KNOE-TV
Encyclopedia
KNOE-TV, Channel 8, is the CBS
affiliate television station for Monroe, Louisiana
. The station is owned by Hoak Media Corporation
, which also controls ABC
affiliate KAQY
, Channel 11 (owned by Parker Broadcasting since October 9, 2008) through a local marketing agreement
.
, former governor of Louisiana, owned the television station as well as KNOE Radio (AM 540, now KMLB
, and FM 101.9
.
The station affiliated with all four television networks of the "golden age": CBS
, NBC
, ABC
and DuMont
. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network
. Even when rival station KTVE became a primary ABC affiliate, KNOE continued to air ABC programming until 1972, and it also aired NBC programming on a secondary basis until KLAA (now KARD) signed on in 1974.
KNOE's digital transmitter islocated south of Monroe in Columbia
, Louisiana. They also operate a low-powered translator station, K18AB Channel 18, in El Dorado
, Arkansas
, which translates KNOE-DT's digital signal, and rebroadcasts it on RF Channel 18, in full CBS-HD. This change allows El Dorado viewers access to two of the four major networks OTA in HD:
K18AB - 8.1 (CBS-HD
, 1080i
)
KTVE-HD
- 10.1 (NBC-HD
, 1080i
)
Even though the translator is on channel 18, PSIP broadcasting displays K18AB as 8.1 and 8.2, respectively, on digital televisions in the El Dorado area.
The station also operates a CW affiliate for the Monroe market via The CW Plus
, available on cable and on KNOE's digital subchannel.
Syndicated programming on KNOE includes: Inside Edition
, Wheel of Fortune
, Jeopardy!
, Dr. Phil, and Judge Judy
. Prior to 2006, Monroe was one of the few television markets that aired Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune on different stations, as Wheel aired on KNOE and Jeopardy! on KTVE
. The two programs were in direct competition with each other as the respective programs aired at 6:30 PM local time on each station. Syndicated programming on KNOE's digital CW subchannel includes: Roseanne, Seinfeld
, South Park
, Tyler Perry's House of Payne
, Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, The Cosby Show
, Don't Forget the Lyrics, King of Queens, That '70s Show
, and Cops.
Weather Team
Sports team
Reporters
NOTE: The new reporter, Ty Russell, is also known by his real name, TaRhaun Russ. He worked at WIOD as a news reporter/ traffic reporter and WTXL in Tallahassee.
The Noe family owned the station until 2007, when it was sold to Dallas-based Hoak Media Corporation
. The sale closed on October 3 of that year. The family had already sold KNOE AM to Holladay Broadcasting in November 2006, and would sell KNOE-FM to them the following year. The sale of the stations followed the death of Noe's son, James Albert "Jimmie" Noe Jr., of cancer in 2005, in which it was decided by the family to leave the broadcasting business.
Digital channels>
Virtual
Channel
Video
Aspect
Programming
8.1
1080i
16:9
Main KNOE-TV programming / CBS HD
8.2
480i
4:3
CW SD
On February 17, 2009, KNOE-TV turned off its analog signal and its digital signal on channel 7 and started transmitting in digital on channel 8.
On August 25, 2010 KNOE started broadcasting syndicated programing in HD
On January 17, 2011 KNOE began broadcasting newscast in HD (only studio for now). Becoming the first in the Ark-La-Miss.
KNOE got a new HD ready news set on November 1, 2010
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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 television station for Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636...
. The station is owned by Hoak Media Corporation
Hoak Media Corporation
Hoak Media Corporation is a United States broadcasting media company based in Dallas, Texas. Hoak owns eighteen television stations , all in medium and small-markets, mostly in the Great Plains states and Colorado....
, which also controls 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 KAQY
KAQY
KAQY ABC11, is the ABC affiliate for the El Dorado, Arkansas/Monroe, Louisiana market, licensed in Columbia, Louisiana. Operates a digital signal on VHF channel 11. KAQY's transmitter is located in Columbia, and its studios are in Monroe.-History:...
, Channel 11 (owned by Parker Broadcasting since October 9, 2008) through a local marketing agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
.
History
KNOE-TV went on the air in 1953. Its facilities are located on North 21st Street north of Louisville Avenue in Monroe. It remains the oldest surviving station in the northern part of the state. James A. Noe, Sr.James A. Noe
James Albert Noe, Sr. of Monroe served for three and a half months as the 43rd Governor of Louisiana after the death of Oscar K. Allen on January 28, 1936....
, former governor of Louisiana, owned the television station as well as KNOE Radio (AM 540, now KMLB
KMLB
KMLB is a radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Monroe, Louisiana, USA, the station is currently owned by Holladay Broadcasting. The current schedule includes Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Moon Griffon, Michael Savage, Neil Boortz, Art Bell, George Noory and Rob...
, and FM 101.9
KNOE-FM
KNOE-FM is a radio station licensed to Monroe, Louisiana, USA. The station, established in 1967, is currently owned by The Radio People and the broadcast license is held by Radio Monroe, LLC.-Programming:...
.
The station affiliated with all four television networks of the "golden age": 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...
, 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...
, 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...
and 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...
. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network
NTA Film Network
The NTA Film Network was an early American television network founded by Ely Landau in 1956. The network was not a full-time television network like CBS, NBC, or ABC. Rather, it operated on a part-time basis, broadcasting films and several first-run television programs from major Hollywood studios...
