KAYU-TV
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KAYU-TV, channel 28, is the Fox
-affiliated television station for Spokane, Washington
, owned and operated by Mountain Broadcasting, LLC, a division of Northwest Broadcasting Company.
hit the airwaves 28 years earlier. It is also the oldest non-Big Three station in the eastern part of the state. It joined Fox as a charter affiliate in 1986.
From 1993 to 1999, KAYU operated a low-powered satellite in Yakima, K68EB. When sister station KFFX-TV
in the Tri-Cities
signed on in 1999, the Yakima translator switched programming sources to KFFX; that station is now KCYU-LD.
(Spokane), Time Warner
(North Idaho), Cable One
(Lewiston, ID) and Northland Cable (Moses Lake/Ephrata, WA). In addition both US satellite providers, Dish Network
carries a high definition and a standard definition version of the KAYU signal. Further, KAYU's signal is uplinked by Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct and is shown in much of Central and Southern Alberta and Southeastern British Columbia, Canada.
KAYU is carried on DirecTV as a local station on Channel 28.
Digital channels>
Channel
Name
Programming
Cable Channel
28.1
KAYU-TV
Main KAYU programming / Fox
HD
Comcast 103 (Spokane area)
Dish Network 28
DirecTV Currently off air
Time Warner Cable 703 (Coeur d'Alene area)
28.2
KAYU-DT
This TV
Comcast 117
Not available on Dish Network and DirecTV.
(channel 6) signed a news share agreement with KAYU. The KHQ-produced newscast was canceled in 1994. In 1999, KAYU produced an in-house 10 p.m. newscast that ran until 2004. ABC affiliate KXLY
(channel 4) assisted in content and talent for a short time. In 2004, KAYU partnered with KHQ for the second time to produce the newscast, which was renamed Fox First at Ten. As of April 2010, KAYU is the only station in Spokane to not broadcast its newscasts in widescreen
standard definition
or in high definition
. The station also produces a segment called Washington's Most Wanted, a local version of America's Most Wanted
, featuring profiles of wanted criminals in Eastern Washington.
Fox 28 First at Ten (10 to 10:35 p.m.)
Weeknights
Fox First at Ten (10 to 10:30 p.m.)
Weekends
Reporters:
KAYU features additional news personnel from KHQ-TV. See that article for a complete listing.
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...
-affiliated television station for 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...
, owned and operated by Mountain Broadcasting, LLC, a division of Northwest Broadcasting Company.
History
The station was was founded in 1982 by Spokane native Robert Hamacher and his company, Salmon River Communications. It was Spokane's first independent station, as well as the first new commercial station to sign on in the area since KREM-TVKREM-TV
KREM is the CBS television station affiliate serving the Spokane, Washington–Coeur d'Alene, Idaho market. Its digital signal is seen on UHF channel 20. The station is owned and operated by the Belo Corporation, and is sister station with KSKN-TV, The CW affiliate in the market. The two...
hit the airwaves 28 years earlier. It is also the oldest non-Big Three station in the eastern part of the state. It joined Fox as a charter affiliate in 1986.
From 1993 to 1999, KAYU operated a low-powered satellite in Yakima, K68EB. When sister station KFFX-TV
KFFX-TV
KFFX-TV, Fox 11, is a Fox affiliate serving the Tri-Cities, Washington area. Licensed to Pendleton, Oregon and owned by Northwest Broadcasting, it also operates a satellite station in Yakima, KCYU-LD channel 41. On satellite, KFFX-TV is only available on DirecTV, while Dish Network carries...
in 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...
signed on in 1999, the Yakima translator switched programming sources to KFFX; that station is now KCYU-LD.
Cable carriage
KAYU's signal is carried by some 75 multi-video providers, including ComcastComcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
(Spokane), Time Warner
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
(North Idaho), Cable One
Cable One
Cable ONE is a United States cable service provider and subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, functioning as its own self-contained corporation within its parent company. The company's name and current focus dates back to 1997; prior to that time the company was known as Post-Newsweek Cable...
