KVVU-TV
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KVVU-TV, virtual channel 5.1, is a Fox
-affiliated television station
serving the Las Vegas
, Nevada
market. It is owned and operated by Meredith Corporation
. It transmits its digital
signal on VHF channel 9. The station's studios and transmitter are located in Henderson
, its city of license
. Syndicated programming on KVVU includes: TMZ on TV
, Extra
, and America's Funniest Home Videos
.
KVVU was owned for several years by Johnny Carson
, who visited the station fairly often. Under Carson, the station often ran R-rated theatrical films uncut in the late-night/early morning hours. While the afternoon (1 p.m.) and evening (9 p.m.) movie would be always different, the same film would be run uncut in the evening and censored in the afternoon, but not on the same day. The evening movie generally reran at 1 a.m. almost every day. Films with questionable content were sometimes prefaced by a pre-recorded warning from Carson.
Meredith Corporation
bought the station in 1985. The station's "5" logo for the next four years was used on other Meredith-owned stations broadcasting on channel 5, including KPHO-TV
, WNEM-TV
, KCTV
and WTVH
. Under Meredith, KVVU is the only Fox station under the same ownership since 2001. The station moved into its present home on Sunset Way in the Green Valley subdivision of Henderson in 1991.
KVVU was not part of the 1994 affiliation deal between Meredith and CBS because that network had a long-term affiliation contract with its existing affiliate KLAS-TV
(however, KPHO and WNEM were part of the Meredith-CBS deal, and KCTV was already affiliated with that network). It was one of only five stations (not counting satellites or semi-satellites) under Meredith ownership (the company having recently sold off WTVH) at the time of the deal.
The station announcer Ralph Menard, from 1973-2001 would identify channel 5 with the catch-phrase "Henderson and Laaassss Vegas"; he passed away in 2003.
In June 2006, the station's website was redesigned (along with those of four of Meredith Corporation's other stations). The old website was operated by the Local Media Network division of World Now. Internet Broadcasting
operated the site until 2011, when WorldNow began a group deal with all of Meredith's stations.
5.2.
KVVU-TV turned-off its analog transmitter on June 12, 2009. The station's digital broadcasts remained on channel 9; but, through the use of PSIP, digital television display KVVU-TV's virtual channel
as 5.
. The station added a morning newscast a year later.
On September 12, 2006, the station launched a lifestyle magazine show called "MORE." The one hour show is live from the KVVU studios in Henderson. The program targets women aged 25–49 offering them stories about Las Vegas fashion, food, and family fun. MORE was originated at KVVU's sister-station, KPTV
in Portland
, Oregon
. MORE is also the name of one of Meredith's top magazines for women in their 40s.
On September 10, 2007 KVVU-TV added "FOX5 News at 5" and "FOX5 News at 5:30", two additional 30-minute newscasts, expanding the station's daily news production to six hours during the weekdays. KVVU-TV is now home to the only local newscast in Las Vegas at 5:30 p.m. Since then, KVVU-TV has also added a half-hour newscast at 11:00 p.m., which debuted on August 4, 2008.
In September, 2008, FOX5 launched an additional hour of the highly popular MORE program premiering at 4pm. One year later, the lifestyle program was rebranded as "MORE Access" and moved to a new time period (6:00pm to 7:00pm) following FOX5 News at 5:30. KVVU is the only local television station in Las Vegas to successfully produce 2-hours of non-news programming every weekday.
KVVU aka FOX5 currently produces 9 hours of local programming (7 hours of news & 2 hours of entertainment/lifestyle) each weekday, more than any other local television station in the Las Vegas market (#40.)
Weekends
Weather Team
Sports team
Reporters
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
-affiliated television station
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...
serving the Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
market. It is owned and operated by 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:...
. It transmits its digital
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
signal on VHF channel 9. The station's studios and transmitter are located in Henderson
Henderson, Nevada
-Demographics:According to the 2000 census, there were 175,381 people, 66,331 households, and 47,095 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,200.8 people per square mile . There were 71,149 housing units at an average density of 892.8 per square mile...
, its city of license
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....
