KGET-TV
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| Bakersfield, California | |
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| Branding | KGET-TV 17 (general) 17 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | In the Spirit of the Golden Empire |
| Channels | Digital: 25 (UHF) Virtual: 17 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 17.1 NBC 17.2 The CW 17.3 Telemundo |
| Owner | High Plains Broadcasting, Inc. (operated by Newport Television) |
| First air date | November 8, 1959 |
| Call letters' meaning | Kern Golden Empire Television |
| Sister station(s) | KKEY KGET-DT2 |
| Former callsigns | KLYD-TV (1959-1969) KJTV (1969-1978) KPWR-TV (1978-1984) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 17 (UHF, 1959-2009) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1959-1974) CBS (1974-1984) |
| Transmitter power | 135 kW |
| Height | 405 m |
| Facility ID | 34459 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°26′17″N 118°44′26.1″W / 35.43806°N 118.740583°W |
| Website | Bakersfield's CW |
KGET-TV is a television station serving Bakersfield, California, owned by High Plains Broadcasting and operated by Newport Television, LLC. It is an NBC affiliate, and transmits on UHF channel 25 (using its former analog channel 17 as its virtual channel via PSIP). KGET also has a digital-only/cable CW outlet called KWFB, one of the The CW Plus stations. It was originally part of The WB 100+ Station Group for the WB network when it was still in operation. The network ended in September 2006 along with UPN to form The CW and KWFB affiliated with the new network.
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[edit] History
Founded by businessman Ed Urner, channel 17 first broadcast on November 8, 1959 as KLYD, an ABC affiliate.[1] The call letters changed to KJTV in 1969.[2] In 1974, KJTV swapped affiliations with KBAK-TV, becoming a CBS affiliate.
The station's call letters changed again to KPWR-TV in 1978. In 1984, the station changed its calls to the present day "KGET-TV", coinciding with an affiliation swap with KERO-TV to become Bakersfield's NBC affiliate, an affiliation which continues to the present day. That same year the station was purchased by the Ackerley Group. It was sold to Clear Channel Communications in 2001.
KGET stands for "Kern Golden Empire Television," a moniker coined by the station's longtime vice president and general manager, Ray Watson, who was elected to the Kern County Board of Supervisors in 2002. The current KGET manager is RVP/GM Tom Randour.
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television, a broadcasting holding company controlled by Providence Equity Partners.[3] However, Providence Equity Partners owns a 19 percent share of the Spanish-language media company Univision, the owner of MyNetworkTV affiliate KUVI-TV. In addition, with only five full-power stations, Bakersfield does not have enough to legally support a co-owned duopoly operation. As a result, the Federal Communications Commission granted conditional approval of the sale, provided that Providence Equity Partners divest either KGET or its stake in Univision as soon as the deal was finalized. That happened on March 14, 2008.
In May 2008, Newport Television agreed to sell KGET and five other stations to High Plains Broadcasting, Inc. due to the aforementioned ownership conflict.[4] The sale closed on September 15, 2008;[5] Newport continues to operate KGET under a shared services agreement.[4]
[edit] Programming
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Current syndicated programming includes The Insider, Rachel Ray, Dr. Phil, Swift Justice with Nancy Grace, Entertainment Tonight, and Access Hollywood.
[edit] News operation
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KGET has dominated Bakersfield television in the Nielsen ratings since 1998. KGET became the second station (or third when counting KBFX-CA, whose newcasts are essentially produced by KBAK) in Bakersfield to begin broadcasting its newscasts in high definition on January 23, 2011.[citation needed]
[edit] News/station presentation
[edit] Newscast titles
- KLYD-TV News (1959–1964)
- The Six O'Clock Report/The Eleven O'Clock Report (1964–1970)
- TV-17 News (1970–1975)
- Newscene 17 (1975–1978)
- Channel 17 News (1978–1980)
- The NewsCenter (1981–1984)
- 17 NewsCenter (1984–1991)
- Team 17-The News (1991–1996)
- Team 17 News (1996–1998)
- 17 News (1998–present)
[edit] Station slogans
- Color 17, The Full Color Station (1960s)
- TV-17 is Your Place to Be (1973–1974)
- Working in the Spirit of the Golden Empire (1991–present)
[edit] KGET News team
[edit] Current on-air staff
Anchors[6]
- Maddie Janssen - weekday mornings 17 News at Sunrise and noon; also weeknight reporter
- Tami Mlcoch - weeknights at 5 and 11 p.m.
- Rachelle Murcia - weeknights at 6 p.m.
- Lonni Rivera - weekends at 5 and 11 p.m.
- Jim Scott - weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.
- Kiyoshi Tomono - weekday mornings 17 News at Sunrise
Weather team
- Alissa Carlson - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.
- Kevin Charette - weather anchor; weekday mornings 17 News at Sunrise and noon
- Rob Martin - Meteorologist; weekends at 5 and 11 p.m.
Sports team
- Mark Haas - sports anchor; weekends at 5 and 11 p.m.
- Trevor Thompson - weekends sports anchor; weekends at 5 and 11 p.m.
Reporters
- Mark Haas - general assignment reporter
- Nate Kelly - general assignment reporter
- Victoria Spilabotte - general assignment reporter
- Kelsey Thomas - general assignment reporter
- Heather Hope - general assignment reporter
- Michael Lopez - general assignment reporter
[edit] Notable former staff
- Susie Frankeberger - noon, 5 and 6 p.m., then 5 and 11 p.m. weekend anchor (1990-1998)
- Elita Loresca - assignment editor (2001-2003; currently weather anchor at KNBC in Los Angeles)
- Tiffany McElroy - reporter (1998-1999)
- Rusty Shoop - 5 and 11 p.m. anchor (until 1996; retired from broadcasting and living in Bakersfield)
- Katie Price - weekend anchor (1991-1993; now a teacher in Bakersfield)
[edit] References
- ^ "Central California Edition". mcsittel.com. http://www.mcsittel.com/html/tvg-cca.htm. Retrieved May 30, 2006.
- ^ "Central California Edition". geocities.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20090803121021/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/4108/tvgcca.html. Retrieved July 10, 2006.
- ^ "Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners" (Press release). Clear Channel Communications. 2007-04-20. http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=1943. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
- ^ a b "Newport stations drift to High Plains". Television Business Report. 2008-05-21. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/7670.html. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Application Search Details". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1264514. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "News Team Bios". KGET-TV. http://www.kget.com/content/biographies/default.aspx. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
[edit] External links
- KGET homepage
- Bakersfield's CW homepage
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KGET-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KGET-TV
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