KHSL-TV

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KHSL-TV
Chico-Redding, California
Slogan " CBS 12 Action News Live, Local & Late Breaking
Channels 12 (VHF) analog,
43 (UHF) digital
Translators (See article)
Affiliations CBS

The CW (KIWB) on DT2 signal
Owner Catamount Broadcasting
Founded 1953
Call letters meaning K Harry Smithson/Sidney Lewis (founders of KHSL-AM)
Former affiliations None
Transmitter Power 316,000 watts visual power
38,000 watts aural power
Website www.khsltv.com
TheCW10.com

KHSL-TV Channel 12 is a CBS affiliate based in Chico, California. Its transmitter is located in Cohasset, California. The station is owned and operated by Catamount Broadcasting of Norwalk, Connecticut, which also operates KNVN-TV Channel 24, an NBC affiliate owned by Evans Broadcasting. As a duopoly, both stations telecast Action News and Action News Weekend Report. The station's Redding offices are located in the Mt. Shasta Mall.

For many years, KHSL-TV was the dominant television station in the Central Valley north of Sacramento. News presenters have referred to the viewing area on air as the "North State." Until recently, the San Francisco Chronicle included KHSL-TV in its television listings. Under certain weather conditions, KHSL's signal can be received as far south as the eastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Other notable personalities that have worked at KHSL-TV over the years include television host and producer Moriss Taylor, actor Richard Kiel, voiceover announcer and vocalist Ron Palmer, news reporter Rick Rigsby, news anchor Dean Reeter (the former anchor at Channel 7R in Redding), meteorologist Anthony Watts and legendary sports directors Ray Narbietz and Royal Courtain. Former California state assemblyman Stan Statham also anchored news at KHSL-TV and is currently the president of the California Broadcasters Association.

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[edit] History

KHSL-TV signed on in 1953, owned by the McClung family's Golden Empire Broadcasting Company along with KHSL-AM 1290. The call letters are in honor of Harry Smithson and Sidney Lewis, who founded KHSL-AM in 1935 and sold it to the McClungs a year later. Ruth "Mickey" McClung was one of the first women to own a television station.

The McClungs owned the station until 1994, when they sold it to United Communications Corporation. On September 14, 1998, KHSL-TV was purchased by Catamount Broadcasting.

KHSL operates a large network of translators to serve its mostly rural and mountainous viewing area.

Starting in September 2006, its DT2 subcarrier added programming from The CW Television Network. This coincided with the company's acquisition of KIWB-TV from Bluestone Television in July 2006.

[edit] Newscasts

  • Wake Up (5:30 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.)
    • Anchor: Ashley Coleman
    • Weather: Rob Blair
  • CBS 12 Action News at Noon (12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.)
    • Anchors: Linda Watkins-Bennett
    • Weather: Rob Blair
  • CBS 12 Action News at 6:30 (6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.)
    • Anchors: Alan Marsden, Kelli Saam
    • Weather: Chief Meteorologist Dave Vanore
    • Sports: Sean Bennett
  • Action News at 11 (11:00 p.m. - 11:35 p.m.)
    • Anchors: Alan Marsden, Kelli Saam
    • Weather: Chief Meteorologist Dave Vanore
    • Sports: Sean Bennett
  • Action News at 6:30 (Weekend Report) (6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.)
    • Anchor: Debbie Cobb
    • Weather: Mary Lee
    • Sports: Eric Hodge
  • Action News at 11 (Weekend Edition) (11:00 p.m. - 11:35 p.m.)
    • Anchor: Debbie Cobb
    • Weather: Mary Lee
    • Sports: Eric Hodge

[edit] Former News Titles

  • Newscope 12 (1970s)
  • News 12 (1980s)
  • Channel 12 News (1985-2006)
  • Northern California News (w/ KNVN) (2001-2005)
  • The 11 O'Clock News (2005-2006)
  • CBS 12 News (Summer 2006)

[edit] Former anchors & reporters

[edit] Locally Produced Programs

[edit] Digital Television

KHSL is an ATSC digital television signal broadcast over channel 43 which is available over-the-air with a digital tuner, which there is an offering of two sub-channels. Both of which are currently available on cable:

High-Definition

  • KHSL HD on DT 43.1 / 12.1; (Comcast 912) and (Charter 782)

Standard-Definition

  • KIWB (The CW) on DT 43.2 / 12.2; (Comcast 10) and (Charter 10)

As of March 20, 2007, the Newscasts on KHSL and KIWB are not broadcasted in High Definition. Most CBS programs broadcasted from 8 PM ET, are broadcasted in HD.

[edit] Translators

KHSL is rebroadcast on the following translator stations. Most of the translators listed. Are not presently in the FCC database.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


Broadcast television in the Chico / Redding market  (Nielsen DMA #130)

KMCA-LP 2 (A1) - KRDN-LP 5 (DS) - KRCR 7 (ABC) - KIXE 9 (PBS, Create on DT3)  - KHSL 12 (CBS) - KXVU-LP 17 (TEL) - KRVU-LP 21 (MNTV) - KNVN 24 (NBC, AccuWX TV on DT2) - KGEC-LP 26 (FN) - KUCO-LP 27 (UNI) - KKPM-CA 28 (S@H) - KCVU 30 (FOX)
Local cable television channels

KIWB 10 (The CW)
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
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