KHQ-TV

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KHQ-TV
Spokane, Washington
Branding Q6 (verbally referred to as KHQ)
Slogan Right Now
Channels

Digital: 7 (VHF)
Translators (see article)
Affiliations NBC
SWX Right Now - Sports and Weather (DT2)
Owner Cowles Publishing Company
(KHQ, Inc.)
First air date December 20, 1952
Former channel number(s) Analog:
6 (1952-2009)
Digital: 15
Former affiliations Secondary:
ABC (1952-1954)
Transmitter Power 45.1 kW
Height 653 m
Facility ID 34537
Transmitter Coordinates 47°34′52″N 117°17′47″W / 47.58111°N 117.29639°W / 47.58111; -117.29639
Website www.khq.com

This is about the NBC affiliate in Spokane, Washington. For the radio station in Charlevoix, Michigan known as 106 KHQ, see WKHQ.

KHQ-TV, also known as "Q6", is the NBC affiliate for Spokane, Washington. It broadcasts its digital signal on channel 7. The station is the flagship of The KHQ Television Group, a subsidiary of Cowles Publishing Company, which owns The Spokesman-Review newspaper. KHQ's DT2 subcarrier, which can be seen over the air on DTV channel 6.2 and locally on Comcast Digital Cable channel 115, airs its produced in-house sports and weather channel SWX Right Now.

KHQ is available on some cable systems in northern Idaho, western Montana, eastern Oregon and northern Utah.[citation needed]

KHQ is one of five local Spokane TV stations seen in Canada on the Shaw Direct satellite provider as well as Shaw Cable in Calgary, Edmonton, and other markets.

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[edit] History

KHQ signed on the air on December 20, 1952 and is the second-oldest station in Washington state, as well as the oldest east of the Cascades. It was co-owned by Cowles Publishing along with KHQ radio (AM 590, now KQNT; and FM 98.1, now KISC). The radio stations were both sold off in 1985.

It was originally a dual NBC/ABC affiliate. KREM-TV took the ABC affiliation when it signed on air in 1954, but KHQ kept the NBC affiliation, which it retains to this day. It is the only major station in Spokane, and one of a few in the country, that has retained the same primary affiliation, owner and call letters throughout its history.

Traditionally, KHQ has been known as "Q6," but the station seems to have been shying away from that branding in recent years. KHQ still uses the "Q6" logo, but it's now exclusively verbally referred to on-air by its call letters.

[edit] HD race

In 2006, with the popularity of high-definition newscasts increasing around the country, the race to HD began in the Spokane television market when competitor KXLY became the first Spokane station to produce a local segment of the news in HD. Each week, one news story was presented in high-definition. Until 2008, KXLY was the only news station in Spokane to produce a segment of the news in HD.

On May 16, 2008, KHQ produced a live, on-the-air report in HD. It was officially announced on this date that KHQ was slated to become the first station in Spokane to broadcast its entire newscasts in HD, debuting on August 8, 2008 to coincide with the 2008 Summer Olympic Games on NBC. [1] However, after months of marketing this milestone, KXLY shocked KHQ and the Spokane television market when it made a surprise announcement on August 1, just two days before the start of its broadcasts, that it would beat KHQ in becoming the first station in Spokane to produce HD newscasts. KXLY's HD newscasts started August 3, just a mere 5 days before KHQ's scheduled date.

[edit] Programming

KHQ currently features NBC programming, as well as local news, paid advertisements, and syndicated entertainment programming includes The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Bonnie Hunt Show, Judge Joe Brown, Judge Judy, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune.

[edit] News/Station Presentation

[edit] Newscast Titles

  • Front Page (1952-1956)
  • Your Esso Reporter (1956-1962)
  • The Six O'Clock Report/The Eleven O'Clock Report (1962-1965)
  • Channel 6 News (1965-1974; 5 and 6 pm newscasts)
  • 24 Hours (1965-1974; 10 pm newscast)
  • Q-6 Eyewitness News (1974-1978)
  • Q-6 News Alive (1978-1981)
  • Q-6 News (1981-2006)
  • KHQ Local News (2006-present)

[edit] Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel Programming
6.1 Main KHQ-TV programming
6.2 SWX Right Now - Sports and Weather
6.3 Universal Sports

[edit] SWX Right Now Channels

  • KHQ Digital Channel 6.2
  • Comcast Digital Channel 115
  • Wenatchee: Charter Cable 287
  • Pullman/Moscow Channel 86

[edit] Post-analog shutdown

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion on February 17, 2009 [2], KHQ-DT moved to channel 7 (where it was once KSPS-TV). [3] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display KHQ-DT's virtual channel as 6.

