KTVK
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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. Per Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) regulations, the station identifies itself on television tuners as channel 3 through PSIP
. KTVK is owned by the Belo Corporation of Dallas, Texas
.
From its sign on in 1955 until 1995, KTVK was affiliated with ABC
and was one of that network's strongest affiliates. Syndicated programs broadcast on KTVK include The Oprah Winfrey Show
, Inside Edition
, Everybody Loves Raymond
, Dr. Phil
and The Dr. Oz Show
.
Digital channels>
Channel
Video
Aspect
Programming
3.1
16:9
1080i
Main KTVK programming
3.2
4:3
480i
This TV
On June 12, 2009, the day mandated by the US federal government for TV stations to cease analog transmissions
across the country, KTVK ended regular analog programming and switched to the nightlight service on channel 3, while continuing digital broadcasts on channel 24, which it chose for its post-transition channel. Through the use of PSIP
, KTVK's digital broadcast identifies to television receivers as virtual channel
3.
KTVK's "nightlight" service, which was intended to remind TV viewers of the switch to digital, was originally to last 30 days, but was instead ended on June 26 after two weeks.
On September 22, 2009 it was announced that KTVK will be adding This TV
to its 3.2 digital subchannel
. The subchannel launched one month later, on October 20.
Ernest McFarland
, author of the GI Bill, was awed by the new medium of television. With a few friends, he formed the Arizona Television Company and applied for a television license. On March 1, 1955—shortly after McFarland was elected governor of Arizona—KTVK signed on as Phoenix's fourth television station. It immediately became an ABC
affiliate. McFarland chose the calls "because TV will be our middle name."
KTVK cleared most of ABC's network schedule except lower-rated daytime shows, as well as an occasional show during prime time. It soon built a translator network stretching across the entire state of Arizona, including Tucson. Occasionally, it pre-empted ABC programming so as not to interfere with Tucson's local ABC affiliate, KGUN
(channel 9). Despite the pre-emptions, ABC was generally satisfied with KTVK, one of its strongest affiliates.
KTVK's news department was a very distant second to longtime leader KOOL-TV (channel 10, later KTSP-TV and now KSAZ-TV
) for many years, even when KTAR-TV (channel 12)'s 1979 sale to Gannett (and call letter change to KPNX
) made it the only locally-owned network affiliate in the market. When McFarland died in 1984, the station's ownership was taken over by his daughter Jewell and her husband Delbert Lewis.
The station's fortunes began to improve significantly after several news managers from KTSP defected to KTVK in 1986. An aggressive marketing campaign, a new brand ("NewsChannel 3"), and a popular new anchor team finally helped make KTVK a truly competitive player in news. By the late 1980s, KTVK was the top-rated station in Arizona. A Saturday morning newscast from 7 to 9 a.m. was launched in 1993.
KTVK's atmosphere was somewhat different from what was typical for a Big Three-affiliated major-market station. McFarland ran his station as a "mom and pop" business, and had an open-door policy which the Lewises continued when they took over the station. Employee turnover was very low, and hugs were very common in the newsroom. This was an outgrowth of the station's longtime slogan, "Arizona's Family".
In the spring of 1994, New World Communications
announced an affiliation deal with Fox
in which most of its stations became Fox affiliates. One of the stations to switch was KSAZ, Phoenix' longtime CBS affiliate. CBS approached KTVK, but the Lewises turned the offer down, expecting a renewed pact with ABC. However, much to the Lewises' surprise, KNXV's owner, Scripps, forced ABC to switch its affiliation to KNXV (which was to lose its Fox affiliation) as a condition of keeping ABC on Scripps' two biggest stations, WEWS-TV
in Cleveland and WXYZ-TV
in Detroit. KTVK then approached CBS in an effort to secure that network affiliation, but Meredith Corporation
, owner of independent KPHO, convinced CBS to move its affiliation there as a condition of keeping CBS on KCTV
in Kansas City
.
The Lewises appealed to the Federal Communications Commission on grounds that Scripps had "abused its license power for anti-competitive purposes", but their appeal was denied. After nearly 40 years with ABC, the Lewises decided to make KTVK an independent station. Channel 3 immediately began purchasing more programming and increasing local news production. In August, it dropped Good Morning America
and launched Good Morning Arizona in the 6–9 AM slot, featuring anchor Jodi Applegate and meteorologist Royal Norman. The 6–7 AM slot had previously been occupied by a more traditional newscast. Since KNXV was on its way to becoming an ABC affiliate, it began to air Good Morning America beginning in September 1994.
By December 15, 1994, KTVK also dropped Mike and Maty
(of which KTVK had only aired 30 minutes daily), World News Now
, and Nightline, which were also picked up by KNXV. At that point, ABC's cartoons also moved to KNXV, with KTVK dropping its Saturday morning newscasts and running Fox Kids
(which had been turned down by KSAZ) instead. By then, KTVK was only airing prime-time programming, sports, and the major soaps from ABC.
KTVK renewed Oprah
and Inside Edition
, and purchased all the available King World shows such as Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!
(which was not renewed by KSAZ, and are now seen on KNXV), American Journal
(not renewed by KPNX), Rolonda
, Branded (for weekends), and The Little Rascals
(for weekends). KTVK also affiliated with the WB Network.
