KTVE

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KTVE
El Dorado, Arkansas
Branding	NBC10
Slogan	Coverage You Can Count On
Channels	10 (VHF) analog, 27 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	Piedmont Television
Founded	December 3, 1955
Call letters meaning	K TV El Dorado
Former callsigns	KRBB-TV (1955-61)
Former affiliations	ABC (secondary, 1955-74)
Website	www.nbc10news.net

KTVE, Channel 10, is the NBC affiliate for the El Dorado, Arkansas/Monroe, Louisiana DMA. The station is licensed to El Dorado, but its main studio is located in West Monroe, Louisiana. KTVE is owned by Piedmont Television, and is sister station to the area's Fox affiliate, KARD.

KTVE’s transmitter is a 609.6 meter high guy-wired aerial mast (or antenna) is located in Bolding, Arkansas(geographical coordinates: 33°04′41″N, 92°13′41″W), is one of the largest structures of its kind. As a result, KTVE’s signal can be seen in 18 counties and parishes in Arkansas and Louisiana. On certain occasions, the signal can been seen as far north as Hot Springs, Arkansas, and as far west as Texarkana, Texas. For many years, it was known as "Region 10" because it could be seen over the air and on cable in many areas outside the market.

The station debuted on December 3, 1955 as KRBB-TV. It became KTVE in 1961, and brought color television to the Ark-La-Miss in 1966. It has always been an NBC affiliate, but shared ABC programming with KNOE-TV until KLAA-TV (now KARD) signed on in 1974.

For a time, former El Dorado mayor Mike Dumas served as the main evening anchor, while he was serving his early days in office.

In 1983, then-owner Gray Communications moved KTVE's main studio to West Monroe; it only retained a satellite studio in El Dorado with only a few staff members, including a video journalist. This led to many complaints that KTVE only featured stories from the Louisana side of the market. In the late 1990s, the FCC forced KTVE to adopt a split-anchor format as a condition of renewing its license. During the 5:00 and 6:00 newscasts, one anchor was stationed in Monroe, while another was stationed in El Dorado.

In 2002, KTVE took control of KARD's operations under a local marketing agreement, and moved into KARD's studio in West Monroe. The two stations also share a Web site.

KTVE also operated a translator station W02AW on Channel 2. The transmitter was said to be located south of Monroe, Louisiana.

In 2006, KTVE was the winner of the Radio-Television News Directors Association’s Ultimate News Makeover contest. The station received about $300,000 in free design, consultation, manufacturing, production and coaching. [1] On the same day that the station revealed its new set, it dropped the longstanding “Region 10” brand in favor of “NBC10.”

On January 3, 2007, KTVE-DT signed on with a full-power digital signal. With an ERP of 822kw, this will now provide South Arkansas and Northeast Louisiana with another choice in the digital world.

On January 12, 2007, KTVE-DT started broadcasting the network feed of NBC in high definition. This now provides the El Dorado/Monroe DMA with two major networks broadcasting in HD. KNOE, the CBS affiliate for the market, was first at providing HD in the market.

[edit] Personalities and programming

Current personalities on KTVE-TV news broadcasts (as of March 2007) include:

• Jenifer Andrews, 6 and 10 p.m. news anchor
• Angela Cruz, morning news anchor
• Keidron Dotson, news reporter and weekend news anchor
• Jarod Floyd, morning meteorologist
• Kendrick Johnson, news reporter
• Randall Kamm, news director/anchor
• Tom Pearson, chief meteorologist, 5, 6, and 10 p.m. newscasts
• Joseph Pleasant, news reporter
• Ayna Sehgal, weekend meteorologist

In addition to NBC programming, KTVE-TV airs syndicated programs such as Entertainment Tonight, Martha, Ellen and The 700 Club.

[edit] Previous Logos

KTVE’s previous logo, used until early 2006.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTVE
• History of KTVE Channel 32 in Longview, TX
• http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0013992
• http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=603594
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7097