KPHO-TV

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KPHO-TV
Phoenix, Arizona
Branding	CBS 5
Slogan	Live, Late Breaking, Investigative
Channels	5 (VHF) analog, 17 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS (1949-55 and since 1995)
Owner	Meredith Corporation
Founded	December 4, 1949
Call letters meaning	K PHOenix
Former affiliations	DuMont (1949-1955), Independent (1955-1995)
Transmitter Power	100 kW
Height	539 m
Website	www.kpho.com

KPHO-TV, "CBS 5" is the CBS affiliate television station in Phoenix, Arizona. Its transmitter is located on South Mountain in Phoenix. It can be seen on Channel 5 in Phoenix and operates several translators throughout Northern Arizona. It is currently owned by Meredith Corporation, which purchased it in 1952 after three years of local ownership.

Contents 1 History 2 Newscasts 2.1 Weekdays 2.2 Weekends 3 Trivia 4 Notable Personalities 4.1 Current News Personalities 4.2 Past News Personalities 5 Station name and slogan over the years 6 Digital subchannels 7 Rebroadcasters 8 External links

[edit] History

KPHO is Arizona's oldest television station. It signed on December 4, 1949 and was a CBS affiliate until 1955, when the CBS affiliation went to KOOL-TV (then KTSP, now KSAZ). KPHO also carried programming from the now-defunct DuMont Television Network [1]. KPHO became an independent station, and over the years, it ran cartoons, off-network sitcoms, old movies, a 9 p.m. newscast, and drama shows. It also produced a children's show called Wallace & Ladmo, which aired weekday mornings from 7-9 a.m. until the early 1980s, and 7-8 a.m. until 1989 (when it was decided by the stars of the show that it would end). During the 1970s, KPHO became a regional superstation available on cable in much of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as parts of California, Utah and Nevada

KPHO was the sole independent station in Phoenix until 1979, when KNXV signed on channel 15 with general entertainment during the day and Subscription TV at night. (KNXV became a full-time general entertainment station by 1983.)

Even though KPHO was the leading independent station in the market, the new Fox network opted to affiliate with KNXV after it was purchased by Scripps-Howard, which promised to upgrade the station's syndicated programming and launch a newscast. This made KNXV a very strong competitior against KPHO (even though KNXV never started a newscast for the duration of its Fox affiliation).

The CBS affiliation returned to KPHO in 1994, when a massive shift in network affiliations occurred in the market in the wake of KSAZ (formerly KTSP) taking the Fox affiliation. Initially, KPHO continued to run a number of sitcoms during local time, but the station gradually added more newscasts and talk/reality shows, with the sitcoms being phased out and moved to KTVK, KUTP, and KASW.

Today, KPHO is a typical CBS affiliate, clearing the entire CBS schedule and running a decent amount of local news and the typical syndicated fare. But instead of the 5:30 timeslot like most CBS counterparts, KPHO airs CBS Evening News at 6 p.m. instead.

In June 2006, the station's website was redesigned (along with those of four of Meredith Corporation's other stations). The old website was operated by the Local Media Network division of World Now. Now Internet Broadcasting operates the site.

MSNBC WEATHER PLUS+ Meteorologist Elise Finch worked at this station before going national.

[edit] Newscasts

[edit] Weekdays

• CBS5 News at 4:30- 4:30AM-5AM
• CBS5 Morning News- 5AM-7AM
• CBS5 News Midday- 12 Noon-12:30PM
• CBS5 News at Five- 5PM-5:30PM
• CBS5 News at 5:30- 5:30PM-6PM
• CBS5 News at 6:30- 6:30PM-7PM
• CBS5 News at Ten- 10PM-10:35PM, tape-delay rebroadcast at 11:15PM

[edit] Weekends

• If serious events occur, like the 2002 Rodeo-Chediski fire, a local morning newscast will be broadcast
• CBS5 News at Five- 5PM-5:30PM
• CBS5 News at 5:30- 5:30PM-6PM
• CBS5 News at 6:30- 6:30PM-7PM
• CBS5 News at Ten- 10PM-10:35PM

[edit] Trivia

For decades, KPHO was the largest station in terms of market size to be owned by Meredith. That distinction changed in 2000 when sister station WGCL-TV in Atlanta would be purchased from Tribune Company. But WGCL is a UHF station, so this makes KPHO the owner's largest station on VHF.

