KVBC (TV)

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KVBC
Las Vegas, Nevada
Branding	News 3 or Channel 3
Slogan	Where News Comes First/Watching Out For You
Channels	3 (VHF) analog, 2 (VHF) digital
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	Sunbelt Communications Company (Valley Broadcasting Company)
Founded	January 23, 1955 (on channel 2, moved to channel 3 in 1970s)
Call letters meaning	Valley Broadcasting Company, reference to the station's licensee
Former callsigns	KLRJ-TV (1955) KORK-TV (1955-80)
Website	www.kvbc.com

KVBC, channel 3 (digital channel 2), is the NBC affiliate serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market. It is owned and operated by Sunbelt Communications Company. Its transmitter is located in Henderson, Nevada.

Contents 1 History 2 Newscasts 3 Station Logos 4 Past Personalities 5 Translators 6 External link

[edit] History

The station went on the air as KLRJ-TV on channel 2 on January 23, 1955, licensed to Henderson and owned by the Donrey Media Group (now Stephens Media Group) along with the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Soon after, the station changed its calls to KORK-TV. By the 1970s the station switched to channel 3.

In 1971, Las Vegas attorney Jim Rogers began a drive to take control of KORK. He gained further momentum in 1979, after Donrey began heavily preempting NBC programming in order to sell more local advertising. NBC has traditionally been very intolerant of local preemptions. These preemptions even included the 1979 World Series, which prompted a viewer to complain to the FCC. Facing pressure from both the network and the FCC, Donrey was forced to sell the station to Rogers and his Valley Broadcasting Company in 1979. In 1980, the station adopted its current calls, KVBC.

Channel 3's newscasts were long called Eyewitness News That name was changed to the current News 3 in 1982, and "Eyewitness News" was picked up shortly thereafter by KLAS-TV, which was then billing its newscasts as "NewsCenter 8". It was the first station to report the deadly Las Vegas Hilton fire in February, 1981, interrupting regular-scheduled program to provide live coverage.

For a few years, KVBC used a portion of Styx's 1978 hit "Come Sail Away" and Steve Winwood's While You See A Chance before going to a commercial break.

On April 4, 2006; KVBC began a local 10 o'clock newscast on KVWB (now KVMY). The newscast has since moved to KVCW.

[edit] Newscasts

Weekdays

• News 3 at Sunrise - 5AM-7AM
  • Anchored by Sue Manteris, Mitch Truswell,
  • Weather with Chief Meteorologist John Fredericks,
  • And Traffic with Tom Hawley.
• News 3 at Noon - NOON-1PM
  • Anchored by Sue Manteris, Mitch Truswell,
  • And Chief Meteorologist John Fredericks.
• First News 3 at Four - 4PM-4:30PM
  • Anchored by Beth Fisher, Kendell Tenney,
  • Weather with Dana Wagner,
  • And Traffic with Tom Hawley.
• News 3 at Five - 5PM-5:30PM
  • Anchored by Nina Radetich, Jim Sydner,
  • Weather with Dana Wagner,
  • And Traffic with Tom Hawley.
• News 3 at Six - 6PM-6:30PM
  • Anchored by Beth Fisher, Kendell Tenney,
  • And Weather with Dana Wagner.
• News 3 at Ten on The CW Las Vegas- 10PM-11PM:
  • Anchored by Nina Radetich, Jim Sydner,
  • Weather with Dana Wagner,
  • And Sportszone with Kevin West.
• News 3 Nightside - 11PM-11:35PM
  • Anchored by Nina Radetich, Jim Sydner,
  • Weather with Dana Wagner,
  • And Sports with Rick Strasser.

