KXLY-TV
Encyclopedia
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.
and KXLY were both granted authorization by the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) to build television stations on July 11, 1952, KXLY was second to sign on, going on the air with broadcast tests on January 16, 1953, with regular programming beginning on February 22. KXLY had initially hoped to have its television station on the air by Christmas of 1952, but adverse weather conditions on Mount Spokane delayed the launch.
KXLY was a primary CBS
affiliate, sharing ABC with KHQ-TV. Channel 4 also carried some programming from DuMont
up until as late as April 1955. ABC programming, along with partial DuMont shows that KXLY-TV did not carry, moved to KREM when it signed on in 1954.
At first, KXLY, whose AM sister
was also affiliated with the CBS Radio Network at the time, enjoyed a good partnership with CBS. The national affiliate worked well with early KXLY executives Dick Jones, Bob Struble
, and Jimmy Augustino, to help the station become a dominant player in the Spokane television market in the 1950s and 1960s.
However, the station's relationship with CBS faltered in later years when it started airing several CBS shows out of pattern by delaying or pre-empting them. In February 1976, CBS announced it would be terminating KXLY's affiliation with the network in August, with a spokesman from the network stating they felt they could "get wider exposure for our programs with another station." This would become a rare first in which a major US television network would strip a station of its affiliation. On August 8, the affiliation switch went into effect, with CBS programming moving to KREM (KREM wanted to wait until ABC finished airing the network's broadcast of the 1976 Summer Olympics
to make the switch). KXLY then picked up KREM's old ABC affiliation, although it began the transition in February 1976 when it started airing Good Morning America
while airing CBS shows throughout the day. Ironically at this time, ABC jumped to number one in the ratings for the next several years. This meant KXLY ended up broadcasting the highest-rated network (first CBS, then ABC) throughout the 1970s.
KXLY's sister station is KXMN
, which was launched on September 5, 2006 to become Spokane's MyNetworkTV
affiliate.
Later behind the scenes that year, engineers assembled the new ABC High Definition satellite equipment to ready the station for ABC's foray into HD with Monday Night Football. By Monday, September 27, 1999, KXLY-DT had permanently moved its digital transmissions to the top of Mt. Spokane and increased its power to the FCC maximum of 23,300 watts. That evening marked the region's first broadcast of high-definition pictures with the airing of ABC Monday Night Football
.
On April 20, 2006, the race to high-definition live local newscasts in the Spokane television market began when KXLY became the first station in Spokane to broadcast a local news segment in high definition, an experiment the station continued to explore by showing one pre-taped news segment in HD each Tuesday night during its 6 pm broadcast until it switched to showing full HD newscasts on August 3, 2008.
On May 16, 2008, KHQ announced that it would leap ahead of KXLY in becoming the first station to produce HD newscasts beginning August 8, 2008. After months of KHQ marketing this milestone, on August 1, 2008, KXLY shocked KHQ when it made a surprise announcement that starting on August 3, 2008, just a mere two days after the announcement, it would begin producing all news broadcasts in high definition. The date was chosen in order to beat KHQ to the milestone of being the first station to broadcast high definition local news in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market. Due to technical limitations KHQ has delayed broadcasting a true HD newscast. A 16:9 (widescreen) standard definition broadcast continues to be broadcast instead.
, to the northeast of the city. The site (located in a state park) was originally developed with the expectation that Spokane's other TV stations would want to follow suit. When this did not occur, KXLY built a translator (K09FZ on channel 9, later becoming K11VT channel 11, then KUUP-LP) to serve non-antenna-rotator-equipped households from the mountain ridge south of Spokane used by the other stations. On May 24, 2006, it became KXMN-LP
and from September 5, 2006 until the national DTV transition in February of 2009, it broadcast My Network TV programming. From the digital transition date forward the South Hill transmitter rebroadcast KXLY ABC - both in analog on Channel 11 and as 4.1 ABC HD and 4.2 My Network TV over a Channel 9 translator.
