KTVE
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KTVE, Channel 10, is the 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...

 affiliate television station for the El Dorado, Arkansas
El Dorado, Arkansas
El Dorado , a multi-cultural arts center: South Arkansas Arts Center , an award-winning renovated downtown, and numerous sporting, shopping, and dining opportunities. El Dorado is the population, cultural, and business center of the 7,300 mi² regional area...

Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636...

 DMA. The station is licensed to El Dorado, but its main studio is located in West Monroe, Louisiana
West Monroe, Louisiana
West Monroe is a city in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 13,250 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area....

. KTVE is owned by Mission Broadcasting, and operated by Nexstar Broadcasting. It is a sister station to the area's 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...

 affiliate, KARD
KARD
KARD-TV, Channel 14, is the Fox affiliate for the El Dorado, Arkansas/Monroe, Louisiana market area. KARD's transmitter is located in Columbia, Louisiana. The station is licensed to West Monroe, Louisiana...

.

KTVE’s transmitter, a 609.6-meter-high guy-wire
Guy-wire
A guy-wire or guy-rope, also known as simply a guy, is a tensioned cable designed to add stability to structures . One end of the cable is attached to the structure, and the other is anchored to the ground at a distance from the structure's base...

d aerial mast (or antenna) located in Bolding, Arkansas
Bolding, Arkansas
Bolding is an unincorporated community in Union County, Arkansas, USA. Near Bolding, Arkansas, there is the KTVE television tower, a guyed TV mast, which is one of the tallest constructions on earth....

 (geographical coordinates: 33°4′41.7"N 92°13′31"W), is one of the largest structures of its kind. As a result, KTVE’s signal can be seen in 18 counties and parishes in Arkansas and Louisiana. On certain occasions, the signal can be seen as far north as Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing all of Garland County...

, and as far west as Texarkana, Texas
Texarkana, Texas
Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States. It effectively functions as one half of a city which crosses a state line — the other half, the city of Texarkana, Arkansas, lies on the other side of State Line Avenue...

. For many years, it was known as "Region 10" because it could be seen over the air and on cable in many areas outside the market.

History

The KTVE calls were originally assigned to UHF channel 32 in Longview, TX. KTVE Longview, which was a 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, was on the air from 1953 to 1955. A history of the original KTVE can be found at http://www.chalkhillmedia.org/Museum/KTVE.htm.

The station debuted on December 3, 1955 as KRBB-TV. It became KTVE in 1961, and brought color television to the Ark-La-Miss in 1966. It was a primary NBC affiliate, sharing 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...

 with KNOE-TV
KNOE-TV
KNOE-TV, Channel 8, is the CBS affiliate television station for Monroe, Louisiana. The station is owned by Hoak Media Corporation, which also controls ABC affiliate KAQY, Channel 11 through a local marketing agreement.-History:KNOE-TV went on the air in 1953...

. However on October 1, 1966, KTVE switched its primary affiliation to ABC. This was unusual for a two-station market, especially one of Monroe/El Dorado's size. However, J. B. Fuqua
J. B. Fuqua
John Brooks "J.B." Fuqua was a businessman, philanthropist and chairman of The Fuqua Companies and Fuqua Enterprises....

, who owned KTVE at the time, wanted to get that station in line with WTVW
WTVW
Banam sold WTVW to Petracom Broadcasting in 1995. A 20-percent equity stake in Petracom was purchased by Fox soon afterward, eventually leading to a three-way affiliation swap in which WTVW ended its 39-year ABC affiliation and joined Fox on December 3, 1995, with ABC moving to former CBS...

 in Evansville, Indiana
Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the largest city in Southern Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 117,429. It is the county seat of Vanderburgh County and the regional hub for both Southwestern Indiana and the...

 and KTHI (now KVLY-TV
KVLY-TV
KVLY-TV, is an NBC affiliated television station in Fargo, North Dakota, USA, serving Eastern North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota. It broadcasts on ATSC channel 44, which redirects to former NTSC channel 11 via PSIP. In addition to its main studio in Fargo, it operates a satellite studio in...

) in Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. In 2010, its population was 105,549, and it had an estimated metropolitan population of 208,777...

, both of which were ABC affiliates he had just purchased.

Fuqua sold KTVE in December 1967; the station continued to share NBC with KNOE until KLAA-TV (now KARD) signed on in 1974 and took the NBC programming, leaving KTVE as a full-time ABC affiliate. Until the early 1970s, the station had two news studios--one in Monroe and one in El Dorado, but KTVE closed its Monroe studios througout the 1970s and early 1980s.