KNXV officially became Phoenix's ABC affiliate on January 9, 1995. The station nominally became the market's WB affiliate but initially, The WB only had one night a week of programming, which KTVK chose to air on Saturday nights. The WB added a second night of programming in mid-1995, which KTVK aired on Sunday. With WB only occupying two nights of programming, KTVK was essentially an independent station. It also broadcast Fox Kids weekend mornings for about a year. The station aired Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Star Trek: The Next Generation
, and several off-network sitcoms during prime time. A quirk of the Fox Kids schedule on KTVK was that Animaniacs
and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
aired on Sundays at 6 and 6:30 p.m. (respectively), after the news and before its 7 p.m. movie. (In addition to the situations that happened in San Francisco and Jacksonville, a similar situation occurred in Canada
where longtime CTV
affiliate CJON-TV
in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
, known locally as NTV, became an independent station, but still carries news programming from CTV and both news and entertainment programming from the rival Global
.)
KTVK owned a substantial programming inventory, but didn't have enough time in its broadcast day to air it all, even after dropping ABC. As such, when the Brooks family launched a new station, KASW
(channel 61), in September 1995, KTVK immediately entered into a local marketing agreement
with the new station. KASW became the WB affiliate, and KTVK bought the new station's entire broadcast day. KASW also picked up Fox Kids programming soon after and KTVK then reinstated Saturday morning newscasts. On the same day KASW took over the WB affiliation, the Arizona Television Company officially changed its name to MAC America Communications, after its founder's nickname, "Mac." By this time, it had grown to include two FM stations, a magazine and the Arizona News Channel, a joint venture with Cox Communications
launched on November 4, 1996.
In 1998, KTVK briefly aired The Howard Stern Show; after two episodes, it and KJTV-TV
in Lubbock, Texas, stopped airing the program. KTVK aired it after its 10 p.m. news.
MAC America decided to sell off most of its media assets, including KTVK, in 1999, but was very selective about a buyer. It wanted to sell to a company that would continue to keep a local presence at the station (particularly important to the Lewises, as KTVK was the last locally-owned station in the market) and allow the station to continue its growth of the last decade. In the end, it sold KTVK, the LMA
with KASW and its share of the Arizona News Channel to the Belo Corporation in 1999, ending 44 years of McFarland-Lewis ownership (Belo eventually bought KASW outright in 2001). In 2000, Belo and Cox partnered to produce a new Spanish-language channel, ¡Más! Arizona. It launched October 16 of that year.
Without a network affiliation, KTVK fills primetime with Dr. Phil, Oprah
, and an hour-long 9 p.m. newscast (which competes with the 9 p.m. newscast on Fox-owned KSAZ, that started at the same time as KTVK's). Even with the meteoric rise of KPNX after it stayed with NBC and that network rocketed to the top of the ratings, KTVK remained the dominant news station in Arizona well through 2003; KTVK held the evening news crown that year and KPNX led in late news. That year, KTVK's Oprah was also the top syndicated show in the market.
KTVK was the original over-the-air home of the Arizona Diamondbacks
, beginning broadcasts when the team joined the National League
in 1998
. The team remained on KTVK through the end of the 2007 season
, when the team opted to move all of its English-language broadcasts (not counting national broadcasts) to FSN Arizona
.
's helicopter struck it from behind. The collision
occurred above Steele Indian School Park, near Third Street and Indian School Road, while both aircraft were covering a police car pursuit in downtown Phoenix. All four people on both helicopters were killed, including KTVK pilot Scott Bowerbank and photographer Jim Cox. The cause of the crash is now being investigated.
Among the station's flagship programs is "Good Morning Arizona," one of the country's original long-format local TV morning newscasts. Running from 4:30 to 10 a.m. weekdays and 7 to 10 a.m. on weekends, the show has been a long-time ratings winner and the highest-rated program of its kind in the nation. "GMAZ" has its own budget, writers and on-air staff. Good Morning Arizona is also streamed live on azfamily.com starting at 6 a.m., and it simulcast on Belo's Tucson station KMSB-TV
. Jodi Applegate
was the original host of "Good Morning Arizona" from 1994 until 1996, when she joined NBC
as a weekend Today Show anchor. Currently, April Warnecke and Javier Soto anchor the 4:30 a.m. half-hour, while Kaley O'Kelley and Scott Pasmore co-anchor from 5-8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Even with the station's loss of the ABC affiliation in 1995, the station's newscasts still receive high ratings. Its evening newscast, "Good Evening Arizona," regularly trounces the national networks' newscasts in the ratings. KTVK is one of the nation's most successful independent stations. On April 26, 2007, KTVK became the third television station in Arizona (following NBC affiliates KPNX
in Phoenix and KVOA
in Tucson) to broadcast their local newscasts in high definition. On March 1, 2009, KTVK, KPHO-TV
and KPNX
began to share a news helicopter through a Local News Service agreement.
