KXLY-TV
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| KXLY-TV | |
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| Spokane, Washington | |
| Branding | kxly4 |
| Slogan | Never Miss a Story |
| Channels | 4 (VHF) analog, 13 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | ABC and MNTV [Secondary] |
| Owner | Spokane Television Group |
| Founded | February 22, 1953 |
| Former affiliations | CBS (1953-1976) DuMont (1953-1954) UPN [secondary] (January 2006) |
| Website | kxly.com |
KXLY-TV (channel 4, digital channel 13) is the ABC network affiliate in Spokane, Washington. KXLY-TV is owned by Spokane Television Group, a subsidiary of the Morgan Murphy Stations, and is the largest TV station, in terms of employees, in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area.
It is one of five local Spokane TV stations seen in Canada on the StarChoice satellite provider. KXLY provides the most local news of any station in Spokane at 29.5 hours of news every week. It is the only news station in Spokane with a newscast that airs at 6:30 as well as the only station with a Sunday morning news broadcast.
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[edit] History
KXLY-TV signed on the air on February 22, 1953, as a dual CBS/DuMont affiliate (the DuMont affiliation went to KREM in 1954). It was also Spokane's second television station. (KHQ was the first, beating KXLY to the airwaves by two months on December 20, 1952).
At first, KXLY, whose AM sister was also affiliated with the CBS Radio Network at the time, enjoyed a good partnership with CBS, which in turn would help it become a dominant player in the Spokane television market in the 1950s and 1960s.
However, the station's relationship with CBS faltered in later years when it started airing several CBS shows out of pattern by delaying or pre-empting them. On August 8, 1976, CBS dropped KXLY as an affiliate and awarded it to KREM. When KREM left ABC, KXLY landed that opening and has been with ABC ever since. Ironically at this time, ABC jumped to number one in the ratings for the next several years. This meant KXLY ended up broadcasting the highest-rated network (first CBS, then ABC) throughout the 1970s. CBS' decision to drop KXLY would mark a first in television broadcasting history in the United States that a major TV network stripped a station of its affiliation.
On April 20, 2006, KXLY became the first station in Spokane to broadcast a local news segment in high definition, an experiment the station continues to explore with one segment each Tuesday night during its 6 pm broadcast. As of December, 2006, KXLY remains the only Spokane television station to produce a local segment in HD.
KXLY's sister station is KXMN, which was launched on September 5, 2006 to become Spokane's MyNetworkTV affiliate.
[edit] Facilities
KXLY is the only station in the Spokane market to broadcast from Mount Spokane, well to the northeast of the city. The site (located in a state park) was originally developed with the expectation that Spokane's other TV stations would want to follow suit. When this did not occur, KXLY built a translator to serve non-antenna-rotator-equipped households from the mountain ridge south of Spokane used by the other stations. With most viewers now receiving KXLY via cable or satellite, that translator was repurposed to become KXMN-LP.
[edit] Digital Television
This station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Programming |
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| 4.1 / 13.1 | KXLY ABC 4 programming |
| 4.2 / 13.2 | My Network TV--KXMN |
[edit] kxly4 Programming
KXLY's newscasts, titled "kxly4 News", are featured at these following times:
Monday-Friday
- Good Morning Northwest (5AM to 7AM)
- kxly4 News @ Five (5PM to 5:30PM)
- kxly4 News @ Six (6PM to 7PM)
- kxly4 News @ Eleven (11PM to 11:35PM)
Saturday
- Good Morning Northwest Saturday (7AM to 9AM)
- kxly4 News @ Five (5PM to 5:30PM)
- kxly4 News @ Six (6PM to 6:30PM)
- kxly4 News @ Eleven (11PM to 11:35PM)
Sunday
- Good Morning Northwest Sunday (7AM to 9AM)
- kxly4 News @ Five (5PM to 5:30PM)
- kxly4 News @ Six (6PM to 6:30PM)
- kxly4 News @ Eleven (11PM to 11:35PM)
[edit] Current kxly4 News On-Air personalities
kxly4 Anchors:
- Robyn Nance - kxly4 News @ 5, 6 & 11 (Sun-Thurs)
- Richard Brown - kxly4 News @ 5, 6 & 11 (Mon-Fri)
- Kalae Chock - Good Morning Northwest (Mon-Fri)
- Mark Peterson - Good Morning Northwest (Mon-Sat)
- Angela Williams - Good Morning Northwest (Sat)
- Teresa Lukens - Good Morning Northwest (Sun)
- Rick Lukens - Good Morning Northwest (Sun-Fri)
- Dave Erickson - kxly4 News @ 5, 6 & 11 (Sat-Sun)
- Melissa Luck - kxly4 News @ 5, 6 & 11 (Fri)
kxly4 Meteorologists/Weather Anchors:
- Kris Crocker - Chief Meteorologist
- Mark Peterson - Morning Weather
- Leslie Lowe - Weekend Weather
kxly4 Sports Anchors:
- Dennis Patchin - Sports Director
- Allison Leep - Weekend Anchor
kxly4 Reporters:
- Annie Bishop
- Dave Erickson
- Jeff Humphrey
- Kirk Hawkins (Good Morning Northwest)
- John Langeler
- Erik Loney
- Melissa Luck (Executive Producer)
- Janet O
- Keith Osso (Sports)
- Kjerstin Ramsing (KXMN Anchor)
- Karina Shagren
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the Spokane / Coeur d'Alene market (Nielsen DMA #77) |
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Spokane / Coeur d'Alene: (Inland Empire) |
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Lewiston / Clarkston / Pullman / Moscow: (Quad Cities) |