[edit] Translators

KHQ is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.

[edit] Classic Logos

This was KHQ logo used from 2004 to 2008.* The Q6 portion of it has been used since 1981, while the KHQ portion was added in 2004. *This logo is still used in KHQ commercials taped before August 8, 2008.

[edit] Current KHQ Newscasts

  • KHQ Local News Today - 4:30-7 AM (Mon-Fri)
  • KHQ Local News Saturday - 7-10 AM
  • KHQ Local News Sunday - 7-8 AM
  • KHQ Local News at 5 - 5-5:30 PM
  • KHQ Local News at 6 - 6-6:30 PM
  • FOX First At 10 - 10-10:35 PM (On KAYU; Seven Days a Week)
  • KHQ Local News :11@11: - 11-11:35 PM

[edit] Current KHQ On-Air Personalities

[edit] Anchors

  • Dave Cotton - KHQ Local News Today
  • Tom Durian - KHQ Local News Saturday & Sunday
  • Dana Haynes - FOX First At 10 (Mon-Fri)
  • Jade Jordan - KHQ Local News @ 5, 6, 10, :11@11: (Sat-Sun) & KHQ Local News Saturday
  • Jennifer Kim - KHQ Local News Sunday
  • Dan Kleckner - KHQ Local News @ 5 & 6 (Mon-Fri)
  • Bill McGinty - FOX First At 10 (Mon-Fri)
  • Shelly Monahan - KHQ Local News Today
  • Sean Owsley - KHQ Local News Today & Invest Northwest
  • Stephanie Vigil - KHQ Local News @ 5, 6 & :11@11: (Mon-Fri)

[edit] Reporters

  • Paola Cherzad
  • Cindi DeHoog
  • Tom Durian
  • Anthony Gomes
  • Dana Haynes
  • Julie Humphreys
  • Jade Jordan
  • Jennifer Kim
  • Bill McGinty

[edit] Meteorologists

  • Bill Kelly - Chief Meteorologist @ 5,6,10 and 11pm. (Mon-Fri)
  • Julia Sandstrom - Weekend Meteorologist
  • George Maupin - Morning Forecaster
  • Leslie Lowe - Substitute
  • Dave Law - Substitute

[edit] Sports Anchors

  • Matt Rogers - Sports Director (Weekdays)
  • Josh Godfrey - Sports Anchor (Weekends)

[edit] Former KHQ On-Air Personalities

[edit] Anchors

  • Peter Alexander Weekend Anchor/Weekday Reporter. Currently a general assignment reporter for NBC News.
  • Meeghan Black Weekend Anchor/Weekday Reporter 1991-1994. Currently Morning Traffic anchor for KING-TV.
  • Bob Briley 1947-1988. Retired. Graduate of John R. Rogers High School.
  • Ana Cabrera 2005-2009. Weekend Anchor/Weekday Reporter. Currently an Anchor/Reporter for KMGH-TV.
  • Beverly Carr 1995-1999. Currently an executive assistant for Donald E. Axinn.
  • Penny Daniels 1998-2000. Currently working at 3D Communications.
  • Rick Douglas 1993-1998 Morning Anchor and 4:30pm Anchor. Then Weekend Anchor. Currently Anchor and Managing Editor at KEZI-TV.
  • Jeff Dubois Saturday morning anchor (1999-2004). Currently a reporter/fill in anchor for KIRO-TV.
  • Monica Hart Anchor/Reporter 1980's. Currently working for Sacramento Press Club.
  • Wayne Havrelly Morning Anchor/Reporter. Now an anchor with KGW-TV.
  • Rob Hays Weekend Anchor. Currently a general assignment reporter for KABC-TV.
  • Leigh Hess 1967-1980 (Currently an instructor of Media at California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, California).
  • Virginia Kerr ????-2003 Weekend Anchor/Weekday Reporter. Currently Morning Anchor at KMOV-TV.
  • John Christopher Kowsky PM Magazine Host, 1983-85. Now CEO of LE Northwest (Lubrication Engineers, of Fort Worth. TX).
  • Greg McKinney 10pm Anchor. KAYU-TV Husband of Angelique Frame. Currently the director of The Einstein Industries.
  • Dean Mell News Director/News Anchor. Retired.
  • Randy Shaw 1983-2000 Weeknight Evening Anchor. Currently a weeknight evening anchor for KREM-TV.
  • Molly Shen 1992-1997 Weekend Anchor/Reporter. Now a morning anchor for KOMO-TV.
  • Pam Stark Anchor/Reporter 1980's-1990's.
  • Debra Wilde 1980-2000 Currently a Development Coordinator for the Community Health Association of Spokane Clinics.

