KRDO-TV
Encyclopedia
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
(NPG) of St. Joseph, Missouri, and is sister station to KRDO-AM
and KRDO-FM
.
KRDO-TV is carried on cable channel 12; channel 13 is instead occupied by Telemundo
affiliate K49CJ.
channel 11 was a primary CBS
affiliate with a secondary affiliation with ABC, and KCSJ-TV channel 5 was the NBC affiliate for nearby Pueblo
. As such, during much of the 1950s, Southern Colorado was served by two full-time NBC affiliates and a CBS affiliate that also carried ABC programming.
By 1960, as virtually all TV viewers in both cities and the surrounding area were receiving each of those three stations, the formerly separate Colorado Springs and Pueblo TV markets melded into one single market serving the Pikes Peak
region and surrounding areas. At that point, each of the three commercial TV stations became "exclusive" network affiliates with KKTV 11 retaining CBS, KCSJ-TV 5 (now KOAA-TV
) continuing with NBC and KRDO-TV 13 becoming a full-time ABC affiliate. KRDO was one of the few ABC affiliates that didn't clear The Dick Cavett Show
during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
KRDO-TV had been locally owned by Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company since the station signed on. In April 2006, the company announced that it was selling KRDO-TV (along with KRDO-AM
and KJCT-TV
in Grand Junction
) to the News-Press & Gazette Company
. News-Press & Gazette officially took over operations of KRDO-TV on June 26, 2006; in honor of Pikes Peak Broadcasting, it changed the name of its Colorado broadcast group to Pikes Peak Television.
On July 23, 2008 KRDO-TV began broadcasting Southern Colorado's first local newscasts in high definition
(HD), beginning with "NewsChannel 13 at Noon."
On October 10, 2011 KRDO-TV expand its early evening newscasts starting at 4:30 p.m.
StormTracker 13 Weather Team
Sports team
Reporters
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....
13, is the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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-affiliated television station 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...
, USA
United States
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. The station broadcasts its digital signal on 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...
channel 24. The station is owned by Pikes Peak Television, a subsidiary of the News-Press & Gazette Company
News-Press & Gazette Company
The News Press & Gazette Company is a media company based in St. Joseph, Missouri, wholly owned and operated by the Bradley family. It is presided by Brian Bradley and David R. Bradley, with Hank Bradley , Eric Bradley and Kit Bradley serving on its Board of Directors. All are descendants of...
(NPG) of St. Joseph, Missouri, and is sister station to KRDO-AM
KRDO (AM)
KRDO is a news/talk radio station simulcasted from KRDO-FM 105.5 and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The format complements KRDO-TV's news broadcasts. KRDO is owned and operated by the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri....
and KRDO-FM
KRDO-FM
KRDO-FM is a News/Talk radio station simulcast on KRDO 1240 and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The format complements KRDO-TV's news broadcasts. It is owned by Optima Communications and operated by the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri under a time brokerage...
.
KRDO-TV is carried on cable channel 12; channel 13 is instead occupied by Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
affiliate K49CJ.
Digital television
KRDO-DT broadcasts on digital channel 24.| 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,... |
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| 13.1 | 24.1 | 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 ... |
KRDO-DT | Main KRDO/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... HD programming |
| 13.2 | 24.2 | 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 | Telemundo Telemundo Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision.... |
Spanish-language entertainment programming |
History
KRDO-TV first went on the air on September 21, 1953 as an NBC affiliate. At that time, KKTVKKTV
KKTV, virtual channel 11 , 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...
channel 11 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 with a secondary affiliation with ABC, and KCSJ-TV channel 5 was the NBC affiliate for nearby 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....
. As such, during much of the 1950s, Southern Colorado was served by two full-time NBC affiliates and a CBS affiliate that also carried ABC programming.
By 1960, as virtually all TV viewers in both cities and the surrounding area were receiving each of those three stations, the formerly separate Colorado Springs and Pueblo TV markets melded into one single market serving the Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak is a mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County in the United States of America....
region and surrounding areas. At that point, each of the three commercial TV stations became "exclusive" network affiliates with KKTV 11 retaining CBS, KCSJ-TV 5 (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...
) continuing with NBC and KRDO-TV 13 becoming a full-time ABC affiliate. KRDO was one of the few ABC affiliates that didn't clear The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks, including:* ABC daytime ...
during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
KRDO-TV had been locally owned by Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company since the station signed on. In April 2006, the company announced that it was selling KRDO-TV (along with KRDO-AM
KRDO (AM)
KRDO is a news/talk radio station simulcasted from KRDO-FM 105.5 and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. The format complements KRDO-TV's news broadcasts. KRDO is owned and operated by the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri....
and KJCT-TV
KJCT
KJCT is a television station in Grand Junction, Colorado that serves the Grand Junction-Montrose market. It is an affiliate of the American Broadcasting Company owned and operated by the News-Press & Gazette Company...
in Grand Junction
Grand Junction, Colorado
The City of Grand Junction is the largest city in western Colorado. It is a city with a council–manager government form that is the county seat and the most populous city of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Grand Junction is situated west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. As...
