KTVN
Encyclopedia
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. Syndicated programs broadcast on KTVN include The Ellen Degeneres Show
, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Inside Edition
.
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion
took place on June 12, 2009, KTVN remained on its pre-transition channel number, 13. However, through the use of PSIP
, digital television receivers display KTVN's virtual channel
as 2.
.
, the station does not carry newscasts in the noon and 5:30 p.m. timeslots on weekdays or nightly in the 6 p.m. timeslot.
KTVN's news slogan is "Coverage You Can Count On." In 2005, KTVN hired veteran Reno market anchor Bill Brown from rival KRNV to anchor many of its evening newscasts.
StormWatch Weather
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....
2, 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 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 Lake Tahoe, California
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States. At a surface elevation of , it is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth is , making it the USA's second-deepest...
. KTVN's owner is Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. The station's digital signal operates on VHF channel 13. Syndicated programs broadcast on KTVN include The Ellen Degeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Inside Edition
Inside Edition
Inside Edition is a thirty-minute American television syndicated news program, first aired on CBS on October 9, 1988. It was originally similar to the programs Hard Copy and A Current Affair, but now more closely resembles a condensed version of breakfast television, exclusively with pre-recorded...
.
Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:| 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,... |
Programming |
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| 2.1 | 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 KTVN programming / CBS |
| 2.2 | 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 | Antenna TV Antenna TV Antenna TV is an American digital broadcast television network, primarily featuring classic television series from the 1950s to the 1990s, along with some feature films. It is owned by Tribune Broadcasting, a division of the Chicago-based Tribune Company... |
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...
took place on June 12, 2009, KTVN remained on its pre-transition channel number, 13. However, through the use of PSIP
Program and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...
, digital television receivers display KTVN's virtual channel
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....
as 2.
History
KTVN signed on the air on June 4, 1967, originally as an ABC affiliate, but took over the CBS affiliation in 1972, after disputes between the CBS network and its affiliate at the time, KOLO-TVKOLO-TV
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...
.
News operation
Currently, KTVN broadcasts a total of 20½ hours of local newscasts each week (with 3½ hours on weekdays and one hour and thirty minutes on weekends). Unlike most CBS affiliates in the Pacific Time ZonePacific Time Zone
The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. During daylight saving time, its time offset is UTC-7.In the United States...
, the station does not carry newscasts in the noon and 5:30 p.m. timeslots on weekdays or nightly in the 6 p.m. timeslot.
KTVN's news slogan is "Coverage You Can Count On." In 2005, KTVN hired veteran Reno market anchor Bill Brown from rival KRNV to anchor many of its evening newscasts.
Newscast titles
- (Channel 2) News (1967–1972)
- TV-2 News (1972–1977)
- NewsWatch 2 (1977–1984)
- News 2 (1984–1991)
- News Source 2 (1991–1997)
- Channel 2 News (1997–present)
Station slogans
- "Take Two" (1967–1970)
- "2 Power" (1980–1982)
- "Your 24 Hour News Source24 Hour News SourceThe 24 Hour News Source brand was a common name used by American television stations starting in the early 1990s for brief hourly news updates, usually running 30 seconds to a minute in length. At its peak, dozens of stations across the U.S. were producing these brief news updates...
" (1991–1997) - "Coverage You Can Count On" (1997–present)
Current on-air staff
Anchors- Arianna Bennett - weeknights at 11 p.m.
- Wendy Damonte - weeknights at 5 and 6:30 p.m.
- John Potter - weekday mornings (5-7 a.m.)
- Kristen Remington - weeknights at 5 and 6:30 p.m.
- Jennifer Burton - weekends at 5 and 6:30pm
StormWatch Weather
- Mike Alger (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, 6:30 and 11 p.m. - Ron Percivalle (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval - meteorologist; weekday mornings (5-7 a.m.)
- Jeff Thompson (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWANational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
Seals of Approval) - meteorologist; weekends at 5, 6:30 and 11 p.m.
Sports team
- The sports director position - who also serves the sports anchor on weeknights at 5, 6:30 and 11 p.m. - is vacant as of November 13, 2011.
- Garrett Dearborn - sports anchor; weekends at 6:30 and 11 p.m.
Reporters
- Erin Meehan Breen - general assignment reporter
- Chris Ciarlo - general assignment reporter
- Paul Nelson - general assignment reporter
- Adam Rasmussen - general assignment reporter
Former on-air staff
- Jackie Bales - anchor/reporter
- Patranya Bhoolsuwan (now 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...
in Las Vegas, NV) - Joe Bickett - sports anchor
- Bill Brown - weeknight anchor (2005-2011; retired in September 2011)
- Kirk Frosdick - weekend anchor/reporter/assignnement editor (1980s)
- Michael Hagerty - anchor/reporter (1980s; now at KNXV-TVKNXV-TVKNXV-TV, is an ABC-affiliated television station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting in digital on UHF channel 15. Owned by The E. W. Scripps Company, its transmitter is located on South Mountain in Phoenix....
in Phoenix, ArizonaPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
) - Chris Healy - weekend sports anchor/sports reporter (1980s)
- Tom Henkenius
- Linda Hosmer (now at TMZTMZTMZ can refer to any of the following:*The Thames airport in New Zealand*Thirty Mile Zone, a zone in and around Hollywood, California that is considered to be "local" for purposes of entertainment industry union work rules...
/TelepicturesTelepicturesTelepictures is an American production company, currently operating as a label of Warner Bros. Television, with Hilary Estey McLoughlin currently serving as President...
) - Neda Iranpour (now at KOVRKOVRKOVR, channel 13, is an owned-and-operated station of the CBS Television Network located in Sacramento, California and licensed to Stockton. KOVR-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KMAX-TV in West Sacramento, California, and its transmitter is located in Walnut Grove,...
in Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento, CaliforniaSacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
) - Kevin Janison (a.k.a. Kevin Dee) - weekend weather anchor (1980s)
- Dave Mecham (now at KTLAKTLAKTLA, virtual channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California, USA. Owned by the Tribune Company, KTLA is an affiliate of the CW Television Network. KTLA's studios are on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson...
in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
) - John Mercer (now at WDEF-TVWDEF-TVWDEF–TV channel 12 is the CBS affiliate television station for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley. The station, whose call letters came from its former AM and FM sister stations, is owned by Morris Multimedia. Its transmitter is located in Signal Mountain, Tennessee. Syndicated programming on...
in Chattanooga, TennesseeChattanooga, TennesseeChattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County...
) - J.K. Metzker - sports director (1997-2011; hit by drunk driver Ryan Joseph Rhea who took off from the scene on November 12, 2011 after University of Nevada football game; passed away om November 13, 2011)
- Kurtis Ming (now at KOVRKOVRKOVR, channel 13, is an owned-and-operated station of the CBS Television Network located in Sacramento, California and licensed to Stockton. KOVR-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KMAX-TV in West Sacramento, California, and its transmitter is located in Walnut Grove,...
in Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento, CaliforniaSacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
) - Tara O'Grady - weekend reporter/intern (1980s)
- Tom Olson - anchor/reporter
- Ed Pearce - news director/anchor
- Brandon Rittiman - reporter (now at KUNRKUNRKUNR is the flagship National Public Radio station in Reno, Nevada. Owned by the University of Nevada, Reno, it is a typical full-service public radio outlet airing classical music, jazz, and NPR news and talk....
) - Sharon Spangler - reporter (1980s)
- Deborah Wetzel - anchor (1980s)