KERO-TV

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KERO-TV
Bakersfield, California
Branding	23ABC The Right Choice
Channels	23 (UHF) analog, 10 (VHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC (since 1996)
Owner	McGraw-Hill
Founded	September 26, 1953
Call letters meaning	KERn County's TV Outlet
Former affiliations	NBC (1953-1984) CBS (1984-1996)
Website	turnto23.com

KERO-TV is a television station serving Bakersfield, California. It is an ABC affiliate, and transmits on UHF channel 23. It has previously been affiliated with the CBS television network. The station is owned by McGraw-Hill.

Contents 1 History 2 Network Affiliations 3 Programming 4 Newscasts 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] History

KERO went on the air on September 26, 1953, on VHF Channel 10 (now home to KERO's digital signal). The station moved to UHF 23 in July 1963. KERO was first owned by a local interest, who sold it to Marietta Broadcasting in 1957. Marietta was absorbed by Transcontinent Broadcasting of Buffalo, New York in 1959. Transcontinent's merger with Taft Television and Radio Co., Inc. in 1964 left the newly-merged company two television stations over the FCC's ownership limit of the time. As a result, Taft divested both of Transcontinent's California stations to separate owners, with KERO going to Time-Life Broadcasting. McGraw-Hill acquired KERO in 1972 along with most of Time-Life Broadcasting's stations. The TV station, along with KERO radio (1230AM) originally broadcast from the lobby of the El Tejon Hotel, which was located at the corner of Beale Ave & Chester Ave. KERO later moved to its current studios at 321 21st St.

In August 2006 KERO-TV officially became a duopoly with KZKC-TV, an Azteca America affiliate, which broadcasts on channel 42. At this time, KERO-TV does not plan on airing any local Spanish language news on this channel.

[edit] Network Affiliations

KERO was affiliated first with NBC until March 1984, when it switched to CBS. In March 1996, KERO became the second television station in the Bakersfield market (after KGET-TV), and one of a handful of television stations in America, to have been an affiliate of all 3 big networks (NBC, CBS, and ABC), when KERO picked up ABC affiliation from cross-town rival KBAK as part of a corporate affiliation deal between McGraw-Hill and ABC.

[edit] Programming

Former news anchor Burleigh Smith (d.1990) is considered by many to be the father of television news in Bakersfield. Smith produced and anchored at KERO from 1954-1960, and again from 1973-1989.

Other longtime KERO news personalilties include Don Rodewald (who hosted the afternoon movie), George Day, and Sunny Scofield. MSNBC "Live & Direct" host Rita Cosby, was a KERO reporter in the 1980s.

News anchors Jim Scott & Robin Mangarin, reported and anchored at KERO from the mid-1980's until 1994, but now work for a rival station.

KERO news anchors Jackie Parks and Todd Karli, a husband and wife team, currently anchor KERO 23 News at 6.

Lloyd Lindsay Young joined the station in 2005, as chief weathercaster. He is the father of former KGET weatherman George Lindsay Young. Lloyd grew up in Hollywood, California and has been in the TV/Radio broadcasting business since 1962; starting at Bakersfield radio station KWAK AM 970 in 1962. He also spent 10 years at WWOR TV 9 in New York City. His trademark intro is "Hellooooo (insert city name)". He is also known for his outrageous weather pointers which are sent in by viewers. Submissions are usually outrageous & have ranged from a mannequin leg, to a dildo. His wild weather routine has earned him guest spots on "The Geraldo Rivera Show" and the "Howard Stern Show". In a March 2007 interivew of Stern's Sirius Satellite radio show, Stern called Young "the most sucessful mentally challenged person I've ever met."

One of KERO's best remembered shows was "Cousin Herb's Trading Post", a local variety series in the 1950's. The show's host, Herb Henson (d.1963), was a country musician, and often featured budding country artists like Buck Owens and Tommy Collins, who would come to popularize the "Bakersfield Sound". Another local favorite was The Uncle Woody Show in the 60s and 70s.

[edit] Newscasts

Monday-Friday

• ABC 23 No Bull Morning News - 5 a.m.-7 a.m.

Emily Moore (anchor), Christina Loren (weather) Doug Deroo (traffic), Crystal Figueroa (reporter)

• ABC 23 News at 5 - 5 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Mike Hart, Jackie Parks, Lloyd Lindsay Young (weather)

• ABC 23 News at 6 - 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Todd Karli, Jackie Parks, Lloyd Lindsay Young (weather), Pep Fernandez (sports)

• ABC 23 News at 11 - 11 p.m.-11:35 p.m.

Mike Hart, Lloyd Lindsay Young (weather), Pep Fernandez (sports)

Weekends

• ABC 23 News at 6 - 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Chris Van Horne, Victoria Houchin (weather), Bryce Anslinger (sports)

• ABC 23 News at 11 - 11 p.m.-11:35 p.m.

Chris Van Horne, Victoria Houchin (weather), Bryce Anslinger (sports)

[edit] See also

• KPMC-LP

[edit] External links

• turnto23.com
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KERO

Broadcast television stations in the Bakersfield market (Nielsen DMA #126)
KTFB-CA 4 / KBTF-CA 31  (TFU) - K08MM 8 (3ABN) - KKEY-LP 11 (TEL) - KGET 17 (NBC/The CW on DT2) - K18HD 18 (Multimedios) - KBBV-CA 19 (Ind) - K21FP 21 (TBN) - KERO 23 (ABC) - KFRE-CA 27 (Ind) - KBAK 29 (CBS) - KVPT 34 (PBS) - KBFK-LP 36 (HSN) - KABE-LP 39 (UNI) - KPMC-LP 42 (AZA) - KUVI 45 (MNTV) - KNXT-LP 57 (Ind) - KBFX 58 (Fox)
Local cable & satellite television channels
KWFB (The CW/The CW Plus)