(Lewiston, ID) and Northland Cable (Moses Lake/Ephrata, WA). In addition both US satellite providers, 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...
carries a high definition and a standard definition version of the KAYU signal. Further, KAYU's signal is uplinked by Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct and is shown in much of Central and Southern Alberta and Southeastern British Columbia, Canada.
KAYU is carried on DirecTV as a local station on Channel 28.
Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:Fox
Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...
HD
Dish Network 28
DirecTV Currently off air
Time Warner Cable 703 (Coeur d'Alene area)
This TV
This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
Not available on Dish Network and DirecTV.
Post-analog shutdown
KAYU-TV shut down its analog signal on February 17, 2009 , continuing digital broadcasts on channel 28.News operation
In 1991, KAYU began broadcasting a 10 p.m. newscast, produced by CBS affiliate KREM (channel 2) under a news share agreement. Dismal ratings caused KREM to drop out of the news share agreement in 1993, upon which NBC affiliate 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...
(channel 6) signed a news share agreement with KAYU. The KHQ-produced newscast was canceled in 1994. In 1999, KAYU produced an in-house 10 p.m. newscast that ran until 2004. ABC affiliate KXLY
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...
(channel 4) assisted in content and talent for a short time. In 2004, KAYU partnered with KHQ for the second time to produce the newscast, which was renamed Fox First at Ten. As of April 2010, KAYU is the only station in Spokane to not broadcast its newscasts in widescreen
Widescreen
Widescreen images are a variety of aspect ratios used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than the standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio provided by 35mm film....
standard definition
Standard-definition television
Sorete-definition television is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either enhanced-definition television or high-definition television . The term is usually used in reference to digital television, in particular when broadcasting at the same resolution as...
or in high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
. The station also produces a segment called Washington's Most Wanted, a local version of America's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted is an American television program produced by 20th Television, and was the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Television Network until it was announced on May 16, 2011 that the series was canceled after twenty-three years, with the final episode...
, featuring profiles of wanted criminals in Eastern Washington.
Fox 28 First at Ten (10 to 10:35 p.m.)
Weeknights
- Anchors:
- Bill Kelly
- Stephanie Vigil
- Weather:
- Bill Kelly
- Sports:
- Sam Adams
Fox First at Ten (10 to 10:30 p.m.)
Weekends
- Anchors:
- Jennifer Rohrer- Saturdays
- Alex Rozier- Sundays
- Dave Law- Saturdays and Sundays
- Weather:
- Dave Law
- Sports:
- Michelle Dapper
Reporters:
- Katilyn Bolduc - general assignment
- John Fritz - sports
- Anthony Gomes - general assignment
KAYU features additional news personnel from KHQ-TV. See that article for a complete listing.
Translators
KAYU is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.- KWVC-LD Channel 8 MalagaMalaga, WashingtonMalaga is an unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington, United States. Founded in 1903, Malaga is located on the Columbia River east-southeast of Wenatchee. Malaga has a post office with ZIP code 98828....
- K08AP Channel 8 PaterosPateros, WashingtonPateros is a city in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. The population was 643 at the 2000 census and increased 3.7% to 667 in the 2010 census.-History:Pateros was originally established as Ive's Landing in around 1886 by Lee Ives...
- K08CY Channel 8 RiversideRiverside, WashingtonRiverside is a town in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. The population was 348 at the 2000 census and decreased to 280 at the 2010 census.-History:...
- K10DK Channel 10 MalottMalott, WashingtonMalott is a small unincorporated community in Okanogan County, Washington, USA. The community sits on the western bank of the Okanogan River and has bridge access to highway 97. It has a general store, bar and church....
- K10DL Channel 10 TonasketTonasket, WashingtonTonasket is a city in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. The population was 994 at the 2000 census and increased 3.8% to 1,032 at the 2010 census.-History:Tonasket was officially incorporated on December 16, 1927...
- K11UN Channel 11 Coolin, IdahoCoolin, IdahoCoolin, Idaho is an unincorporated community in Bonner County, Idaho, United States. The nearest school district is the West Bonner School District.-References:...
