KPNX
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KPNX is a full-service television station serving the Phoenix, Arizona
television market as the NBC
affiliate. Its studios and offices are located in Phoenix and its transmitter is on South Mountain
in Phoenix but it is licensed
to the suburb
of Mesa
. It is owned by the Gannett Company
which also owns The Arizona Republic
newspaper.
The station broadcasts on VHF
channel 12. As a full-service station it is carried on all local cable television systems and appears on the local stations lineup on all of the satellite television
systems. It is rebroadcast on full power satellite station KNAZ-TV
in Flagstaff
and on a network of low-power translators throughout northern and central Arizona
.
broadcasts at 10:12 p.m. on June 12, 2009, the day mandated by the Federal government for TV stations to cease analog transmissions across the country
. The switch occurred during the station's 10 p.m. newscast. After the analog switchoff, KPNX returned its digital broadcasts to channel 12 at 10:38 p.m.
and was a sister station to KTYL radio (AM 1490, later on 1310 and now KIHP, and FM 104.7, now KZZP
). The original studios were located in Mesa, its city of license. Its appearance brought the metro Phoenix area a full-time NBC affiliate; the other three networks shared time on KPHO-TV
, as did NBC prior to 1953. Channel 12 carried some DuMont programming prior to that network's demise in 1956.
John J. Louis, owner of KTAR radio
(AM 620 and FM 98.7, now KPKX
), bought channel 12 in 1955 and changed its calls to KVAR. The station then became KTAR-TV four years later. It moved into a facility on Central Avenue in Phoenix in 1959, after the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) allowed stations to locate its studios outside the city of license. Over the years the Louis family bought several other broadcasting outlets, including WQXI-TV in Atlanta, Georgia
(now WXIA-TV
) and WPTA-TV in Fort Wayne, Indiana
. Eventually, the Louis family's broadcasting interests became known as Pacific & Southern Broadcasting, headquartered in Phoenix with KTAR-AM-FM-TV as the flagship stations.
Advertising mogul Karl Eller
bought Pacific & Southern in 1968 and combined it with his existing business to form Combined Communications. Eller was also one of the original founding owners of the city's first major professional sports team, the Phoenix Suns
of the National Basketball Association
. Channel 12 carried Suns games for years from the team's 1968 inception until the 1980s when Suns telecasts moved to KNXV-TV
channel 15.
KTAR-TV was the Phoenix pioneer of what some call "happy-talk" news when it debuted "Action News" in late 1973, with long-time anchor Ray Thompson paired up with Bob Hughes, weatherman Dewey Hopper (lately with Air America Radio
affiliate KPHX, and a long-time weather forecaster in Sacramento) and sportscaster Ted Brown
.
Combined Communications merged with Gannett in 1979, in what was at that time the biggest media merger in U.S. history. Combined's ownership of KTAR-AM-TV had been grandfathered earlier in the decade when the FCC forbade common ownership of television and radio stations in the same market. However, with the Gannett merger, KTAR-AM-TV lost its grandfathered protection. Gannett opted to keep channel 12 and sell off the radio station. KTAR-TV then renamed itself KPNX, since the radio station had held the call letters first.
The station had ranked third in the ratings for many years behind ABC
affiliate KTVK
and CBS
affiliate KTSP (now KSAZ-TV
). That changed in 1994, when every major English-language commercial station in Phoenix changed affiliations except KPNX. Coupled with a resurgent NBC, KPNX surged past KTVK to the top of the ratings, where it has stayed ever since, only wavering as NBC has experienced its own network troubles.
In 2000, Gannett merged with Central Newspapers, owner of The Arizona Republic. Gannett would have been forced to sell off either KPNX or the Republic had it not been issued a "permanent" waiver of the FCC's rules forbidding common ownership of newspapers and television stations in the same market.
In 1997, the FCC allocated UHF channel 36 as the station's digital companion channel, and construction began the following year. KPNX launched its digital channel in June 2000. On December 29, 2005, the station began carrying NBC Weather Plus
on subchannel 12.2, making it the first station in Phoenix to offer a 24-hour local weather channel. KPNX achieved another first in Arizona on November 2, 2006, when it began broadcasting local news programming in high definition.
On February 24, 2009, it was announced that KTVK
, KPHO-TV
and KPNX will share a helicopter starting March 1, 2009.
