KVEW, digital channel 44, is the 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...

 affiliate television station for the Tri-Cities

Tri-Cities, Washington

The Tri-Cities is a mid-sized metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Washington, consisting of three neighboring cities: Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland. The cities are located at the confluence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia rivers in the semi-arid region of...

 area of Washington. Licensed to Kennewick

Kennewick, Washington

Kennewick is a city in Benton County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Washington, near the Hanford nuclear site. It is the most populous of the three cities collectively referred to as the Tri-Cities...

, it is a semi-satellite of KAPP

KAPP

KAPP is the ABC affiliate for Yakima, Washington, serving the Central Washington area with a mix of news, sports, syndicated fare, and local programming since it first signed on the air on September 21, 1970. It is a sister station to KVEW in Kennewick; the latter is reckoned as a semi-satellite to...

 in Yakima

Yakima, Washington

Yakima is an American city southeast of Mount Rainier National Park and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the eighth largest city by population in the state itself. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 91,196 and a metropolitan population of...

, airing its own newscasts and commercials. The two stations are owned by Morgan Murphy Media, who also owns KXLY-TV

KXLY-TV

KXLY-TV, virtual channel 4, is an ABC-affiliated television station in Spokane, Washington, USA. KXLY-TV is owned by Spokane Television Group, a subsidiary of Morgan Murphy Media, it is one of five local Spokane TV stations seen in Canada on the Shaw Direct satellite provider.-History:Although KHQ...

 in Spokane, Washington

Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

.

On satellite, KVEW is only available on Dish Network

Dish Network

Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...

, while DirecTV

DirecTV

DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...

 carries KAPP instead. Both carriers do not carry either stations' MyNetworkTV subchannel.

History

The station began serving the Tri-Cities region in October 1970, a month after sister station KAPP signed on. Before KVEW's existence, KEPR-TV

KEPR-TV

KEPR-TV , virtual channel 19, is the CBS affiliated television station for the Tri-Cities area of Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick, Washington. It is licensed to Pasco. It is sister station to KIMA-TV in Yakima, Washington and KLEW-TV in Lewiston, Idaho...

 had carried ABC as a secondary affiliation until 1959; KNBS-TV operated briefly in nearby Walla Walla, Washington

Walla Walla, Washington

Walla Walla is the largest city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. The population was 31,731 at the 2010 census...

 as an ABC affiliate in 1960; KNDU

KNDU

KNDU is an NBC affiliate television station serving south-central and southeastern Washington state. The station, which broadcasts on digital channel 26, is based in the Tri-Cities region of Pasco, Richland and Kennewick. The station is licensed to Richland, but its studio is located in Kennewick....

 signed on in 1961 and became the area's primary ABC affiliate until 1965, when it switched its primary affiliation to 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...

. Both KEPR-TV and KNDU shared ABC programming from that point until KVEW signed on and all ABC programming moved to KVEW.

It began airing Spokane's MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...

 affiliate KXMN-LP

KXMN-LP

KXMN-LP, channel 11 , is the MyNetworkTV station in Spokane, Washington. KXMN-LP is owned by Morgan Murphy Media, and is the sister station of KXLY-TV...

 on a digital subchannel in September 2006. KVEW is one of a few stations that still sign-off at night.

Starting December 22, 2008, KVEW discontinued its 6 pm newscast in favor of a 6:30 broadcast. The 11pm newscast is 5 minutes long and weekend newscasts have been discontinued. In addition to this move, 17 employees from KVEW and KAPP, were laid off.

Translators

KVEW-TV is rebroadcast on one translator in Walla Walla, Washington

Walla Walla, Washington

Walla Walla is the largest city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. The population was 31,731 at the 2010 census...

 of which is owned by Apple Valley Broadcasting. Apple Valley Broadcasting has a construction permit on K34JV-D of which will be a digital translator for KVEW-TV once the construction permit for K34JV-D is completed.

• K14HT Channel 14 Walla Walla
  Walla Walla, Washington
  Walla Walla is the largest city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. The population was 31,731 at the 2010 census...
  
  
• K34JV-D Channel 34 Walla Walla
  Walla Walla, Washington
  Walla Walla is the largest city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. The population was 31,731 at the 2010 census...
  
   construction permit

Current on-air staff

Anchors

• Kristi Paulus - Local News @ 5 and 6:30 Anchor, Local News @ 11 Newsbrief
• Kevin Uretsky - Local News @ 5:00 and Local News @ 6:30 Anchor
• Crystal Costa - Good Morning Northwest Anchor
• Jason Valentine - Good Morning Northwest Weather & Co-Anchor

Reporters

• Ian Cull
• David Mance
• Josh Peterson
• Collin Sullivan

Producers

• Dan Thesman - Local News @ 5 and Local News @ 6:30

Weather

• Kris Crocker - Local News @ 5:00 and Local News @ 6:30

Station slogans

• Where the Forecast Comes First (1997-2000)
• Local Coverage You Can Count On (2005–2008)
• New. Now Next (2008-2009)
• See The Difference Every Day (2010-present)

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed: Digital channels>

Channel	Programming
42.1 / 44.1	Main KVEW Programing
42.2 / 44.2	MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...  from KXMN-LP KXMN-LP KXMN-LP, channel 11 , is the MyNetworkTV station in Spokane, Washington. KXMN-LP is owned by Morgan Murphy Media, and is the sister station of KXLY-TV...