KFMB-TV

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KFMB-TV
San Diego, California
Branding	CBS 8 News 8
Slogan	The Pictures. The Stories. Your World.
Channels	8 (VHF) analog, 55 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Midwest Television
Founded	May 16, 1949
Former callsigns	None
Former affiliations	ABC (secondary, 1949-56) NBC (secondary, 1949-53) DuMont
Transmitter Power	316 kW/227 m (analog) 1000 kW/208 m (digital)
Website	www.cbs8.com

KFMB-TV is the local CBS television affiliate of San Diego. Its transmitter is located atop Mount Soledad in La Jolla, California.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 3 Personnel 4 Newscasts 5 Personalities 5.1 Current 5.2 Former 6 External links

[edit] History

KFMB-TV went on the air on May 16, 1949. It was founded by Jack O. Gross. San Diego Mayor Harley E. Knox was present at its first broadcast. It is San Diego's oldest television station, and is the only major station in the market to remain with its original network affiliation (CBS) since the beginning. Although in the early years, KFMB carried programs from ABC, NBC, and DuMont until other stations signed on, CBS has always been KFMB's primary network affiliation. In 1953, Gross sold KFMB-AM-TV to Wrather-Alvarez Broadcasting. When the Wrather-Alvarez partnership broke up in 1957, Wrather kept KFMB-AM-FM-TV as part of Marietta Broadcasting. In 1959, Wrather sold Marietta Broadcasting to Transcontinent Broadcasting of Buffalo, New York. Transcontinent merged with the Taft Television and Radio Co., Inc. in 1964. However, the merger left Taft two television stations and several radio stations over the FCC's ownership limit of the time. As a result, the KFMB stations were sold to their current owner, Midwest Television.

In 2005, Midwest Television and CBS signed a 10 year extension for KFMB to remain a CBS affiliate. The station rebranded itself as News 8 on September 19, 2005 after a four year branding campaign as Local 8. In early 2007, KFMB began to rebrand itself as CBS8 with the launch of their new website www.CBS8.com.

Some famous KFMB alumni include former weather girl Raquel Tejada (later known as Raquel Welch), talk-show host Regis Philbin, TV host Sarah Purcell, CNN and former CBS anchor Paula Zahn, the first host of Access Hollywood Larry Mendte and NBC correspondents Don Teague and Dawn Fratangelo.

KFMB is currently San Diego's most watched television station, based on Nielsen share sign-on to sign-offTemplate:Nielsen Media Research, November 2006. Newscasts are #1 at noon, 5pm,6:30pm and 11pm weekdays, and at 5 and 6:30pm weekends. The Oprah Winfrey Show is now on KFMB, replacing News 8 At 4pm. KFMB News 8 provides video feed from Chopper 8 to KUSI and XETV. As of August 2006, News 8 is the only television station in San Diego to have its chopper covering breaking news at 11pm. On January 28, 2007 KFMB NEWS 8 became the first station in San Diego to broadcast its news in HD and they also unveiled a new set to go with the switch to HD. http://www.tvpredictions.com/localhdnews112506.htm }

[edit] Programming

The station is a typical CBS affiliate running just about the entire CBS schedule. It also runs many local news and first-run talk and reality shows. Due to the fact the noon newscast airs an entire hour, KFMB airs Bold and the Beautiful on a delay at 9:30 AM instead of the recommended time slot, which is 12:30 PM for the majority of west coast CBS affiliates.

[edit] Personnel

Station General Manager: Ed Trimble
News Director: Fred D'Ambrosi

[edit] Newscasts

Weekdays

• News 8 HD at 5AM - 5:00-5:30AM
• News 8 HD at 5:30AM - 5:30-6:00AM
• News 8 HD at 6AM - 6:00-7:00AM
• News 8 HD at Noon - 12:00-1:00PM
• News 8 HD at 5PM - 5:00-6:00PM
• News 8 HD at 6:30PM - 6:30-7:00PM
• News 8 HD at 11PM - 11:00-11:35PM

Saturday and Sunday

• News 8 HD at 5PM - 5:00-6:00PM
• News 8 HD at 6:30PM - 6:30-7:00PM
• News 8 HD at 11PM - 11:00-11:35PM

