KTVN
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Reno, Nevada United States | |
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Branding |
Channel 2 (general) 2 News (newscasts) |
Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
Channels |
Digital: 13 (VHF) (to move to 11 (VHF)) Virtual: 2 (PSIP) |
Subchannels |
2.1 CBS 2.2 Antenna TV 2.3 Ion Television |
Affiliations | CBS (1972–present) |
Owner | Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. |
First air date | June 4, 1967 |
Call letters' meaning | TeleVision Nevada |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 2 (VHF, 1967–2009) |
Former affiliations | ABC (1967–1972) |
Transmitter power |
16.1 kW 15.9 kW (CP) |
Height |
876 m (2,874 ft) 891.4 m (2,925 ft) (CP) |
Facility ID | 59139 |
Transmitter coordinates |
39°18′56.6″N 119°53′5.6″W / 39.315722°N 119.884889°W 39°18′56.2″N 119°53′6″W / 39.315611°N 119.88500°W (CP) |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website |
www |
KTVN is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Reno, Nevada, United States. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 (or virtual channel 2 via PSIP) from a transmitter facility shared with NBC affiliate KRNV-DT (channel 4) and ABC affiliate KOLO-TV (channel 8) on Slide Mountain between SR 431 and I-580/US 395/US 395 ALT in unincorporated Washoe County. The station can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channel 2 and in high definition on digital channel 782. Owned by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc., KTVN maintains studios on Energy Way in Reno.
History
KTVN signed on the air on June 4, 1967 as an ABC affiliate owned by Washoe Empire.[1] It took over the CBS affiliation on May 10, 1972, replacing previous affiliate KOLO-TV.[2]
During the 1970s, the station operated a satellite station, KEKO-TV (channel 10) in Elko.[2] KEKO signed on April 18, 1973; it was off-the-air from January 24, 1974 to June 27, 1975.[3] On December 23, 1975, Washoe Empire informed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that KEKO's transmitter and equipment had been destroyed in a fire; on April 14, 1976, the FCC granted special temporary authority to Washoe Empire to operate a KTVN translator on channel 10 (at the time, Washoe Empire had made no decision about returning KEKO to the air).[4] On April 8, 1977, at the station's request, the FCC canceled the KEKO license effective March 18.[5] Channel 10 in Elko is currently used by KENV-DT, which formerly operated as a satellite of KRNV-DT until its disaffiliation from NBC on January 1, 2018; it is now a Comet TV affiliate.
Sarkes Tarzian bought KTVN from Washoe Empire for $12.5 million in 1980.[6]
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[7] |
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2.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KTVN-DT | Main KTVN programming / CBS |
2.2 | 480i | 4:3 | KTVN-2 | Antenna TV |
2.3 | KTVN-3 | Ion Television | ||
Analog-to-digital conversion
KTVN shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 13.[8] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 2.
Programming
In addition to the CBS network schedule, syndicated programming on KTVN includes The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Inside Edition, among others.
News operation
KTVN is the only station to not have a midday newscast. KTVN airs the CBS Evening News at 6:00 p.m. and KOLO-TV also airs their national newscast at 6:00 p.m. while KRNV is the only station to air their national newscast at 5:30 p.m. Other newscasts include a two and a half hour long 2 News This Morning that runs from 4:30-7:00 a.m. and 2 News at 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:30, 7:00 and 11:00 p.m. KOLO-TV began competing with KTVN on the 4:30 a.m. newscast which debuted on October 13, 2014.
Notable former on-air staff
References
- ↑ 1968 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). 1968. p. A-36. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- 1 2 "CBS switch in Reno" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 17, 1972. p. 42. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ Television Factbook 1976 Edition (PDF). 1976. p. 520-b. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 26, 1976. p. 54. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 9, 1977. p. 102. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 26, 1980. pp. 40–1. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ "RabbitEars TV Query for KTVN". Rabbitears.info. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.