In March 2009, KPNX switched its weather subchannel system to The Local AccuWeather Channel
. KNXV already implements this service, but its GoAZ.tv product focuses on traffic. KPNX offers a more traditional Local AccuWeather product with the Weather Plus brand name.
At the start of 2011, KPNX moved from its location on Central Avenue, where the station had been since 1959, to the building that houses the Arizona Republic at 200 East Van Buren in downtown Phoenix.
KPNX's news operations (12 News) is among one of the highest rated news operations in Arizona during primetime news hours. Its evening newscasts have dominated ratings for several years.
While rivals KSAZ and KTVK produce dramatically more local news per week, KPNX airs the largest amount of news (local and national) in the market, running about 30 hours a week of local news, along with 25 hours a week of national news from NBC (Today, NBC Nightly News
, etc.). It also runs syndicated first-run talk and reality shows (Live with Kelly being one of them, which has aired on Channel 12 since its debut as [Live with Regis & Kathie Lee] in the 1980s) along with the entire NBC schedule.
In November 2009, KPNX was beaten by KPHO at 10pm. This loss ended 50 consecutive sweeps victories in the time slot – dating back to 1996 – as the latter's ratings increased due to a strong CBS. a rare loss for a channel 12 that ended more than 50 straight sweeps victories dating back to the 1995 affiliation switch. Although KPNX has traditionally been known as a very news-intensive station, it is currently going through a period of transition. Nearly all of its tenured reporters have left; most recently, long-time consumer reporter Rick DeBruhl retired in November 2009.
KPNX produces two daily local lifestyle shows. Arizona Midday, a general lifestyle show with paid segments hosted by Jan D'Atri and Destry Jetton, runs weekdays at 1pm. A new lifestyle program, 12 News Valley Dish, hosted by former morning anchor Tram Mai, airs weekdays at 3:30pm. 12 News Valley Dish is primarily focused on food around the Valley with cooking segments, interviews with restaurant chefs, and other light fare.
KPNX airs "12 News Weather Plus," a 24-hour weather service showing forecasts and weather conditions, on its 12.2 subchannel. It also airs as a separate channel on the local cable systems. In addition to national forecasts from AccuWeather
, Weather Plus also has local inserts, shown at right, allowing KPNX weather staff to show conditions and forecasts for the Phoenix market, including northern Arizona. In addition, weather conditions and forecasts from around the region are displayed on the left and at the bottom of the screen (known as an "L-bar").
Saturdays
Sundays
12 News Weather Plus
Sports team
Reporters
Local program hosts
Sky 12 pilots/reporters
(as part of a Local News Service
the helicopter is shared with KTVK
and KPHO-TV
and operated by Helicopters Inc.)
Over the years, KPNX has used a legal station identification that did not comply with FCC regulations, which require that in the legal identification broadcast aurally or visually, a station must state its call sign, followed by its city of license. Dating back to its days as KTAR-TV, channel 12 long identified as "Phoenix/Mesa," though legally it should have been "Mesa/Phoenix." Beginning in 2008, KPNX begun using a new, FCC-compliant station ID on its analog and primary digital channels (shown at right, top). On its Weather Plus programming on 12.2, KPNX still identifies using non-compliant ID, and does not air separate ID at the top of the hour (shown at right, bottom).
Notes:
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
television market as the 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...
affiliate. Its studios and offices are located in Phoenix and its transmitter is on South Mountain
South Mountains (Arizona)
The South Mountains , known locally as simply South Mountain, is a mountain range in central Arizona in south Phoenix, Arizona. It is on public land managed by the city of Phoenix as South Mountain Park...
in Phoenix but it is licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to the suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
of Mesa
Mesa, Arizona
According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:* White: 77.1% * Hispanic or Latino : 26.54%* Black or African American: 3.5%* Two or more races: 3.4%* Native American: 2.4%...
. It is owned by the Gannett Company
Gannett Company
Gannett Company, Inc. is a publicly-traded media holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, United States, near McLean. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper USA Today and the weekly USA Weekend...
which also owns The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic is a daily newspaper published in Phoenix. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. It was ranked tenth in US daily newspapers by circulation in 2007.-Early years:The newspaper was founded...
newspaper.