On January 25, 2010, Good Morning Arizona expanded by one hour, running from 4:30 to 10 a.m., while the 11 a.m. newscast Good Day Arizona was discontinued. Good Day Arizona anchor Frank Camacho will now host a weekly politics show, Politics Unplugged on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. and be the chief political reporter for the station. On August 22, 2011, KTVK will launch a weeknight 10 p.m. newscast, bringing the station's weekdaily news output to nine hours each weekday, the addition will also return a local newscast in that timeslot.
The Forecasters
Sports team
Reporters
News Chopper 20 (as part of a Local News Service
agreement, the helicopter is shared with KPHO-TV
and KPNX
and operated by Helicopters Inc. News 20 because when you add 3,5,12 together you get 20)
Fort McDowell News Chopper
KTVK is available on cable in Yuma
, the Imperial Valley, California
and Coachella, California
Country Cable services.
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...
in Phoenix, Arizona
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...
. It broadcasts in digital
ATSC
ATSC standards are a set of standards developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee for digital television transmission over terrestrial, cable, and satellite networks....
on UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
channel 24 from a transmitter located 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, and can be seen across northern Arizona on a network of nearly two dozen translator stations. Per Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) regulations, the station identifies itself on television tuners as channel 3 through 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...
. KTVK is owned by the Belo Corporation of Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
.
From its sign on in 1955 until 1995, KTVK was affiliated with 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 was one of that network's strongest affiliates. Syndicated programs broadcast on KTVK include The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
, 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...
, Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff...
, Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil (TV series)
Dr. Phil is a reality/talk television show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil debuted on September 16, 2002...
and The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show is an American syndicated television talk show, hosted by Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and teaching professor at Columbia University who became famous for his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show from 2004 until 2009....
.
Digital television
Aspect ratio
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16:9
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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...
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...
This TV
This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
On June 12, 2009, the day mandated by the US federal government for TV stations to cease analog transmissions
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...
across the country, KTVK ended regular analog programming and switched to the nightlight service on channel 3, while continuing digital broadcasts on channel 24, which it chose for its post-transition channel. Through the use of 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...
, KTVK's digital broadcast identifies to television receivers as virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
3.
KTVK's "nightlight" service, which was intended to remind TV viewers of the switch to digital, was originally to last 30 days, but was instead ended on June 26 after two weeks.
On September 22, 2009 it was announced that KTVK will be adding This TV
This TV
This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
to its 3.2 digital subchannel
Digital 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...
. The subchannel launched one month later, on October 20.
As an ABC affiliate
Former SenatorUnited States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
Ernest McFarland
Ernest McFarland
Ernest William McFarland was an American politician and, with Warren Atherton, is considered one of the "Fathers of the G.I. Bill". He is the only Arizonan to serve in the highest office in all three branches of Arizonan government—two at the state level, one at the federal level...
, author of the GI Bill, was awed by the new medium of television. With a few friends, he formed the Arizona Television Company and applied for a television license. On March 1, 1955—shortly after McFarland was elected governor of Arizona—KTVK signed on as Phoenix's fourth television station. It immediately became an ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate. McFarland chose the calls "because TV will be our middle name."
KTVK cleared most of ABC's network schedule except lower-rated daytime shows, as well as an occasional show during prime time. It soon built a translator network stretching across the entire state of Arizona, including Tucson. Occasionally, it pre-empted ABC programming so as not to interfere with Tucson's local ABC affiliate, KGUN
KGUN
KGUN-TV, channel 9, is the ABC-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona, owned by Journal Broadcast Group, Inc.. It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 9 from Mount Bigelow, located northeast of Tucson...
(channel 9). Despite the pre-emptions, ABC was generally satisfied with KTVK, one of its strongest affiliates.
KTVK's news department was a very distant second to longtime leader KOOL-TV (channel 10, later KTSP-TV and 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 ....
) for many years, even when KTAR-TV (channel 12)'s 1979 sale to Gannett (and call letter change to KPNX
KPNX
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...
) made it the only locally-owned network affiliate in the market. When McFarland died in 1984, the station's ownership was taken over by his daughter Jewell and her husband Delbert Lewis.
KTVK's atmosphere was somewhat different from what was typical for a Big Three-affiliated major-market station. McFarland ran his station as a "mom and pop" business, and had an open-door policy which the Lewises continued when they took over the station. Employee turnover was very low, and hugs were very common in the newsroom. This was an outgrowth of the station's longtime slogan, "Arizona's Family".
In the spring of 1994, New World Communications
New World Communications
New World Pictures was an independent motion picture and television production company, and later television station owner in the United States from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s...
announced an affiliation deal with Fox
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...
in which most of its stations became Fox affiliates. One of the stations to switch was KSAZ, Phoenix' longtime CBS affiliate. CBS approached KTVK, but the Lewises turned the offer down, expecting a renewed pact with ABC. However, much to the Lewises' surprise, KNXV's owner, Scripps, forced ABC to switch its affiliation to KNXV (which was to lose its Fox affiliation) as a condition of keeping ABC on Scripps' two biggest stations, WEWS-TV
WEWS-TV
WEWS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio. WEWS has been owned by the E. W. Scripps Company since its inception, and is an affiliate of the ABC television network...
in Cleveland and WXYZ-TV
WXYZ-TV
WXYZ-TV, channel 7, is an ABC-affiliated television station in Detroit, Michigan, USA. WXYZ-TV is owned by the E.W. Scripps Company, and is the media company's largest-market TV station property...
in Detroit. KTVK then approached CBS in an effort to secure that network affiliation, but Meredith Corporation
Meredith Corporation
The Meredith Corporation is a media conglomerate based in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The company has two divisions, National Media and Local Media.-History:...