) to the News-Press & Gazette Company
News-Press & Gazette Company
The News Press & Gazette Company is a media company based in St. Joseph, Missouri, wholly owned and operated by the Bradley family. It is presided by Brian Bradley and David R. Bradley, with Hank Bradley , Eric Bradley and Kit Bradley serving on its Board of Directors. All are descendants of...
. News-Press & Gazette officially took over operations of KRDO-TV on June 26, 2006; in honor of Pikes Peak Broadcasting, it changed the name of its Colorado broadcast group to Pikes Peak Television.
News operation
KRDO-TV's news operation was rebranded from News13 to NewsChannel 13 on the same day that NPG took over the station's operations. Under NPG, KRDO expanded its newscasts starting with 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts replacing the single early evening 5:30 p.m. newscasts. It added weekend morning newscasts (currently airing from 6-7 a.m. & 8-9 a.m. both on Saturdays and Sundays) that started in the final week of December 2006. In June 2007 it started a midday newscast that airs from noon-1 p.m. Both were first anchored by Eric Singer who now anchors the evening newscasts on KRDO-TV.On July 23, 2008 KRDO-TV began broadcasting Southern Colorado's first local 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 "NewsChannel 13 at Noon."
On October 10, 2011 KRDO-TV expand its early evening newscasts starting at 4:30 p.m.
Newscast titles
- Your Esso Reporter (1953–1958)
- The Big News (1958–1964)
- Newscope (1964–1967)
- 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...
(1967–1975) - Channel 13 News (1975–1978)
- 13 News (1978–1979)
- News 13 (1979–2006)
- NewsChannel 13 (2006–present)
- NewsChannel 13 HD (2008–present)
Station slogans
- Southern Colorado's Color Station (1960s)
- Channel 13, Your Neighborhood Station (early 1970s)
- The Best in Southern Colorado, TV-13! (mid 1970s)
- Count on the Channel 13 News (mid 1970s)
- You're in 13 Country (late 1970s)
- TV-13, Just Look at Us! (late 1970s–early 1980s)
- You and Me and TV-13 (1980–1981; local version of ABC ad campaign)
- Now is the Time, TV-13 is the Place (1981–1982; local version of ABC ad campaign)
- Come on Along to TV-13 (1982–1983; local version of ABC ad campaign)
- That Special Feeling on TV-13 (1983–1984; local version of ABC ad campaign)
- We're With You on TV-13 (1984–1985; local version of ABC ad campaign)
- Feel the Spirit Come Alive on TV-13 (1985–1989)
- Colorado Springs is Watching KRDO (1990–1991; local version of ABC ad campaign)
- A Part of Your Life (early 1990s)
- Everywhere Everyday (1996–2003)
- We Love TV, on News 13 (1998–1999; local version of ABC ad campaign)
- Your World at Home (2003–2006)
- Where The News Comes First (2006–present)
News team
Anchors- Samantha Anderson - weekends at 5 and 10 p.m.; also weeknight reporter
- Joe Dominguez - weekends at 5 and 10 p.m.; also weeknight reporter
- Mireya Garcia - Telemundo anchor; also reporter
- Jon Karroll - weekday mornings Good Morning Colorado and noon
- Patti Moon - weekend mornings Good Morning Colorado; also weeknight reporter
- James Jarman - weeknights at 4:30 and 10 p.m. also "Target 13" investigative reporter
- Eric Singer - weeknights at 5 and 6 p.m.
- Heather Skold - weeknights at 4:30, 5, 6, and 10 p.m.
- Vida Urbonas - weekday mornings Good Morning Colorado and noon
StormTracker 13 Weather Team
- Matt Meister (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,...
Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. - Marty Venticinque (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings Good Morning Colorado
- Anders Nelson - meteorologist; weekend mornings Good Morning Colorado, also reporter
- Rachael Plath - meteorologist; weekends at 5 and 10 p.m., also reporter. Voted 2011 hottest weather girl in Colorado.
Sports team
- Rob Namnoum - sports director; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
- Josh Williamson - sports anchor; weekends at 5 and 10 p.m., also sports reporter
Reporters
- Laurie Cipriano - general assignment reporter
- Fred Halstied - general assignment reporter
- Scott Harrison - general assignment reporter
- Tak Landrock - "Target 13" investigative reporter
- Jaclyn Rostie - general assignment reporter
- Barrett Tryon - iReporter, web and technology reporter
- Lindsay Watts - "Target 13" consumer reporter
Former on-air staff
- David BrodyDavid Brody (correspondent)David Brody is an American journalist, and White House Correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network.- Early career :Brody graduated from Ithaca College in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications...
- news director (now serves as a correspondent for the CBNChristian Broadcasting NetworkThe Christian Broadcasting Network, or CBN, is a fundamentalist Christian television broadcasting network in the United States. Its headquarters and main studios are in Virginia Beach, Virginia.-Background:...
News segment on The 700 ClubThe 700 ClubThe 700 Club is the flagship news talk show of the Christian Broadcasting Network, airing in syndication throughout the United States and Canada. In production since 1966, it is currently hosted by Pat Robertson, Terry Meeuwsen, Kristi Watts, and Gordon P. Robertson, two of whom will host on any...
)