On December 22, 2008, KXLY began producing high-resolution weather segments for sister stations KAPP
/Yakima
and KVEW
/Kennewick
. Both stations discontinued their 6 pm newscast, the 11 pm newscast was reduced to 5 minutes and weekend newscasts are now produced at KXLY. This includes all weather and sports reports for weekdays and weekends. In addition to this move, 17 employees from KVEW and KAPP, were laid off.http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/376215.html
, Entertainment Tonight
, and The Insider
.
, KXLY-TV's main ABC signal is displayed as virtual channel
4.
Translators in Montana
are in the Mountain Time Zone
.
Monday-Friday
Saturday
Sunday
HD 4Cast Weather Anchors:
ESPN Northwest Sports Anchors:
Reporters:
Weekly guests:
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....
4, is an 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...
-affiliated television station 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...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. 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
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on the Shaw Direct satellite provider.
History
Although KHQKHQ-TV
KHQ-TV, virtual channel 6, is the NBC affiliate for Spokane, Washington. It broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 15. The station is owned by The KHQ Television Group, a subsidiary of Cowles Publishing Company, which owns The Spokesman-Review newspaper...
and KXLY were both granted authorization by 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) to build television stations on July 11, 1952, KXLY was second to sign on, going on the air with broadcast tests on January 16, 1953, with regular programming beginning on February 22. KXLY had initially hoped to have its television station on the air by Christmas of 1952, but adverse weather conditions on Mount Spokane delayed the launch.
KXLY 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, sharing ABC with KHQ-TV. Channel 4 also carried some programming from DuMont
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
up until as late as April 1955. ABC programming, along with partial DuMont shows that KXLY-TV did not carry, moved to KREM when it signed on in 1954.
At first, KXLY, whose AM sister
KXLY (AM)
KXLY is a news/talk radio outlet based in Spokane, Washington. The station, which operates at 920 kHz on the AM dial, offers a lineup of local and national news stories and syndicated talk shows. KXLY also share a website and news resources with sister station KXLY-TV...
was also affiliated with the CBS Radio Network at the time, enjoyed a good partnership with CBS. The national affiliate worked well with early KXLY executives Dick Jones, Bob Struble
Bob Struble
Robert Struble was a political figure and social welfare reformer in Washington from the post-World War II years until his death in Seattle on July 26, 1967.He was a U.S...
, and Jimmy Augustino, to help the station become a dominant player in the Spokane television market in the 1950s and 1960s.
However, the station's relationship with CBS faltered in later years when it started airing several CBS shows out of pattern by delaying or pre-empting them. In February 1976, CBS announced it would be terminating KXLY's affiliation with the network in August, with a spokesman from the network stating they felt they could "get wider exposure for our programs with another station." This would become a rare first in which a major US television network would strip a station of its affiliation. On August 8, the affiliation switch went into effect, with CBS programming moving to KREM (KREM wanted to wait until ABC finished airing the network's broadcast of the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
to make the switch). KXLY then picked up KREM's old ABC affiliation, although it began the transition in February 1976 when it started airing Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
while airing CBS shows throughout the day. Ironically at this time, ABC jumped to number one in the ratings for the next several years. This meant KXLY ended up broadcasting the highest-rated network (first CBS, then ABC) throughout the 1970s.
KXLY's sister station is KXMN
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...
, which was launched on September 5, 2006 to become 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.
HD race
On March 11, 1999, KXLY-DT signed on the air as Eastern Washington's first digital television signal on Channel 13. Much like the first black and white television broadcasters, this initial effort was launched utilizing a low power digital transmitter and antenna co-located at the Boone Avenue studio location in downtown Spokane. The station's first authentic telecasts began with its 5 pm and 6 pm newscasts March 26, 1999.Later behind the scenes that year, engineers assembled the new ABC High Definition satellite equipment to ready the station for ABC's foray into HD with Monday Night Football. By Monday, September 27, 1999, KXLY-DT had permanently moved its digital transmissions to the top of Mt. Spokane and increased its power to the FCC maximum of 23,300 watts. That evening marked the region's first broadcast of high-definition pictures with the airing of ABC Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...
.
On April 20, 2006, the race to high-definition live local newscasts in the Spokane television market began when KXLY became the first station in Spokane to broadcast a local news segment in high definition, an experiment the station continued to explore by showing one pre-taped news segment in HD each Tuesday night during its 6 pm broadcast until it switched to showing full HD newscasts on August 3, 2008.