The station broadcasts on VHF
Very high frequency
Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
channel 12. As a full-service station it is carried on all local cable television systems and appears on the local stations lineup on all of the satellite television
Satellite television
Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...
systems. It is rebroadcast on full power satellite station KNAZ-TV
KNAZ-TV
KNAZ-TV is a full-power television station serving Flagstaff, Arizona and surrounding areas. It is a satellite station of NBC affiliate KPNX in Phoenix, and is owned by Gannett. KNAZ-TV broadcasts over-the-air in digital on UHF channel 22, and is carried on the local cable TV system...
in Flagstaff
Flagstaff, Arizona
Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2010, the city's population was 65,870. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was at 134,421 in 2010. It is the county seat of Coconino County...
and on a network of low-power translators throughout northern and central Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
.
Digital television
| Channel | 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,... |
Video | Programming |
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| 12.1 | 16:9 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 ... |
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... |
Main KPNX programming / NBC |
| 12.2 | 4:3 | 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... |
12 News Weather Plus The Local AccuWeather Channel The Local AccuWeather Channel is a 24-hour, weather-oriented, commercially sponsored broadcast and cable television network in the United States owned and operated by AccuWeather, Inc., which is headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania.... |
Analog-to-digital transition
KPNX ceased analogAnalog television
Analog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal...
broadcasts at 10:12 p.m. on June 12, 2009, the day mandated by the Federal government for TV stations to cease analog transmissions across the country
DTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
. The switch occurred during the station's 10 p.m. newscast. After the analog switchoff, KPNX returned its digital broadcasts to channel 12 at 10:38 p.m.
History
KPNX is the only major English-language commercial television station in Phoenix to never change its primary affiliation. It was founded in 1953 as KTYL-TV, owned by the Harkins Theatre GroupHarkins Theatres
Harkins Theatres is a movie theater chain with locations throughout the Southwestern United States. Harkins Theatres is privately owned and operated by its parent company, Harkins Enterprises, LLC...
and was a sister station to KTYL radio (AM 1490, later on 1310 and now KIHP, and FM 104.7, now KZZP
KZZP
KZZP, 104.7 KISS-FM, is a Top 40 radio outlet serving the Phoenix, Arizona area. The Clear Channel Communications station broadcasts at 104.7 MHz with an Effective radiated power of 100 kW and is licensed in Mesa, Arizona. Due to its 100 kW tower located atop South Mountain, the station can...
). The original studios were located in Mesa, its city of license. Its appearance brought the metro Phoenix area a full-time NBC affiliate; the other three networks shared time on KPHO-TV
KPHO-TV
KPHO-TV, channel 5, is a CBS-affiliate television station located in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. KPHO-TV is owned by the Meredith Corporation, and has its studios located on Black Canyon Highway in the Alhambra Village section of Phoenix, with its transmitter located on South Mountain in Phoenix...
, as did NBC prior to 1953. Channel 12 carried some DuMont programming prior to that network's demise in 1956.
John J. Louis, owner of KTAR radio
KTAR (AM)
KTAR is the callsign for a radio station in Phoenix, Arizona. It airs programming from ESPN Radio, in addition to KTAR-acquired broadcast rights for local teams...
(AM 620 and FM 98.7, now KPKX
KPKX
98.7 The Peak is a commercial Adult Hits music radio station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting on 98.7 FM.-Early Years:98.7 FM signed on in July 1960 as KTAR-FM, co-owned with KTAR and KTAR-TV . In the mid-1970's, the station became KBBC broadcasting Easy Listening music programming...
), bought channel 12 in 1955 and changed its calls to KVAR. The station then became KTAR-TV four years later. It moved into a facility on Central Avenue in Phoenix in 1959, after 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) allowed stations to locate its studios outside the city of license. Over the years the Louis family bought several other broadcasting outlets, including WQXI-TV in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
(now WXIA-TV
WXIA-TV
WXIA-TV, virtual channel 11.1 , is the NBC-affiliated television station in Atlanta, Georgia. Popularly known by its 11 Alive moniker, WXIA is owned by the Gannett Company in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WATL...
) and WPTA-TV in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...
. Eventually, the Louis family's broadcasting interests became known as Pacific & Southern Broadcasting, headquartered in Phoenix with KTAR-AM-FM-TV as the flagship stations.
