KARD
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| KARD | |
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| West Monroe/Monroe, Louisiana/El Dorado, Arkansas | |
| Branding | FOX14 |
| Slogan | The Right News at the Right Time |
| Channels | 14 (UHF) analog, 36 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | FOX |
| Owner | Nexstar Broadcasting (local marketing agreement with Piedmont Television) |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Call letters meaning | Unknown, but pronounced "card" |
| Former callsigns | KLAA-TV (1974-82) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1974-1994) |
| Website | None, consolidated with KTVE's website |
- This article is about the television station in West Monroe, Louisiana. For the television station in Wichita, Kansas, that formerly used the KARD call sign, see KSNW.
KARD-TV, Channel 14, is the Fox affiliate for the El Dorado, Arkansas/Monroe, Louisiana market area. KARD's transmitter is located in Columbia, Louisiana. The station is licensed to West Monroe, Louisiana.
The station first began broadcasting in 1974 as KLAA-TV, an ABC affiliate. Before 1974, ABC programs were split between CBS affiliate KNOE-TV and NBC affiliate KTVE. It changed its calls to KARD in 1982. In 1994 it dumped ABC to become a Fox affiliate. This left the Monroe market without an ABC affiliate until December 1998, when KAQY signed on. Between then, ABC programming was available on local cable systems via Alexandria's KLAX and Shreveport's KTBS, though cable systems on the fringe of either signal carried WXYZ-TV in Detroit or KMGH-TV in Denver.
In 2002, Piedmont Television, owner of KTVE, took over KARD's operations under a local marketing agreement. However, the two stations' operations were consolidated in KARD's former studio in West Monroe. In addition to a common sales and promotions staff, the KTVE news department produces KARD's newscast.
The station no longer has a separate Website, its old address, kard.com, redirects to KTVE's Web site.
[edit] Personalities and programming
Current personalities on KARD-TV news broadcasts (as of March 2007) include:
- Randall Kamm, anchor
- Tom Pearson, chief meteorologist, 9 p.m. newscasts
In addition to FOX programming, KARD-TV airs syndicated programs such as the Tyra Banks Show, The People's Court, Judge Mathis, Judge Alex and Friends. The station also airs Southeastern Conference football games produced by Lincoln Financial Sports.
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the El Dorado / Monroe market (Nielsen DMA #135) | |||
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KNOE 8 (CBS)(The CW on DT2) - KTVE 10 (NBC) - KAQY 11 (ABC) - KLTM 13 (PBS/LPB) - KARD 14 (FOX) - WMAU 17/WMPN 29 (PBS/MPB) - KMCT 39 (Worship) - KEJB 43 (MyNetworkTV) |
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WVUE 8 (New Orleans) - KARD 14 (West Monroe) - KADN 15 (Lafayette) - KVHP 29 (Lake Charles) - KMSS 33 (Shreveport) - WGMB 44 (Baton Rouge) - K47DW 47 / K61GO 61 / K51FO 521 (Alexandria/Hicks/Leesville) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other Stations in Louisiana | |
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Corporate Staff: Perry A. Sook (President & CEO) | Matt Devine (CFO) | Duane A. Lammers (COO) | Timothy Busch | Brian Jones | Shirley E. Green | Susana G. Schuler-Willingham | Richard Stolpe | Paul Greeley | Blake R. Battaglia | Erik Brooks | Jay M. Grossman | Brent Stone | Royce Yudkoff | Geoff Armstrong | Michael Donovan | I. Martin Pompadur |
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Television Stations owned by Nexstar Broadcasting |
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Annual Revenue: $226.1 million USD (2005) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: NXST | Website: www.nexstarbroadcasting.com |
