KVIQ
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| KVIQ-TV | |
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| Eureka, California | |
| Channels | 6 (VHF) analog, 17(UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | Raul Broadcasting (operated by Sainte Partners II, L.P.) |
| Founded | April 1, 1958 |
| Former affiliations | NBC, CBS, ABC (1958-?), eventually NBC primary |
| Transmitter Power | 100 kW |
| Website | http://eurekatelevision.tv/cbs.php |
KVIQ is a broadcast television station in Eureka, California which broadcasts as a CBS affiliate on channel 6. Its transmitter is located in Eureka.
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[edit] History
KVIQ signed on the air as Eureka's second television station on April 1, 1958. Since the Eureka market only had two TV stations in those early days, KVIQ offered programs from several networks. By the 1980s, the station was the area's primary NBC affiliate, but KVIQ also carried some ABC programs as the area's ABC affiliate, KAEF, had not yet signed on the air.
The station was, at one time, owned by the Ackerley Media Group. Ackerley invested quite a bit of money into its news operations. Ackerley merged with corporate giant Clear Channel Communications in 2002. Not long after this merger, the news operation at KVIQ was quickly abandoned. Clear Channel sold the station to its current owner, Raul Broadcasting, in 2005. Though Raul Broadcasting owns the license, the station is, in effect, run by the Eureka Television Group[1], which also operates the Fox, The CW, My Network TV, and Univision outlets in the market. It is also operated by Sainte Partners II, L.P., owners of several stations in the Sacramento, Chico and Medford markets.
In California, the Eureka television market and the Yuma-El Centro market are the only TV markets currently not available on either Dish Network or DirecTV.
[edit] News Operation
KVIQ had once aired a newscast, entitled Action News 6, which could not keep up with KIEM. So, KVIQ had gotten rid of its newscasts, and was replaced by morning & 10pm rebroadcasts of newscasts from then sister station KFTY in Santa Rosa, California. After KVIQ was sold off in 2005, the KFTY rebroadcasts ceased, and that was the end of KVIQ airing local news.
[edit] Programs
When local news ended on KVIQ, the Noon spot was replaced with a Paid Program. 5:00 & 6:30pm were replaced with Everybody Loves Raymond, 5:30pm was replaced with Frasier, and 11:00pm was replaced with Inside Edition. KVIQ also airs The Oprah Winfrey Show at 7:00pm.
[edit] Logos
 Former KVIQ logo before dropping local news. |
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the Eureka market (Nielsen DMA #193) | |||
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KIEM 3 (NBC) - KVIQ 6 (CBS) - KUVU-LP 9 (The CW) - KEET 13 (PBS) - KAEF 23 (ABC) - KBVU 29 (FOX) - KEMY-LP 33 (MNTV) |
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| CBS Network Affiliates in the state of California | |
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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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| See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Independent, Other Spanish Network, Religious, Home Shopping and Other stations in California | |