, owner of independent KPHO, convinced CBS to move its affiliation there as a condition of keeping CBS on KCTV
KCTV
KCTV channel 5 is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Kansas City Metropolitan Area that is licensed to the Missouri side. Owned by the Meredith Corporation, the station is sister to MyNetworkTV affiliate KSMO-TV and the two share facilities on Shawnee Mission Parkway KCTV channel 5 is...
in Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
.
The Lewises appealed to the Federal Communications Commission on grounds that Scripps had "abused its license power for anti-competitive purposes", but their appeal was denied. After nearly 40 years with ABC, the Lewises decided to make KTVK an independent station. Channel 3 immediately began purchasing more programming and increasing local news production. In August, it dropped Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
and launched Good Morning Arizona in the 6–9 AM slot, featuring anchor Jodi Applegate and meteorologist Royal Norman. The 6–7 AM slot had previously been occupied by a more traditional newscast. Since KNXV was on its way to becoming an ABC affiliate, it began to air Good Morning America beginning in September 1994.
By December 15, 1994, KTVK also dropped Mike and Maty
Mike and Maty
Mike and Maty was a daytime talk show that aired on ABC from April 11, 1994, to June 7, 1996. It was aired weekdays at 11:00 a.m. and was a 60-minute show. ABC aired it as a replacement for The Home Show, a daytime/nighttime informational talk show that aired on ABC from 1988 to 1994.It ran for a...
(of which KTVK had only aired 30 minutes daily), World News Now
World News Now
World News Now is an American overnight news program broadcast on American Broadcasting Company's television network. Its tone is often lighthearted, irreverent and humorous...
, and Nightline, which were also picked up by KNXV. At that point, ABC's cartoons also moved to KNXV, with KTVK dropping its Saturday morning newscasts and running Fox Kids
Fox Kids
Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's American children's programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002. It was owned by Fox Television Entertainment airing programming on Monday–Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.Depending on the show, the...
(which had been turned down by KSAZ) instead. By then, KTVK was only airing prime-time programming, sports, and the major soaps from ABC.
KTVK renewed Oprah
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
and 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...
, and purchased all the available King World shows such as Wheel of Fortune and 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...
(which was not renewed by KSAZ, and are now seen on KNXV), American Journal
American Journal
American Journal was a syndicated television newsmagazine program that ran from 1993 to 1998. The series was distributed by King World Productions...
(not renewed by KPNX), Rolonda
Rolonda
Rolonda was a syndicated daytime talk show that aired from January 17, 1994 to September 1997. It featured Rolonda Watts as the host, and was produced and distributed by King World Productions .-Background:...
, Branded (for weekends), and The Little Rascals
Our Gang
Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...
(for weekends). KTVK also affiliated with the WB Network.
As an independent station
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
, and several off-network sitcoms during prime time. A quirk of the Fox Kids schedule on KTVK was that Animaniacs
Animaniacs
Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as simply Animaniacs, is an American animated series, distributed by Warner Bros. Television and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. The cartoon was the second animated series produced by the collaboration of Steven...
and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is an American live-action children's television series based on the 16th installment of the Japanese Super Sentai franchise, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. Both the show and its related merchandise saw unbridled overnight success, catapulting into pop culture in mere months...
aired on Sundays at 6 and 6:30 p.m. (respectively), after the news and before its 7 p.m. movie. (In addition to the situations that happened in San Francisco and Jacksonville, a similar situation occurred in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
where longtime CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
affiliate CJON-TV
CJON-TV
CJON-DT is a Canadian English language television station broadcasting on channel 21 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with additional transmitters and cable coverage throughout the province. It is known on-air as NTV, for Newfoundland Television...
in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...
, known locally as NTV, became an independent station, but still carries news programming from CTV and both news and entertainment programming from the rival Global
Global Television Network
Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
.)
KTVK owned a substantial programming inventory, but didn't have enough time in its broadcast day to air it all, even after dropping ABC. As such, when the Brooks family launched a new station, KASW
KASW
KASW is a full-service television station licensed to Phoenix, Arizona. It broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 49 from a transmitter located on South Mountain in Phoenix, on cable channel 6 on major Phoenix cable systems , and several translators in northern and eastern Arizona...
(channel 61), in September 1995, KTVK immediately entered into 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...
with the new station. KASW became the WB affiliate, and KTVK bought the new station's entire broadcast day. KASW also picked up Fox Kids programming soon after and KTVK then reinstated Saturday morning newscasts. On the same day KASW took over the WB affiliation, the Arizona Television Company officially changed its name to MAC America Communications, after its founder's nickname, "Mac." By this time, it had grown to include two FM stations, a magazine and the Arizona News Channel, a joint venture with Cox Communications
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...
launched on November 4, 1996.