- K13ER Channel 13 CashmereCashmere, WashingtonCashmere is a city in Chelan County, Washington, United States. It is part of the Wenatchee–East Wenatchee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,060 at the 2010 census.-Early people:...
- K19BY Channel 19 Grangeville, IdahoGrangeville, IdahoGrangeville is the largest city in and the county seat of Idaho County, Idaho, United States, in the west central part of the state. It had a population of 3,141 at the 2010 census.- Culture :...
- K19AU-D Channel 19 OmakOmak, WashingtonOmak is the largest city in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. The population was 4,721 at the 2010 census. It is just south of the Canadian border where more populated cities are located ....
- K30II-D Channel 30 Polson, MontanaPolson, MontanaPolson is a city in Lake County, Montana, United States, on the southern shore of Flathead Lake. It is also on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The population was 4,041 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lake County...
- K31AH-D Channel 31 OmakOmak, WashingtonOmak is the largest city in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. The population was 4,721 at the 2010 census. It is just south of the Canadian border where more populated cities are located ....
- K33EH Channel 33 QuincyQuincy, WashingtonQuincy Washington Quincy is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,750 at the 2010 census.-History:...
- K35BJ Channel 35 TonasketTonasket, WashingtonTonasket is a city in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. The population was 994 at the 2000 census and increased 3.8% to 1,032 at the 2010 census.-History:Tonasket was officially incorporated on December 16, 1927...
- K41IW-D Channel 41.6 Polson, MontanaPolson, MontanaPolson is a city in Lake County, Montana, United States, on the southern shore of Flathead Lake. It is also on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The population was 4,041 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lake County...
- K44CK Channel 44 ChelanChelan, WashingtonChelan is a city in Chelan County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,890 at the 2010 census. It sits on the southeast tip of Lake Chelan, where the lake flows into the Chelan River....
- K44FR Channel 44 Blacktail, Montana
- K46HZ Channel 46 Bonners Ferry, IdahoBonners Ferry, IdahoBonners Ferry is a city in and the county seat of Boundary County, Idaho, United States. The population was 2,543 at the 2010 census.-History:...
- K47BW Channel 47 Lewiston, IdahoLewiston, IdahoLewiston is a city in and also the county seat of Nez Perce County in the Pacific Northwest state of Idaho. It is the second-largest city in the northern Idaho region, behind Coeur d'Alene and ninth-largest in the state. Lewiston is the principal city of the Lewiston, ID - Clarkston, WA...
- K48HB Channel 48 Juliaetta, IdahoJuliaetta, IdahoJuliaetta is a city in Latah County, Idaho, United States. The population was 609 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Juliaetta is located at and lies approximately 2 miles north of the Nez Perce Indian Reservation...
- K50LB-D Channel 50.6 Polson, MontanaPolson, MontanaPolson is a city in Lake County, Montana, United States, on the southern shore of Flathead Lake. It is also on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The population was 4,041 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lake County...
- K50DM Channel 50 Coeur D'Alene, IdahoCoeur d'Alene, IdahoCoeur d'Alene is the largest city and county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is the principal city of the Coeur d'Alene Metropolitan Statistical Area. Coeur d'Alene has the second largest metropolitan area in the state of Idaho. As of the 2010 census the population of Coeur...
- K51EF Channel 51 Coolin, IdahoCoolin, IdahoCoolin, Idaho is an unincorporated community in Bonner County, Idaho, United States. The nearest school district is the West Bonner School District.-References:...
- K59IA Channel 59 Moses LakeMoses Lake, WashingtonMoses Lake is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 20,366 as of the 2010 census. Moses Lake is the largest city in Grant County.-Background:...
- K66FD Channel 66 Soap LakeSoap Lake, WashingtonSoap Lake is a city in Grant County, Washington, on the shores of Soap Lake. The population was 1,733 at the 2000 census. In 2002, the city announced preliminary plans to construct the world's largest lava lamp as a tourist attraction....
- K69BF Channel 69 WenatcheeWenatchee, WashingtonWenatchee is located in North Central Washington and is the largest city and county seat of Chelan County, Washington, United States. The population within the city limits in 2010 was 31,925...
(Moving to Ch. 38)