For a time, former El Dorado mayor Mike Dumas served as the main evening anchor, while he was serving his early days in office.

On December 6, 1981, KTVE rejoined NBC while KLAA became an ABC affiliate (that station changed its call letters to KARD one year later), clearing the entire network schedule except for two local daytime programs and Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

. The first program the station aired as a fullt-time NBC affiliate was a football game between the New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

 and Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

. Originally, the station wanted to return to being a primary NBC affiliate with secondary ABC affiliation, yet there were contractural issues preventing such. In 1981, then-owner Gray Communications
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...

 swapped networks with KARD, and in 1983, moved KTVE's main studio to Kilpatrick Blvd in Monroe; it only retained a satellite studio in El Dorado with only a few staff members, including a video journalist. This led to many complaints from Arkansas viewers that KTVE only featured stories from the Louisiana side of the market. In the late 1990s, the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...

 (FCC) forced KTVE to adopt a split-anchor format as a condition of renewing its license. During the weekday morning and weekday 5:00 pm newscasts, one anchor was stationed in Monroe, while another was stationed in El Dorado. This condition is no longer enforced by the FCC. KTVE does still report news from El Dorado.

KTVE originally aired Louisiana Lottery
Louisiana Lottery (modern)
- History :The Louisiana Lottery Corporation began in 1991, after the 1990 Louisiana legislature proposed a government-run lottery as a way to generate revenue without increasing taxes...

 numbers during the station's 10pm newscast until KNOE complained to the FCC in 1997. Due to a technicality in FCC rules, KTVE couldn't air the lottery numbers since Arkansas had no lottery at the time; this would change in 2009 when the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery began play.

In 2002, KTVE took over the operations of KARD (then owned by Quorum Broadcasting) 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...

. Although KTVE is the senior partner, operations were consolidated at KARD's studio in West Monroe. The two stations also share a web site.

KTVE also operated a translator station W02AW on Channel 2. The transmitter was said to be located south of Monroe, Louisiana. This translator was removed when KTVE increased its tower height.

In 2006, KTVE was the winner of the Radio-Television News Directors Association’s Ultimate News Makeover contest. The station received about $300,000 in free design, consultation, manufacturing, production and coaching. http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060331/BUSINESS/603310305&SearchID=73240434521 On the same day that the station revealed its new set, it dropped the longstanding “Region 10” brand in favor of “NBC10.”

On January 16, 2008, Piedmont Television
Piedmont Television
Piedmont Television was a broadcasting company in the United States that owned television stations in smaller markets. The company was based in Charlotte, North Carolina....

 completed the sale of KTVE to Mission Broadcasting
Mission Broadcasting
Mission Broadcasting, Inc. is a television station group that owns 15 television stations operated by Nexstar Broadcasting. The group's president is David S. Smith, who founded the company in 1998. In most areas where Mission owns a station, its arrangements allow Nexstar to control two of the top...

. On the same day, Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., is an entity of broadcast television stations headquartered in Irving, Texas. The company consists of 50 television stations across the U.S., ranging from market sizes 9 to 201 . 43 of the stations are broadcasting at full power, with the other 4 broadcasting at...

 (who acquired KARD as part of its purchase of Quorum Broadcasting in 2003) took over control of KTVE under a local sales agreement (LSA), like all of Mission's stations. As a result of the change, Nexstar now controls four of the five NBC affiliates serving Arkansas. Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

-based WMC-TV
WMC-TV
WMC-TV is the NBC affiliate television station for the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area. The station serves roughly the western third of Tennessee, northwestern Mississippi, northeastern Arkansas and the southeastern corner of Missouri over the air on satellite and on various cable systems. Its...

, which covers northeast Arkansas, is 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....

.

As of May 2011, KTVE and KARD continue to air their local newscasts in pillarboxed 4:3 standard definition. KNOE-TV began airing its local newscasts in partial high definition in January 2011.

Digital television

On January 3, 2007, KTVE-DT signed on with a full-power digital signal with an ERP of 822 kW. KTVE-DT then started broadcasting the network feed of NBC in high definition on January 12, 2007. Digital channels>
Virtual
Channel
Video Aspect
Aspect ratio
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Programming
10.1 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 ...