KJTV-TV
KJTV-TV is the Fox affiliated television station serving Lubbock, Texas, owned by Ramar Communications. KJTV was a charter station for its network, having broadcast the network since its launch on October 9, 1986. It broadcasts on UHF digital channel 35...
in Lubbock, Texas, stopped airing the program. KTVK aired it after its 10 p.m. news.
MAC America decided to sell off most of its media assets, including KTVK, in 1999, but was very selective about a buyer. It wanted to sell to a company that would continue to keep a local presence at the station (particularly important to the Lewises, as KTVK was the last locally-owned station in the market) and allow the station to continue its growth of the last decade. In the end, it sold KTVK, the LMA
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...
with KASW and its share of the Arizona News Channel to the Belo Corporation in 1999, ending 44 years of McFarland-Lewis ownership (Belo eventually bought KASW outright in 2001). In 2000, Belo and Cox partnered to produce a new Spanish-language channel, ¡Más! Arizona. It launched October 16 of that year.
Without a network affiliation, KTVK fills primetime with Dr. Phil, Oprah
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
, and an hour-long 9 p.m. newscast (which competes with the 9 p.m. newscast on Fox-owned KSAZ, that started at the same time as KTVK's). Even with the meteoric rise of KPNX after it stayed with NBC and that network rocketed to the top of the ratings, KTVK remained the dominant news station in Arizona well through 2003; KTVK held the evening news crown that year and KPNX led in late news. That year, KTVK's Oprah was also the top syndicated show in the market.
Arizona Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field...
, beginning broadcasts when the team joined the National League
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
in 1998
1998 in baseball
-Headline events of the year:*Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Greg Vaughn all hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break and engage in a historic chase for Roger Maris's single-season record of 61 home runs...
. The team remained on KTVK through the end of the 2007 season
2007 in baseball
-Major League Baseball:*Regular Season Champions*World Series Champion – [Boston Red Sox]*Postseason – October 2 to October 28Click on any series score to link to that series' page....
, when the team opted to move all of its English-language broadcasts (not counting national broadcasts) to FSN Arizona
FSN Arizona
Fox Sports Arizona is a regional sports network that serves the state of Arizona. It was originally launched as Prime Sports Arizona on September 1, 1996 as an affiliate of the Prime Network...
.
Helicopter crash
On July 27, 2007 at exactly 12:46:20pm MST, KTVK's News Chopper 3 was involved in a mid-air collision when local ABC affiliate KNXV-TVKNXV-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....
's helicopter struck it from behind. The collision
2007 Phoenix news helicopter collision
The 2007 Phoenix news helicopter collision occurred on July 27, 2007 at exactly 12:46:20 P.M. MST when two AS-350 AStar helicopters from KNXV-TV and KTVK news stations collided in mid-air above Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix, Arizona while covering a police pursuit...
occurred above Steele Indian School Park, near Third Street and Indian School Road, while both aircraft were covering a police car pursuit in downtown Phoenix. All four people on both helicopters were killed, including KTVK pilot Scott Bowerbank and photographer Jim Cox. The cause of the crash is now being investigated.
News operation
Currently, KTVK broadcasts a total of 52½ hours of local newscasts each week (with 8½ hours on weekdays and five hours on weekends); this gives the station the largest local news output of any television station in the state of Arizona, surpassing area Fox affiliate KSAZ's weekly news total by 3½ hours, though the two stations produce an equal amount of local newscasts (8½ hours) on weekdays.Among the station's flagship programs is "Good Morning Arizona," one of the country's original long-format local TV morning newscasts. Running from 4:30 to 10 a.m. weekdays and 7 to 10 a.m. on weekends, the show has been a long-time ratings winner and the highest-rated program of its kind in the nation. "GMAZ" has its own budget, writers and on-air staff. Good Morning Arizona is also streamed live on azfamily.com starting at 6 a.m., and it simulcast on Belo's Tucson station KMSB-TV
KMSB-TV
KMSB is the Fox-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona. The station broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 25 . Since it transmits from atop Mount Bigelow, there is no signal reception in the northern part of Tucson, Oro Valley and Marana....
. Jodi Applegate
Jodi Applegate
Jodi Applegate is an American news anchor for WPIX New York. She formerly anchored WNYW-TV's Good Day New York and News 12 Long Island.-Life and career:...
was the original host of "Good Morning Arizona" from 1994 until 1996, when she joined 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...
as a weekend Today Show anchor. Currently, April Warnecke and Javier Soto anchor the 4:30 a.m. half-hour, while Kaley O'Kelley and Scott Pasmore co-anchor from 5-8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Even with the station's loss of the ABC affiliation in 1995, the station's newscasts still receive high ratings. Its evening newscast, "Good Evening Arizona," regularly trounces the national networks' newscasts in the ratings. KTVK is one of the nation's most successful independent stations. On April 26, 2007, KTVK became the third television station in Arizona (following NBC affiliates KPNX
KPNX
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...
in Phoenix and KVOA
KVOA
KVOA is a full-service NBC-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona. It broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 23 from its transmitter on Mount Bigelow, northeast of Tucson. Per FCC regulations, the station identifies itself on television tuners as channel 4 through PSIP...
in Tucson) to broadcast their local newscasts in high definition. On March 1, 2009, KTVK, 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
KPNX
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...
began to share a news helicopter through a Local News Service agreement.