Advertising mogul Karl Eller
Karl Eller
Karl Eller is an Arizona business leader and nationally recognized entrepreneur.Eller grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He played football collegiately at the University of Arizona where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity....
bought Pacific & Southern in 1968 and combined it with his existing business to form Combined Communications. Eller was also one of the original founding owners of the city's first major professional sports team, the Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association and the only team in their division not to be based in California. Their home arena since 1992 has been the US...
of the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
. Channel 12 carried Suns games for years from the team's 1968 inception until the 1980s when Suns telecasts moved to KNXV-TV
KNXV-TV
KNXV-TV, is an ABC-affiliated television station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting in digital on UHF channel 15. Owned by The E. W. Scripps Company, its transmitter is located on South Mountain in Phoenix....
channel 15.
Air America Radio
Air America was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk programming...
affiliate KPHX, and a long-time weather forecaster in Sacramento) and sportscaster Ted Brown
Ted Brown
Ted Brown is an American and former collegiate and professional football player. He attended High Point high school, before attending North Carolina State University.-Football career:...
.
Combined Communications merged with Gannett in 1979, in what was at that time the biggest media merger in U.S. history. Combined's ownership of KTAR-AM-TV had been grandfathered earlier in the decade when the FCC forbade common ownership of television and radio stations in the same market. However, with the Gannett merger, KTAR-AM-TV lost its grandfathered protection. Gannett opted to keep channel 12 and sell off the radio station. KTAR-TV then renamed itself KPNX, since the radio station had held the call letters first.
The station had ranked third in the ratings for many years behind 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 KTVK
KTVK
KTVK is a full-service, independent television station in Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 24 from a transmitter located on South Mountain in Phoenix, and can be seen across northern Arizona on a network of nearly two dozen translator stations...
and 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 KTSP (now KSAZ-TV
KSAZ-TV
KSAZ-TV, virtual channel 10.1, is the Fox owned-and-operated station in Phoenix, Arizona. It is owned by Fox Television Stations in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV station KUTP ....
). That changed in 1994, when every major English-language commercial station in Phoenix changed affiliations except KPNX. Coupled with a resurgent NBC, KPNX surged past KTVK to the top of the ratings, where it has stayed ever since, only wavering as NBC has experienced its own network troubles.
In 2000, Gannett merged with Central Newspapers, owner of The Arizona Republic. Gannett would have been forced to sell off either KPNX or the Republic had it not been issued a "permanent" waiver of the FCC's rules forbidding common ownership of newspapers and television stations in the same market.
In 1997, the FCC allocated UHF channel 36 as the station's digital companion channel, and construction began the following year. KPNX launched its digital channel in June 2000. On December 29, 2005, the station began carrying NBC Weather Plus
NBC Weather Plus
NBC Weather Plus was a 24-hour, commercially sponsored, weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the NBC network. It debuted on November 15, 2004 and shut down on December 31, 2008...
on subchannel 12.2, making it the first station in Phoenix to offer a 24-hour local weather channel. KPNX achieved another first in Arizona on November 2, 2006, when it began broadcasting local news programming in high definition.
On February 24, 2009, it was announced that KTVK
KTVK
KTVK is a full-service, independent television station in Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 24 from a transmitter located on South Mountain in Phoenix, and can be seen across northern Arizona on a network of nearly two dozen translator stations...
, KPHO-TV
KPHO-TV
KPHO-TV, channel 5, is a CBS-affiliate television station located in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. KPHO-TV is owned by the Meredith Corporation, and has its studios located on Black Canyon Highway in the Alhambra Village section of Phoenix, with its transmitter located on South Mountain in Phoenix...
and KPNX will share a helicopter starting March 1, 2009.
In March 2009, KPNX switched its weather subchannel system to The Local AccuWeather Channel
The Local AccuWeather Channel
The Local AccuWeather Channel is a 24-hour, weather-oriented, commercially sponsored broadcast and cable television network in the United States owned and operated by AccuWeather, Inc., which is headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania....
. KNXV already implements this service, but its GoAZ.tv product focuses on traffic. KPNX offers a more traditional Local AccuWeather product with the Weather Plus brand name.
At the start of 2011, KPNX moved from its location on Central Avenue, where the station had been since 1959, to the building that houses the Arizona Republic at 200 East Van Buren in downtown Phoenix.
Newscasts and local programming
While rivals KSAZ and KTVK produce dramatically more local news per week, KPNX airs the largest amount of news (local and national) in the market, running about 30 hours a week of local news, along with 25 hours a week of national news from NBC (Today, NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News and broadcasts. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is located in the center...
