KKTV
Encyclopedia
KKTV, virtual channel
11 (digital channel 49), is the CBS
-affiliated television station
in Colorado Springs, Colorado
. It serves the Colorado Springs/Pueblo
market and is owned by Gray Television
. Its transmitter is located on Cheyenne Mountain
in Colorado Springs. KKTV is carried on cable channel 10 in Colorado Springs and channel 11 in Pueblo.
On June 29, 2006, KKTV announced plans that on September 5, 2006 it would launch an affiliate with Fox
's new sister network MyNetworkTV
on digital subchannel
11.2, to be known as MyKKTV. http://newsblab.com/blabbingmikesblog/nfblog/?p=709#comments Other programming on MyKKTV includes replays and extra runs of KKTV's syndicated programming (such as Jeopardy!
and Wheel of Fortune
) and some syndicated programs of its own. For newscasts, MyKKTV features a 9 p.m. newscast seen only on MyKKTV. MyKKTV is carried on cable channel 41 in Colorado Springs and cable channel 246 Pueblo.
From October 2007 to January 2010, KKTV broadcasted a 24-hour weather channel called "KKTV No Wait Weather" on digital channel 11.3 and area cable providers. The channel began as a time filler service on KKTV digital channel 11.2. No Wait Weather was also seen on 11.2 overnights but this was discontinued in June 2009. On January 1, 2010, this service was discontinued and KKTV-DT3 was removed from Cable 140.
On January 21, 2011, KKTV began broadcasting on UHF frequency 49 and discontinued its broadcast on VHF channel 10 at 12 p.m. on January 24. Moving to the UHF dial was necessary because of viewer reception & interference issues with the VHF broadcast.
and KUSA-TV
--and the oldest outside Denver. It originally carried programming from CBS
, NBC
, ABC
, and DuMont
.http://www.newsblab.com/newsworthy_may03.htm In 1953, KRDO-TV
signed on and took the NBC affiliation. DuMont folded in 1956. During the late 1950s, KKTV was a primary CBS affiliate and held a secondary affiliation with ABC.
By 1960, the formerly separate Colorado Springs and Pueblo markets became one single market serving the Pikes Peak region and surrounding areas with each of the area's three TV stations becoming "exclusive" network affiliates. KKTV became a sole CBS affiliate with KRDO-TV becoming a full-time ABC affiliate and Pueblo's KCSJ-TV (now KOAA-TV
), which had been a primary NBC affiliate since its inception in 1953, becoming the area's sole NBC affiliate.
In late 1982, KKTV's original local owners sold the station to the Seattle-based Ackerley Group, becoming one of that company's earliest acquisitions. Ackerley owned the station until early 1999 when it swapped KKTV to Benedek Broadcasting
in exchange for KCOY in Santa Maria, California
. Current owner Gray Television acquired KKTV when it bought most of Benedek's stations in April 2002.
On October 17, 2009; KKTV became the second station in the Colorado Springs-Pueblo market to present its newscasts in high definition
(HD) beginning with its 10 p.m. newscast.
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....
11 (digital channel 49), is the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
-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...
in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...
. It serves the Colorado Springs/Pueblo
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The population was 106,595 in 2010 census, making it the 246th most populous city in the United States....
market and is owned by 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...
. Its transmitter is located on Cheyenne Mountain
Cheyenne Mountain
Cheyenne Mountain is a mountain located just outside the southwest side of Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., and is home to the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and its Cheyenne Mountain Directorate, formerly known as the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center .Throughout the Cold War and...
in Colorado Springs. KKTV is carried on cable channel 10 in Colorado Springs and channel 11 in Pueblo.
Digital television
KKTV-DT broadcasts on digital channel 49.| Virtual channel |
Physical 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.1 | 49.1 | 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 ... |
KKTV-DT | Main KKTV/CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... HD programming |
| 11.2 | 49.2 | 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 | MyKKTV | MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation... and syndicated programming |
On June 29, 2006, KKTV announced plans that on September 5, 2006 it would launch an affiliate with Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
's new sister network MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
on digital subchannel
Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
11.2, to be known as MyKKTV. http://newsblab.com/blabbingmikesblog/nfblog/?p=709#comments Other programming on MyKKTV includes replays and extra runs of KKTV's syndicated programming (such as Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
and Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)
Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin, which premiered in 1975. Contestants compete to solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a large wheel. The title refers to the show's giant carnival wheel that...
) and some syndicated programs of its own. For newscasts, MyKKTV features a 9 p.m. newscast seen only on MyKKTV. MyKKTV is carried on cable channel 41 in Colorado Springs and cable channel 246 Pueblo.
From October 2007 to January 2010, KKTV broadcasted a 24-hour weather channel called "KKTV No Wait Weather" on digital channel 11.3 and area cable providers. The channel began as a time filler service on KKTV digital channel 11.2. No Wait Weather was also seen on 11.2 overnights but this was discontinued in June 2009. On January 1, 2010, this service was discontinued and KKTV-DT3 was removed from Cable 140.
