KTIV

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KTIV
Sioux City, Iowa
Branding	KTIV
Slogan	Siouxland's News Channel
Channels	4 (VHF) analog, 41 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	NBC The CW - DT2
Owner	Quincy Newspapers
Founded	1954
Call letters meaning	K + Television + IV (Roman numeral 4)
Former affiliations	The WB
Website	www.ktiv.com

KTIV is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, broadcasting on NTSC Channel 4 (analog) and ATSC Channel 41 (digital).

KTIV also carries on its DT2 subcarrier the market's CW Network affiliate, which replaced The WB network in September 2006.

[edit] Station History

KTIV-TV, Channel 4 in Sioux City, Iowa is licensed by KTIV Television, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quincy Newspapers, Incorporated (QNI) in Quincy, Illinois.

Rich Tradition of service

KTIV continues a rich tradition of media service to Siouxland, dating back to the 19th century.

George D. Perkins came to Sioux City in the spring of 1869. The Civil War was over, and Sioux City and the nation were in the process of rebuilding and expanding. Confident of the future of Sioux City and our nation, Perkins purchased The Sioux City Journal, then a weekly newspaper. In 1870, George and his brother, Henry, turned The Journal into a thriving daily newspaper.

George Perkins died in 1914, leaving the prosperous Sioux City Daily Journalto his son-in-law, William H. Sammons, who published the paper with George Perkins' son, William R. (Will) Perkins until Sammons' death in 1944. Before Sammons died, however, he merged the two papers in Sioux City, The Journal and The Tribune, and published both of them. William R. Perkins published the The Journal from 1944 to 1962; before his death, he appointed Elizabeth Sammons, daughter of Clara Perkins Sammons, as publisher of the The Journal.

Expanding into Electronic Media

The Sioux City Journal expanded its interest to the newly created electronic medium, radio, by founding station KSCJ in 1927. The Dirks family, meanwhile, was becoming involved with mass communications: Dietrich Dirks, former manager of KFAB Radio (at the time in Lincoln, Nebraska), combined interests with the Kelly family, who ran The Sioux City Tribune. The Kellys and Dirks applied for radio station KTRI in the late 30's. After World War II, they entered into a buy-sell agreement: Kelly bought Dirks' 50% share of radio station KTRI, and Dirks applied for another radio station, KCOM.

...and finally into Television!

In 1953, W.R. Perkins, president of Perkins Brothers Co. and publisher of The Journal, and Dietrich Dirks, president of KCOM Broadcasting Company, jointly applied for the license of television station Channel 4 in Sioux City. The application was accepted in 1954 when the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC, granted the assignment of television channel 4 in Sioux City in January 1954. KTIV made plans to be on the air by August 15, 1954.

After overcoming some construction obstacles, including having to raise the microwave tower height twice to avoid interference with a tree which blocked the microwave signal, KTIV made its broadcasting debut on Sunday, October 10, 1954. That first broadcast evening included four NBC shows: "People are Funny" at 6pm; "The Liebman Spectacular" from 6:30-8pm; "The Television Playhouse" from 8-9pm; and "The Loretta Young Show" from 9-9:30pm.^[1]

Former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw began his television career at KTIV.

[edit] Translators

KTIV's signal is re-broadcast over three translators:^[2]

• Neligh, Nebraska: K40HB, channel 40.
• Norfolk, Nebraska: K48CH, channel 48.
• O'Neill, Nebraska: K51CC, channel 51.

[edit] Personnel

Bridget Breen, news director
Kristie VerMulm, anchor
Matt Breen, anchor
Ron Demers, chief meteorologist
Brad Pautsch, sports director
Al Joens, morning/noon anchor
Christy Batien, morning anchor
Dave Winslow, morning meteorologist
Jessica Phinney, weekend anchor
Mike Zwier, weekend meteorologist
Mike Orlando, weekend sports anchor
Michelle Rook, meteorologist
Bruce Scheid, senior reporter
Kristen Johnson, reporter
Melissa Lanzourakis, reporter
Jenna Rehnstrom, reporter
April Madison, reporter
Kim Ernst, 6&10 producer
Tia Heidebrecht, chief photographer
Travis Hoffer, photographer
Brian Peske, editor

[edit] External links

• KTIV website
• SIOUXLAND CW Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTIV

[edit] Notes

1. ^ KTIV History, KTIV website, retrieved April 14, 2006; page has since been deleted.
2. ^ REC Broadcast Query, retrieved July 25, 2006.