station's FIN when filing reports and... |
Transmitter Coordinates |
| KUPK1 2 |
Garden City Garden City, Kansas Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 26,658. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.-History:In February 1878, James... |
13 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... ) |
13 (VHF) | October 28, 1964 1964 in television The year 1964 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1964.For the American TV schedule, see: 1964-65 American network television schedule.-Events:... |
KUP-KAKE "cupcake" |
63kW | 262.4m | 65535 | 37°39′1"N 100°40′6"W |
| KLBY3 4 5 |
Colby Colby, Kansas Colby is a city in and the county seat of Thomas County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,387.-History:... |
17 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
4 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... ) |
July 4, 1983 | KoLBY "Colby" |
625kW | 223m | 65523 | 39°15′9"N 101°21′9"W |
Notes:
- 1. The call sign changed from KUPK-TV to KUPK on 13 July 2010.
- 2. KUPK-DT operated on channel 18 before 17 February 2009.
- 3. KLBY was an independent station from its 1984 sign-on until it was acquired by KAKE in 1987.
- 4. KLBY formerly operated analog channel 4 until 19 August 2008, becoming the first digital-only station in the KAKEland Television Network.
- 5. KLBY had the call letters KBOM in 1983.
"DTV Replacement" digital translator station
The FCC determined that after the digital transition some full-service stations would not be able to cover their pre-transition analog service areas. It created the “Replacement Digital Television Translator Service” to assist qualifying full-service stations. These are associated with, given the same call letters, cannot be transferred, and are renewed/assigned along with the station’s main license.
On February 9, 2010, KAKE filed an application to the FCC for a digital fill-in translator on its pre-transition digital allotment, UHF Channel 21. The translator serves the city of Wichita and the surrounding areas north and west of the city. Some viewers using indoor "set-top antennas", which by the nature of their compact design perform better with UHF signals, had difficulty receiving the station's digital signal after it "moved" to VHF channel 10. It started broadcasting March 4, 2010.
This station can ONLY rebroadcast KAKE, due to its translator classification.
| Station | City of license City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.... |
RF channel |
Virtual channel Virtual channel In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels.... |
First air date | Call letters’ meaning Call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations... |
ERP Effective radiated power In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains... (Digital) |
HAAT Height above average terrain Height above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts... (Digital) |
Facility ID Facility ID The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international broadcast station in its Common Database System . Licensees are required to provide the relevant station's FIN when filing reports and... |
Transmitter Coordinates |
| KAKE | Wichita Wichita, Kansas Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area... |
21 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
10 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... ) |
4 March 2010 | sounds like "cake" |
15kW | 309.8m | 65522 | 37°46′52.9"N 97°31′9.1"W |
Analog low-power & translator stations
The following stations will perform a flash-cut
Flash-cut
A flash-cut, also called flash-cutover, is an immediate change in a complex system, with no phase-in period.Some telephone area codes were split immediately, rather than being phased in with a permissive dialing period. An example is telephone area code 213, which was split into 213 and 714 all at...
when converting to digital. The translators on channels 70 to 83 moved in 1988 and many moved again on 15 August 2003.
Low-power stations
These stations mostly rebroadcast KAKE. However, their low-power license allows them to broadcast different programming and commercial content, when desired.
| Station | City of license City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.... |
Channel Channel (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies assigned by a government for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel. In common usage, the term also may be used to refer to the station operating on a particular frequency.-See also:*Broadcast... |
First air date | Call letters’ meaning Call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations... |
ERP Effective radiated power In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains... (Analog) |
HAAT Height above average terrain Height above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts... (Analog) |
Facility ID Facility ID The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international broadcast station in its Common Database System . Licensees are required to provide the relevant station's FIN when filing reports and... |
Transmitter Coordinates |
| KHDS-LP6 7 |
Salina Salina, Kansas Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 47,707. Located in one of the world's largest wheat-producing areas, Salina is a regional trade center for north-central Kansas... |
51 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
16 August 1998 | 8.5kW | 68m | 65527 | 38°50′27"N 97°40′8"W | |
| KGBD-LP8 9 |
Great Bend Great Bend, Kansas Great Bend, named for its location at the historic big bend of the Arkansas River, is the most populous city in and the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 15,995.-History:... |
30 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
31 May 1998 | K-Great BenD "Great Bend" |
8.4kW | 121m | 65534 | 38°24′22"N 98°43′20"W |
Notes:
- 6. Call sign changed from K51GC to KHDS-LP on 13 July 2010.