On January 21, 2011, KKTV began broadcasting on UHF frequency 49 and discontinued its broadcast on VHF channel 10 at 12 p.m. on January 24. Moving to the UHF dial was necessary because of viewer reception & interference issues with the VHF broadcast.
History
KKTV signed on the air on December 7, 1952. It is the third-oldest station in Colorado—behind Denver's KWGN-TVKWGN-TV
KWGN-TV, virtual channel 2 , is a television station in Denver, Colorado, owned by the Tribune Company and affiliated with the CW Television Network...
and KUSA-TV
KUSA-TV
KUSA, channel 9, is an NBC-affiliated television station in Denver, Colorado. KUSA is owned by the Gannett Company, and is a sister station to MyNetworkTV affiliate KTVD...
--and the oldest outside Denver. It originally carried programming from CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, NBC
NBC
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...
, ABC
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...
, and DuMont
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
.http://www.newsblab.com/newsworthy_may03.htm In 1953, KRDO-TV
KRDO-TV
KRDO-TV, virtual channel 13, is the ABC-affiliated television station in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 24. The station is owned by Pikes Peak Television, a subsidiary of the News-Press & Gazette Company of St...
signed on and took the NBC affiliation. DuMont folded in 1956. During the late 1950s, KKTV was a primary CBS affiliate and held a secondary affiliation with ABC.
By 1960, the formerly separate Colorado Springs and Pueblo markets became one single market serving the Pikes Peak region and surrounding areas with each of the area's three TV stations becoming "exclusive" network affiliates. KKTV became a sole CBS affiliate with KRDO-TV becoming a full-time ABC affiliate and Pueblo's KCSJ-TV (now KOAA-TV
KOAA-TV
KOAA-TV, virtual channel 5 , is the NBC affiliate television station for southern Colorado. It is licensed to Pueblo, and broadcasts on digital channel 42 . It also operates a digital translator, K30JM-D channel 30, in Colorado Springs. The station has staff and offices in both Pueblo and Colorado...
), which had been a primary NBC affiliate since its inception in 1953, becoming the area's sole NBC affiliate.
In late 1982, KKTV's original local owners sold the station to the Seattle-based Ackerley Group, becoming one of that company's earliest acquisitions. Ackerley owned the station until early 1999 when it swapped KKTV 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...
in exchange for KCOY in Santa Maria, California
Santa Maria, California
Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, on the Central Coast of California. The 2010 census population was 100,062, putting it ahead of Santa Barbara for the first time and making it the largest city in the county...
. Current owner Gray Television acquired KKTV when it bought most of Benedek's stations in April 2002.
On October 17, 2009; KKTV became the second station in the Colorado Springs-Pueblo market to present its newscasts in 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...
(HD) beginning with its 10 p.m. newscast.
Anchors
- Don Ward - Weekdays at 4pm, 5:30pm, and 10pm
- Shannon Brinias - Weekdays at 5:30pm and 10pm
- Betty Sexton - Weekdays at 4pm (also Call for Action reporter)
- John Harding - Weekday Mornings and Noon
- Stacia Naquin - Weekdays Mornings and Noon
- David Nancarrow - Weekends (also weekday reporter)
Reporters
- Lauri Martin - Senior Reporter/Crime Stoppers
- Kendra Potter - Pueblo Reporter
- Karen Morfitt
- Alyssa Chin
- Catherine Bilkey
- Patrick Nelson
Weather
- Brian Bledsoe - Chief Meteorologist seen weekdays at 4pm, 5:30pm, and 10pm
- Branden Borremans - Weekday Mornings and Noon
- Sarah Schwabe - Weekend Weather Forecaster/Weekday Reporter
Newscast titles
- Telenews (1952–1964)
- The Six O'Clock Report/The Eleven O'Clock Report (1964–1968)
- Newsnight (1968–1970)
- NewsScene (1970–1974)
- Action News (1974–1976)
- KKTV News (1976–1979)
- NewsCenter 11 (1979–1989)
- 11 News (1989–present)
- KKTV 11 News (2002–present)
- My 11 News (2006–2009; on MyKKTV; the monker was dropped in October 2009)
Station slogans
- Television 11 in Color (1960s)
- Action News, Where the Action Is (1974–1975)
- We're #1 in Southern Colorado, TV-11! (late 1970s)
- NewsCenter 11: We're The Team (1982–1983)
- KKTV is On The Go (1985–1986)
- Channel 11, The Team To Watch (1988–1989)
- It's All Right Here on KKTV (1994–1995)
- Coverage That Counts (1997–1998)
- Coverage You Can Count On (1998–2005)
- On Air, Online, or On the Go, KKTV 11 News Delivers (2008)
- On Your Side (2009–present)