KLJB-TV
Encyclopedia
KLJB is the Fox-affiliated television station
for the Quad Cities
of Eastern Iowa
and West-Central Illinois
. Licensed to Davenport, Iowa
, it broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 49 (virtual channel
18.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter along US 150
in the Orion
village
of Western Township, Illinois
. The station can also be seen on Mediacom
channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 707. Owned by Grant Broadcasting System II
, KLJB is sister to CW affiliate KGCW and the two share studios on East 53rd Street in Davenport. Syndicated
programming on the station includes The Office, How I Met Your Mother
, Two and a Half Men
, and The Doctors
among others. During the overnight, it airs Jewelry Television
for a few hours and the paid programming is extended longer on weekends.
. On a third digital subchannel, there is a simulcast of KGCW-DT2 which airs This TV
. This can also be seen on Mediacom digital channel 113.
Gary Brandt and the network. This occurred because Brandt was frustrated by the low ratings
for Fox's Saturday night lineup and bumped it to overnight in favor of more profitable syndicated programming. However, following the success of The Simpsons
, KLJB rejoined Fox in 1990.
On July 4, 1987, the station premiered Live on Tape
(a late night comedy sketch show) which aired Saturday nights at 10 PM until 1990. It was produced at the station's studios in Davenport and was the area's only local entertainment show at that time, as well as the only original sketch comedy show produced in the Midwest.
Current owner Grant Broadcasting (overseen by Milton Grant) purchased KLJB on September 15, 1991. In 1996, the company obtained KJMH-TV (now KGCW) in Burlington, Iowa
which then began to simulcast KLJB. That station had been a separate Fox affiliate serving the southern portion of the Quad Cities market but suffered interference and duplication from KLJB. In 2001, it broke-off becoming the area's first WB affiliate and adopted the call sign KGWB-TV.
KLJB began broadcasting its digital signal in high definition (network programming only) in January 2003. From September 14, 2004 until September 12, 2005, it aired the "Acri Creature Feature", which consisted of a personality from Acri Company hosting the show during a movie. It aired after MADtv
from 11 PM until 1 AM. From September 18, 2005 to May 9, 2007, KLJB broadcasted "Zomboo's House of Horror Movies" where another personality hosted and commentated during a movie. It initially aired after MADtv, but starting in fall 2006, the show was shown after Talkshow with Spike Feresten
.
Prior to KGCW's digital conversion, its Burlington-based analog signal only operated at an effective radiated power
of 200 kilowatts at a height of only 96 meters. This resulted in a limited coverage area compared with most full-powered UHF channels in the United States
. Later, it experienced interference from low-powered WBQD-LP
in the Quad Cities which transmitted on the same UHF channel 26 frequency. Since 2001, the inadequacy has been made up by KGCW being available on cable
systems in the area through a fiber optic link.
Today, KGCW's digital signal on UHF channel 41 covers most of the market except for the far northern parts. As a result, that station still benefits from having its signal simulcasted on KLJB-DT2. At noon on June 12, 2009
, KLJB shut-off its analog signal on UHF channel 18 and continued digital broadcasts on its pre-transition channel (49) using PSIP
to display its virtual channel
as 18.1. Also after the digital transition, KLJB officially removed the "-TV" suffix from the now-defunct analog signal and the "-DT" suffix from its digital signal. It then began using KLJB as its legal call sign without any suffixes at the end. At some point in time, it launched a new third digital subchannel to simulcast KGCW-DT2 which offers This TV. KLJB is listed as a future affiliate with Me-TV. But declined Me-TV in early August
(INN). The station served as the first customer for the Davenport-based centralized newscast operation which still has facilities on Tremont Avenue near KLJB's studios. News anchors, meteorologists, and sports anchors were provided by INN and other personnel from the outsourced production company would fill-in as needed. The station maintained two news reporters of its own who would contribute Quad Cities-specific content to the shows which were taped in advance.
