KFMB-TV

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KFMB-TV
San Diego, California
Branding	KFMB-TV 8
Slogan	The Pictures. The Stories. Your World.
Channels	8 (VHF) analog, 55 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Midwest Television
Founded	May 16, 1949
Former callsigns	None
Former affiliations	ABC (secondary, 1949-56) NBC (secondary, 1949-53) DuMont
Transmitter Power	316 kW/227 m (analog) 1000 kW/208 m (digital)
Website	www.news8online.com

KFMB-TV is the local CBS television affiliate of San Diego. Its transmitter is located atop Mount Soledad in La Jolla, California.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 2.1 Logos 3 Newscasts 4 Personalities 4.1 Current 4.2 Former 5 External links

[edit] History

KFMB-TV went on the air on May 16, 1949. It is San Diego's oldest television station, and is the only major station in the market to remain with its original network affiliation (CBS) since the beginning. Although in the early years, KFMB carried programs from ABC, NBC, and DuMont until other stations signed on, CBS has always been KFMB's primary network affiliation. In 2005, Midwest Television and CBS signed a 10 year extension for KFMB to remain a CBS affiliate. The station rebranded itself as News 8 on September 19, 2005 after a four year branding campaign as Local 8.

Some famous KFMB alumni include former weather girl Raquel Tejada (later known as Raquel Welch), talk-show host Regis Philbin, TV host Sarah Purcell, CNN and former CBS anchor Paula Zahn, the first host of Access Hollywood Larry Mendte and NBC correspondents Don Teague and Dawn Fratangelo.

KFMB is currently San Diego's most watched television station, based on Nielsen share sign-on to sign-off^{[citation needed]}. Newscasts are #1 at noon, 5pm,6:30pm and 11pm weekdays, and at 5 and 6:30pm weekends. The Oprah Winfrey Show is now on KFMB, replacing News 8 At 4pm. KFMB News 8 provides video feed from Chopper 8 to KUSI and XETV. As of August 2006, News 8 is the only television station in San Diego to have its chopper covering breaking news at 11pm. In January 2007, the station will switch to HD and unveil a new set to go with it. It will be the first station in San Diego to broadcast its news in high-definition.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Programming

The station is a typical CBS affiliate running just about the entire CBS schedule. They also run many local news and first run talk and reality shows. It has been owned by Midwest Television for decades. Due to the fact the noon newscast airs an entire hour, KFMB airs Bold and the Beautiful at 9:30 AM instead of the recommended time slot, which is 12:30 PM for the majority of west coast CBS affiliates.

[edit] Logos

KFMB-TV Logo, circa 1973	KFMB-TV Logo, circa 1987; used as early as the late-1970s	KFMB-TV Logo, 1992. The numeric 8 lasted until 2005	KFMB-TV logo from 1994 to 2001
KFMB-TV logo from 2001 to 2005	The Present KFMB-TV logo, used since 2005

[edit] Newscasts

Weekdays

• News 8 at 5AM - 5:00-5:30AM
• News 8 at 5:30AM - 5:30-6:00AM
• News 8 at 6AM - 6:00-7:00AM
• News 8 at Noon - 12:00-1:00PM
• News 8 at 5PM - 5:00-6:00PM
• News 8 at 6:30PM - 6:30-7:00PM
• News 8 at 11PM - 11:00-11:35PM

Saturday and Sunday

• News 8 at 5PM - 5:00-6:00PM
• News 8 at 6:30PM - 6:30-7:00PM
• News 8 at 11PM - 11:00-11:35PM

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Current

Anchors Kathleen Bade - 6:30 and 11 p.m., also consumer reporter Dan Cohen - mornings and noon Barbara-Lee Edwards - 5 and 11 p.m., also health reporter Marcella Lee - weekend evenings Nichelle Medina - mornings and noon Stan Miller - 5 and 6:30 p.m. also Crimefighters reporter André Moreau - weekend evenings Weather Matt Baylow - chief meteorologist Natasha Stenbock - mornings and noon Shawn Styles - weekend meteorologist Sports John Howard - weekends Kyle Kraska - sports director Jaymee Sire - reporter Reporters Phil Blauer Carlo Cecchetto Larry Himmel - feature reporter Tracye Hutchins - also fill-in anchor Heather Lucas Heather Myers Andrea Nakano Steve Price Jeff Zevely

[edit] Former

• Marc Brown (1987-89, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)
• Hank Bauer, sports anchor (1987-2003)
• Kathy Chin
• Hal Clement (1979-98, now at KGTV)
• Kevin Cox (1996-2001)
• John Culea (1980-2000)
• Geni Cavitt (1993-2001, now at KGTV)
• Gene Cubbison (1979-83, now at KNSD)
• Bob Dale (1956-77, now at KNSD)
• Danuta (1978-83)
• Pamela Davis (2001-05)
• Susan Farrell (1987-98)
• Pat Gaffey (1995-2001)
• Gene Gleeson (1969-76, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)
• Jeff Goldberg (?-2006)
• Rebecca Gomez (?-1996 and 2001-02, now with Fox News Channel)
• Greg Hurst (1982-89, now at KHOU-TV)
• Judy Hsu (1994-2001, now at WLS-TV in Chicago)
• Graham Ledger (1990-2003)
• Bill Lagatutta (1978-80, now with CBS News)
• Jim Laslavic (1983-89, now at KNSD)
• Ted Leitner (1978-2003)
• Marty Levin (1980-87, now at KNSD)
• Sandra Maas (1990-2001, now at KUSI-TV)
• Larry Mendte (1989-92, now at KYW-TV)
• Aimee Nuzzo (now at WNBC) (1997-2000)
• Susan Peters (1991-95)
• Sarah Purcell (1970s)
• Margaret Radford (1978-86, now at KNSD)
• Danny Romero (1977-93, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)
• Allison Ross (1978-89)
• Dan Shadwell (2002-2006)
• Beth Shelburne (2002-06, now with NECN (New England Cable News) )
• Gail Stewart (1984-2001)
• Aloha Taylor (2001-2005 now at XETV FOX 6)
• Susan Taylor (1982-86, now at KNSD)
• Don Teague (1998-2002, now with NBC News)
• Michael Tuck (1978-84 and 1999-2004, now at KUSI-TV)
• Maria Velasquez (1983-2001)
• Denise Yamada (1995-2004)

[edit] External links

• KFMB-TV 8
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KFMB-TV

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KCBS 2 (Los Angeles) - KPIX 5 (San Francisco) - KVIQ 6 (Eureka) - KFMB 8 (San Diego) - KCOY 12 (Santa Maria) - KHSL 12 (Chico) - KOVR 13 (Stockton/Sacramento/Modesto) - KBAK 29 (Bakersfield) - KPSP 38 (Coachella Valley) - KION 46 (Salinas) - KGPE 47 (Fresno)
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