On May 16, 2008, KHQ announced that it would leap ahead of KXLY in becoming the first station to produce HD newscasts beginning August 8, 2008. After months of KHQ marketing this milestone, on August 1, 2008, KXLY shocked KHQ when it made a surprise announcement that starting on August 3, 2008, just a mere two days after the announcement, it would begin producing all news broadcasts in high definition. The date was chosen in order to beat KHQ to the milestone of being the first station to broadcast high definition local news in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market. Due to technical limitations KHQ has delayed broadcasting a true HD newscast. A 16:9 (widescreen) standard definition broadcast continues to be broadcast instead.
Facilities
KXLY is the only station in the Spokane market to broadcast from Mount SpokaneMount Spokane
Mount Spokane is a mountain located northeast of Spokane, Washington. Its summit is the highest point in Spokane County, and it is one of the tallest peaks in the Inland Northwest...
, to the northeast of the city. The site (located in a state park) was originally developed with the expectation that Spokane's other TV stations would want to follow suit. When this did not occur, KXLY built a translator (K09FZ on channel 9, later becoming K11VT channel 11, then KUUP-LP) to serve non-antenna-rotator-equipped households from the mountain ridge south of Spokane used by the other stations. On May 24, 2006, it became 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...
and from September 5, 2006 until the national DTV transition in February of 2009, it broadcast My Network TV programming. From the digital transition date forward the South Hill transmitter rebroadcast KXLY ABC - both in analog on Channel 11 and as 4.1 ABC HD and 4.2 My Network TV over a Channel 9 translator.
On December 22, 2008, KXLY began producing high-resolution weather segments for sister stations 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...
/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...
and KVEW
KVEW
KVEW, digital channel 44, is the ABC affiliate television station for the Tri-Cities area of Washington. Licensed to Kennewick, it is a semi-satellite of KAPP in Yakima, airing its own newscasts and commercials...
/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...
. Both stations discontinued their 6 pm newscast, the 11 pm newscast was reduced to 5 minutes and weekend newscasts are now produced at KXLY. This includes all weather and sports reports for weekdays and weekends. In addition to this move, 17 employees from KVEW and KAPP, were laid off.http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/376215.html
Programming
KXLY currently features ABC programming, as well as local news, paid programming, and syndicated entertainment programming including Live with Kelly, The Rachael Ray Show, The Nate Berkus ShowThe Nate Berkus Show
The Nate Berkus Show, commonly referred to as The Nate Show, is a syndicated talk show hosted by interior designer Nate Berkus, which premiered on September 13, 2010....
, Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, and The Insider
The Insider (TV series)
The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...
.
Digital television
This station's digital channel is VHF 13, multiplexed:| Channel | Name | Programming | Cable Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | KXLY-TV | Main KXLY programming / 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 |
Comcast 104 (Spokane area) Dish Network 4 DirecTV 4 Time Warner Cable 704 (Coeur d'Alene area) |
| 4.2 | KXMN 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... |
My Network TV | Comcast 29 Not available on Dish Network or DirecTV |
Post analog shutdown
KXLY-TV shut down its analog signal on February 17, 2009 , remaining on its pre-transition channel 13. Through the use of PSIPProgram 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...
, KXLY-TV's main ABC signal is displayed as 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....
4.
Translators
KXLY is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.
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Translators in Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
are in the Mountain Time Zone
Mountain Time Zone
The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time, during the shortest days of autumn and winter , and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time in the spring, summer, and early autumn...
.
