KTNV
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KTNV-TV, channel 13, is an ABC
-affiliated television station
licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada
which is owned by Journal Broadcast Group and serves as the ABC affiliate for the Las Vegas Valley, Southern Nevada
and northwest Arizona. The station's studios are based out of nearby Paradise
, with the station transmitting from Mount Arden.
Formerly, KTNV transmitted from a tower right outside the station at the intersection of Desert Inn Road and Valley View Boulevard, on the quadruple border of city of Las Vegas, Township of Spring Valley
, Township of Paradise
, and Township of Winchester
. The tower is a unique and visible landmark throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
On December 15, 2007 KTNV became the third television station in Las Vegas to broadcast local news in high definition. The station also unveiled its new digital production facilities and news set on the same day.
, daytime
and Saturday morning children's programming
) largely in its entirety, with few preemptions.
Over the past several years, KTNV has been phasing out syndicated programming and replacing it with either news, or more recently, self-produced lifestyle programming. Most notably, in 2004 KTNV lost Oprah
to rival CBS
affiliate KLAS-TV
(channel 8) (replacing it with a half-hour 4 p.m. newscast, and syndicated programming) and in 2009 KTNV declined to renew the local rights to the syndicated morning talk show Live with Regis and Kelly
(replacing it with a 9 a.m. newscast, which in turn was later replaced by the Morning Blend).
KTNV-TV turned-off its analog transmitter on June 12, 2009. The station's digital broadcasts moved back to channel 13. As with all of Journal's television stations, the station also added the "-TV" suffix to its calls to become KTNV-TV.
KTNV's newscasts have been called: "News 13 Inside Las Vegas", "News 13", "13 Inside Las Vegas", and "Channel 13 News". This was discontinued in 2003 in favor of the current "Action News" campaign.
Weather
Sports
Reporters
Local program hosts
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
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...
licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada
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...
which is owned by Journal Broadcast Group and serves as the ABC affiliate for the Las Vegas Valley, Southern Nevada
Southern Nevada
Southern Nevada is the region of Nevada which includes the Las Vegas Valley. Southern Nevada also includes the areas in and around Goldfield, Hawthorne, Pahrump, and Pioche. Geographically, Southern Nevada is partly, and in some cases, fully within the Mojave Desert. The population of the...
and northwest Arizona. The station's studios are based out of nearby Paradise
Paradise, Nevada
Paradise is an unincorporated town in the Las Vegas metropolitan area in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 223,167 at the 2010 census...
, with the station transmitting from Mount Arden.
History
The station signed on the air for the first time on May 4, 1956 as KSHO-TV. The station was Journal's second television station (and its first television station acquisition outside of Milwaukee), having purchased it in 1979. It changed its callsign to KTNV-TV on March 2, 1980 (the -TV suffix was removed from 1988 to 2009).http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=74100&Callsign=KTNV-TVFormerly, KTNV transmitted from a tower right outside the station at the intersection of Desert Inn Road and Valley View Boulevard, on the quadruple border of city of Las Vegas, Township of Spring Valley
Spring Valley, Nevada
Spring Valley is an unincorporated town in Clark County, Nevada, United States located two miles west of the Las Vegas Strip. The population was 117,390 at the 2000 census.-Background:...
, Township of Paradise
Paradise, Nevada
Paradise is an unincorporated town in the Las Vegas metropolitan area in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 223,167 at the 2010 census...
, and Township of Winchester
Winchester, Nevada
Winchester is a census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States that contains part of the Las Vegas Strip. It is one of a number of CDPs in the unincorporated urbanized area directly south of Las Vegas. The population was 26,958 at the 2000 census. It is governed by the Clark County...
. The tower is a unique and visible landmark throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
On December 15, 2007 KTNV became the third television station in Las Vegas to broadcast local news in high definition. The station also unveiled its new digital production facilities and news set on the same day.
Programming
KTNV presently carries ABC network programming (primetime, late night, national morning and evening newsABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
, daytime
ABC Daytime
ABC Daytime is a programming block on the ABC Network which has historically encompassed soap operas, game shows and talk shows.-Schedule:...
and Saturday morning children's programming
ABC Kids (United States)
ABC Kids was a children's block of animated television series and live-action children's television series. broadcast on the ABC network on Saturday–Sunday mornings in the U.S. and was broadcast on BBS/CTV in Canada until 2002...