 
Main KTVE-TV programming / NBC HD
10.2 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  KARD (West Monroe, LA) simulcast / FOX

In March 2009, KARD and KTVE informed the FCC that they needed to pull the plug on analog much earlier than June 12 (the earliest they could do so is April 16). KARD stated that a transmitter tube failed, bringing power down to 50% - KTVE claimed that its power was at 40%. Used parts were deemed unreliable, and staffers had to travel 50 miles to the transmitter from the studio - two to three visits per week are required to monitor the analog facilities, according to Nexstar. The FCC denied the request based on the fact that they are the last two analog channels in the market.

Out of market viewing

KTVE was previously seen by CMA Cable in Springhill, Louisiana. Springhill is about 50 miles from the nearest parish/county that lies within the viewing area of KTVE. But, it was shown as many viewers could see the station over the air. The digital transition is believed to be why the station was taken off the line-up.

Current on-air staff

Anchors
  • Rick Adams - weekday mornings "NBC10 News Today"
  • Heather Parker - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10PM
  • Rudy Williams - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10PM
  • Kayla Williams - Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5 and weekends at 10PM (also weekday reporter)


Reporters
  • Meagan Fitzgerald - general assignment reporter (also anchors FOX 14 News at 9)
  • Daisy O'Donnell - Crime and Investigative Reporter
  • Brea Douglas - general assignment reporter
  • Erik Wheater - general assignment reporter


StormTrack Doppler Weather Team
  • Jarod Floyd - Chief Meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10PM
  • Kayleigh Klaustermeier - Meteorologist; Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5:30 and weekends at 10PM
  • Natalie Walters - Meteorologist; weekday mornings "NBC10 News Today"


Sports team
  • Gene Ponti - Sports Director; Weeknights at 6, and 10PM
  • Hobie Artigue - Weekends (also sports reporter)

Newscast Titles

  • Your Esso Reporter (1955-1957)
  • Newsroom (1957-1964)
  • The Sixth Hour Report/The Eleventh Hour Report (1967-1973)
  • TV-10 News (1973-1979)
  • News Scene 10 (1979-1983)
  • Channel 10 News (1983-1989)
  • Region 10 News (1989-2006)
  • NBC 10 News (2006-present)

Station Slogans

  • Watch The Best on Channel 10 News (1989-1994)
  • Coverage You Can Count On (2000-present)

Former staff

  • Griffin Scott - news anchor/news reporter
  • Jenifer Andrews - news anchor (now at WJCL
    WJCL (TV)
    WJCL is the ABC-affiliated television station for Georgia's Coastal Empire and South Carolina's Lowcountry. Licensed to Savannah, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 22 from a transmitter in unincorporated Western Chatham County, Georgia. The station can also be seen on...

     in Savannah, GA)
  • Beau Baehman - weekday sports anchor
  • Matthew Becker - news reporter (now at Epic Systems in Madison, WI)
  • Kevin Bowles - weekday director/technical director/editor (now at KOTV-DT in Tulsa, OK)
  • Melissa Clark - news anchor (won Miss Louisiana
    Miss Louisiana
    The Miss Louisiana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss America pageant. For many years Miss New Orleans was the state's representative....

     in 2003)
  • Kate Cornell - news reporter (now at WLKY in Louisville, KY)
  • Eric Connor - news reporter/anchor (now producer at WSB-TV
    WSB-TV
    WSB-TV, virtual channel 2.1 , is the ABC affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship television station of Cox Enterprises and its Cox Media Group subsidiary...

     in Atlanta, GA)
  • Hilarie Courtney - news reporter
  • Angela Cruz - weekday morning anchor
  • John Denison - news anchor/news director (now at KNOE-TV
    KNOE-TV
    KNOE-TV, Channel 8, is the CBS affiliate television station for Monroe, Louisiana. The station is owned by Hoak Media Corporation, which also controls ABC affiliate KAQY, Channel 11 through a local marketing agreement.-History:KNOE-TV went on the air in 1953...