On January 25, 2010, Good Morning Arizona expanded by one hour, running from 4:30 to 10 a.m., while the 11 a.m. newscast Good Day Arizona was discontinued. Good Day Arizona anchor Frank Camacho will now host a weekly politics show, Politics Unplugged on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. and be the chief political reporter for the station. On August 22, 2011, KTVK will launch a weeknight 10 p.m. newscast, bringing the station's weekdaily news output to nine hours each weekday, the addition will also return a local newscast in that timeslot.
Ratings
According to Tess Rafols, weekend anchor of Good Morning Arizona, GMAZ Saturday had the highest ratings in the February 2010 ratings period of any other newscast in Phoenix. Also, KTVK is currently advertising that Good Evening Arizona is #1 in the ratings during the 4:30-6:30 p.m. hours. As such, it has been one of the strongest independent (non-network-affiliated) stations in the country since it dropped ABC in 1995.Newscast titles
- Your Esso Reporter (1955–1962)
- KTVK News (1962–1970)
- TV-3 News (1970–1976)
- Total News (1976–1980)
- Eyewitness NewsEyewitness NewsEyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
3 (1980–1986) - Channel 3 News (1983–1986 and 1996–2003)
- NewsChannel 3 (1986–1996 and 2003–2004)
- 3TV News (2004–present)
Station slogans
- Arizona's First Color Television Station (1966–1970)
- TV-3 News: Arizona's Most Respected Television News Organization (1970–1974)
- If It's News, It's On TV-3 News (1974–1976)
- Arizona's Largest Television News Team (1976–1977)
- You Know You Can Count on Us (1977–1980)
- Arizona's Choice for News (1980–1983)
- Arizona's Very Own (1983–1986)
- Arizona's News People (1986–1993)
- When News Happens, You'll See it Happen on NewsChannel 3 (1993–1994)
- The Place With More Stuff (1994–2003)
- Arizona's Family (2003–present, used infrequently until early-2005)
- Everywhere, Always There (breaking newsBreaking newsBreaking news, also known as a special report or news bulletin, is a current event that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its details. Many times, breaking news is used after the news network has already reported on this story...
, developing story) (2005?–present) - The Place With More News (2007–2009)
- The Best Gets Better (2009–present)
News team
Current anchors- Beverly Kidd - weeknights at 9 p.m.
- Patti Kirkpatrick - weeknights Good Evening AZ (4:30–6:30 p.m.)
- Fields Moseley - weeknights at 10 p.m.
- Ryan O'Donnell - weekend mornings Good Morning AZ; also early evening reporter
- Kaley O'Kelley - weekday mornings Good Morning AZ (5-10 a.m.)
- Scott Pasmore - weekday mornings Good Morning AZ (5-10 a.m.)
- Carey Pena - weeknights at 10 p.m.
- Tess Rafols - weekend mornings Good Morning AZ; also weekday morning reporter
- Steve Ryan - Saturday evenings at 5 and 9 p.m.; also weekday reporter
- Marie Saavedra - Sunday evenings at 5 and 9 p.m.; also weekday reporter
- Javier Soto - weekday mornings Good Morning AZ (4:30-5 a.m.); also 5-10 a.m. reporter
The Forecasters
- Royal Norman (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights Good Evening AZ (4:30–6:30 p.m.), 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. - Britney Shipp - meteorologist; weekend mornings Good Morning AZ, and weekends at 5 and 9 p.m.
- April Warnecke (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings Good Morning AZ (4:30-10 a.m.); co-anchor (4:30-5 a.m.) - Kaley O'Kelley - weather anchor; Good Morning AZ fill-in
Sports team
- Tim Ring - sports director; weekdays Good Evening AZ (4:30–6:30 p.m.), 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.
- Tyler Baldwin - weekend sports anchor/reporter
Reporters
- Steve Bodinet - general assignment reporter
- Frank Camacho - chief political reporter and host of "Politics Unplugged"
- Stacey Delikat - general assignment reporter
- Jared Dillingham - general assignment reporter
- Yetta Gibson - Good Morning AZ entertainment reporter; also fill-in GMAZ anchor
- Gary Harper - "3 On Your Side" investigative reporter
- Kristine Harrington - general assignment reporter
- Gina Maravilla - Good Morning AZ weekday traffic reporter
- Carina Sonn - general assignment reporter; also fill-in anchor
- Mike Watkiss - general assignment reporter
- Steve Ryan - general assignment reporter
- Crystal Cruz - general assignment reporter
News Chopper 20 (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...
agreement, the helicopter is shared with 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
KPNX
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...
