KCAU-TV
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| KCAU-TV | |
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| Sioux City, Iowa | |
| Branding | Channel 9 KCAU-TV (general) Channel 9 Eyewitness News (newscasts) |
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| Subchannels | 9.1 ABC-HD |
| Affiliations | American Broadcasting Company |
| Owner | Citadel Communications Company, Ltd. |
| First air date | March 9, 1953 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Cares About U |
| Former callsigns | KVTV (1953-1965) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 9 (1953-2009) Digital: 30 |
| Former affiliations | Primary: CBS (1953-1967) Secondary: NBC (1953-1954) ABC (1953-1967) DuMont (1953-1955) |
| Transmitter Power | 29.5 kW |
| Height | 616 m |
| Facility ID | 11265 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 42°35′12.2″N 96°13′57.1″W / 42.586722°N 96.232528°W |
| Website | www.kcautv.com |
KCAU-TV is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, broadcasting digitally on VHF channel 9 as an affiliate of the American Broadcasting Company.
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[edit] History
KCAU signed on air as KVTV on March 29, 1953. It is western Iowa's oldest television station. KCAU was primarily affiliated with the CBS network, but it also carried programs from ABC, NBC and DuMont. It lost NBC in 1954 when KTIV signed on. KVTV was sold to Forward Broadcasting in 1965, who changed the call letters to KCAU-TV. In 1967, KMEG-TV signed on and took the CBS affiliation, leaving KCAU as a sole ABC affiliate.
Citadel Communications (not to be confused with the larger Citadel Broadcasting, the owner of numerous radio stations across the U.S.) bought the station in 1988, also purchasing Albion, Nebraska, station KBGT-TV (channel 8) at about the same time; that station was converted into KCAN, a satellite of KCAU. (Citadel moved KCAN's license to Lincoln, Nebraska and converted the station into KLKN, a standalone ABC affiliate, in 1996.)
From 1953 to 1985 KCAU was home to Canyon Kid's Corner, a popular children's show in the area, and it was hosted by longtime KCAU announcer Jim Henry during the entire run of the program.
In December, 2006, KCAU received new graphics and music, but did not drop Eyewitness News branding, like sister stations WOI-TV and WHBF-TV did. Since noon February 17, 2009, KCAU's broadcasts have been digital-only.[1]
The KCAU TV Tower is a guyed mast for TV transmission in Sioux City at 42°35′12.2″N 96°13′57.1″W / 42.586722°N 96.232528°W. The tower was built in 1965 and is 609.9 meters (2000 feet) high. It is tied for the tallest structure of the state and is one of the tallest structures in America.
KCAU does not carry ABC World News Now, even though they did for awhile in the early 2000s. Instead, the station signs off every night at 1:05 am--one of the few stations in the United States that still does so.
[edit] Personalities
Anchors
- Larry Wentz- weeknights
- Jenna Rehnstrom- weeknights
- Brandi Becker- weekday mornings/Midday
- Laura Blair- weekends
Weather
- Fred Hexom (Chief Meteorologist)
- Karissa Sanford
- David Still
Reporters
- Lauren Gawthrop
- Abigayle Sloan
- Michelle Lustig
- Megan Harshbarger
Sports
- Tim Seaman (Sports Director)
- Chris Liberto
[edit] References
- ^ Today is the day for digital TV switch, Dave Dreeszen, Sioux City Journal, February 17, 2009
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- KCAU website
- KCAU-TV history
- Listing 1018564 in the FCC Antenna Structure Registration database
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7114
- KCAU TV Tower in the Structurae database
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KCAU
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KCAU-TV
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