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)
Slogan Siouxland's ABC
Channel 9, Start Here
Channels Digital: 9 (VHF)
Subchannels 9.1 ABC-HD
9.2 Live Well Network
Translators 30 (UHF) Sioux City
Affiliations American Broadcasting Company
Owner Citadel Communications
(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 (1953-1965)
Secondary:
NBC (1953-1954)
ABC (1953-1965)
DuMont (1953-1955)
CBS (1965-1967)
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 / 42.586722; -96.232528
Website www.kcautv.com

KCAU-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station in Sioux City, Iowa, broadcasting digitally on VHF channel 9.

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 / 42.586722; -96.232528. 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.

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[edit] Digital television

In 2009, KCAU added The Local AccuWeather Channel as a digital subchannel. Until January 16, 2012, KCAU was the only station owned by Citadel Communications to carry AccuWeather programming on a digital subchannel; sister stations KLKN, WOI-DT, and WHBF-TV instead carried RTV on their DT2 subchannels, while WLNE-TV did not offer a DT2 subchannel. KCAU-DT2 originally identified as "KCAU WeatherNow" but by 2010 was instead branded as "Accuweather 9".

On January 16, 2012, KCAU, along with all of its sister stations, began broadcasting Disney/ABC's Live Well Network on its digital subchannel, replacing "Accuweather 9".[1]

Channel Video Aspect Programming
9.1 720p 16:9 main KCAU-TV programming / ABC
9.2 480i 4:3 Live Well Network

[edit] History

KCAU signed on air as KVTV on March 9, 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, effective November 1 of that year, changed the call letters to KCAU-TV and the primary network affiliation to ABC. This was very unusual for a two-station market, especially one of Sioux City's size. The station continued to share CBS programming with KTIV until October 1, 1967, when KMEG-TV signed on and took the CBS affiliation.

Citadel Communications (not to be confused with the larger Citadel Broadcasting, the former owner of numerous radio stations across the U.S.) bought the station in 1985, also purchasing Albion, Nebraska, station KBGT-TV (channel 8) a year later; 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.

Until 2011, KCAU did not carry ABC World News Now. Instead, the station joined its fellow Citadel stations in signing off every night at 1:05 a.m., one of the few stations in the United States to do so. World News Now's current run on KCAU is its second; the station had aired the program during the early 2000s.

[edit] News operation

In December 2006, KCAU received new graphics and Frank Gari's Eyewitness News (ABC O&O News Collection) music package, 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.[2]

KCAU began broadcasting local news in high-definition on November 23, 2010, the first station in the Sioux City market to do so (KMEG/KPTH began broadcasting 16x9 widescreen news earlier, but not HD).

[edit] News/station presentation

[edit] Newscast titles

  • TV-9 News (1960s)
  • Major 9 Report (1970s-early 1980s)
  • Major 9 News (early 1980s-1993)[3]
  • News 9 (1993–2001)[4]
  • Channel 9 Eyewitness News (2001–present)

[edit] Station slogans

  • "Together, We're Making a Difference" (1989–1993; used during period station used Frank Gari's "Making a Difference")
  • "Siouxland's Most Experienced News Team" (1989–1993)
  • "You'll Say I See" (2001–2006)
  • "Siouxland's ABC" (2006–2011)
  • "Channel 9, Start Here" (2009–present; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
  • "Siouxland's ABC in High Definition" (2011–present)
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[edit] News team

[edit] Current on-air staff[5]

Anchors

  • Jessica Cihacek - weekend evenings; also weeknight reporter
  • Chris Liberto - weekday mornings and weekdays at 11:30 a.m.
  • Jenna Rehnstrom - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Larry Wentz - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.

ESP:Weather

  • Fred Hexom - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Karissa Sanford - meteorologist; weekday mornings and weekdays at 11:30 a.m.
  • Scott Larson - meteorologist; weekend evenings

Sports team

  • Tim Seaman - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
  • Jon Tritsch - sports anchor; weekend evenings

Reporters

  • Aaron Adelson - general assignment reporter
  • Stacey Alletto - general assignment reporter
  • Staci DaSilva - general assignment reporter
  • Tanya De Jesus - general assignment reporter
  • Hollie Hojek - general assignment reporter

[edit] Former on-air staff

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Malone, Michael (9 January 2012). "Citadel Communications Stations Grab Live Well". Broadcasting & Cable. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/478731-Citadel_Communications_Stations_Grab_Live_Well.php. Retrieved 10 January 2012. 
  2. ^ Today is the day for digital TV switch, Dave Dreeszen, Sioux City Journal, February 17, 2009
  3. ^ 1994 Weekend News Open KCAU
  4. ^ 1998 10PM Newscast Re-Open KCAU
  5. ^ Learn more about your favorite Channel 9 Eyewitness News Team

[edit] External links
Stations

KUSD (2.1 PBS, 2/.2 PBS World, 2.3 Create) • KTIV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 CW) • KSXC 5 (DayStar) • KCAU (9.1 ABC, 9.2 LWN) • KMEG (14.1 CBS, 14.2 Azteca America) • KXNE 19 (PBS/NET) • KSMN (20.1 PBS, 20.2 Create, 20.3 MN, 20.4 HD) KAZS 23 (TuV) • KSIN (27.1 PBS, 27.2 Create, 27.3 World) • KPTH (44.1 Fox, 44.2 This TV) • K54GK 51 (TBN)
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Executives
Philip J. Lombardo (Founder/Chief Executive Officer) · Ray Cole (President/Chief Operating Officer)
ABC Network Affiliates
KCAU-TV1 · KLKN1 · WLNE-TV1 · WOI-DT1 2
CBS Network Affiliates
Silent Affiliates

1Carries the Live Well Network on digital subchannel.
2Licensed to Capital Communications Company, Inc. (joint venture with Lynch Corporation of Connecticut).
3Licensed to Coronet Communications Company.
4Low-power.
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