KSLA-TV

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KSLA-TV

Shreveport, Louisiana
Branding	KSLA News 12
Slogan	Coverage You Can Count On
Channels	12 (VHF) analog, 17 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Raycom Media
Founded	October 1, 1954
Call letters meaning	Shreveport, LouisianA
Former callsigns	KVSL-TV (1984-1995)
Former affiliations	NBC (1954-1960) (shared affiliation with CBS)UPN(secondary) (1995)
Website	www.ksla.com/

KSLA-TV is a television station in Shreveport, Louisiana. It's a CBS network affiliate and broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 12. The sole transmitter is located in Mooringsport, Louisiana.

1 History
2 Newscasts
3 Notable Personalities
- 3.1 Current On-Air Talent
4 News Presentation
- 4.1 Newscast Titles
- 4.2 Station Slogans
5 Logo Gallery
6 External links

[edit] History

KSLA went on the air on October 1, 1954 and shared affiliation time with CBS, NBC and the old DuMont Network until 1960, when it started broadcasting only CBS programming.

Its coverage area includes the Ark-La-Tex area. It is owned by Raycom Media. KSLA was the first station to broadcast out of Shreveport, the first in the market to broadcast in color, to broadcast in stereo sound, to employ the use of satellites, and, more recently, the first to broadcast in high definition. The station claims to have the highest rated newscast in the entire state of Louisiana. It was once the home of the Shreveport Captains and the defunct Canadian Football League team, the Shreveport Pirates.

KSLA was among the first 50 television stations in the country to air a unique local program initiative called PM Magazine from 1979 to 1984. This local program hosted by Chuck Smith and Becky Strickland became one of the consistently highest rated PM Magazine's in the country beating popular syndicated programs MASH, The Newlywed Game and People's Court as it averaged high audience shares, sometimes higher than 30% throughout its 4+ years on KSLA. Despite its local success, PM Magazine was cancelled in early 1984 after Viacom acquired the station & changed the call letters into KVSL-TV and became V-12. The last rating period for 1984 revealed the program had a 25 rating/39 share (Arbitron 2/'84).

For a short time in 1995, KSLA aired UPN on a secondary basis on Saturday nights after changing back to the old call letters from KVSL-TV "V-12". This, however, ended when KSHV took over UPN programming that August.

At one point, the station was owned by Viacom, which later on merged with CBS. On September 1, 1995, Viacom sold KSLA to Ellis Communications as part of Viacom's divestiture of its non-UPN stations. Ellis became part of Raycom the following year, following a merger.

[edit] Newscasts

[edit] Weekdays

News 12 This Morning: 5:00-7:00AM
- anchored by Najahe Hall with Ron Young on weather
News 12 @ 12:00: 12:00-12:30PM
- anchored by Najahe Hall with Ron Young on weather
News 12 Live @ 5:00: 5:00-5:30PM
- anchored by Carl Pendley and Shannon Royster with Patrick Dennis on weather and Mike Dirmann with sports
News 12 @ 6:00: 6:00-6:30PM
- anchored by Carl Pendley and Shannon Royster with Patrick Dennis on weather and Mike Dirmann with sports
News 12 @ 10:00: 10:00-10:35PM
- anchored by Carl Pendley and Shannon Royster with Patrick Dennis on weather and Mike Dirmann with sports

[edit] Saturdays

News 12 @ 6:00: 6:00-6:30PM
News 12 @ 10:00: 10:00-10:30PM

[edit] Sundays

News 12 Sunday Morning: 8:00-8:30AM
News 12 Live @ 5:00: 5:00-5:30PM
News 12 @ 10:00: 10:00-10:35PM

[edit] Notable Personalities

[edit] Current On-Air Talent

Anchors

Shannon Royster, Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter
Najahe Hall, Morning and Noon Anchor/Reporter
Bob Griffin, Weekend Evening Anchor/Reporter
Carl Pendley, Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter
Ed Walsh, Weekday Morning Anchor/Reporter

Reporters

Fred Childers, General Assignment Reporter
Jeff Ferrell, General Assignment Reporter, seen weekends
Tania Francois, General Assignment Reporter
Sara Gouedy, General Assignment Reporter, seen weekday mornings
Nordia Higgins, General Assignment Reporter
Jan Morgan, General Assignment Reporter
Katrina Webber, General Assignment Reporter, seen weekday mornings
Elbony Wilcott, General Assignment Reporter

StormTracker 12 Meteorologists

Patrick Dennis (NWA Certified), Weekday Evening Chief Meteorologist
Ron Young, Weekday Morning Meteorologist/Fill-in Meteorologist
Ed Durancyk, Weekend Evening Meteorologist/Fill-in Meteorologist

Sports Anchors/Reporters

Mike Dirmann, Sports Director/Weeknight Sports Anchor

[edit] News Presentation

[edit] Newscast Titles

KSLA News 12 (1997-present)

[edit] Station Slogans

Coverage You Can Count On (1997-present)

[edit] Logo Gallery

KSLA logo used from 1996 to 2006.

KSLA logo used since February 2006.

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Shreveport-Texarkana market (Nielsen DMA #81)
KTBS 3 (ABC) - KTAL 6 (NBC) - KETG 9 (PBS/AETN) - KSLA 12 (CBS) (The Tube on DT2) - KLTS 24 (PBS/LPB) - KMSS 33 (Fox) - KADO-LP 40 (ACN) - K42FE 42 (3ABN) - KSHV 45 (MNTV) - K54CB 54 (IND) - K59GO 59 (TBN) - K63BA 63 (PBS/OETA)
Local digital television channels
KPXJ 21 (The CW)
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Monroe, and Alexandria, Louisiana Markets

CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Louisiana

WWL 4 (New Orleans) - KALB-DT 5.2 (Alexandria) - KNOE 8 (Monroe) - WAFB 9 (Baton Rouge) - KLFY 10 (Lafayette) - KSLA 12 (Shreveport)
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other Stations in Louisiana