. Syndicated programming on KVVU includes: TMZ on TV
TMZ on TV
TMZ on TV, or simply TMZ and TMZTV, is an American syndicated entertainment and gossip news television show that premiered on September 10, 2007. The program is generally aired on Fox, The CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates, though a majority of the stations that carry the series are Fox affiliates...
, Extra
Extra (TV series)
Extra is an American entertainment television news program covering events and celebrities which debuted on September 5, 1994 in syndication. It is produced at Victory Studios in Glendale, California by Telepictures Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television Distribution...
, and America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos is an American reality television program on ABC in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes. The most common videos usually feature slapstick physical comedy arising from incidents, accidents and mishaps...
.
History
KVVU went on the air September 10, 1967 as KHBV-TV, Nevada's first independent station; the current call letters were adopted in 1971 as KVVU-TV. It originally broadcast from a converted Flying A gas station along Boulder Highway near Sunset Road, while the offices were housed in a modern office building on Flamingo Road.KVVU was owned for several years by Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson
John William "Johnny" Carson was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years . Carson received six Emmy Awards including the Governor Award and a 1985 Peabody Award; he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987...
, who visited the station fairly often. Under Carson, the station often ran R-rated theatrical films uncut in the late-night/early morning hours. While the afternoon (1 p.m.) and evening (9 p.m.) movie would be always different, the same film would be run uncut in the evening and censored in the afternoon, but not on the same day. The evening movie generally reran at 1 a.m. almost every day. Films with questionable content were sometimes prefaced by a pre-recorded warning from Carson.
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:...
bought the station in 1985. The station's "5" logo for the next four years was used on other Meredith-owned stations broadcasting on channel 5, including 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...
, WNEM-TV
WNEM-TV
WNEM-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities market in Michigan. It is licensed to Bay City, and broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 22 . Owned by the Meredith Corporation, the station has studios on North Franklin Street in downtown Saginaw, as...
, 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...
and WTVH
WTVH
WTVH is the CBS-affiliated television station for Central New York State licensed to Syracuse. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 47 from a transmitter in LaFayette. The station can also be seen on Time Warner and Verizon FiOS channel 5. There is a high definition feed...
. Under Meredith, KVVU is the only Fox station under the same ownership since 2001. The station moved into its present home on Sunset Way in the Green Valley subdivision of Henderson in 1991.
KVVU was not part of the 1994 affiliation deal between Meredith and CBS because that network had a long-term affiliation contract with its existing affiliate KLAS-TV
KLAS-TV
KLAS-TV, virtual channel 8 , is the CBS-affiliated television station serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market; it is owned and operated by Landmark Media Enterprises...
(however, KPHO and WNEM were part of the Meredith-CBS deal, and KCTV was already affiliated with that network). It was one of only five stations (not counting satellites or semi-satellites) under Meredith ownership (the company having recently sold off WTVH) at the time of the deal.
The station announcer Ralph Menard, from 1973-2001 would identify channel 5 with the catch-phrase "Henderson and Laaassss Vegas"; he passed away in 2003.
In June 2006, the station's website was redesigned (along with those of four of Meredith Corporation's other stations). The old website was operated by the Local Media Network division of World Now. Internet Broadcasting
Internet Broadcasting
Internet Broadcasting , or IB, is a provider of Websites, content and advertising revenue solution to the largest and most successful media companies in the world. IB hosts over 70 local stations' sites, and co-produced NBCOlympics.com for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2006...
operated the site until 2011, when WorldNow began a group deal with all of Meredith's stations.
Digital television
KVVU-DT broadcasts on digital channel 9. Besides the main 5.1 signal, the station also carries an all-weather station with looping maps, conditions and forecasts on digital subchannelDigital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
5.2.
KVVU-TV turned-off its analog transmitter on June 12, 2009. The station's digital broadcasts remained on channel 9; but, through the use of PSIP, digital television display KVVU-TV's virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
as 5.
News operation
In June 1998, the station started "FOX5 News at 10," the first 10 p.m. newscast in the Las Vegas market. For the first couple of years, the newscast was solo-anchored by Angelica Urquijo. The station did not have a weather anchor or actual sports anchor; the sports segments were pre-recorded with voice over work done by Boxing analyst Al BernsteinAl Bernstein
Al Michael Bernstein is an American sportscaster, writer, stage performer, recording artist, and speaker.-1970s:In the 1970s, he was a newspaperman, working at Lerner Newspapers in Chicago. He eventually became a managing editor at that newspaper....
