KHQ-TV
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| KHQ-TV | |
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| Spokane, Washington | |
| Branding | Q6 |
| Slogan | Your Local News Leader |
| Channels | Analog: 6 (VHF) |
| Translators | (see article) |
| Affiliations | NBC NBC Weather Plus (DT2) |
| Owner | Cowles Publishing Company (KHQ, Inc.) |
| First air date | December 20, 1952 |
| Former affiliations | Secondary: ABC (1952-1954) |
| Transmitter Power | 87.1 kW (analog) 424.7 kW (digital) |
| Height | 653 m (analog) 520.7 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 34537 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.khq.com |
This is about the NBC affiliate in Spokane, Washington. For the radio station in Charlevoix, Michigan known as 106 KHQ, see WKHQ.
KHQ-TV, also known as "Q6", is the NBC affiliate for Spokane, Washington. It broadcasts its analog signal on channel 6. The station is the flagship of The KHQ Television Group, a subsidiary of Cowles Publishing Company, which owns The Spokane Spokesman-Review newspaper. KHQ's DT2 subcarrier, which can be seen over the air on DTV channel 6.2 and locally on Comcast Digital Cable channel 115, airs NBC Weather Plus.
KHQ is one of five local Spokane TV stations seen in Canada on the Star Choice satellite provider as well as Shaw Cable in Calgary, Edmonton, and other markets.
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[edit] History
KHQ is Spokane's first television station, and the second-oldest station in Washington. It signed on the air on December 20, 1952 as a dual NBC/ABC affiliate. KREM took the ABC affiliation when it signed on air in 1954, but KHQ kept the NBC affiliation, which it retains to this day. It is the only major station in Spokane that has never changed its affiliation.
Traditionally, KHQ has been known as "Q6," but the station seems to have been shying away from that branding in recent years. KHQ still uses the "Q6" logo, but it's now exclusively verbally referred to on-air by its call letters.
In summer 2008, KHQ will become the first Spokane television station to broadcast its newscasts in high-definition. [1] KXLY was the first in Spokane to produce a local segment of the news in HD, but KHQ will be the first in the area to produce an entire newscast in HD. On May 16, 2008, KHQ became the first Spokane station to produce a live, on-the-air report in High Definition. KHQ's HD newscasts are set to debut August 8th 2008. [2]
[edit] Digital Television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Programming |
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| 6.1 / 15.1 | Main KHQ-TV programming |
| 6.2 / 15.2 | NBC Weather Plus |
[edit] KHQ Weather Plus Channels
- KHQ Digital Channel 6.2
- Comcast Digital Channel 115
- Wenatchee: Charter Cable 287
- Pullman/Moscow Channel 86
[edit] Translators
KHQ is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.
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[edit] Classic Logos
 This was KHQ logo used from 2004 to 2008.* The Q6 portion of it has been used since 1981, while the KHQ portion was added in 2004. *The logo is currently still being used while KHQ transitions to HD. |
[edit] Current KHQ Newscasts
- KHQ Local News TODAY - 4:30 - 7:00 am (Mon-Fri)
- KHQ Local News SATURDAY - 7:00 - 10:00 am
- KHQ Local News SUNDAY - 7:00 - 8:00 am
- KHQ Local News at 5:00 - 5:00 - 5:30 pm
- KHQ Local News at 6:00 - 6:00 - 6:30 pm
- FOX FIRST AT TEN - 10:00 - 10:35 pm (On KAYU; Seven Days a Week)
- KHQ Local News :11@11: - 11:00 - 11:35 pm
[edit] Current KHQ On-Air Personalities
Anchors:
- Dan Kleckner - KHQ Local News @ 5&6 (Mon-Fri)
- Stephanie Vigil - KHQ Local News @ 5,6,& :11@11: (Mon-Fri)
- Sean Owsley - KHQ Local News TODAY & KHQ Local News SATURDAY
- Dana Haynes - FOX FIRST AT TEN (Mon-Fri)
- Bill McGinty - FOX FIRST AT TEN (Mon-Fri)
- Ana Cabrera - KHQ Local News @ 5,6, FOX FIRST AT TEN, :11@11: (Sat-Sun), & KHQ Local News SATURDAY
- Dave Cotton - KHQ Local News TODAY
- Shelly Monahan - KHQ Local News TODAY
- Tom Durian - KHQ Local News SUNDAY
- Jennifer Kim - KHQ Local News SUNDAY
Reporters:
- Anthony Gomes
- Tom Durian
- Jennifer Kim
- Dana Haynes
- Bill McGinty
- Ana Cabrera
- Sean Owsley
- Julie Humphreys
- Paola Cherzad
- Cindi DeHoog
- Chris Wager
- Jade Jordan
Meteorologists:
- Brian Albrecht - Chief Meteorologist
- George Maupin - Morning Forecaster (Mon-Fri)
- Jeff Womack - Weekend Meteorologist
Sports Anchors:
- John Fritz - Sports Director
- Derek Deis - Weekend Sports
- Josh Godfrey - Substitute (Photojournalist)
[edit] Firsts
- First in the Spokane market
- First outside of Seattle
- First 100,000-watt television station in the United States (1952) [3]
- First all-digital broadcast facility in Spokane (2001) [4]
- Will become the first station in Spokane to produce entire newscasts in HD (August 8, 2008) [5]
[edit] External links
- KHQ Official Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KHQ
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KHQ-TV
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/news/2008/20080412-KHQ-DT.html KHQ Spokane To Produce Local HD News With Thomson Grass Valley File-Based Production Platform
- ^ KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho | KHQ Milestone: Armed Forces Torchlight Parade broadcast in HD
- ^ KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho | KHQ Milestone: Armed Forces Torchlight Parade broadcast in HD
- ^ KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho | KHQ Milestone: Armed Forces Torchlight Parade broadcast in HD
- ^ KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho | KHQ Milestone: Armed Forces Torchlight Parade broadcast in HD
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