) largely in its entirety, with few preemptions.
Over the past several years, KTNV has been phasing out syndicated programming and replacing it with either news, or more recently, self-produced lifestyle programming. Most notably, in 2004 KTNV lost Oprah
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
to rival 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 KLAS-TV
KLAS-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...
(channel 8) (replacing it with a half-hour 4 p.m. newscast, and syndicated programming) and in 2009 KTNV declined to renew the local rights to the syndicated morning talk show Live with Regis and Kelly
Live with Regis and Kelly
Live! with Kelly is a syndicated American television morning talk show, hosted by Kelly Ripa. The show has aired since 1983 in New York City and 1988 nationwide. Tony Pigg has been the show's announcer since its inception...
(replacing it with a 9 a.m. newscast, which in turn was later replaced by the Morning Blend).
Morning Blend
Following the lead of many Journal stations, The Morning Blend was launched in KTNV's 9 a.m. hour on July 6, 2010. The morning program, hosted by Dao Vu and Shawn Tempesta, is a mix of paid and unpaid segments. All segments which promote a certain product or company are clearly disclaimed on air. The show is produced through the sales and advertising departments.Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:| Channel | Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|
| 13.1 | KTNV-HD | Main KTNV-TV programming / ABC |
| 13.2 | KTNV-SD | Mexicanal Mexicanal Mexicanal Network is a Mexican based television Network launched in 2005 by and and serves Mexicans living and working in the United States, Canada and Mexico.... |
| 13.3 | KTNV-DT | Live Well Network |
KTNV-TV turned-off its analog transmitter on June 12, 2009. The station's digital broadcasts moved back to channel 13. As with all of Journal's television stations, the station also added the "-TV" suffix to its calls to become KTNV-TV.
News operation
Currently, KTNV-TV broadcasts a total of 34½ hours of local newscasts each week (with 5½ hours on weekdays and 3½ hours each on Saturdays and Sundays).KTNV's newscasts have been called: "News 13 Inside Las Vegas", "News 13", "13 Inside Las Vegas", and "Channel 13 News". This was discontinued in 2003 in favor of the current "Action News" campaign.
Newscast titles
- KSHO-TV News (1956-1970s)
- The 5 O' Clock Report/The 10 O' Clock Report (1960s)
- NewsWatch 13 (general)/NightWatch 13 (11 p.m. newscast; 1970s-1981)
- News 13 (1981–1987)
- Channel 13 News (1987-1992)
- News 13: Inside Las Vegas (early 1992-January 2003)
- 13 Inside Las Vegas (January–August 2003)
- Channel 13 Action NewsAction NewsAction News is a local television newscast format in the United States. It was conceived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at WFIL-TV by then-news director Mel Kampmann in 1970 as a response to the "Eyewitness News" format used on rival station KYW-TV...
(August 2003–present)
Station slogans
- Las Vegas' Television is Channel 13 (early 1970s)
- If It's News, It's On NewsWatch 13 (mid-late 1970s)
- Las Vegas Turns Us On (late 1970s)
- 13 Belongs (early 1980s)
- We're the Team (mid-1980s)
- You'll Love It On Channel 13 (1985-1986)
- Turn to the Channel 13 News (late 1980s)
- Inside Las Vegas (early 1990s-2003)
- Breaking News. Solving Problems. (2003–2008)
- You Ask, We Investigate (2008–present)
Current on-air staff (as of October 2011)
Anchors- Casey Smith – weekday mornings "Action News This Morning" (4:30-7 a.m.) and 11 a.m.
- Lisa Remillard – weekday mornings "Action News This Morning" (4:30-7 a.m.) and 11 a.m.
- Steve Wolford – weekdays at 4, weeknights at 5, 6, 6:30 and 11 p.m.
- Tricia Kean – weekdays at 4 and 5 p.m.; also consumer reporter
- Tina Patel – weekend mornings (5-7 and 8-8:30 a.m.); also weekday morning reporter/fill in anchor
- Blake McCoy – weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.; also weeknight reporter
- Nina Radetich - fills in 5 anchor 6-7, 11 pm
Weather
- Bryan Scofield, NWA Seal of Approval; AMS associate member – Chief Meteorologist; weekdays at 4, 5, 6, 6:30 and 11 p.m.