, etc.). It also runs syndicated first-run talk and reality shows (Live with Kelly being one of them, which has aired on Channel 12 since its debut as [Live with Regis & Kathie Lee] in the 1980s) along with the entire NBC schedule.
In November 2009, KPNX was beaten by KPHO at 10pm. This loss ended 50 consecutive sweeps victories in the time slot – dating back to 1996 – as the latter's ratings increased due to a strong CBS. a rare loss for a channel 12 that ended more than 50 straight sweeps victories dating back to the 1995 affiliation switch. Although KPNX has traditionally been known as a very news-intensive station, it is currently going through a period of transition. Nearly all of its tenured reporters have left; most recently, long-time consumer reporter Rick DeBruhl retired in November 2009.
KPNX produces two daily local lifestyle shows. Arizona Midday, a general lifestyle show with paid segments hosted by Jan D'Atri and Destry Jetton, runs weekdays at 1pm. A new lifestyle program, 12 News Valley Dish, hosted by former morning anchor Tram Mai, airs weekdays at 3:30pm. 12 News Valley Dish is primarily focused on food around the Valley with cooking segments, interviews with restaurant chefs, and other light fare.
KPNX airs "12 News Weather Plus," a 24-hour weather service showing forecasts and weather conditions, on its 12.2 subchannel. It also airs as a separate channel on the local cable systems. In addition to national forecasts from AccuWeather
AccuWeather
AccuWeather is an American media company that provides for-profit weather forecasting services worldwide.AccuWeather was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers, then a Penn State graduate student working on degrees in meteorology. His first customer was a gas company in Pennsylvania. While running the...
, Weather Plus also has local inserts, shown at right, allowing KPNX weather staff to show conditions and forecasts for the Phoenix market, including northern Arizona. In addition, weather conditions and forecasts from around the region are displayed on the left and at the bottom of the screen (known as an "L-bar").
Newscasts
Weekdays- 12 News Today – 4:30-7 a.m.
- 12 News at Noon: The Lunchcast – 12-12:30 p.m.
- Arizona Midday – 1-2 p.m.
- EVB Live – 4-5:30 p.m.
- Arizona Nightly News – 6-6:30 p.m.
- 12 News at 10 p.m. – 10-10:35 p.m.
Saturdays
- 12 News Weekend Today – 7-9 a.m.
- 12 News at 6 p.m. – 6-6:30 p.m.
- 12 News at 10 p.m. – 10-10:30 p.m.
Sundays
- 12 News Sunday Square-Off – 8-8:30 a.m.
- 12 News Weekend Today – 8:30-10 a.m.
- 12 News at 5:30 p.m. – 5:30-6 p.m.
- 12 News at 10 p.m. – 10-10:35 p.m.
Newscast titles
- Your Esso Reporter (1953–1956)
- News Nite (1956–1962)
- News 90/The World Today (1962–1967)
- TV-12 News (1967–1972)
- Phoenix News (1972–1977)
- Action NewsAction NewsAction News is a local television newscast format in the United States. It was conceived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at WFIL-TV by then-news director Mel Kampmann in 1970 as a response to the "Eyewitness News" format used on rival station KYW-TV...
(1977–1986) - Channel 12 News (1986–1990)
- 12 News (1990–present)
Station slogans
- Arizona's Full Color Station (1960s)
- It's All Right Here (early 1980s)
- Hello Phoenix / Hello Arizona (1980s; used during period station used Frank Gari's "Hello News")
- We're Going Where You're Going (mid 1980s)
- Arizona's Most Watched Station (1992–2004)
- 12 Stands for Local News (2004–2008)
- Arizona's #1 Source for Local News (2004–2008)
- The Leader in HD, Local Television Redefined (2006–present)
- It's All on 12 News (2008–present)
- The 1-2 Watch for NBC (Used in radio promos for primetime shows, used infrequently for TV promos)
News team
Anchors- Lin Sue CooneyLin Sue CooneyLin Sue Cooney is a television reporter who works at Arizona's Channel 12 NBC affiliate, KPNX.-Biography:In her childhood her family moved from her birth place, Taipei, Taiwan, to Great Falls, Montana...
- weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m. - Kim Covington - weekend evenings; also community reporter for EVB Live
- Mark Curtis - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
- Joe Dana - weekday mornings 12 News Today (4:30-7 a.m.); Sunday mornings "12 News Weekend Today"
- Haley Francis - Saturday mornings; also reporter for EVB Live
- Fay Fredricks - weekday mornings 12 News Today (4:30-7 a.m.)
