KAME-TV
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KAME-TV is the MyNetworkTV
-affiliated television station
for the Truckee Meadows
area of Northwestern Nevada
. Licensed to Reno
, it broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 20 (virtual channel
21.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Red Hill in Sun Valley
. The station can also be seen on Charter
channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 787. Owned by Ellis Communications, KAME is operated through a local marketing agreement
(LMA) by Cox Enterprises
as sister to Fox affiliate KRXI-TV
. The two stations share studios in Reno on Brookside Court on the eastern side of Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
Syndicated
programming on this station includes Family Guy
, The Office, New Adventures of Old Christine, and My Name Is Earl
among others. It launched on October 11, 1981 as an Independent. On October 9, 1986, it became a charter Fox affiliate. KAME joined UPN
in 1996 after KRXI signed-on and took Fox. Between September 1996 and May 1997, the station was briefly owned by Raycom Media
. With the 2006 shutdown and merge of The WB and UPN to form The CW, the station joined News Corporation
-owned and Fox sister network MyNetworkTV on September 5.
prime time newscast.
The Ten O'Clock News (11 p.m. to midnight)
weeknights
Sundays
KAME features additional KTVU personnel. See that article for a complete listing.
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for the Truckee Meadows
Truckee Meadows
The Truckee Meadows is a valley in Northern Nevada which contains the cities of Reno and Sparks. The valley is approximately 10 miles square.Truckee Meadows is bounded by the Carson Range in the west and the Virginia Range in the east...
area of Northwestern Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
. Licensed to Reno
Reno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...
, it broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on UHF channel 20 (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....
21.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Red Hill in Sun Valley
Sun Valley, Nevada
Sun Valley is a census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, USA. The population was 19,461 at the 2000 census. It is a northern suburb of the city of Reno and is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
. The station can also be seen on Charter
Charter Communications
Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 4.7 million customers in 25 states. By revenues, it is the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, behind Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications...
channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 787. Owned by Ellis Communications, KAME is operated through a local marketing agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
(LMA) by Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920...
as sister to Fox affiliate KRXI-TV
KRXI-TV
KRXI-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Northwestern Nevada's Truckee Meadows licensed to Reno. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 44 from a transmitter on Peavine Peak. The station can also be seen on Charter channel 11 and in high definition on digital...
. The two stations share studios in Reno on Brookside Court on the eastern side of Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on this station includes Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
, The Office, New Adventures of Old Christine, and My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...
among others. It launched on October 11, 1981 as an Independent. On October 9, 1986, it became a charter Fox affiliate. KAME joined UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
in 1996 after KRXI signed-on and took Fox. Between September 1996 and May 1997, the station was briefly owned by Raycom Media
Raycom Media
- History :Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations....
. With the 2006 shutdown and merge of The WB and UPN to form The CW, the station joined News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
-owned and Fox sister network MyNetworkTV on September 5.
Digital programming
On KAME-DT2 and Charter digital channel 221 is Me-TV.| Channel | Name | Video Display resolution The display resolution of a digital television or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. It can be an ambiguous term especially as the displayed resolution is controlled by all different factors in cathode ray tube , flat panel or projection... |
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,... |
Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.1 | KAME-HD | 1080i 1080i 1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels... |
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 ... |
Main KAME programming / MyNetworkTV |
| 21.2 | KAME-DT2 | 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 | Me-TV |
Newscasts
Every night at 11 except Saturday, the station repeats KRXI's simulcast of the hour long KTVUKTVU
KTVU, virtual channel 2 , is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Licensed to Oakland, California, the station has been owned by Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises since 1964, making it the largest Fox affiliate by market size that is not owned and operated by the...
prime time newscast.
The Ten O'Clock News (11 p.m. to midnight)
weeknights
- Anchors:
- Julie Haener
- Frank Somerville
- Weather:
- Jim KosekJim KosekJim Kosek is an American meteorologist who appears on-camera with AccuWeather in State College, Pennsylvania. Kosek primarily forecasts for the Northeast megalopolis, forecasting for New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; and Washington, DC...
- Jim Kosek
- Sports:
- Mark Ibanez
- Reporters:
- John Sasaki
- Amber Lee
Sundays
- Anchors:
- Heather Holmes
- Ken Wayne
- Weather:
- Katie Fehlinger
- Sports:
- Joe Fonzi
- Reporters:
- John Sasaki
- Amber Lee
KAME features additional KTVU personnel. See that article for a complete listing.