- 7. Originally on channel 34 (K34AA), then 22 (K22CP); moved to channel 51 (K51GC) on 15 August 2003.
- 8. Call sign changed from K30GD to KGBD-LP on 13 July 2010.
- 9. Originally on channel 71 (K71BP); moved to channel 69 (K69DQ) in 1988, then to channel 30 (K30GD) on 15 August 2003.
KGBD-LP translator stations
These stations can only rebroadcast KGBD-LP, due to their translator classification.
| Station | City of license City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.... |
Channel Channel (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies assigned by a government for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel. In common usage, the term also may be used to refer to the station operating on a particular frequency.-See also:*Broadcast... |
First air date | ERP Effective radiated power In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains... (Analog) |
HAAT Height above average terrain Height above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts... (Analog) |
Facility ID Facility ID The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international broadcast station in its Common Database System . Licensees are required to provide the relevant station's FIN when filing reports and... |
Transmitter Coordinates |
| K25CV10 | Hays Hays, Kansas Hays is a city in and the county seat of Ellis County, Kansas, United States. The largest city in northwestern Kansas, it is the economic and cultural center of the region. It is also a college town, home to Fort Hays State University... |
25 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
23 May 1988 | 8.9kW | 72m | 65533 | 38°54′54"N 99°19′40"W |
| K38GH11 | Russell Russell, Kansas Russell is the most populous city in and county seat of Russell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,506.-History:... |
38 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
12 January 1988 | 7.2kW | 135m | 65529 | 38°54′51"N 98°51′52"W |
- 10. The Hays translator was K70FE channel 70 from the 1970s to 1988.
- 11. K38GH was K75CB from the 1970s to 1988, then K20BU channel 20 until 15 August 2003.
Channel 70+ translators no longer in service
- K70EN channel 70 ManhattanManhattan, KansasManhattan is a city located in the northeastern part of the state of Kansas in the United States, at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. It is the county seat of Riley County and the city extends into Pottawatomie County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 52,281...
- K71BO channel 71 HeringtonHerington, KansasHerington is a city in Dickinson and Morris counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. Named after its founder, Monroe Davis Herington. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,526.-19th century:...
- K75CH channel 75 Junction CityJunction City, KansasJunction City is a city in and the county seat of Geary County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 23,353. Fort Riley, a major U.S. Army post, is nearby...
History
The station signed on the air on 19 October 1954. During its first year on the air, it was Wichita's NBCNBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. It became a sole ABC affiliate in 1955 after KARD-TV (now KSNW
KSNW
KSNW, digital channel 45 , is a NBC affiliate television station based in Wichita, Kansas. It is owned by the New Vision Television group. KSNW is also the flagship station of the Kansas State Network , a chain of NBC affiliates serving the western three-fourths of the state. KSNW's transmitter is...
) signed on.
In 1979, the station was sold to the Chronicle Publishing Company
Chronicle Publishing Company
The Chronicle Publishing Company was a print and broadcast media corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California that was in operation from 1865 until 2000...
of San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, run by the de Young family, who also owned KRON-TV
KRON-TV
KRON-TV, virtual channel 4 , is a television station in San Francisco, California, serving as the Bay Area affiliate of the MyNetworkTV programming service; the station is owned by Young Broadcasting...
in San Francisco and WOWT-TV
WOWT-TV
WOWT-TV, digital channel 22, virtual channel 6 via PSIP and Cox Communications cable channel 8, is the NBC affiliate television station in Omaha, Nebraska. WOWT also serves the state capital, Lincoln, 52 miles away, with broadcast and cable coverage...
in Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
– KRON, a KRON translator, WOWT, and KAKE and its translators all have Facility IDs in the same range (assigned by the FCC circa 1980). Chronicle then bought KLBY in 1987. KLBY had been a separate, independent station with its own programming inventory, but with Chronicle's purchase it was made a satellite of KAKE.