- Scott Light - weekdays EVB Live (4-5:30 p.m.)
- Tram Mai - weekdays EVB Live (4-5:30 p.m.)
- Brahm Resnik - weekdays at noon; also moderator of "12 News Square Off" and chief political reporter
- Syleste Rodriguez - weekday mornings 12 News Today (4:30-7 a.m.)
12 News Weather Plus
- James Quiñones - chief meteorologist; weekday mornings 12 News Today (4:30-7 a.m.)
- Caribe Devine - weather anchor; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m., also host of EVB Live (weekdays 4-5:30 p.m.)
- Rob Carlmark - meteorologist; weekend mornings and evenings
Sports team
- Kevin Hunt - sports director; Sunday-Thursdays at 5 and 10, and Monday-Thursdays at 6 p.m.
- Bruce Cooper - sports anchor; Fridays at 5, and Friday-Saturdays at 6 and 10 p.m., also host of "Sports Tonight"
Reporters
- Melissa Blasius - general assignment reporter
- Dave Cherry - "Call 12 For Action" investigative reporter
- Wendy Halloran- Watchdog/investigative reporter
- Emma Jade - general assignment reporter, weekday morning traffic
- Kevin Kennedy - general assignment reporter
- Christine Lee - Northern Arizona bureau videojournalist
- Lissette Martinez - general assignment reporter
- Nicole McGregor - general assignment reporter
- William Pitts - general assignment reporter
- Veronica Sanchez - "Call 12 For Action" investigative reporter
- Rachel Stockman - general assignment reporter
- Ed Tribble - general assignment reporter
Local program hosts
- Jan D'Atri - host of "Arizona Midday"
- Destry Jetton - host of "Arizona Midday"
Sky 12 pilots/reporters
(as part of a Local News Service
Local News Service
The name Local News Service refers to a variety of news resource share services all started in 2008 and 2009. It sometimes does not refer to a specific sharing service but to the category in general...
the helicopter is shared with KTVK
KTVK
KTVK is a full-service, independent television station in Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 24 from a transmitter located on South Mountain in Phoenix, and can be seen across northern Arizona on a network of nearly two dozen translator stations...
and KPHO-TV
KPHO-TV
KPHO-TV, channel 5, is a CBS-affiliate television station located in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. KPHO-TV is owned by the Meredith Corporation, and has its studios located on Black Canyon Highway in the Alhambra Village section of Phoenix, with its transmitter located on South Mountain in Phoenix...
and operated by Helicopters Inc.)
- Scott Clifton
- Jimmy Castanza
- Tammy Rose
Notable former on-air staff
- Pat FinnPat FinnPatrick Joseph "Pat" Finn is the former host of several game shows. He is the owner of the production company Rubicon Entertainment.Finn first hosted the 1990 remake of the classic Jack Barry show The Joker's Wild...
- host of Finn & Friends (1989-1990; now host of California Lottery's The Big SpinThe Big SpinThe Big Spin is the California Lottery's first television game show. Originally a Fred Tatashore production, it was later an Alexander Media Services production, followed by a production of Cal Image, and then finally a Jonathan Goodson Production....
) - Jineane FordJineane FordJineane Ford is an American beauty queen and television personality from Arizona who held the title Miss USA 1980.- Career :Ford, who hails from Gilbert, Arizona won the Miss Arizona USA contest in 1979...
- anchor (1991–2007; most recently anchored Arizona Midday, still fills in as Arizona Midday anchor) - Sean McLaughlin - chief meteorologist (1992–2004; moved at first to MSNBC/NBC Weather Plus, now primary anchor at KPHO)
- Fred RogginFred RogginFred Roggin is the sports anchor at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, California. He was also a sports talk radio host at KMPC in Los Angeles, and until Fall 2007 hosted a morning sports show on KLAC with Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers and Simers' daughter, Tracy Simers...
- sports anchor (late 1970s; now at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles) - Mary Kim TitlaMary Kim TitlaMary Kim Titla is an American publisher, journalist, former TV reporter, and was a 2008 candidate for Arizona's First Congressional District. She is an enrolled member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe....
