KNDU
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| KNDU | |
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| Richland/Pasco/Kennewick, Washington | |
| Branding | KNDU Local News |
| Slogan | Local News. Right Now |
| Channels | Analog: 25 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | Cowles Publishing Company (KHQ, Inc.) |
| First air date | 1961[1] |
| Call letters’ meaning | variation of sister station's calls, KNDO |
| Former affiliations | ABC |
| Transmitter Power | 661 kW (analog) 200 kW (digital) |
| Height | 411 m (both) |
| Facility ID | 12427 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.kndu.com |
KNDU channel 25, is the NBC affiliate serving the Tri-Cities region (Kennewick, Pasco, Richland) and southeast central Washington. It is licensed to Richland, with studios in Kennewick.
Providing over 25 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, powered by WorldNow. 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. The station also operates two other websites: HydroInsider.com and CarsTri-Cities.com (along with CarsYakima.com with KNDO.)
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.[2]
Owned by The KHQ Television Group, the station originally aired on July 1, 1961 as an ABC (primary) / (became NBC in 1965) (ABC secondary) 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.
The broadcast area of KNDU (powered along with KNDO) is, from the Tri-Cities, northwest to Ellensburg, Washington, east to Walla Walla, Washington, and southeast to Meacham, Oregon.
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[edit] Charitable involvement
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, Tri-City Cleaners, and Kadlec Medical Center 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. During this time, drop barrels are found at the station's studios, as well as sponsoring banks and businesses. 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] News Team
[edit] Weekday Anchors
- Brian Carlson - Northwest Today
- Ruth Johnson - Northwest Today & Northwest Today Saturday
- Christine Brown (News Director) - KNDU Local News at 5:00 and 6:00
- Scott Stovall - KNDU Local News at 5:00, 6:00, and 11@11
- Margaret Kavanaugh - KNDU Local News 11@11
[edit] Weekend Anchors
- Patrick Noland
- Melanie Falcon
[edit] Reporters
- Ken Wiegand
- Kevin Randall (Northwest Today), also fill-in news anchor
- Joe Angelo, also fill-in news anchor
- Allison Cordova
- Shanelle Smith
- Melanie Falcon
- Aaron Cagwin (KNDO)
- Drew Gardner (KNDO)
- Devon Dolan (KNDO)
- Josh Gaerdner (KNDO)
[edit] Weather Anchors
- Jordan Youngs - Northwest Today Forecaster
- Tim Adams - Evening and Saturday Morning Forecaster
- Brian Carlson - Northwest Today Substitute Forecaster
- Jeff Womack (KHQ) - Weekend Weather Anchor
[edit] Sports Anchors
- Scott Reister - Weekdays and weekend fill-in
- Jenn Bates - Weekends & Northwest Today
[edit] Former Anchors
- Jamie Kern - Anchor/Reporter (Currently Anchor at KPTV, Portland, OR)
- Jay Frank - Anchor/Reporter (Currently Anchor at KOHD, Bend, OR)
- Kevin Uretsky - Sports Director (Currently Anchor at KVEW, Kennewick, WA)
- Whit Johnson - Anchor/Reporter (Currently Reporter at KSL, Salt Lake City, UT)
- Faye Hoffman - Anchor/Reporter (Currently Anchor/Reporter at WGGB, MA)
- Andrea Nguyen - Reporter (Currently at KHCW, Houston, TX)
- Dave Erickson - Anchor/Reporter (Currently Main Anchor at KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA)
- Anish Shroff - Sports Anchor (Currently Anchor at ESPNews, Bristol, CT)
- Harry Bounds - Meteorologist (Currently at KARK, Little Rock, AR)
[edit] Other
- Matt Funk - Executive Producer
- Paul Dughi - General Manager
[edit] Trivia
The building at 3312 W. Kennewick Ave. that currently houses KNDU's studios was formerly Spaulding's Funeral Home until KNDU moved into the building in 1968. There are allegedly several spirits that inhabit the studio, including a young girl named Megan from around 1900 who thinks the green screen is "...the coolest thing since pancakes."
[edit] Transition to Digital
Preparing to transition to High Definition and digital broadcasting, KNDU is building the market's first all-digital control room. They will now be able to broadcast a true digital end-to-end broadcast. They have been shooting digital since 2000.
[edit] KNDU TV Shows
- Go for the Green - Sundays @6:30 p.m. with Scott Reister
- Sports Finale - Fridays @11:15 with Scott Reister, Jenn Bates, and Tim Kelly
- Gimme the Mike - Auditions at KNDU TV in late January
[edit] External links
- KNDU Official Website
- Jobs at KNDU
- KNDU Program Line Up
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KNDU
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KNDU-TV
[edit] References
- ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says July 1, while the Television and Cable Factbook says October 10.
- ^ KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA | HydroINSIDER.com: Unlimited Hydroplane Racing
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