Monday through Saturday mornings at 5, sister station KGCW replayed Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News. On September 4, 2007, ABC
affiliate WQAD-TV
began repeating its weeknight newscast at 6 later in the evening at 9 on WBQD. However, since this was ultimately not live, there was not much competition to KLJB's broadcast. In a report in the Macon, Georgia
Telegraph
, it was announced the Independent News Network filed for chapter 7
bankruptcy
and would end all news productions (including those for KLJB) by January 9, 2009. According to the newspaper, all INN broadcasts would then be reinstated under ownership of Fusion Communications (also based in Davenport).
On August 6, 2010, it was made public KLJB would be terminating its long standing partnership with INN and enter into a news share agreement with WQAD (owned by Local TV
). On September 6, that station began producing a nightly half-hour prime time show on KLJB still known as Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News. The newscasts now originate live from a secondary set at WQAD's studios on 16th Street in the Prospect Park section of Moline, Illinois
. As a result of this arrangement being established, the repeat of news on WBQD was eventually dropped. KGCW continues repeating the previous night's KLJB show at 5 in the morning. On September 12, 2011, WQAD became the last major news operation in the Quad Cities market to upgrade its newscasts to high definition
. The KLJB broadcasts were included in the upgrade.
Reporters
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for the Quad Cities
Quad Cities
The Quad Cities is a group of five cities straddling the Mississippi River on the Iowa–Illinois boundary. These cities, Davenport and Bettendorf and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline , are the center of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area, which, as of 2010, had an estimated population of...
of Eastern Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
and West-Central Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. Licensed to Davenport, Iowa
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk...
, it broadcasts a 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...
digital signal on UHF channel 49 (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....
18.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter along US 150
U.S. Route 150
U.S. Route 150 is a 571 mile long northwest-southeast United States highway, signed as east–west. It runs from U.S. Route 6 outside of Moline, Illinois to U.S. Route 25 in Mount Vernon, Kentucky .-Illinois:In the state of Illinois, U.S. 150 runs from the Quad City International Airport at U.S...
in the Orion
Orion, Illinois
Orion is a village in Henry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,861 at the 2010 census. It is home of the Orion Chargers...
village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
of Western Township, Illinois
Western Township, Henry County, Illinois
Western Township is one of twenty-four townships in Henry County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,920. Western changed its name from Orion Township on April 13, 1857.-Geography:...
. The station can also be seen on Mediacom
Mediacom
Mediacom is a cable television and communications provider in the United States. Founded in July 1995, it serves primarily smaller markets in the Midwest and Southern United States. Formerly a publicly traded firm, it went private in a $600.0 million transaction in March 2011 and is, as of 2011,...
channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 707. Owned by Grant Broadcasting System II
Grant Broadcasting System II
Based in Roanoke, Virginia, Grant Broadcasting System II is an owner of various television stations in the United States....
, KLJB is sister to CW affiliate KGCW and the two share studios on East 53rd Street in Davenport. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on the station includes The Office, How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
, Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake...
, and The Doctors
The Doctors (2008 TV series)
The Doctors is an American syndicated talk show airing daily in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Sweden and Finland. It debuted on September 8, 2008. The hour-long daytime program is produced by Phil McGraw and his son Jay McGraw and is distributed domestically and globally by CBS Television...
among others. During the overnight, it airs Jewelry Television
Jewelry Television
Jewelry Television is an American television network, similar to the Home Shopping Network. It was formerly called "America's Collectibles Network" . The privately-held company was founded in 1993 and broadcasts high definition programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to over 80 million unique...
for a few hours and the paid programming is extended longer on weekends.