- reporter (1993–2005; publisher of Native Youth Magazine online; unsuccessfully sought Congressional seat in 2008)
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- K24FA Blythe, CaliforniaBlythe, CaliforniaBlythe is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the "Palo Verde Valley" of the Lower Colorado River Valley region, an agricultural area and part of the Colorado Desert along the Colorado River. Blythe was named after Thomas Blythe, a gold prospector who established primary...
1 - K09KG Bullhead CityBullhead City, ArizonaBullhead City is a city located on the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona, USA, roughly south of Las Vegas, Nevada, and directly across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada, whose casinos and ancillary services supply much of the employment for Bullhead City...
2 - K42CQ ChlorideChloride, ArizonaChloride is a onetime silver mining camp in Mohave County, Arizona, and is considered the oldest continuously inhabited mining town in the state. Chloride has a ZIP Code of 86431; in 2000, the population of the 86431 ZCTA was 352.- History :...
2 - K35EI Dolan SpringsDolan Springs, ArizonaDolan Springs is a census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,867 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dolan Springs is located at ....
2 - K48NH-D GlobeGlobe, ArizonaGlobe has an arid climate, characterized by hot summers and moderate to warm winters. Globe's arid climate is somewhat tempered by its elevation, however, leading to slightly cooler temperatures and slightly more precipitation than Phoenix or Yuma....
/MiamiMiami, ArizonaMiami is a town in Gila County, Arizona, United States. Miami is a classic Western copper boomtown, though the copper mines are largely dormant now... - K21EG Golden Valley
- K50CY KingmanKingman, ArizonaKingman is located in a desert climate on the edge of the Mojave Desert, but its higher elevation and location between the Colorado Plateau and the Lower Colorado River Valley tempers summer high temperatures and contributes to winter cold and rare snowfall. Summer daytime highs reach above 90 °F ...
2 - K46GI Lake Havasu CityLake Havasu City, Arizona-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 41,938 people, 17,911 households, and 12,716 families residing in the city. The population density was 974.4 people per square mile . There were 23,018 housing units at an average density of 534.8 per square mile...
2 - K23DK MeadviewMeadview, ArizonaMeadview is an unincorporated community in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, located near Lake Mead. Despite its name, the townsite does not overlook the lake; a ridge to the west of town separates it from the lake. It has roughly 1500 residents...
2 - K30BQ Needles, CaliforniaNeedles, CaliforniaNeedles is a city located in the Mojave Desert on the western banks of the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California. It is located in the Mohave Valley, which straddles the California–Arizona border. The city is accessible via Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 95...
4 - KPSN-LP 22 PaysonPayson, Arizona- History :Payson considers its founding year as 1882, at which time it was known as Green Valley or Union Park. On March 3, 1884, the town officially established a post office. Postmaster Frank C. Hise recommended that the town be named after a man named Levi Joseph Payson. Senator Payson was very...
5 - K26GF Peach SpringsPeach Springs, ArizonaPeach Springs is a census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The population was 600 at the 2000 census. Peach Springs serves as the administrative headquarters of the Hualapai people, and is located on the Hualapai Reservation.-Geography:Peach Springs is located at ...
2 - K06AE PrescottPrescott, ArizonaPrescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s....
6 - K57DC Verde ValleyVerde ValleyThe Verde Valley is a valley in central Arizona in the United States of America. The Verde River runs through it. It is overlooked by Mingus Mountain and the Mogollon Rim.- History :The first notice of this region appears in the report of one Espejo,...
/Camp VerdeCamp Verde, ArizonaCamp Verde is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 10,610....
7 - KNAZKnazKnaz may refer to:*KNAZ-TV, a television station in Flagstaff, Arizona*kenaz or Knaz, hunter, the name of several persons in the Hebrew Bible....
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Notes:
- 1: Not owned by KPNX. Formerly K71AB ch 71.
- 2: Mohave County-owned. K42CQ was once K74AN channel 74; K50CY was K70AC channel 70; K46GI has been on channel 54 (K54AN) and 7 (K07JH); and K26GF was K80AP channel 80 until 1989, when it became K54DD.
- 3: Formerly K70BY ch 70. Gannett-owned (through Multimedia Holdings Corporation, owners of KPNX and KUSA-TV). Construction permit for channel 48 expires 23 October 2009.
- 4: Not owned by KPNX. Formerly K72AE channel 72.
- 5: Gannett-owned through Multimedia. Took current callsign in 2005.
- 6: Gannett-owned through Multimedia.
- 7: Not owned by KPNX. Formerly channel 67/K67BR.