KVOA
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| KVOA | |
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| Tucson, Arizona | |
| Branding | KVOA News 4 |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels | 4 (VHF) analog, 23 (UHF) digital |
| Translators | K64BV Casas Adobes, Arizona K20FO Sierra Vista, Arizona K43CN Duncan, Arizona |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | Evening Post Publishing Company(KVOA Communications) |
| Founded | September 15, 1953 |
| Call letters meaning | Voice Of Arizona |
| Transmitter Power | 35 kW (analog) 100 kW (digital) |
| Height | 1092 m (analog) 1123 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 25735 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.kvoa.com |
KVOA is a full-service television station serving Tucson, Arizona as the NBC affiliate. It broadcasts in analog on VHF channel 4 and in digital on UHF channel 23 from its transmitter on Mount Bigelow, northeast of Tucson. The station has low-power translators in Casas Adobes, Duncan / Safford and Sierra Vista, and is owned by Cordillera Communications, a subsidiary of the Evening Post Publishing Company of Charleston, South Carolina.
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[edit] History
On September 15, 1953, KVOA signed on as Tucson's second television station and NBC affiliate, eight months after KOLD-TV signed on as the CBS affiliate. It was owned by Chicago advertising executive John Louis, Sr., along with KVOA-AM 1290 (now KCUB). It was a sister station to KTAR-AM in Phoenix. In October 1953, KVOA brought Tucson its first-ever live television event: a World Series broadcast [1]. The Louis broadcasting empire eventually became known as Pacific & Southern Broadcasting, headquartered in Phoenix. In 1968, Phoenix advertising mogul Karl Eller bought Pacific & Southern and merged it with his advertising business to form Combined Communications.
Combined merged with Gannett in 1979, but the merged company could not keep KVOA because Gannett already owned the Tucson Citizen. Channel 4 was sold to a company called Channel 4-TV.
The station was acquired by the Hobby family of Houston, publishers of the Houston Post, in 1982. When the Post was sold a year later, the Hobby family reorganized its broadcasting interests as H&C Communications. H&C sold off its television stations in 1993, with KVOA going to the Evening Post Publishing Company.
For decades, KVOA had used the Eyewitness News moniker, and the slogan "Where The News Comes First!". However in February 2006 the name shortened to News 4, with the new slogan "Coverage You Can Count On!".
[edit] Digital television
On June 15, 2000, KVOA was issued a construction permit to build digital station KVOA-DT on UHF channel 23. There were delays in building the new station, and on June 18, 2003, KVOA was granted Special Temporary Authority (STA) to operate the digital station at reduced power. The STA has been extended several times, and as of September 2006, KVOA-DT continues to operate under STA at reduced power.
In September 2006, KVOA's Sierra Vista translator, K20FO, was identified as a "singleton applicant" for a companion digital LPTV station on VHF channel 10, and Casas Adobes translator, K64BV, was identified as a "singleton applicant" for a companion digital LPTV station on VHF channel 4. [2] A singleton applicant is one whose application for a construction permit has no competition from nearby applications on the same or adjacent channels. As single applicants, the stations are likely to be granted construction permits.
KVOA plans to upgrade their operations in the Spring of 2007. Changes will include a new set, and updated logo and graphics set, and the transition to High Definition broadcasting. A 24-hour news channel, exclusive to local Cox Cable subscribers, is also in the works for a Spring 2007 launch.
[edit] Newscasts
News 4 Formal Newscast titles Eyewitness News 4
Tucson 4 News
[edit] Monday-Friday
- Tucson Today 5-7 a.m.
- with Josh Benson, Dara Demi, and Matt Brode with Weather
- News 4 at Noon 12-12:30 p.m.
- with Martha Vazquez and Matt Brode with Weather
- News 4 at 5:00 5-5:30 p.m.
- with Tom McNamara, Martha Vazquez, and Jimmy Stewart with Weather
- News 4 at 6:00 6-6:30 p.m.
- with Tom McNamara, Kristi Tedesco, Jimmy Stewart with Weather, and Ryan Recker with Sports
- News 4 at 10:00 10-10:35 p.m.
- with Tom McNamara, Kristi Tedesco, Jimmy Stewart with Weather, and Ryan Recker with Sports
[edit] Saturday
- Tucson Today 7-7:30 a.m.
- with David Marino and Todd Kunz with Weather
- News 4 at 5:30 5:30-6 p.m.
- with John Overall, Todd Kunz with Weather, and Lacee Collins with Sports
- News 4 at 10:00 10-10:30 p.m.
- with John Overall, Todd Kunz with Weather, and Lacee Collins with Sports
[edit] Sunday
- Impact 6-6:30 a.m.
- News 4 One-on-One 6:30-7 a.m.
- News 4 at 5:30 5:30-6 p.m.
- with John Overall, Todd Kunz with Weather, and Lacee Collins with Sports
- News 4 at 10:00 10-10:30 p.m.
- with John Overall, Todd Kunz with Weather, and Lacee Collins with Sports
[edit] Previous Logos
 Previous KVOA logo used from May, 8, 1986 to 1999. |
[edit] Trivia
Although not a direct O&O, or even affiliated with ABC, KVOA has used music themes for their newscasts used popularly by ABC O&Os.
[edit] Translators
- Casas Adobes — K64BV channel 20, serving the northwest part of the Tucson metropolitan area shielded by Mount Lemmon
- Duncan / Safford — K43CN
- Sierra Vista — K20FO
[edit] External links
- KVOA Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KVOA
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K20FO
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K43CN
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K64BV
| Broadcast television in Tucson, Arizona (Nielsen DMA #70) | ||
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KFTU 3 / 34 (TFU) - KVOA 4 (NBC) - KUAT 6 / KUAS 27 (PBS) - KGUN 9 (ABC) - KMSB 11 (Fox) - KOLD 13 (CBS) - KUDF 14 (AZA) - KTTU 18 (MNTV) - K21CX 21 (HSN) - KPCE 29 (DS) - KWTA 31 (JTV) - K33CG 33 (TBN) - KHRR 40 (TEL) - KUVE 46 / 38 (UNI) - K54FW 54 (TBN) - KWBA 58 (The CW) |
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