- Mike Tsolinas, AMS Seal of Approval – meteorologist; weekday mornings "Action News This Morning" (4:30-7 a.m.) and 11 a.m.
- Christian Boris, AMS Seal of Approval – meteorologist; weekend mornings (5-7 and 8-8:30 a.m.)
- Ashlee DeMartino, meteorologist; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
Sports
- Doug Kezirian – sports director; weeknights at 6, 6:30 and 11 p.m.
Reporters
- Annette Arreola – general assignment reporter
- Rikki Cheese – general assignment reporter
- Katie Crowther – general assignment reporter
- Elizabeth Crum – political analyst
- Drew Karedes – general assignment reporter
- Heather Klein – general assignment reporter
- Roger Maynulet – "Action News Hawk" pilot and reporter
- Kim Smith – "Problem Solver Traffic" in-studio reporter
- Darcy Spears – chief investigative reporter ("Contact 13 Problem Solvers")
- Marco Villarreal – general assignment reporter
- Makayla Zurn - general assignment reporter
Local program hosts
- Shawn Tempesta – Morning Blend co-host
- Dao Vu – Morning Blend co-host
Notable former on-air staff
- Christina BrownChristina BrownChristina Brown is an Emmy award winning journalist, an anchor & correspondent for MSNBC and NBC News. She began working for MSNBC in June 2007 as anchor of overnight newsbreaks and the early morning programs Early Today and First Look, after five years with KTNV-TV in Las Vegas, Nevada and two...
- weekend anchor/reporter (now at MSNBCMSNBCMSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
) - Paula FrancisPaula FrancisPaula Francis is a Las Vegas news anchor for KLAS-TV.Francis was born in Queens, New York. Paula's TV news career started in Madison, Wisconsin and later moved to Las Vegas in 1985 where she started at KTNV as the evening anchor until she joined KLAS-TV in 1990 as the evening anchor alongside Gary...
– evening anchor (1985–1988); now anchor at KLAS-TVKLAS-TVKLAS-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...
) - Dave MalkoffDave MalkoffDave Malkoff is an American television journalist working for KTLA in Los Angeles. He has covered some of the most destructive hurricanes in US history and reported from several parts of Iraq at the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2010...
– reporter (2000–2003; now at KTLA-TV in Los Angeles)
Translator stations
KTNV can also be seen on the following translator stations:- K04GT Bullhead City, ArizonaBullhead City, ArizonaBullhead City is a city located on the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona, USA, roughly south of Las Vegas, Nevada, and directly across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada, whose casinos and ancillary services supply much of the employment for Bullhead City...
- K59EX Bullhead City, ArizonaBullhead City, ArizonaBullhead City is a city located on the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona, USA, roughly south of Las Vegas, Nevada, and directly across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada, whose casinos and ancillary services supply much of the employment for Bullhead City...
/Laughlin, NevadaLaughlin, NevadaLaughlin is a census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States, and a port located on the Colorado River. Laughlin is south of Las Vegas, located in the far southern tip of Nevada. It is best known for its gaming, entertainment, and water recreation. As of the 2010 census, the... - K13LV Caliente, NevadaCaliente, NevadaCaliente , formerly known as Culverwell and Calientes is a town in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. Its elevation is 4,300 feet . The population was 1,123 at the 2000 census...
- K04HF Panaca, NevadaPanaca, NevadaPanaca is a town in eastern Lincoln County, Nevada, on State Route 319, about 1 mile east of U.S. Route 93, near the border with Utah. Its elevation is 4,729 feet .-History:...
- K13LU Ursine, NevadaUrsine, NevadaUrsine is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States....
- K36BQ-D Pahrump, NevadaPahrump, Nevada-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 24,631 people, 10,153 households, and 7,127 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 82.7 people per square mile . There were 11,651 housing units at an average density of 39.1 per square mile...
- K42AA Pahrump, NevadaPahrump, Nevada-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 24,631 people, 10,153 households, and 7,127 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 82.7 people per square mile . There were 11,651 housing units at an average density of 39.1 per square mile...
- K11IV Pioche, NevadaPioche, Nevada-External links:*...
External links
- KTNV website
- http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/02/12/ap6044561.html