[edit] Weather Anchors

  • Tim Adams 1999-2004. Currently a Chief Meteorologist for sister stations KNDO-TV/KNDU-TV in Yakima/Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco, Washington (Also Known as The Tri Cities)
  • Brian Albrecht Chief Meteorologist 2000-2009. Currently Ministry Director at St. John's Lutheran Church.
  • Diane Barone late 1980s.
  • Ira Joe Fisher 1970-1980. Currently a substitute forecaster for the Saturday version of CBS's The Early Show.
  • Angelique Frame 2004-2006. Currently producing her own online video service in San Diego, CA.
  • Mark Peterson 1992-2000. Currently weekday morning forecaster for KXLY-TV.
  • Monty Webb ????-???? Weekend Forecaster. Currently Chief Meteorologist for WHAS-TV.
  • Jeff Womack 2006-2008 Weekend Meteorologist. Currently weather anchor/reporter for KTVQ-TV.

[edit] Sports Anchors

  • Derek Deis 2002-2009. Currently Sports Director for KXLY-TV.
  • John Fritz 1996-2008.
  • Greg Heister 1997-2000. Currently a TV play-by-play announcer with Craig Ehlo for Gonzaga Men's Basketball on KHQ-TV/Fox Sports Northwest. Husband of KREM-TV morning anchor Laura Papetti.
  • Ty Ray Weekend Sports Anchor. Currently Director of Business Development at Total Freight Logistics International LLC, based in Bellingham, WA.

[edit] Reporters

  • Peter Alexander: Currently a general assignment reporter for NBC News.
  • Tom Benemann: Currently a reporter for WTIC-TV.
  • Gary Darigol: Currently the news director for KEZI-TV.
  • Tom Grant
  • Amy Lehtonen 1990's Web Producer and Assignment Editor. Currently web journalist for WCNC-TV.
  • Travis Mayfield Worked while he was a student at Gonzaga University. Currently at KOMO-AM.
  • Aditi Roy ????-????. Currently morning anchor for WCAU-TV.
  • Bruce Sussman late 1990s General Assignment Reporter. Now Chief Meteorologist for KOIN-TV.

[edit] Firsts

  • First in the Spokane market
  • First outside of Seattle
  • First 100,000-watt TV station in the United States (1952)
  • First Spokane station to produce a live, local color broadcast (1955)
  • First all-digital broadcast facility in Spokane (2001)
  • First locally produced live remote program to be broadcast in high definition in Spokane (May 16, 2008) [1]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho | KHQ Milestone: Armed Forces Torchlight Parade broadcast in HD
  2. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  3. ^ CDBS Print
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Broadcast television in Eastern Washington and the Idaho Panhandle
Spokane
KSPS 8DTV (7.1 PBS, 7.2 World, 7.3 Create) • KXMN-LP 11 (MNTV) • KXLY 13DTV (4.1 ABC, 4.2 MNTV) • KHQ 15DTV (6.1 NBC, 6.2 SWX, 6.3 US) • KREM 20DTV (2.1 CBS) • KAYU 28DTV (28.1 Fox, 28.2 This TV) • K32GS 32 (TBN) • KGPX 34DTV (34.1 ION, 34.2 Qubo, 34.3 ION Life, 34.4 Worship) • KSKN 36DTV (22.1 CW) • KHBA-LP 39 (3ABN) • K43GZ 43 (Ind)
Coeur d'Alene
Quad Cities
(Lewiston/Clarkston/
Pullman/Moscow)
KWSU 10DTV (10.1 PBS, 10.2 Research) • KUID 12 (PBS) • KPMT-LP 14 (silent) • KQUP 24 (Ind) • KIDQ-LP 27 (JCTV/A1) • KLEW 32DTV (3.1 CBS)
See also: List of TV stations in WA and List of TV stations in Idaho, plus Boise, Seattle, Yakima/Tri-Cities, Missoula, Alberta and BC TV
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NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Washington
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Washington
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