KRCG

KRCG

Jefferson City/Columbia, Missouri
Branding	KRCG KRCG News
Slogan	Where Accuracy Matters
Channels	Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 13 (PSIP)
Subchannels	13.1 CBS
Translators	K11OJ Sedalia
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC (Barrington Jefferson City License, LLC)
First air date	February 13, 1955
Call letters' meaning	Robert C. Goshorn (named in memory of original owner's father)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 13 (1955-2009)
Former affiliations	Both secondary: ABC (1955-1971) UPN (1995-2004)
Transmitter power	15.1 kW (digital)
Height	307.8 m (digital)
Facility ID	41110
Transmitter coordinates	38°41′29.9″N 92°5′44″W
Website	www.connectmidmissouri.com

KRCG, virtual channel 13, is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Columbia/Jefferson City, Missouri television market. The station is licensed to Jefferson City, with studios in the nearby town of New Bloomfield. Its transmitter, built in 1957, is a 282.5-meter-high guyed tower at Holts Summit, Missouri.

Digital television

On June 12, 2009, KRCG digital broadcasts are now on channel 12 ; but, through the use of PSIP, digital television will display its virtual channel as 13.

Channel	Video	Aspect	Programming
13.1	1080i	16:9	main KRCG programming / CBS

History

The station was founded on February 13, 1955 and was owned by the Jefferson City News Tribune. The paper's publisher, Betty Goshorn Weldon, named the station in honor of her late father, Robert C. Goshorn. Goshorn had wanted to bring a television station to the area before he died in 1953. Ms. Weldon inherited the paper on his death and took over his dream. She thus became one of the first women to own and operate a television station.

KRCG has always been a CBS affiliate, though it shared ABC with KOMU-TV until KCBJ-TV (now KMIZ-TV) signed on in 1971. It is the only station in Mid-Missouri to have never changed its affiliation. KOMU and KMIZ have switched networks twice (first in 1982, then reverting back to their original networks in 1986). During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.

In 1961, the News Tribune bought KMOS-TV in Sedalia, operating it as a full-time satellite for the western portion of the market. However, later in the decade KMOS began breaking away from KRCG to produce its own newscasts at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. KRCG operated KMOS at a relatively low power level, and shied away from selling KMOS to another commercial owner. By this time, Columbia/Jefferson City was just barely big enough to support a third full network affiliate. With this in mind, KRCG and KOMU feared that if KMOS was sold, the station could potentially become a full-power ABC affiliate.

In 1967, KRCG and KMOS were sold to Kansas City Southern Industries. In 1978, Kansas City Southern donated KMOS to Central Missouri State University (now the University of Central Missouri) in Warrensburg. At that time, KMOS was converted to a stand-alone PBS station. KRCG then signed on a Sedalia translator, K11OJ. In 1985, Kansas City Southern sold the station to Price Communications Corporation. After three years KRCG was sold to Mel Wheeler, Inc., which owned the station until March 2005, when KRCG was purchased by Barrington Broadcasting.

News operation

Although KRCG has traditionally dominated the western side of the market, it spent most of its history as a distant runner-up to KOMU. In November 2006, however, KRCG's 10 p.m. newscast took first place in the market--the first time in memory that long-dominant KOMU had lost any timeslot. As of the February 2011 sweeps, KRCG remains first at 10 p.m.

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

• Telenews (1955–1958)
• The Marlboro News Report (1958–1962)
• The Big News on 13 (1962–1966)
• Channel 13 News (1966–1970)
• TV–13 Newsroom (1970–1984)
• NewsScene 13 / NightScene 13 (1984–2000)
• KRCG News (2000–present)

Station slogans

• "We're Looking Good on Channel 13" (1979–1980; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "Looking Good Together, Channel 13" (1980–1981; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "Reach for the Stars on Channel 13" (1981–1982; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "Great Moments on Channel 13" (1982–1983; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "We've Got the Touch, You and Channel 13" (1983–1984; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "You and Channel 13, We've Got the Touch" (1984–1985; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "We've Got the Touch on Channel 13" (1985–1986; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "Share the Spirit on Channel 13" (1986–1987; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "Channel 13 Spirit, Oh Yeah!" (1987–1988; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "You Can Feel It on Channel 13" (1988–1989; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "Get Ready for Channel 13" (1989–1991; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "The Look is Channel 13" (1991–1992; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "This is CBS, on Channel 13" (1992–1993; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "News That Works for You" (1998–2004)
• "Working for You" (2004–2007)
• "Because Accuracy Matters" (2007–present)

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On-air staff

Current on-air staff

Anchors

• Kermit Miller - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
• Dick Preston - weekday mornings and noon
• Teresa Snow - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
• Kate Walls - weekday mornings
• Daniel Winn - weekend evenings; also weekday reporter

KRCG WeatherLab

• Mike Roberts (NWA Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. (currently on military leave)
• Chester Lampkin - substitute chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
• Zac Evans (member, AMS; member, NWA) - meteorologist; weekday mornings and noon
• Zach Paul (student member, AMS; member, NWA) - meteorologist; weekend evenings

Sports team

• Rod Smith - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
• Tony Mullen - sports anchor; weekend evenings, also sports reporter
• Dick Aldrich - sports reporter

Reporters

• Lucas Bond - general assignment reporter
• Meghan Lane - general assignment reporter
• Mark Slavit - Columbia bureau chief

See also

• KMOS-TV (Former KRCG satellite, now a PBS member station)

External links

• KRCG website
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b6809
• Listing 1012934 in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Antenna Structure Registration database
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KRCG
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KRCG-TV