and operated by Helicopters Inc. News 20 because when you add 3,5,12 together you get 20)
- Scott Clifton - pilot/reporter; weekday mornings
- Jimmy Castanza - backup pilot; weekday mornings
- Tammy Rose - pilot/reporter; weekday evenings
Fort McDowell News Chopper
- Bruce Haffner - pilot/reporter; weekday mornings
Former on-air staff
| Name | Position at KTVK | Years Active | Whereabouts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jodi Applegate | Good Morning Arizona Anchor | 1993–1996 | Left to become Today Show anchor. Now anchors the 10PM news on WPIX WPIX WPIX, channel 11, is a television station in New York City built, signed on, and owned by the Tribune Company. WPIX also serves as the flagship station of The CW Television Network... in New York as of Monday, October 11. |
| Scott Bowerbank | News Chopper 3 Pilot/Reporter | 2004–2007 | Killed in collision 2007 Phoenix news helicopter collision The 2007 Phoenix news helicopter collision occurred on July 27, 2007 at exactly 12:46:20 P.M. MST when two AS-350 AStar helicopters from KNXV-TV and KTVK news stations collided in mid-air above Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix, Arizona while covering a police pursuit... . |
| Mike Chamberlin | Sports Anchor, later News Co-Anchor | Early 1990s-2004 | Weekend sports anchor at KPHO Phoenix, retired in 2008 to pursue Christian music career. |
| Mitch Duncan | Evening News Co-Anchor | Weekend news anchor at KFMB-TV KFMB-TV KFMB-TV is the local CBS television affiliate in San Diego, California. Its studios are located on Engineer Road in the Kearny Mesa area of San Diego along with its sister radio stations, AM 760 and FM 100.7... San Diego, instructor, San Diego State University San Diego State University San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system... , Deceased |
|
| Patricio Espinoza | Reporter, KTVK and News Anchor, KTVK's ¡Más! Arizona | 2000–2003 | Moved to Univision's KXLN Houston as Investigative Reporter/Anchor. Winner of several Texas Lone Star Emmys now manages AlamoCityTimes.com and freelances for ABC News |
| Olivia Fierro | Good Morning Arizona Anchor | 2003–2009 | Left to become evening news anchor at Fox affiliate KVVU in Las Vegas |
| Jim Cox | News Chopper 3 Camera Operator | 1996–2007 | Killed in collision 2007 Phoenix news helicopter collision The 2007 Phoenix news helicopter collision occurred on July 27, 2007 at exactly 12:46:20 P.M. MST when two AS-350 AStar helicopters from KNXV-TV and KTVK news stations collided in mid-air above Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix, Arizona while covering a police pursuit... . |
| Dan Davis | Anchor for Good Morning Arizona | 1979–2009 | Host the show "AAA Presents Highroads with Dan Davis" on KPNX TV 12 (NBC) in Phoenix at 6:30pm Saturdays, at a 4pm on KVOA TV, NBC4 in Tucson. |
| Kim Dillon | Meteorologist | to 2005 | Terminated after being arrested for theft.Found guilty. |
| Heidi Fogelsong | Nighttime Anchor | 1985–1992 | At KTAR-FM KTAR-FM KTAR-FM is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format. Licensed to Glendale, Arizona, USA, the station serves the Phoenix area and is currently owned by Bonneville Holding Company... |
| Jerry Foster | News Chopper 3 Pilot/Traffic Reporter | Mid 1990s | Fired for alleged drug charges after substance fell from the helicopter. |
| Liz Habib | News Anchor; Good Evening Arizona, 10pm News | 1994 to 2004 | At KTTV KTTV KTTV, channel 11, is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Los Angeles, California. Serving the vast Los Angeles metropolitan area, KTTV is a sister station to KCOP , Los Angeles' MyNetworkTV station... Los Angeles, Reporter, Anchor |
| Cameron Harper | Nighttime Anchor | 1984–1993 | At WPTY-TV WPTY-TV WPTY-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for west Tennessee that is licensed to Memphis. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 25 from a transmitter in the Brunswick section of Arlington. Owned by Newport Television, the station is sister to CW affiliate WLMT and Fox... in Memphis, Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.... |
| Jim Howl | Weather Forecaster | Mid 1970s-1996 | Weathercaster for KFNX KFNX KFNX 1100 is a news/talk radio station licensed to Cave Creek, Arizona and broadcasting out of Phoenix, Arizona. It features paid health and financial programs. KFNX also carries syndicated talkers Don Imus, Laura Ingraham, Dr... -AM Phoenix; ran for Arizona governorship in 1998 |
| Kirsten Joyce | Weekend Anchor/Reporter | 2006–2010 | Weekend Anchor at KCPQ-TV in Seattle/Tacoma |
| Chera Kimiko | Reporter | 2000's | Main Anchor at KOKI-TV KOKI-TV KOKI-TV, virtual channel 23 , is the Fox-affiliated television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is owned by Newport Television, a subsidiary of private equity firm Providence Equity Partners... in Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's... |
| Cater Lee | Weekday Evening Anchor | Mid 90's | Currently a reporter and anchor for KCBS-TV KCBS-TV KCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter... /KCAL-TV KCAL-TV KCAL-TV, channel 9, is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, USA, owned by the CBS Corporation. KCAL-TV shares its studio facilities with KCBS-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.-Digital... |
| Brad Perry | Reporter/Weatherman for Good Morning Arizona | 1998–2009 | Laid off. Originally planned to start music career. Now morning reporter for Good Morning San Diego on KUSI. |
| Rock Rote | Sports Director/Anchor/Host/Color Commentator | 1980s | Managing Director at Weather Central Inc. in Madison, WI |
| Ray Scott Ray Scott (sportscaster) Ray Scott , was an American sportscaster, best known for his broadcasts for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. His brother Hal Scott was also a sportscaster.-Early life and career:Scott began his broadcasting career on local radio in the late 1930s... |
Sports Anchor | 1980s | Former CBS NFL on CBS The NFL on CBS is the brand name of the CBS television network's coverage of the National Football League's American Football Conference games, produced by CBS Sports.-Market coverage and television policies:... play-by-play broadcaster, deceased |