In 1988, KAKE moved all of its translators on channels 70 to 83 (which were being phased out) down to other channel positions; in addition, a select few of the affected translators were simply closed. Chronicle owned the stations until 1999, when KAKE, its satellites, and WOWT were sold to LIN TV
LIN TV
LIN TV Corporation is an American holding company that operates 31 television stations.-History:LIN TV's roots trace back to the founding of its former parent, LIN Broadcasting Corporation, in 1961. LIN Broadcasting was engaged in radio, television, direct marketing, information and learning, music...
in the midst of the de Young family's liquidation of its media holdings. Almost as soon as the sale was finalized, LIN turned around and traded KAKE and WOWT to Benedek Broadcasting
Benedek Broadcasting
Benedek Broadcasting is a former television broadcaster, who owned and operated 22 network-affiliated television stations throughout the United States, all affiliated with major television networks, serving mainly small and medium-size markets. The company was founded in the late 1970s by A...
for that company's WWLP
WWLP
WWLP is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts that is licensed to Springfield. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 11 from a transmitter on Provin Mountain in the Feeding Hills section of Agawam. The station can also be seen...
in Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
and cash. The acquisition of KAKE and WOWT could be seen as the ultimate undoing for the financially challenged Benedek, which in 2002 declared bankruptcy and sold most of its stations, including KAKE and WOWT, to Gray Television (their current owner). In 2003, another translator shuffle occurred, and many translator channels in service moved on August 15 of that year.
KAKE and the BTK case
- For a more thorough history on the BTK case, see Dennis RaderDennis RaderDennis Lynn Rader is an American serial killer who murdered ten people in Sedgwick County , between 1974 and 1991....
.
In the 1970s, KAKE received letters, poems and packages from the BTK serial killer
Dennis Rader
Dennis Lynn Rader is an American serial killer who murdered ten people in Sedgwick County , between 1974 and 1991....
. One claimed responsibility for several of the BTK murders; another contained clues about an intended victim (who was not murdered). During an interview with Wichita's police chief in the late 1970s, subliminal messages were broadcast on KAKE to convince BTK to turn himself in. The effort was unsuccessful.
In 2004 and 2005, BTK again sent letters to KAKE. One included a word puzzle—another expressed concern about the colds
Common cold
The common cold is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system, caused primarily by rhinoviruses and coronaviruses. Common symptoms include a cough, sore throat, runny nose, and fever...
anchors Susan Peters
Susan Peters (TV anchor)
Susan Peters is a main anchor on KAKE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Wichita, Kansas.Susan graduated from Western Illinois University with a B.A. in Communications.-Career history:...
and Jeff Herndon had at the time. Park City, Kansas
Park City, Kansas
Park City is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States; it is a suburb of Wichita. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,297.-History:...
resident Dennis Rader was eventually arrested and convicted of the murders.
News operation
In January 2011, KAKE expanded its weekday morning newscasts by a half-hour, moving the start time to 4:30 a.m., becoming the first station in the Wichita-Hutchinson market to broadcast a pre-5 a.m. newscast. On July 17, 2011 beginning with its 5:30 p.m. newscast, KAKE began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition; this leaves KSNW as the only remaining station in the Wichita-Hutchinson market not broadcasting its local newscasts in HD, KSNW broadcasts its newscasts in mostly enhanced definition widescreen (although the weather segments of that station's newscasts is broadcast in high definition). With the change, the station began using new on-air graphics for its newscasts, a custom news music package (composed by Aircast Custom Music) and introduced a new station logo that emphasizes the long used "KAKEland" sub-branding for KAKE's network of satellite and repeater stations. KAKE will discontinue its half-hour 4 p.m. newscast in September 2011, due to a lack of a solid syndicated programming lead-out of the newscast.Ratings
For 30 years, KAKE was the highest-rated station in Wichita, even though it did not build an extensive translator/satellite network in central and western Kansas until the 1990s. For most of the last quarter-century, it has been runner-up to KWCH-TVKWCH-TV
KWCH-DT is the CBS-affiliated television station for Wichita, Kansas that is licensed to Hutchinson. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter in Colwich. The station can be seen on Cox cable channel 12 and in high definition on digital channel 2012...
which has been the dominant station in the market. KAKE is presently in second place, with NBC affiliate KSNW in third.