. Even when rival station KTVE became a primary ABC affiliate, KNOE continued to air ABC programming until 1972, and it also aired NBC programming on a secondary basis until KLAA (now KARD) signed on in 1974.
KNOE's digital transmitter islocated south of Monroe in Columbia
Columbia, Louisiana
Columbia is a town in and the parish seat of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 477 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Columbia is located at ....
, Louisiana. They also operate a low-powered translator station, K18AB Channel 18, in El Dorado
El Dorado, Arkansas
El Dorado , a multi-cultural arts center: South Arkansas Arts Center , an award-winning renovated downtown, and numerous sporting, shopping, and dining opportunities. El Dorado is the population, cultural, and business center of the 7,300 mi² regional area...
, Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
, which translates KNOE-DT's digital signal, and rebroadcasts it on RF Channel 18, in full CBS-HD. This change allows El Dorado viewers access to two of the four major networks OTA in HD:
K18AB - 8.1 (CBS-HD
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...
, 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...
)
KTVE-HD
KTVE
KTVE, Channel 10, is the NBC affiliate television station for the El Dorado, Arkansas–Monroe, Louisiana DMA. The station is licensed to El Dorado, but its main studio is located in West Monroe, Louisiana. KTVE is owned by Mission Broadcasting, and operated by Nexstar Broadcasting...
- 10.1 (NBC-HD
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...
, 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...
)
Even though the translator is on channel 18, PSIP broadcasting displays K18AB as 8.1 and 8.2, respectively, on digital televisions in the El Dorado area.
The station also operates a CW affiliate for the Monroe market via The CW Plus
The CW Plus
The CW Plus is a group of primarily digital sub-channels, analog, and non-broadcast cable television outlets for the CW Television Network, for markets below the top 99 television media markets in the United States....
, available on cable and on KNOE's digital subchannel.
Syndicated programming on KNOE includes: 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...
, Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)
Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin, which premiered in 1975. Contestants compete to solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a large wheel. The title refers to the show's giant carnival wheel that...
, Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
, Dr. Phil, and Judge Judy
Judge Judy
Judge Judy is an American court show featuring former family court judge Judith Sheindlin arbitrating over small claims cases in small claims court...
. Prior to 2006, Monroe was one of the few television markets that aired Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune on different stations, as Wheel aired on KNOE and Jeopardy! on KTVE
KTVE
KTVE, Channel 10, is the NBC affiliate television station for the El Dorado, Arkansas–Monroe, Louisiana DMA. The station is licensed to El Dorado, but its main studio is located in West Monroe, Louisiana. KTVE is owned by Mission Broadcasting, and operated by Nexstar Broadcasting...
. The two programs were in direct competition with each other as the respective programs aired at 6:30 PM local time on each station. Syndicated programming on KNOE's digital CW subchannel includes: Roseanne, Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
, South Park
South Park
South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
, Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Tyler Perry's House of Payne is an American comedy-drama television series created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolves around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta, Georgia led by patriarch Curtis Payne and his wife Ella...
, Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992...
, Don't Forget the Lyrics, King of Queens, That '70s Show
That '70s Show
That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979...
, and Cops.
Newscast
KNOE-TV has been the dominant news station in the Ark-La-Miss for more than a quarter-century. It has won numerous state, regional and national journalism awards, including the 2008 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for News Director Taylor Henry's investigative series on rogue members of the Louisiana National Guard who looted stores they were deployed to protect during Katrina.Current on-air staff
Current Anchors- Larry Rhymes - weekday mornings "Good Morning ArkLaMiss" (5-7 a.m.) and noon
- John Denison - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
- Renee Allen - weekends; general assignments reporter
Weather Team
- Tom Pearson - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
- Kyle Myers - meteorologist; weekday mornings "Good Morning ArkLaMiss" (5-7 a.m.)
- Clay Ostarly - forecaster; weekends
Sports team
- Aaron Dietrich - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
- Cameron Cox - weekends; fill-in
Reporters
- Jordyn Taylor - general assignments reporter
- Ty Russell - general assignments reporter
- Victoria Shirley - general assignments reporter
- Patrick Roberts - general assignments reporter
- Jessica Mitchell - weekend general assignments reporter
NOTE: The new reporter, Ty Russell, is also known by his real name, TaRhaun Russ. He worked at WIOD as a news reporter/ traffic reporter and WTXL in Tallahassee.
The Noe family owned the station until 2007, when it was sold to Dallas-based Hoak Media Corporation
Hoak Media Corporation
Hoak Media Corporation is a United States broadcasting media company based in Dallas, Texas. Hoak owns eighteen television stations , all in medium and small-markets, mostly in the Great Plains states and Colorado....
. The sale closed on October 3 of that year. The family had already sold KNOE AM to Holladay Broadcasting in November 2006, and would sell KNOE-FM to them the following year. The sale of the stations followed the death of Noe's son, James Albert "Jimmie" Noe Jr., of cancer in 2005, in which it was decided by the family to leave the broadcasting business.
Digital television
Channel
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,...
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 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 ...
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...
On February 17, 2009, KNOE-TV turned off its analog signal and its digital signal on channel 7 and started transmitting in digital on channel 8.
On August 25, 2010 KNOE started broadcasting syndicated programing in HD
On January 17, 2011 KNOE began broadcasting newscast in HD (only studio for now). Becoming the first in the Ark-La-Miss.
KNOE got a new HD ready news set on November 1, 2010
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