Digital programming
Although KGCW broadcasts a digital signal of its own, it can also seen be through a standard definition simulcast on KLJB's second digital subchannelDigital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
. On a third digital subchannel, there is a simulcast of KGCW-DT2 which airs This TV
This TV
This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
. This can also be seen on Mediacom digital channel 113.
| Channels | Name | Video Display resolution The display resolution of a digital television or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. It can be an ambiguous term especially as the displayed resolution is controlled by all different factors in cathode ray tube , flat panel or projection... |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.1 | KLJB-HD | 720p 720p 720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan... |
16:9 | Main KLJB Programming / FOX |
| 18.2 | KLJB-DT2 | 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 | KGCW "Quad Cities CW" |
| 18.3 | KLJB-DT3 | KGCW-DT2 This TV |
History
The station signed-on July 28, 1985 with the calls KLJB-TV. It was the Quad Cities' first Independent outlet and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 18. It became a Fox affiliate in 1987 but reverted back to an Independent after a year following a dispute between General ManagerGeneral manager
General manager is a descriptive term for certain executives in a business operation. It is also a formal title held by some business executives, most commonly in the hospitality industry.-Generic usage:...
Gary Brandt and the network. This occurred because Brandt was frustrated by the low ratings
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
for Fox's Saturday night lineup and bumped it to overnight in favor of more profitable syndicated programming. However, following the success of The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
, KLJB rejoined Fox in 1990.
On July 4, 1987, the station premiered Live on Tape
Live on Tape
Live on Tape is a late night comedy sketch show that aired on Saturday nights at 10pm on KLJB-TV in Davenport, Iowa from 1987 to 1989, and repeated through 1990. "Live on Tape" was the only locally produced entertainment show at that time in the Quad Cities area."Live on Tape" was a locally...
(a late night comedy sketch show) which aired Saturday nights at 10 PM until 1990. It was produced at the station's studios in Davenport and was the area's only local entertainment show at that time, as well as the only original sketch comedy show produced in the Midwest.
Current owner Grant Broadcasting (overseen by Milton Grant) purchased KLJB on September 15, 1991. In 1996, the company obtained KJMH-TV (now KGCW) in Burlington, Iowa
Burlington, Iowa
Burlington is a city in, and the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 25,663 in the 2010 census, a decline from the 26,839 population in the 2000 census. Burlington is the center of a micropolitan area including West Burlington, Iowa and Middletown, Iowa and...
which then began to simulcast KLJB. That station had been a separate Fox affiliate serving the southern portion of the Quad Cities market but suffered interference and duplication from KLJB. In 2001, it broke-off becoming the area's first WB affiliate and adopted the call sign KGWB-TV.
KLJB began broadcasting its digital signal in high definition (network programming only) in January 2003. From September 14, 2004 until September 12, 2005, it aired the "Acri Creature Feature", which consisted of a personality from Acri Company hosting the show during a movie. It aired after MADtv
MADtv
MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
from 11 PM until 1 AM. From September 18, 2005 to May 9, 2007, KLJB broadcasted "Zomboo's House of Horror Movies" where another personality hosted and commentated during a movie. It initially aired after MADtv, but starting in fall 2006, the show was shown after Talkshow with Spike Feresten
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
Talkshow with Spike Feresten is an American late-night talk show television program on Fox starring Spike Feresten that aired from September 16, 2006 to May 16, 2009. It was the longest-running late night talk show in Fox's history, with three seasons...
.
Prior to KGCW's digital conversion, its Burlington-based analog signal only operated at an effective radiated power
Effective radiated power
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...
of 200 kilowatts at a height of only 96 meters. This resulted in a limited coverage area compared with most full-powered UHF channels in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Later, it experienced interference from low-powered WBQD-LP
WBQD-LP
WBQD-LP is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Quad Cities area of Eastern Iowa and West-Central Illinois that is licensed to Davenport, Iowa. It broadcasts a low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 26 from a transmitter on 70th Street next to Black Hawk College near the Poplar...
in the Quad Cities which transmitted on the same UHF channel 26 frequency. Since 2001, the inadequacy has been made up by KGCW being available on cable
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
systems in the area through a fiber optic link.
Today, KGCW's digital signal on UHF channel 41 covers most of the market except for the far northern parts. As a result, that station still benefits from having its signal simulcasted on KLJB-DT2. At noon on June 12, 2009
2009 in television
The following is a list of events affecting American television in 2009. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and new channel launches.-January:-February:-March:-April:-May:-June:-July:-August:...