    )
  • Keidron Dotson - news anchor/news reporter (now at KJRH
    KJRH
    KJRH-TV, virtual channel 2, is the NBC-affiliated television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. KJRH broadcasts from its studios in the Brookside district in midtown Tulsa on South Peoria Avenue and its transmitter is located in Oneta, Oklahoma.The station...

     in Tulsa)
  • Bill Evans - sports director/news reporter/news anchor/assignment editor/interim news director (now VP of News and Operations at WPSD in Paducah, KY)
  • Stephanie Farrar - news reporter
  • Casey Ferrand - news reporter (now at KTBS in Shreveport, LA)
  • Bill "Gig" Giacona - news reporter
  • Julie Jameson Grayum - anchor/investigative reporter
  • Alex Hale - reporter
  • Eric James - morning news anchor/news reporter (now at KTRK-TV
    KTRK-TV
    KTRK-TV, channel 13, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in Houston, Texas...

     in Houston, TX)
  • Brittney Johnson - reporter
  • Sam Jones - production manager/senior director (now at KTVT
    KTVT
    KTVT, virtual channel 11, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth designated market area. The station is co-owned with independent station KTXA , and the two stations share facilities in Dallas and Fort Worth...

     in Dallas, TX)
  • Melissa Klinzing - news director
  • Teresa LaBarbera - news anchor/news reporter (now at WFSB
    WFSB
    'WFSB, channel 3, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Hartford, Connecticut, USA, owned by the Meredith Corporation. WFSB's studios and offices are located in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, and its broadcast transmitter is based on Talcott Mountain in Avon, Connecticut. Syndicated...

     in Hartford, CT)
  • Nathan Ledford - reporter
  • Matt Lincoln - sports anchor/sports reporter (now sports director at WWBT
    WWBT
    WWBT is the NBC-affiliated television station for Richmond, Virginia. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 from a transmitter at its studios on Midlothian Turnpike in the city. Owned by Raycom Media, the station operates CW affiliate WUPV through a shared services...

     in Richmond, VA)
  • Candace Miers - weekend anchor/news reporter
  • Scott Miller - production staff
  • Laura Diaz Monserrate - news anchor/news reporter (now at WKMG-TV
    WKMG-TV
    WKMG-TV channel 6 is the CBS network affiliate for Central Florida . WKMG is licensed to Orlando and is owned and operated by Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc., a subsidiary of the Washington Post Company. The station refers to itself as "Local6". WKMG's transmitter is located in Bithlo, Florida...

     in Orlando, FL)
  • Chris Mycoskie - sports anchor/sports director (now director of television and electronic media for Southland Conference
    Southland Conference
    The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision...

     in Frisco, TX)
  • Phil Orban - sports director (now at WRIC-TV
    WRIC-TV
    WRIC-TV, virtual channel 8 , is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Richmond, Virginia market. It is owned by Young Broadcasting. The station is licensed to nearby Petersburg, while its studios are just off the Powhite Parkway extension in the Arboretum office park in western...

     in Richmond, VA)
  • Tom Pearson - chief meteorologist (now at KNOE-TV
    KNOE-TV
    KNOE-TV, Channel 8, is the CBS affiliate television station for Monroe, Louisiana. The station is owned by Hoak Media Corporation, which also controls ABC affiliate KAQY, Channel 11 through a local marketing agreement.-History:KNOE-TV went on the air in 1953...

    )
  • Joseph Pleasant - news reporter (now at WAPT-TV in Jackson, MS)
  • Myrt Price - reporter (now at WOIO
    WOIO
    WOIO, virtual channel 19 , is the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. It is licensed to the nearby suburb of Shaker Heights. WOIO is owned by Raycom Media and its sister station to MyNetworkTV affiliate WUAB . The two stations share a studio facility in Cleveland and WOIO's transmitter is located in...

     in Cleveland, OH)
  • Joaquin Sanchez - Sports Director
  • Ayna Sehgal - meteorologist (now at KBMT
    KBMT
    KBMT is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Golden Triangle area Southeast Texas that is licensed to Beaumont. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 from a transmitter in Mauriceville. The station can also be seen on Time Warner channel 5 and in high definition...

     in Beaumont, TX)
  • Mary Shalvarjian - news reporter
  • Kim Vaughn - meteorologist (now at WVUE
    WVUE
    WVUE-DT, broadcasting on virtual channel 8, is a TV station in New Orleans, Louisiana, affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company. WVUE is owned by Louisiana Media Company, with studios in the Gert Town section of New Orleans and transmitter in Chalmette, Louisiana.- Digital television :WVUE-DT...

     in New Orleans)
  • Mike'l Severe - news anchor sports reporter (now at KETV
    KETV
    KETV, digital channel 20 , is the ABC affiliate television station in Omaha, Nebraska and is owned by Hearst Television...

     in Omaha
    Omaha
    Omaha may refer to:*Omaha , a Native American tribe that currently resides in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Nebraska-Places:United States* Omaha, Nebraska* Omaha, Arkansas* Omaha, Georgia* Omaha, Illinois* Omaha, Texas...


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