KALB-TV
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| KALB-TV | |
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| Alexandria, Louisiana | |
| Branding | NewsChannel 5 CBS Alexandria (on DT2) |
| Slogan | On Your Side Your Eye on Central Louisiana (on DT2) |
| Channels | Analog: 5 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | NBC CBS (on DT2) |
| Owner | Media General (sale pending to Hoak Media Corporation) (Media General Communications Holdings, LLC) |
| First air date | September 29, 1954 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Know Alexandria Louisana Better |
| Former affiliations | DuMont (1954-1955) ABC (1954-1957) CBS (1954-1957) all secondary |
| Transmitter Power | 100 kW (analog) 1,000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 485 m (analog) 457 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 51598 |
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| Website | kalb.com |
KALB-TV, channel 5, is the NBC-affiliated television station for Alexandria, Louisiana. Its analog transmitter is located southeast of Forest Hill. The station's digital transmitter is located in downtown Alexandria. Owned by Media General, KALB has studios on Washington Street in the center of town. The station operates the area's CBS affiliate on its second digital subchannel.
It is also offered on Suddenlink cable channel 2. KALB-DT2 broadcasts the entire CBS schedule as well as various syndicated programming. There is no separate website for the station. Before KALB-DT2 began broadcasting, Central Louisiana viewers watched CBS on cable from either KLFY-TV in Lafayette or KNOE-TV in Monroe.
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[edit] History
KALB began its broadcasting on September 29, 1954 with NBC's broadcast of the 1954 World Series. The station has been an NBC affiliate from the very first day although it also carried programs from CBS and ABC until 1957 plus DuMont until that network folded in 1955. In 1957, the station was bought by Red River Valley Broadcasting that was owned by Shreveport businessman T.B. Lanford. Park Communications bought KALB in 1993 and merged with Media General in 1997.
KALB launched its digital signal on UHF channel 35 in 2002. On October 29, 2007, Media General announced that it was exploring the sale of KALB. On March 14, 2008, Media General announced it reached an agreement to sell KALB and its sister station, WMBB in Panama City, Florida, to Hoak Media Corporation. KALB's newscasts are known as NewsChannel 5. KALB-DT2 airs one live newscast weeknights at 5:30.
[edit] News team
News Director
- Michele Godard
Managing Editor
- Eric Marshall
Producers
- Ashleigh Galliano
- Breanna Biehl
- Tamara Carter
Anchors
- Alan Quartemont - weekday mornings
- reporter
- Renee Allen - weekday mornings
- reporter
- Melinda Johnson - weekdays at Noon, 5, and 5:30
- Dale Hoffman - weeknights at 5, 5:30, 6, and 10
- Leigh Culbert - weekends
- special projects
Meteorologists
- Tom Konvicka (AMS Member) - Chief seen on weeknights
- Nick Mikulas - weekday mornings and Noon
- Sara Black - weekends
Sports
- Mark Hamblen - Director seen on weeknights at 6 and 10
- Sharief Ishaq - weekends
- sports reporter
Reporters
- Bryant Ferguson - general assignment
- photojournalist
- Mike Magnoli - crime and military
- Joel Massey - government
[edit] Logos
 KALB's NBC logo. |
 The station's CBS logo. |
 KALB's combined logo. |
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