, KLJB shut-off its analog signal on UHF channel 18 and continued digital broadcasts on its pre-transition channel (49) using 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...
to display its 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 18.1. Also after the digital transition, KLJB officially removed the "-TV" suffix from the now-defunct analog signal and the "-DT" suffix from its digital signal. It then began using KLJB as its legal call sign without any suffixes at the end. At some point in time, it launched a new third digital subchannel to simulcast KGCW-DT2 which offers This TV. KLJB is listed as a future affiliate with Me-TV. But declined Me-TV in early August
News operation
On December 31, 1999, KLJB launched a thirty minute prime time newscast known as Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News. Airing every night except Saturday, it was the flagship production of the Independent News NetworkIndependent News Network
For the consortium of non-profit investigative news organizations, see .The Independent News Network, also known as INN, is a television news service based in Davenport, Iowa. It syndicates "localized" news programs for television stations across the country with little budget for news...
(INN). The station served as the first customer for the Davenport-based centralized newscast operation which still has facilities on Tremont Avenue near KLJB's studios. News anchors, meteorologists, and sports anchors were provided by INN and other personnel from the outsourced production company would fill-in as needed. The station maintained two news reporters of its own who would contribute Quad Cities-specific content to the shows which were taped in advance.
Monday through Saturday mornings at 5, sister station KGCW replayed Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News. On September 4, 2007, 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 WQAD-TV
WQAD-TV
WQAD-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Quad Cities area of West-Central Illinois and Eastern Iowa that is licensed to Moline, Illinois...
began repeating its weeknight newscast at 6 later in the evening at 9 on WBQD. However, since this was ultimately not live, there was not much competition to KLJB's broadcast. In a report in the Macon, Georgia
Macon, Georgia
Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia...
Telegraph
The Telegraph (Macon)
The Telegraph, frequently referred to as the Macon Telegraph, is a McClatchy newspaper in Macon, Georgia, United States, and is the primary print news organ in Middle Georgia...
, it was announced the Independent News Network filed for chapter 7
Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code
Chapter 7 of the Title 11 of the United States Code governs the process of liquidation under the bankruptcy laws of the United States...
bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
and would end all news productions (including those for KLJB) by January 9, 2009. According to the newspaper, all INN broadcasts would then be reinstated under ownership of Fusion Communications (also based in Davenport).
On August 6, 2010, it was made public KLJB would be terminating its long standing partnership with INN and enter into a news share agreement with WQAD (owned by Local TV
Local TV
Local TV LLC is a limited liability corporation, owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners , which operates 18 local network-affiliated television stations in the United States.-History:...
). On September 6, that station began producing a nightly half-hour prime time show on KLJB still known as Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News. The newscasts now originate live from a secondary set at WQAD's studios on 16th Street in the Prospect Park section of Moline, Illinois
Moline, Illinois
Moline is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States, with a population of 45,792 in 2010. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois and the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa. The Quad Cities has a population of...
. As a result of this arrangement being established, the repeat of news on WBQD was eventually dropped. KGCW continues repeating the previous night's KLJB show at 5 in the morning. On September 12, 2011, WQAD became the last major news operation in the Quad Cities market to upgrade its newscasts to 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 KLJB broadcasts were included in the upgrade.
News team
Anchors- Kim Johnson - weeknight news and weeknight reporter
- Chris Williams - weeknight news also investigative and consumer reporter
- Rebecca Smith - weekend news and weeknight reporter
- James Zahara (CBMCertified 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 seen weeknights - Cassie Heiter - weekend meteorologist
- Matt Randazzo - Sports DirectorSports DirectorA sports director is an individual at a television or radio station who is in charge of the sports department. In local news, the sports director is typically the station's primary sportscaster, and often anchors the primetime newscasts on weekdays. They are in charge of sports programming and...
seen weeknights - Kory Kuffler - weekend sports and sports reporter
Reporters
- Matt Hammill - Senior
- Julie Sisk - health
- Angie Mitchum
- Chris Minor
- John David