KOLO-TV
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KOLO-TV Channel 8 is the ABC
affiliate serving Reno, Nevada
and the surrounding areas. It is owned by Gray Television
and operates on digital channel 8. Syndicated programing on KOLO-TV includes Dr. Oz, Rachael Ray, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune and The View.
The chief evening anchors for KOLO-TV are Pat Hambright and Sarah Johns.
in Las Vegas
. It carried programming from all four networks, but was a primary CBS
affiliate. The station also carried programs from the short-lived Paramount Television Network
; KZTV was one of that network's strongest affiliates, airing Paramount programs such as Time For Beany, Bandstand Revue, and Hollywood Wrestling.
DuMont folded in 1955, NBC
moved to KCRL-TV (now KRNV-TV) in 1962, and ABC moved to KTVN
in 1967. KOLO and KTVN swapped affiliations in 1972. KOLO also carried Sesame Street
for several years, before Reno had a PBS
station.
The station's coverage area is has one of the nation's largest, including portions of northern Nevada and northern California
. KOLO serves this vast area with a series of translators.
KOLO was the only analog station in the Reno market that served Carson City without the need for a translator.
Recently KOLO has received a new news set and format.
network.
The analog signal of KOLO-TV went off the air at 12:30 PM on January 12, 2009 so that the station could complete work on the transmitter on Slide Mountain in order to move the digital signal back to Channel 8. After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion
on June 12, 2009, KOLO-TV moved digital broadcasts from its pre-transition channel 9 assignment to its former analog channel 8 location. This makes KOLO the only Reno television station that still broadcasts on its original, historical VHF channel.
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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...
affiliate serving Reno, Nevada
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...
and the surrounding areas. It 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...
and operates on digital channel 8. Syndicated programing on KOLO-TV includes Dr. Oz, Rachael Ray, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune and The View.
The chief evening anchors for KOLO-TV are Pat Hambright and Sarah Johns.
History
KOLO was the first station in Reno, having been founded (as KZTV) on September 23, 1953; and the second station in Nevada, following KLAS-TVKLAS-TV
KLAS-TV, virtual channel 8 , is the CBS-affiliated television station serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market; it is owned and operated by Landmark Media Enterprises...
in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
. It carried programming from all four networks, but was a primary 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...
affiliate. The station also carried programs from the short-lived Paramount Television Network
Paramount Television Network
The Paramount Television Network was a venture by American film corporation Paramount Pictures to organize a television network in the late 1940s...
; KZTV was one of that network's strongest affiliates, airing Paramount programs such as Time For Beany, Bandstand Revue, and Hollywood Wrestling.
DuMont folded in 1955, 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...
moved to KCRL-TV (now KRNV-TV) in 1962, and ABC moved to KTVN
KTVN
KTVN, virtual channel 2, is the CBS-affiliated television station serving Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe, California. KTVN's owner is Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. The station's digital signal operates on VHF channel 13...
in 1967. KOLO and KTVN swapped affiliations in 1972. KOLO also carried Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
for several years, before Reno had a PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
station.
The station's coverage area is has one of the nation's largest, including portions of northern Nevada and northern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. KOLO serves this vast area with a series of translators.
KOLO was the only analog station in the Reno market that served Carson City without the need for a translator.
Recently KOLO has received a new news set and format.
Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed. Main KOLO-TV and ABC programming is shown on subchannel 8.1, while 8.2 at present carries the Universal SportsUniversal Sports
Universal Sports is an American television network that airs various sports, primarily those contested in the Olympic Games, including swimming, gymnastics, cycling, track and field, figure skating, skiing, bobsledding and triathlon.-Programming:...
network.
The analog signal of KOLO-TV went off the air at 12:30 PM on January 12, 2009 so that the station could complete work on the transmitter on Slide Mountain in order to move the digital signal back to Channel 8. After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion
DTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
on June 12, 2009, KOLO-TV moved digital broadcasts from its pre-transition channel 9 assignment to its former analog channel 8 location. This makes KOLO the only Reno television station that still broadcasts on its original, historical VHF channel.
Current
- Pat Hambright (evening anchor); formerly weather anchor at KTXL (FOX/Sacramento)
- Sarah Johns (evening co-anchor)
- Kendra Kostelecky (weekend anchor); formerly anchor at KTVL (CBS/Medford, OR)
- Amanda Sanchez (Daybreak/Midday anchor); formerly weather anchor at KTNV (ABC/Las Vegas)
- Dennis Flack (meteorologoist)
- Chris Larson (chief meteorologist)
- Dick Stoddard (weekend weather)
- Parker Stremmal(sports)
- Andrew Anderson(sports)
- Josh Little (sports director)
- Joe Harrington (reporter)
- Marianna Hicks (reporter)
- Ed Pearce (reporter)
- Terri Russell (reporter)
- John Tyson (reporter)
Past
- Danial Channin (Sports) Unkown about his Wherabouts)
- Erin Breen (anchor); now at KTVN (CBS/Reno) as morning news anchor
- Marc BrownMarc BrownMarc Brown may refer to:People:*Marc Brown , American author, creator of the Arthur books and television show*Marc Brown , American news anchor for KABC-TV...
