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KVUE
KVUE-LOGO.jpg
Austin, Texas
Branding KVUE (general)
KVUE News (newscasts)
Slogan Austin's News Station
Channels Digital: 33 (UHF)
Subchannels 24.1 ABC
24.2 Estrella TV[1]
Affiliations ABC
Owner Belo Corporation
(KVUE Television, Inc.)
First air date September 12, 1971
Call letters’ meaning VUE, pronounced "view"
Former channel number(s) Analog:
24 (1971-2009)
Transmitter Power 1000 kW (digital)
Height 376 m (digital)
Facility ID 35867
Transmitter Coordinates 30°19′19.3″N 97°48′12.6″W / 30.322028°N 97.8035°W / 30.322028; -97.8035
Website www.kvue.com

KVUE is the local Austin, Texas-based ABC affiliate, owned by Belo Corporation. Its transmitter is located in Westlake Hills just west of Downtown.

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[edit] History

It began broadcasting on UHF channel 24 on September 12, 1971[2] as a full-time ABC affiliate, inherited from KTBC-TV. KVUE along with NBC affiliate KXAN-TV are the only two stations to keep the same network affiliations, unaffected by the numerous network changes in 1995 and 2006.[citation needed]

KVUE was originally operated by Center Broadcasting Co. of Center, Texas (Tolbert Foster, owner) which sold the station to Universal Communications, the broadcasting arm of The Detroit News, in 1978. It was acquired by the Gannett Company in 1986 as part of its purchase of The Detroit News. In 1999, Belo began establishing a Texas-based news network partnership with KHOU-TV in Houston, WFAA-TV in Dallas and KENS-TV in San Antonio upon the creation of a 24-hour cable news network called TXCN -- and when Belo was looking to add KVUE to that partnership later that year, it decided to swap KXTV-TV in Sacramento for KVUE with Gannett.[citation needed]

Before the KVUE of today existed, the calls were originally used on a now-defunct television station in Sacramento, California which broadcast on channel 40; that same channel today is used by Fox affiliate KTXL-TV.[citation needed]

At a time when much of many local television stations focused mostly on crime, KVUE only reported on significant crime.[3]

On June 1, 2008, KVUE became the second news broadcast in Austin to go high definition following CBS affiliate KEYE-TV. They were the first to deploy true HD weather graphics and 16:9 aspect field video in the Austin market.

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Current On-Air Personnel

KVUE News Anchors

  • Olga Campos: KVUE News Daybreak, Midday Anchor
  • Quita Culpepper: KVUE News Weekend Daybreak Anchor/ DayBreak reporter & "Does It Work Wednesday"
  • Melissa Gale: KVUE News Daybreak & Midday Anchor
  • Terri Gruca: KVUE News @ 5, KVUE News @ 6, KVUE News Nightbeat Anchor/Investigative Reporter
  • Amy Johnston: KVUE News Weekends Anchor/ Education Reporter
  • Tyler Sieswerda: KVUE News @ 5, KVUE News @ 6, KVUE News Nightbeat Anchor & "Eat Drink, & Be Wary" reporter

KVUE News Reporters

  • Steve Alberts: Austin Metro/City Hall Reporter
  • Shelton Green: General Assignment Reporter
  • Noelle Newton: Police & Court Reporter
  • Clara Tuma: Courts & Justice/General Assignment Reporter
  • Jessica Vess: Daybreak/General Assignment Reporter

Belo Washington Bureau

  • Dave Cassidy
  • Mike Goldfein

Belo Mexico Bureau

  • Angela Kocherga: Border issues

KVUE News Weather

  • Mark Murray (AMS Certified): KVUE News @ 5, 6 & Nightbeat Chief Meteorologist
  • Meghan Danahey (AMS Certified, NWA Seal of Approval): KVUE News Daybreak & Midday Meteorologist
  • Albert Ramon (AMS Seal of Approval, NWA Seal of Approval): KVUE News Daybreak Weekends & Weekend Nights

KVUE News Sports

  • Mike Barnes: KVUE News @ 6, KVUE News Nightbeat Sports Director
  • Bryan Mays: KVUE News Weekend Sports Anchor
  • Matt Mitchell: Sports Reporter