Weekends

• News 3 at Sunrise - 6AM-7AM
  • Anchored by Maria Sliva, Luis Cruz,
  • And Weather with Marie Mortera.
• News 3 Today - 9AM-9:30AM
  • Anchored by Maria Sliva, Luis Cruz,
  • And Weather with Marie Mortera.
• News 3 at Five - 5PM-5:30PM
  • Anchored by Gerard Ramalho,
  • And Weather with Robert Santos.
• News 3 at Six - 6PM-6:30PM
  • Anchored by Kimberly Wagner, Gerard Ramalho,
  • And Weather with Robert Santos,
  • And Sports with Rick Strasser.
• News 3 at Ten on The CW Las Vegas- 10PM-10:30PM
  • Anchored by Kimberly Wagner, Gerard Ramalho,
  • And Weather with Robert Santos,
  • And Sports with Rick Strasser.
• News 3 Nightside - 11PM-11:35PM (till 11:30 Saturdays)
  • Anchored by Kimberly Wagner, Gerard Ramalho,
  • And Weather with Robert Santos,
  • And Sports with Rick Strasser.

[edit] Station Logos

Current Logo

[edit] Past Personalities

• Gwen Castaldi: Evening Anchor (Currently contributes to NPR Radio. Former News Director at KVVU)
• Nate Tannenbaum: Chief Meteorologist 1995-2000 (currently works at KDWN-AM and KLVX (TV) in Las Vegas; occasionally "freelances" as weather forecaster for KVVU)
• Stacey Escalante: Reporter/Anchor
• Scott Haws: Morning and Noon Anchor (currently works at KSL 5 in Utah)
• Steve Schorr: Evening Anchor (late 1970s-early 1980s) (currently Vice President, Cox Communications, Las Vegas)
• Harley Akers: Sports anchor (1970s)
• Mike Wallace: Meteorologist
• Rikki Cheese: Evening Anchor (currently works at KTNV 13 in Las Vegas)
• Dave Courvousier: Evening Anchor (currently works at KLAS-TV 8 in Las Vegas)
• Colin Cowherd: Sports Director (Late 80's to Early 90's)(currently works at ESPN/ESPN Radio)
• Jerry Olenyn: Sports Reporter (now in Chico-Redding)
• Mike Woolfolk: Weekend Sports Anchor (Late 80's-Early 90's)(currently works as News Anchor/Managing Editor at WACH-TV, Columbia, SC)
• Dr. Jim Seibert: Chief Meteorologist (currently works at KRIV 26 in Houston}
• Alan Sloan: Meteorologist
• Rachael Boesing: Weekend Meteorologist (currently works at KNBC-TV 4 in Los Angeles}
• Lisa Hidalgo: Weekend Meteorologist (currently works at KMGH-TV 7 in Denver)
• Alex Savidge: Reporter (currently works at KSAZ-TV 10 in Phoenix)
• This list is incomplete.You can help by expanding it.

[edit] Translators

KVBC's signal is relayed on the following translator channels:

• K40CQ Laughlin
• K07OF Searchlight
• K11JE St. George, Utah
• K02AV St. George, Utah
• KVBT-LP Santa Clara, Utah

[edit] External link

• KVBC
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KVBC
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KVNV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KBMO

Broadcast television stations in the Las Vegas market  (Nielsen DMA #48)

KVBC 3 (NBC) (WX+ on DT2) - KVVU 5 (FOX) - KLAS 8 (CBS) - KLVX 10 (PBS) - KTNV 13 (ABC) - KINC 15 (UNI) - KEEN 17 (TLN) - KHDF 19 (AZA) - KVMY 21 (MNTV) - KLVD 23 (DS) - KTUD 25 (Ind) - KELV 27 (TFU) - KVPX 28 (VSEN-TV) - KPVT 30 (FamilyNet) - KNBX 31 (TeleFórmula) - KVCW 33 (The CW) - KMCC 34 (Multimedios) - KVTE 35 (Ind) - KBLR 39 (TEL) - K41IO 41 (TBN) - KPVM 41 (ION) - K43FO 43 (3ABN)  KGNG 47 (HSN) - KLSV 50 (JTV)  KHMP 62 (A1) - KEGS 63 (IA/RTN)