. The station added a morning newscast a year later.
On September 12, 2006, the station launched a lifestyle magazine show called "MORE." The one hour show is live from the KVVU studios in Henderson. The program targets women aged 25–49 offering them stories about Las Vegas fashion, food, and family fun. MORE was originated at KVVU's sister-station, KPTV
KPTV
KPTV is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Portland, Oregon market, which includes most of the state of Oregon and portions of Southwest Washington. KPTV is owned by the Meredith Corporation in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate KPDX , with its studios located in Beaverton and...
in Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
. MORE is also the name of one of Meredith's top magazines for women in their 40s.
On September 10, 2007 KVVU-TV added "FOX5 News at 5" and "FOX5 News at 5:30", two additional 30-minute newscasts, expanding the station's daily news production to six hours during the weekdays. KVVU-TV is now home to the only local newscast in Las Vegas at 5:30 p.m. Since then, KVVU-TV has also added a half-hour newscast at 11:00 p.m., which debuted on August 4, 2008.
In September, 2008, FOX5 launched an additional hour of the highly popular MORE program premiering at 4pm. One year later, the lifestyle program was rebranded as "MORE Access" and moved to a new time period (6:00pm to 7:00pm) following FOX5 News at 5:30. KVVU is the only local television station in Las Vegas to successfully produce 2-hours of non-news programming every weekday.
KVVU aka FOX5 currently produces 9 hours of local programming (7 hours of news & 2 hours of entertainment/lifestyle) each weekday, more than any other local television station in the Las Vegas market (#40.)
Newscasts/Local Programs
Weekdays- 4:30a to 7am: FOX5 News This Morning
- 7a to 9am: FOX5 News: Live In Las Vegas
- 9am to 10am: MORE
- 5pm to 5:30pm: FOX5 News @ 5
- 5:30pm to 6pm: FOX5 News @ 5:30
- 6pm to 7pm: MORE Access
- 10pm to 11pm: FOX5 News @ 10
- 11pm to 11:35pm: FOX5 News @ 11
Weekends
- 10pm to 11pm: FOX5 News @ 10 (Saturday)
- 10pm to 10:45pm: FOX5 News @ 10 (Sunday)
- 10:45pm to 11:00pm: FOX5 Sports Plus (Sunday)
Newscast history
- June 1, 1998: FOX5 News @ 10 debuts as a 30-minute newscast
- July 1999: FOX5 News This Morning debuts
- June 2002: The 10 p.m. newscast expands to weekends
- Fall 2003(?): FOX5 News @ 10 expands to 1 hour
- September 12, 2006: MORE debuts
- September 10, 2007: FOX5 News @ 5 & 5:30 debut
- August 4, 2008: FOX5 News @ 11 debuts
- September, 2009: "MORE at 4pm" debuts
- Fall 2010: "MORE at 4pm" moves to 6pm and debuts as "MORE Access"
- March 7, 2011: "FOX5 News This Morning" expands to 4 1/2 hours
Newscast titles
- Fox 5 News (1998-present)
- "FOX5 News This Morning"
- "FOX5 News: Live in Las Vegas"
- "FOX5 News at 5pm"
- "FOX5 News at 5:30pm"
- "FOX5 News at 10pm"
- "FOX5 News at 11pm"
- "FOX5 Sports Plus"
- "MORE"
- "MORE Access"
Station slogans
- Channel 5 Las Vegas, In Color (1967-1971)
- Come Alive, You're on Channel 5 (early 1970s)
- Las Vegas Turns to TV-5 (mid 1970s)
- Las Vegas' Independent TV-5 (late 1970s)
- TV-5, The Place to Be (early 1980s)
- We've Got A Good Thing Going On (mid 1980s)
- The Original Ten O'Clock News (1998-2003)
- The Right Time. The Right Team. (2003-2006)
- Local. Las Vegas. (2006-present)
FOX5 News team
Anchors- Heidi Hayes - FOX5 News This Morning (4:30-7 a.m.)