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Current

Anchors Kathleen Bade - 6:30 and 11 p.m., also consumer reporter Dan Cohen - mornings and noon Barbara-Lee Edwards - 5 and 11 p.m., also health reporter Marcella Lee - weekend evenings Nichelle Medina - mornings and noon Stan Miller - 5 and 6:30 p.m. also Crimefighters reporter André Moreau - weekend evenings Weather Matt Baylow - chief meteorologist Natasha Stenbock - mornings and noon Shawn Styles - weekend meteorologist Sports John Howard - weekends Kyle Kraska - sports director Jaymee Sire - reporter Reporters Phil Blauer Larry Himmel - feature reporter Tracye Hutchins - also fill-in anchor Heather Lucas Heather Myers- also fill-in anchor Steve Price(TV) Jeff Zevely Spencer Washburn Kelly Jones (tv) Rehka Muddaraj [edit] Former Marc Brown (1987-1989, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles) Hank Bauer - sports anchor (1987-2003) Carlo Cecchetto - reporter (2003-2006, now at KMTV in Omaha, Nebraska) Kathy Chin - reporter (1997-2005) Hal Clement (1979-1998, now at KGTV) Kevin Cox - investigative reporter (1996-2001) John Culea - reporter/anchor (1980-2000) Geni Cavitt - meteorologist (1993-2001, now at KGTV) Gene Cubbison (1979-1983, now at KNSD) Bob Dale - host/reporter (1956-1977, now at KNSD) Danuta - talk show host (1978-1983) Pamela Davis - weekend anchor/reporter (2001-2005) Pat Gaffey - government reporter (1995-2001) Gene Gleeson - anchor/reporter (1969-1976, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles) Jeff Goldberg - reporter (?-2006, now at KMSP in Minneapolis) Rebecca Gomez - morning/noon anchor and reporter (?-1996 and 2001-02, now with Fox News Channel) Carol Hasson - reporter (1992-2000) Greg Hurst - reporter/anchor (1982-1989, now at KHOU-TV) Judy Hsu - anchor (1994-2001, now at WLS-TV in Chicago) Jill Kuramoto - weather anchor (1990-1992, now at KITV in Honolulu) Graham Ledger - anchor/reporter (1990-2004) Bill Lagatutta - reporter (1978-1980, now with CBS News) Jim Laslavic - sports anchor (1983-1989, now at KNSD) Ted Leitner - sports anchor (1978-2003) Marty Levin - anchor (1980-1987, now at KNSD) Sandra Maas - health reporter/anchor (1990-2001, now at KUSI-TV) Robin Mangarin - anchor (1993-1996, now at KGET-TV in Bakersfield) Larry Mendte - weather anchor (1988-1991, now at KYW-TV) Andrea Nakano - reporter (2004-2007, now at XETV) Aimee Nuzzo - reporter (1997-2000, now at WNBC-TV in New York) Susan Peters - anchor (1991-1995, now at KAKE-TV in Wichita, Kansas) Sarah Purcell - talk show host (1970s) Margaret Radford - reporter (1978-1986, now at KNSD) Danny Romero - weather anchor (1977-1993, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles) Susan Rosegen - anchor (1989-1991, now a CNN correspondent in New Orleans) Shelley Roupas - reporter (2000-2002) Allison Ross - anchor (1977-1989) Dan Shadwell - morning anchor/reporter (2002-2005) Beth Shelburne - morning anchor/reporter (2002-2006, now with NECN in Boston) Gail Stewart - investigative reporter (1984-2001, now Director of Communications and Community Relations for the San Diego District Attorney's Office [1]) Aloha Taylor (2001-2005, now at XETV FOX6) Susan Taylor - anchor/reporter (1982-1986, now at KNSD) Don Teague (1998-2002, now with NBC News) Michael Tuck - anchor (1978-1984 and 1999-2004, now at KUSI-TV) Maria Velasquez - reporter (1983-2001) Denise Yamada - anchor (1995-2001) [edit] External links KFMB-TV 8 Query the FCC's TV station database for KFMB-TV v • d • e American broadcast television in the San Diego/Tijuana market (Nielsen DMA #27) (including Tijuana channels aimed at the San Diego audience) XETV 6 (Fox) - KFMB 8 (CBS) - KGTV 10 (ABC) - KPBS 15 (PBS) - KBNT-CA 17 / KHAX-LP 49 / KNSD-LP 62 (UNI) - KSDX-LP 29 (Ind) - XHAS 33 / KTCD-LP 46 (TEL) - K35DG 35 (Ind) - KDTF-LP 36 (TFU) - KNSD 39 (NBC) (WX Plus on DT2) - KZSD-LP 41 (AZA) - KBOP-CA 43 (Ind) - KSKT-CA 43 (HSN) - K48AL 48 (Ind) - XHDTV 49 (MNTV) - KUSI 51 (Ind) - K59AL 59 (Ind) - K61GH 61 (Multimedios) - K67AM 67 (Ind) - KSWB 69 (The CW) Mexican broadcast television in the San Diego/Tijuana market (aimed mainly at the Tijuana audience) XHTJB 3 (Once TV) - XEWT 12 (Televisa local) - XHTIT 21 (TV Azteca 7) - XHJK 27 (TV Azteca 13) - XHBJ 45 (Televisa XHGC) - XHUAA 57 (Televisa XEW) Local cable television channels 4SD See also Broadcast television in the Los Angeles, Yuma / El Centro and Ensenada markets v • d • e CBS Network Affiliates in the state of California 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) See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Independent, Other Spanish Network, Religious, Home Shopping and Other stations in California