[edit] Notable Personalities

[edit] Current News Personalities

• Catherine Anaya, 6:30PM & 10PM Anchor/Reporter
• Jon Baird, 5i Team Investigative Reporter
• Jason Barry, General Assignment Reporter
• Jerry Clifton, NewsHawk 5 Pilot/Aviation Director
• Scott Clifton, NewsHawk 5 Pilot/Reporter
• Mike Chamberlin, Morning & Midday Anchor
• Chris Coraggio, Weeknight Sports Anchor/Reporter/Sports Director
• Nicole Crites, Morning Anchor/General Assignment Reporter
• Gina Marvilla, Morning Anchor; currently on maternity leave
• Gary Cruz, Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter
• Kent Dana, 5PM, 6:30PM, & 10PM Anchor/Reporter
• Steve Garry, Meteorologist
• Jeanne Herwerth, General Assignment Reporter
• Jeff Kelly, Morning & Midday Meteorologist
• Tammy Leitner, General Assignment Reporter
• Cara Liu, General Assignment Reporter
• Morgan Loew, 5i Team Investigative Reporter
• Sean McLaughlin, Chief Meteorologist/Primetime Anchor on Sunday
• Greg Mocker, General Assignment Reporter
• Marya Piani, General Assignment Reporter
• Donna Rossi, General Assignment Reporter
• Diana Sullivan, Midday & 5PM Anchor/Reporter
• Marcy Valenzuela, General Assignment Reporter
• Christina Wofford, Weekend Anchor/Reporter; former morning and noon anchor with Ted Koppy
• Omadelle Nelson, General Assignment Reporter
• Julie Durda, Morning Traffic and Meteorologist

[edit] Past News Personalities

• June Thomson, Former Primtime Anchor; came to FOX 10 then came here; whereabouts unknown
• Mike Harvey, Chief Meteorologist (?-2006, now at WTKR in Norfolk, Virginia)
• Gil Tyree, Sports Anchor/Reporter (?-2003, now at WGCL-TV)
• Ted Koppy, now at WTNH as their 6&11 News Anchor; former morning and noon anchor
• Bob Jeswald, now at WRBL CBS 3 in Columbus, GA as their chief meterologist
• Christen Kafton, anchor/reporter October, 2000-October, 2003; now at KNTV in San Jose/San Francisco, CA

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[edit] Station name and slogan over the years

• 5'll Getcha (late 1970s)
• TV5/News5 (1980s)
• Arizona5 (1990s)
• CBS5: Welcome Home, Arizona (1990s)
• KPHO-TV5 & TV5: Be in the Know with KPHO (late 1990s)
• News5: Your Valley News Station (2002-2003)
• CBS 5 NEWS: Live, Late Breaking, Investigative (current)

[edit] Digital subchannels

KPHO-DT 17 carries two subchannels (added early 2006) in addition to main channel 5.1:

• 5.2 - Turned on for March Madness
• 5.3 - Turned on for March Madness

[edit] Rebroadcasters

KPHO is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

• K11OB Bouse (broadcasts on channel 6)
• K11LX Bullhead City
• K55IY Camp Verde
• K07WI Cedar Creek
• K30GG Chloride
• K07WK Cibecue
• K40AD Cottonwood
• K43GU Dolan Springs
• K53DL Duncan/Clifton/Morenci
• K50HU Flagstaff
• K50DZ Fort Apache
• K59CI Globe/Miami
• K41FT Kingman
• K43GJ Lake Havasu City
• K47HE Meadview
• K09KV Prescott
• K21FU Topock/Bullhead City
• 940415CD Whiteriver (Special Temporary Authorization)

[edit] External links

• KPHO
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KPHO-TV
• The Official Wallace and Ladmo Website (History, Photos, Desktops)