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KNDU
Richland, Washington
Branding KNDU Local News
Slogan "More Local News. More Often"
Channels 25 (UHF) analog,
25.1, 25.2, 25.3 (UHF) digital
Affiliations NBC
Owner The KHQ Television Group
Founded July 1, 1961
Former affiliations ABC
Website www.kndu.com

KNDU channel 25, is the NBC affiliate serving the Tri-Cities region (Kennewick, Pasco, Richland) and southeast central Washington although KNDU is licensed to Richland.

Providing over 20 hours of local news coverage on their primary channel a week, the station also produces a Digital Local News Channel and NBC Weather Plus affiliate. The channels are available locally over the air on digital channels 25.2 and 25.3, and the Weather Plus affiliate is also available through digital cable on Charter channel 287, streaming online from KNDU.com, and every daily newscast.

Alike to many other stations, they also maintain a website, KNDU.com. The website provides live streaming breaking news, video clips from daily newscasts, news stories from daily newscasts, and additional content provided by many different sources.

Additionally, the station has also been noted for providing live coverage of the hydroplane racing that occurs on the Columbia River every July. The races are now planned to also be streamed online from the station's website [1].

Owned by The KHQ Television Group, the station originally aired on July 1, 1961 as a dual NBC (primary) / ABC (secondard) affiliate until KVEW debuted in 1970 to take the ABC affiliation. KNDU is the satellite sister of KNDO, a NBC affiliate located in Yakima, Washington and KHQ, the NBC affiliate located in Spokane, Washington. The station's transmitter and studios are located in Kennewick, Washington.

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[edit] Charitible involvment

KNDU is very active in charity drives in the Tri-Cities area, especially during the winter months. Starting every fall, the station involves itself with the Salvation Army in its annual "Coats for Kids" drive, in which gently used coats are donated to be cleaned and handed out to needy children in the area. And in early December, the station puts on its "Family Food Drive", which aims to gather non-perishable food for donation to the local America's Second Harvest chapter, which then donates the food to area food banks.

[edit] Edward R. Murrow Awards

2006

  • Karly's Story
  • Hope Full Circle
  • Jamie Kern Composite

2005

  • Faces of the Homeless
  • Tristyn's Story

2004

  • (KNDO/KNDU) Search for Sofia

[edit] Newscasts

[edit] Weekdays

  • KNDU Local News Northwest Today - 5 to 7 a.m.
  • KNDU Local News at 5:00 - 5 to 5:30 p.m.
  • KNDU Local News at 6:00 - 6 to 6:30 p.m.
  • FOX First at Ten - 10 to 10:30 p.m. on KFFX-TV
  • KNDU Local News 11@11 - 11 to 11:35 p.m.

[edit] Weekends

  • KNDU Local News Saturday - 8 to 8:30 a.m.
  • KNDU Local News at 6:00 - 6 to 6:30 p.m.
  • KNDU Local News 11@11 - 11 to 11:30 p.m.

Note: There are also news and weather updates periodicaly during the Today Show from 7 to 10 AM Pacific Time.

[edit] News Team

[edit] Weekday Anchors

  • Brian Carlson - Northwest Today
  • Ruth Johnson - Northwest Today
  • Christine Brown - KNDU Local News at 5:00 and 6:00
  • Scott Stovall - KNDU Local News at 5:00, 6:00, and 11@11
  • Faye Hoffman - Fill-in anchor

[edit] Weekend Anchors

  • Margaret Kavanagh
  • Patrick Noland

[edit] Reporters

  • Brian Carlson
  • Margaret Kavanagh
  • Ken Wiegand
  • Patrick Noland
  • Kevin Randall
  • Joe Angelo
  • Faye Hoffman
  • Brian Levitan (KNDO) - Northwest Today

[edit] Weather Anchors

  • Meteorologist Harry Bounds - Northwest Today
  • Forecaster Tim Adams - KNDU Local News at 5:00, 6:00, 11@11, KNDU Local News Saturday
  • Brian Carlson - Fill-in for any newscast
  • Jeff Womack (KHQ) - Weekends

[edit] Sports Anchors

  • Scott Reister - Weekdays and weekend fill-in
  • Jenn Bates - Weekends & Northwest Today

[edit] Famous Anchors

  • Jamie Kern - Past
  • Jay Frank - Past
  • Matt Daigle - Past

[edit] Trivia

  • The KNDU television studios was formerly a funeral home, with some staff saying the studio is haunted.

[edit] KNDU TV Shows

  • Go for the Green - Sundays @6:30 p.m. with Scott Reister, Anish Shroff, Jay Frank
  • Sports Finale - Fridays @11:15 with Scott Reister, Jenn Bates, and Anish Shroff
  • Gimme the Mike - Auditions at KNDU TV in late January

[edit] External links


Broadcast television in the Yakima / Walla Walla / Pasco / Richland / Kennewick market  (Nielsen DMA #126)

Northern End (Yakima Valley)
Yakima: KKFQ-CA 2 (UNI) - KNDO 23 (NBC) - KCWK-LP 27 (The CW) - KIMA 29 (CBS) - KAPP 35 (ABC) - KCYU-LP 41 (FOX) - KYVE 47 (PBS)

Ellensburg: K25FP 25 (3ABN) - K31AK 31 (NBC) - K39DM 39 (TBN) - K41CK 41 (FOX) - KWWA-CA 49 (UNI) - K51BD 51 (CBS) - K54DX 54 (FOX) - K63BZ 63 (ABC) - K69BE 69 (PBS)

Southern End (Columbia Basin)
Tri-Cities: KFFX 11 (FOX) - KVVK-CA 15 (UNI) - KEPR 19 (CBS) - KNDU 25 (NBC) - KTNW 31 (PBS) - KVEW 42 (ABC) - KRLB-LP 49 (COR)

Walla Walla: KCWK 9 (The CW) - KTVR 13 (PBS/OPB) - KORX-CA 16 (UNI) - K22BI 22 / K21EK 21 / K28FT 28 (HOPE/Worship) - K33EJ 33 (3ABN) - KWWO-LP 47 (COR)
NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Washington

KING 5 (Seattle) - KHQ 6 (Spokane) - KNDO 23 / KNDU 25 (Yakima / Richland)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS and Other stations in Washington
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