[edit] KVUE Former On-Air Personnel

  • Steve Atkisson: Sports (later KRIV-TV, Houston, TX)
  • Kim Zook Barnes: Anchor
  • Fred Barnhill: Meteorologist
  • Bob Buckelew: Anchor/Executive news producer
  • David Chester: Reporter (later UPI Radio, Washington, D.C.)
  • Deborah Duncan: Reporter (later WFAA-TV, Dallas, now KHOU-TV, Houston)
  • Danny Elzner: Sports
  • Marsha Frank: Reporter
  • Shara Fryer: News (later anchor KTRK-TV, Houston, now retired)
  • Gayle Shipp Granberry: News (now spokesperson for Seton Healthcare Network)
  • Christine Haas: Evening Anchor (now morning anchor for KHOU-TV in Houston)
  • Amy Hollyfield: Reporter (1997-2004) now at KGO-TV, San Francisco)
  • Elise Hu: Political Reporter (2006-2009) now at Texas Tribune, Austin
  • Michael Jenkins: Sports Anchor and Reporter (1998-2004), now with Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
  • Micah McCauley: Meteorologist (now in private business)
  • Ilona McCauley (Torok): Meteorologist (now teaching science in the RRISD)
  • Richard Goodman: First News Director and Anchor (later Austin City Council, deceased)
  • Robert Hadlock: Anchor (1987-1990) (now anchor at KXAN-TV, Austin)
  • Jason Hill: Anchor (laid off)
  • Levi Isaacs: Reporter/Photographer (1970s)
  • Kristine Kahanek: Meteorologist (later WFAA-TV, Dallas, now KTVT-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth)
  • Kate Kelly: News Anchor (now with KPIX-TV, San Francisco)
  • Troy Kimmel: Meteorologist (now chief meteorologist @ KEYE-TV and for Clear Channel Radio in Austin as well as teaching at UT Austin)
  • Ed Lavandera: Reporter (now with CNN)
  • Michelle Levy: Reporter (now in private business)
  • Hugh Lewis: Sports
  • Judy Maggio: Reporter (1981-86), anchor (1986-2003) (now anchor at KEYE-TV, Austin)
  • Lee McGuire: Reporter (now with KHOU-TV, Houston)
  • Joel Mick: First Sports Anchor
  • Arthel Neville: Reporter (later CNN and Fox News, to join KSWB-TV)
  • Ron Oliveira: Anchor (now with KEYE-TV, Austin)
  • Kevin Peters: Reporter (now with KHOU-TV, Houston)
  • David Powell: Reporter (1970s) (Editor The Daily Texan, later Associated Press, St. Petersburg Times, now an attorney in Tallahassee, FL)
  • Margie Reedy: Reporter and Anchor (now with New England Cable News)
  • Bill Richardson: First Weatherman
  • Fred Rhodes: Reporter (1970s) (later KTBC-TV, Austin, KHOU-TV, Houston and KTVI-TV, St. Louis, Houston City Magazine, now an attorney in Houston)
  • Fred Roggin: Sports (now at KNBC)
  • Steve Ross: Sports
  • Tim Ross: Meteorologist (was doing weather for WSMV in Nashville until Aug 2009...now blogging for a Nashville website)
  • Victor Solis: Reporter (1970s)
  • Karen Sonleitner: News
  • Casey Stegall: Reporter/Anchor (2004-2005) (now correspondent at Fox News Channel, Los Angeles)
  • David Sternlicht: Reporter (1970s) (now an attorney in New York)
  • Patrick Stinson: Reporter (later E News, now ABC Entertainment News)
  • Ben Storey: Sports Director (1979-86) (now in private business in Seattle)
  • Bob Thompson: Reporter (1970s) (later The Washington Post, now an attorney in Washington, D.C.)
  • Doug Vair: Sports (1970s) (later KXAS-TV, Fort Worth, now with Retama Park Racetrack, San Antonio)
  • Byron Wood: News
  • Natalie Woods: Reporter (now with Hot On! Homes in Dallas, and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader)
  • Tom Harris: meteorologist/reporter (teaching 8th grade science in Corpus Christi)
  • George Kanuck: meteorologist/reporter (now in private business)

[edit] News/Station presentation

[edit] Newscast titles

  • Television 24 News (1971-1978)
  • 24 Action News (1978-1993)
  • KVUE 24 News (1993-2001)
  • KVUE News (2001-present)
  • KVUE News in HD (2008-present)

[edit] Station slogans

  • Where News Comes First (1990s-2001)
  • Austin At Its Best (2001-2002)
  • Austin's News Station (2002-present)
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[edit] References

  1. ^ "Four Belo Stations Grab Estrella TV". Broadcasting & Cable. May 19, 2009. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/232952-Four_Belo_Stations_Grab_Estrella_TV.php. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
  2. ^ "About Us". KVUE. http://www.kvue.com/aboutkvue/aboutus.html. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 
  3. ^ Frankel, Max (1997-06-15). "Live at 11: Death". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E0DA163FF936A25755C0A961958260. Retrieved 2008-11-03. 

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1Belo operates this station owned by Corridor Television, LLP. 2Belo operates this station owned by HIC Broadcasting.
Annual Revenue: 1.52 billion (USD) · Employees: 6,600 · Stock Symbol: NYSE: BLC · Website: belo.com
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