Programming
KXLY's newscasts, titled "kxly4 HD News", are featured at these following times:Monday-Friday
- Good Morning Northwest HD (5-7 AM)
- kxly4 HD News @ 5 (5-5:30 PM)
- kxly4 HD News @ 6 (6-6:30 PM)
- kxly4 HD News @ 6:30 (6:30-7 PM)
- kxly4 HD News @ 11 (11-11:35 PM)
Saturday
- kxly4 HD News @ 6 (6-6:30 PM)
- kxly4 HD News Saturday 411 (11-11:10PM)
Sunday
- kxly4 HD News @ 5 (5-5:30 PM)
- kxly4 HD News @ 6 (6-6:30 PM)
- kxly4 HD News @ 11 (11-11:35 PM)
Current on-air staff
HD News Anchors:- Robyn Nance - Good Morning Northwest HD 5am-7am (Mon-Fri)
- Derek Deis - Good Morning Northwest HD 5am-7am (Mon-Fri)
- Nadine Woodward - kxly4 HD News 5pm, 6pm and 6:30pm (Mon-Fri)
- Mike Gonzalez - kxly4 HD News 5pm, 6pm and 6:30pm (Mon-Fri)
- Kalae Chock - kxly4 HD News at 11pm (Mon-Fri)
- Colleen O'Brien - kxly4 HD News at 6 & 11pm (Sat-Sun)
HD 4Cast Weather Anchors:
- Kris Crocker - Chief Meteorologist & KAPP-TVKAPPKAPP 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...
/KVEW-TVKVEWKVEW, digital channel 44, is the ABC affiliate television station for the Tri-Cities area of Washington. Licensed to Kennewick, it is a semi-satellite of KAPP in Yakima, airing its own newscasts and commercials...
Chief Meteorologist - Mark Peterson - Good Morning Northwest
- Aaron Luna - Weekend Weather & KAPP-TVKAPPKAPP 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...
/KVEW-TVKVEWKVEW, digital channel 44, is the ABC affiliate television station for the Tri-Cities area of Washington. Licensed to Kennewick, it is a semi-satellite of KAPP in Yakima, airing its own newscasts and commercials...
Weekend Forecaster - Kate Derning-Hudson - Fill-in Meteorologist; also producer for 6 & 6:30pm newscasts; (wife of Gonzaga basketball and baseball radio announcer Tom Hudson)
- Kylee Cruz - Fill-in Weather
ESPN Northwest Sports Anchors:
- Ben Kaplan - Sports Director
- Keith Osso - Weekend Sports Anchor
- Dennis Patchin - "Are You Kidding Me?" Segment - Weeknights at 6:30
Reporters:
- Annie Bishop
- Kalae Chock (Weeknights at 5, 6 and 6:30pm)
- Kylee Cruz
- Kristi Gorenson (Special Projects & Health Reporter)
- Jeff Humphrey (son of NBC correspondent Don Harris)
- Melissa Luck (Executive Producer)
- Erik Loney (Good Morning Northwest)
- Aaron Luna
- Colleen O'Brien
- Keith Osso (Sports)
- Anusha Roy (North Idaho Bureau)
Weekly guests:
- Michael Foley
- Jaime Johnson
- George Lee
Notable former on-air staff
- Richard Brown: Anchor/Managing Editor 1998-2007. Currently anchors 3pm-6pm weeknights on CKOM Radio in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada.
Newscast titles
- KXLY Television Newsreel (1953–1960)
- The World Today/The World Tonight (1960–1964)
- The News/Nite Edition (1964–1971)
- NewsScene (1971–1973)
- News 4 (1973–1976, 1981–1986, 1996–2001)
- Total News 4 (1976–1981, 1991–1996)
- KXLY News 4 (1986–1991, 2001–2007; displayed in on-air graphics as 'News 4 KXLY' from 2001–2005)
- KXLY 4 News (2007–2008)
- KXLY 4 HD News (2008–present)
Station slogans
- News for your life...turn to Four. (1984-1985)
- Making the Northwest Difference (1991–1998)
- The Inland Northwest's #1 Source for Breaking News (1998–2001)
- First 4 Local News (1996–2001; same slogan as KOMO-TVKOMO-TVKOMO-TV, virtual channel 4, is a television station in Seattle, Washington. It is an affiliate of ABC and broadcasts on digital channel 38. KOMO-TV is the flagship station of Fisher Communications, and its studios and offices are co-located with sister radio stations KOMO , KVI , and KPLZ-FM ...
/SeattleSeattle, WashingtonSeattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
, also an ABC affiliate broadcasting on channel 4) - See the Difference (2001–2004)
- Uncovering More (2004–2007)
- Never Miss a Story (2007–2011)
- See the Difference Every Day (2009–2011, secondary)
- Your Trusted Choice (for Local News) (2011-present)