KAYU-TV

KAYU-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 28, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Spokane, Washington, United States and also serving Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The station is owned by Atlanta-based Cox Media Group. KAYU's studios are located on South Regal Street in Spokane, and its transmitter is on Krell Hill southeast of Spokane.

KAYU-TV
Spokane, Washington–
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
United States
CitySpokane, Washington
Branding
  • Fox 28 (general)
  • Fox 28 News (newscasts)
  • My 28 Spokane (on DT2)
SloganEverybody's Watching Fox 28
ChannelsDigital: 28 (UHF)
Virtual: 28 (PSIP)
TranslatorsSee below
Affiliations
OwnerCox Media Group
LicenseeMountain Licenses, L.P.
First air dateOctober 31, 1982 (1982-10-31)
Sister station(s)KFFX-TV, KCYU-LD
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
    • 28 (UHF, 1982–2009)
  • Digital:
    • 30 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations
Transmitter power445 kW[1]
Height601 m (1,972 ft)
Facility ID58684
Transmitter coordinates47°34′44″N 117°17′50″W
Licensing authorityFCC
Public license informationProfile
CDBS
WebsiteOfficial website

On cable and satellite, the station can be seen in high definition on Comcast Xfinity channel 103 in the Spokane area, Charter Spectrum channel 1206 in the Coeur d'Alene area and the Palouse, and channel 28 (in both standard and high definition) on Dish Network and DirecTV.

The station is also carried on cable systems in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, both of which are double the size of KAYU's American coverage area. One result of this is that stations in Calgary and Edmonton air American shows on Pacific Time, even though Calgary and Edmonton are both on Mountain Time. It is one of five local Spokane area television stations seen in Canada on the Shaw Direct satellite service. It can also been seen on local cable systems in eastern British Columbia.

History

The station was founded in 1982 by Spokane native Robert Hamacher and his company, Salmon River Communications. It was Spokane's first independent station, as well as the first new commercial station to sign on in the area since KREM-TV (channel 2) hit the airwaves 28 years earlier. It is also the oldest non-Big Three station in the eastern part of the state. It joined Fox as a charter affiliate in 1986.

On October 1, 1989, KAYU-TV launched two low-power semi-satellites: K53CY in Yakima (known on-air as "KCY"), and K66BW in the Tri-Cities (branded as "KBW"). Both stations aired most of KAYU's programming (with the exception of select programs that KAYU did not have the rights to show in those markets), though with local commercials.[2] K53CY was replaced in 1993 by K68EB, though it continued to go by "KCY" outside of station identifications.[3] The station also operated a semi-satellite in Wenatchee known as KCWT channel 27 from 1986 until 1990 (now defunct).

Salmon River Communications sold KAYU-TV, along with K68EB (which was soon renamed KCYU-LP), KBWU-LP (the former K66BW), and KMVU in Medford, Oregon, to Northwest Broadcasting in 1995.[4] KCYU and KBWU remained semi-satellites of KAYU until 1999, when sister station KFFX-TV signed on from Pendleton, Oregon and became their parent station; both stations (now KCYU-LD and KBWU-LD) continue to carry KFFX's programming to this day.

On December 17, 2019, Apollo Global Management acquired the entirety of Brian Brady's television portfolio, as part of a larger transaction that saw it also acquire Cox Media Group. While the company was initially to be known as Terrier Media, it had been announced in June 2019 that Apollo would also acquire Cox's radio and advertising businesses, and maintain the existing Cox Media Group name for the combined company. Brady holds an unspecified minority interest in the company, which gave KAYU an in-state sister station in Seattle's CBS affiliate KIRO-TV.[5][6][7]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[8]
28.1720p16:9KAYU-HDMain KAYU-TV programming / Fox
28.2MyNetTVMyNetworkTV & Antenna TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

KAYU-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 28, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 30 to channel 28.[9][10]

KAYU-DT2 (My 28 Spokane)

KAYU-TV's 28.2 subchannel broadcasts MyNetworkTV in early primetime; the remainder of the subchannel's schedule consists of Antenna TV programming.[11][12] Comcast Xfinity carries the subchannel on digital channel 117.

In November 2017, the 28.2 subchannel was upgraded to 720p HD; it had previously been offered in 480i 4:3 standard definition.[13]

Programming

Syndicated programming on KAYU-TV includes The Mel Robbins Show, Tamron Hall, Family Feud, 25 Words or Less, The Doctors, Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly, The Goldbergs, Modern Family, Last Man Standing and The Big Bang Theory, among others. KAYU also carries Litton Entertainment's Go Time E/I block.

News operation

KAYU presently broadcasts 13½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 2½ hours each weekday and a half-hour each on Saturdays and Sundays).

KAYU currently broadcasts a 10 p.m. newscast produced by NBC affiliate KHQ-TV (channel 6), which airs for 35 minutes on weeknights and a half-hour on Saturdays and Sunday evenings. The station also airs a half-hour show called Washington's Most Wanted, a statewide version of the former Fox series America's Most Wanted, featuring profiles of wanted criminals in Washington state, hosted by KCPQ weeknight anchor David Rose and produced by KCPQ.

On April 8, 1991, KAYU began broadcasting a 10 p.m. newscast, produced by CBS affiliate KREM (channel 2) under a news share agreement. Lower-than-expected ratings caused KREM to drop out of the news share agreement in 1993, upon which KHQ-TV signed a news share agreement with KAYU. The KHQ-produced newscast ceased production April 14, 1995.[14] In 1999, KAYU produced an in-house 10 p.m. newscast that ran until 2004. ABC affiliate KXLY (channel 4) assisted in content and talent for a short time. In 2004, KAYU partnered with KHQ for the second time to produce the newscast, which was renamed Fox First at Ten. On January 5, 2015, KAYU became the second news station in Spokane to air their news from 7:00–9:00 a.m. called Good Day Spokane, after KREM started aired their news on KSKN at that timeframe back in September 2014.[15][16]

Translators

KAYU-TV is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

References
  1. https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=KAYU
  2. Murphey, Michael (October 5, 1989). "KAYU TV partnership opens stations in Yakima, Tri-Cities". Spokane Chronicle. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  3. Smith, Craig (November 18, 1994). "Seahawk Notebook -- 54,500 Not Enough To Lift TV Blackout". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 19, 2015. The game will be carried on Fox network affiliates in Spokane (KAYU, Channel 28), Portland, (KPDX, Channel 49) and Yakima (KCY, Channel 68).
  4. "Michigan investor buys KAYU TV". The Spokesman-Review. August 2, 1995. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  5. Jessell, Harry A. (March 6, 2019). "Cox TV Valued At $3.1 Billion In Apollo Acquisition". TV News Check. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  6. Jacobson, Adam (June 26, 2019). "It's Official: Cox Radio, Gamut, CoxReps Going To Apollo". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  7. "Cox Enterprises Announces Close of Cox Media Group Sale to Affiliates of Apollo Global Management", prnewswire.com, 17 December 2019, Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  8. RabbitEars TV Query for KAYU
  9. "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.
  10. CDBS Print
  11. TitanTV Query for KAYU
  12. "MyNetworkTV Affiliate List". MyNetworkTV.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  13. RabbitEars TV Query for KAYU
  14. "Fox News at 10 is kaput" The Spokesman-Review, April 2, 1995. Retrieved: June 12, 2012.
  15. "Good Day Spokane". myfoxspokane.com. 2015-01-04. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  16. "For the first time, 7:00-9:00 a.m. morning news in Spokane". The Changing Newscasts Blog. 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
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