| Ross Shimabuku | Sports Anchor | 2000s | Currently sportscaster for KSWB-TV KSWB-TV KSWB-TV, virtual channel 69, is a Fox-affiliated television station in San Diego, California. It broadcasts a 720p high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter southeast of Spring Valley... |
| Ray Thompson | Weekday Evening Anchor | Late 1970s | Previously at KTAR (KPNX); retired |
| Gil Tyree | Sports Anchor | 1986–2001 | At WGCL WGCL-TV WGCL-TV, virtual channel 46.1 is the CBS-affiliated television station serving the Atlanta, Georgia area. Its city of license is Atlanta, and the station is owned by Meredith Corporation, making it the largest-market CBS station not owned by the network... 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... |
| Ray Vaughn | Evening News Co-Anchor | Lawyer in Edmond, Oklahoma Edmond, Oklahoma Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, the population was 81,405, making it the sixth largest city in the state of Oklahoma.... ; County Commissioner, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Oklahoma County is a county located in the central partof the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 718,633 at the 2010 census. The county seat and principal city is Oklahoma City... |
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| Tara Hitchcock Tara Hitchcock Tara Hitchcock is an American journalist and news anchor.She was born in Pennsylvania, the eldest of four daughters. Her family lived in Massachusetts and New Jersey. In 1981, they settled in Plano, Texas, near Dallas. Her parents still live in Plano.Tara attended Boston College and holds a BA in... |
Morning News Co-Anchor | 1997-2011 | Plans not announced |
Rebroadcasters
KTVK is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:- K26FS 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...
- K12OF 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...
- K16EV 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...
- K49HP 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....
- K02PE Carrizo
- K02PF CibecueCibecue, ArizonaCibecue is a census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,331 at the 2000 census.The current council leaders are Arnold Beach Sr...
- K27EJ Colorado CityColorado City, ArizonaColorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is located in a region known as the Arizona Strip. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town was 4,607...
- K38AI CottonwoodCottonwood, ArizonaCottonwood is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 11,171.-Geography:Cottonwood is located at ....
- K47DA DuncanDuncan, ArizonaDuncan is a town in Greenlee County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 713. It is part of the Safford Micropolitan Statistical Area. Duncan is at the juncture of the Gila River and the Arizona-New Mexico state border...
/CliftonClifton, ArizonaClifton is a town in and the county seat of Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, along the San Francisco River. The population of the town was 3,311 at the 2010 census. It was a site of the Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983....
/MorenciMorenci, ArizonaMorenci is a census-designated place in Greenlee County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,879 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Safford Micropolitan Statistical Area... - K54GI FlagstaffFlagstaff, ArizonaFlagstaff 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...
- K15DX FredoniaFredonia, ArizonaFredonia is a town in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. Fredonia is Arizona's northernmost town and the gateway to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Visitors enjoy seeing the Grand Canyon from the North Rim because they can experience the wonder and beauty without large crowds and high...
- K48FC Fort ApacheFort Apache, ArizonaFort Apache is an unincorporated community in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Fort Apache is located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation east of Canyon Day. Fort Apache has a post office with ZIP code 85926....
- K14NA-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... - K23FV 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 ...
- K29FD 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...
- K25DH 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...
- K11LC 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....
- K53GM WilliamsWilliams, ArizonaWilliams is a city in Coconino County, Arizona, United States west of Flagstaff. Its population was 2,842 at the 2000 census; according to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,094. It lies on the route of Historic Route 66, Interstate 40, and the Southwest Chief Amtrak...
KTVK is available on cable in Yuma
Yuma, Arizona
Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041....
, the Imperial Valley, California
Imperial Valley
The Imperial Valley is an agricultural area of Southern California's Imperial County. It is located in southeastern Southern California, centered around the city of El Centro. Locally, the terms "Imperial Valley" and "Imperial County" are used synonymously. The Valley is bordered between the...
and Coachella, California
Coachella, California
Coachella is a city in Riverside County, California; it is the easternmost city in the region collectively known as the Coachella Valley...
Country Cable services.
See also
- Jane DornackerJane DornackerJane Dornacker was an American rock musician, actress, and comedienne turned traffic reporter.In 1986, while working for WNBC 660 AM Radio in New York City , Dornacker was aboard during two unrelated crashes of the helicopters leased to WNBC...
, a reporter who died in a helicopter accident while being on air. - Jim Carr, Director of Digital Media for KTVK, Inc.
- List of news aircraft crashes
External links
- KTVK Website
- The McFarland Collection - KTVK-TV (Photo gallery maintained by Pinal County, ArizonaPinal County, Arizona-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*72.4% White*4.6% Black*5.6% Native American*1.7% Asian*0.4% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.8% Two or more races*11.5% Other races*28.5% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
)