Newscast titles
- The General Motors Newscast (1954–1964)
- The National News (1964–1967)
- TV-10 News (1967–1990)
- KAKE News 10 (1990–1998; continues in use as alternate newscast title)
- KAKE News (1998–present)
Station slogans
- The News People (1970s)
- Come Home To KAKE (early 1980s; not related to the similarly named NBC campaign)
- Keep Your Eye on KAKE (mid 1980s)
- Dedicated, Determined, Dependable (early 1990s)
- Coverage You Count On (early-mid 1990s)
- On Your Side (1998–2007)
- The Breaking News and Weather Authority (2009–present)
Newscasts and local programming
Monday-Friday- Good Morning Kansas - 4:30–7 a.m.
- KAKE News at 11:00 - 11 a.m.–noon
- KAKE News at 5:00 - 5–5:30 p.m.
- KAKE News at 6:00 - 6–6:30 p.m.
- KAKE News at 10:00 - 10–10:35 p.m.
Saturday
- Good Morning Kansas Saturday - 6–7 a.m.
- Good Morning Kansas Saturday - 8–9 a.m.
- KAKE News at 6:00 - 6–6:30 p.m.
- KAKE News at 6:30 - 6:30–7 p.m.
- KAKE News at 10:00 - 10–10:35 p.m.
Sunday
- KAKE News at 5:30 - 5:30–6 p.m.
- KAKE News at 10:00 - 10–10:35 p.m.
- KAKE Sports Overtime Live - 10:35–11:05 p.m.
- Lawyer on the Line - 11:05–11:35 p.m.
Current on-air staff
KAKE News anchors- Larry Hatteberg - weeknights at 5 p.m.
- Jeff Herndon - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
- Jemelle Holopirek - weekday mornings Good Morning Kansas and 11:30 a.m.
- Mike Iuen - weekday mornings Good Morning Kansas
- Susan Peters - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
KAKEland WeatherPlex Meteorologists
- Jay Prater (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Certified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast Meteorologist is a rating for meteorologists given by the American Meteorological Society.The Certified Broadcast Meteorologist program was established to raise the professional standard in broadcast meteorology and encourage a broader range of scientific understanding,...
and NWANational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
Seal of Approval) - managing meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. - Ben Pringle (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Certified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast Meteorologist is a rating for meteorologists given by the American Meteorological Society.The Certified Broadcast Meteorologist program was established to raise the professional standard in broadcast meteorology and encourage a broader range of scientific understanding,...
and NWANational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings Good Morning Kansas and 11 a.m. - Hallie Shulman (NWANational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5:30 and weekends at 10 p.m. - Tanner Swift - meteorologist; Saturday morning Good Morning Kansas, also fill-in
- Blake Smith (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
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) - meteorologist; fill-in
KAKE Sports team
- Chris Frye - sports anchor; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m., also host of KAKE Sports Overtime Live
- Mike Curkov - sports anchor; Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5:30 and weekends at 10 p.m., also sports reporter
- Jason DudaJason DudaJason Duda is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Wichita Thunder of the Central Hockey League...
- KAKE Sports Overtime Live co-host - Abby Lippold - part-time sports anchor and KAKE Sports Overtime Live producer
Reporters
- Jared Cerullo - crime and courts reporter; also KAKEland StormChaser
- Deb Farris - general assignment reporter
- Chris Frank - general assignment reporter
- Alicia Myers - general assignment reporter
- Enrique Ramirez - "Ricky's Review" entertainment critic
- Lily Wu - general assignment reporter
- Tim Brown - host of "This Week in Kansas"
Former staff
- Steve DoocySteve DoocyStephen James "Steve" Doocy is an American network-television personality on the Fox News Channel, journalist, and a best selling author.-Early life:...
- host of "PM Magazine" (now co-host of Fox and Friends on Fox News ChannelFox News ChannelFox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
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