(anchor); now at KABC {ABC/LOS ANGELES} as co-anchor of weeknight news Brent Boynton(Anchor) - Jean Casarez(weekend anchor); now correspondent at Tru TV (formerly Court TV/New York)
- Jenee Conway Youngblood (reporter); now producer/reporter at FOX 59 (Indianapolis)
- Anne Cutler (Daybreak anchor) now at WGNO-26
- Rich Dahlquist(meteorologist): now at KNXV (ABC/Phoenix)
- Mai Do (anchor); formerly anchor at KGET (NBC/Bakersfield)
- Karoline Weightman now at Little Rock, AR
- Tad Dunbar (anchor, later anchor at KRNV);
- Carolyn Evert (reporter)
- Carlos Faura (weather); started at KYMA (NBC/Yuma) now at "KATU" (ABC/Portland, OR)
- Donna Fendrick (sports anchor)
- Beth Ford (reporter); now at KPBS radio (San Diego)
- Koula Gianulias (reporter); now at KOVR (CBS/Sacramento) as reporter
- Pete Giddings (Chief Meteorologist); later moved to KIONKION-TVKION-TV is a full-power television station in Salinas, California, broadcasting on digital channel 32 as a CBS affiliate. The stations continues to use UHF channel 46 as its virtual channel through the use of PSIP. KION-TV shows local news, weather, and sports programming, as well as syndicated...
/KCBAKCBAKCBA is a Fox affiliate television station in Salinas, California, USA. The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 13. KCBA is owned by Seal Rock Broadcasters, LLC and operated by Cowles Publishing Company through a local marketing agreement with CBS affiliate KION-TV channel...
(CBS/FOX Salinas/Monterey, CA) now working at (KGO RadioKGO (AM)KGO is a news/talk-format radio station radio with offices and studios in San Francisco, California. Unlike most other American news/talk stations, KGO originates nearly all of its own programming locally. Since 1978, KGO radio has received Arbitron's number-one ranking in the Bay Area...
in San Francisco) - Jeff Hardin (former meteorologist); currently Director of Communications for the NC Credit Union League in Greensboro
- Terri Hendry (anchor); now working for City of Reno
- Sean Horejs (weekend sports anchor); now Sports Director at KRIS TV (Corpus Christi, TX/NBC)
- Auburn Hutton (reporter)
- JoDee Kenney (weekend anchor); now anchor at News 10 Now (Central New York)
- Dennis Myers (reporter); Reno News and Review
- Vicky NguyenVicky NguyenVicky Nguyen is a television reporter who works as the San Jose Bureau reporter at KNTV in San Jose. Previously, she worked as a collaborator at Phoenix, Arizona's KSAZ-TV channel.-Education:...
(investigative reporter); now at KNTV (NBC/San Jose) as a reporter - Rob Nikolewski (sports reporter); Nationally recognized and 3-time Emmy award winner for sports broadcasting.
- Christina Pascucci (reporter); now morning news anchor at NBC's KMIR 6 in Palm Springs
- Kevin Peters (weekend anchor); now at KHOU-TVKHOU-TVKHOU is the CBS affiliate television station in Houston, Texas. Serving Greater Houston, it is owned by the Belo Corporation and broadcasts on digital and PSIP channel 11...
(CBS/Houston) - Jennifer Rogers (Executive Producer/Anchor/Reporter); now at GemsTV USA Ltd. as a Senior Executive Producer/Presenter
- Bryan Samudio (anchor); now at KRNV (NBC/Reno) as sports anchor
- Sam Shad (meteorologist); Host of Nevada NewsMakers on KRNV
- Dennis Shanahan (reporter); now reports at KTXL Fox 40 in Sacramento
- Tony Shelton (weather anchor, later moved to KRNV); died in June 2007
- James Steiner (reporter); now a writer for KABC in Los Angeles
- Kara Tsuboi (reporter/weekend anchor); now in stadium entertainment for the Oakland AthleticsOakland AthleticsThe Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
- Dana Wagner (sports director); Meteorologist at KVBC (NBC/Las Vegas), also co-hosts "Waking up with the Wagners."
- Henry Wofford (weekend sports anchor); former Sports Director at WZZM (ABC/Grand Rapids, MI) former weekend sports anchor at WTHR(NBC/Indianapolis) currently Comcast Sportsnet Bay Area (San Francisco)
Newscast titles
- AP News TelePix (1950's)
- Channel 8 News (1968-1974)
- Eyewitness NewsEyewitness NewsEyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
(1974-1995) - NewsChannel 8 (1995-2007)
- KOLO 8 News Now (2007-present)
Station slogans
- Dynamic 8 (1980s)
- The Team You Know and Trust (2004-2007)
- On air, On line, On the go (2010-present)
Translators
KOLO is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.City Grade Translators:
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