- Dave Hall - FOX5 News This Morning (4:30-7 a.m.)
- Jason Feinberg - FOX5 News: Live in Las Vegas (7-9 a.m.)
- Monica Jackson - FOX5 News: Live in Las Vegas (7-9 a.m.)
- John Huck - FOX5 News at 5, 5:30, 10 & 11 p.m.
- Olivia Fierro - FOX5 News at 5, 5:30, 10 & 11 p.m.
- Elizabeth Watts - FOX5 News at 10 p.m. (weekends); also general assignment reporter
Weather Team
- Stacey Donaldson - chief meteorologist - FOX5 News at 5, 5:30, 10 & 11 p.m.
- Ted Pretty - meteorologist - FOX5 News This Morning (4:30-7 a.m.) and FOX5 News: Live in Las Vegas (7-9 a.m.)
- Les Krifaton - meteorologist - FOX5 News at 10 p.m. (weekends); also general assignment reporter
- Nate Tannenbaum - fill-in meteorologist
Sports team
- Jon Castagnino - sports anchor - FOX5 News at 10 p.m. (weekends); FOX5 Sports Plus+ (Sundays 10:45-11 p.m.); also weekday general assignment reporter
Reporters
- Kevin Bolinger - general assignment reporter; also fill-in news and sports anchor
- Chris Brown - morning traffic reporter
- Matt DeLucia - general assignment reporter
- Stefanie Jay - general assignment reporter
- Doug Johnson - general assignment reporter
- Dave Lawrence - morning reporter
- MaryAnn Martinez - general assignment reporter
MORE Team (weeknights)
- Arran Anderson - MORE Access at 6-7 p.m.
- Jason Feinberg - MORE at 9-10 a.m.
- Claudine Grant - feature reporter
- Monica Jackson - MORE at 9-10 a.m.
- Sean McAllister - feature reporter; also fill-in MORE host
- Maria Silva - contributor & reporter; also fill-in FOX5 News anchor
- Lindsey Simon - contributor & reporter
- Rachel Smith - MORE at 9-10 a.m. & MORE Access at 6-7 p.m.
Former staff
- Al BernsteinAl BernsteinAl Michael Bernstein is an American sportscaster, writer, stage performer, recording artist, and speaker.-1970s:In the 1970s, he was a newspaperman, working at Lerner Newspapers in Chicago. He eventually became a managing editor at that newspaper....
- sports anchor (1998-2002; currently a boxing analyst on Showtime) - Cher CalvinCher Calvin- Biography :Calvin is the daughter of former actor Roger Calvin. She started with KTLA in January, 2005. She was a former news anchor of Studio 23's "News Central" and one of the hosts of the fashion magazine show "F" on ABS-CBN.Calvin came to KTLA from KVVU-TV Fox 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where...
- morning anchor (now weekend anchor and reporter at KTLA-TV in Los Angeles) - Jim Parker (a.k.a. "Vegas VampireVegas VampireThe Vegas Vampire was a fictional character invented and portrayed by entertainer Jim Parker as the horror host of late night Shock Theater and Vegas Vampire shows at KHBV/KVVU, Channel 5, in Henderson, Nevada, and broadcast to the greater Las Vegas, Nevada area from the late 1960s through the...
") - host of Shock Theater (mid 1960s-1970s) - Ann RubinAnn RubinAnn Rubin is an American TV journalist. She began her career in Pocatello, Idaho in the late 1990s. She is currently a general assignment reporter for KSDK, the NBC affiliate in St. Louis, Missouri. She has won three Emmy awards for her work.- Early life :Rubin was born May 2, 1974 in Chicago and...
- Three time Emmy award winning reporter
Mascot
The station (roughly from 1990 to current) uses a mascot named "Rusty the Fox", apparently named after the station's (then) General Manager Rusty Durante http://web.archive.org/web/19980118130229/http://kvvutv.com/ and the station's affiliation with the Fox network. The mascot, an anthropomorphic fox (a person in a fox costume), is used for community events and at one time was used for announcements for family-oriented information, the block of children's programming called "Fox5 Kids Club." http://www.viewnews.com/2001/VIEW-May-23-Wed-2001/North/16104532.html http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA197847.htmlRepeater stations
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