KREM-TV

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This article is about the CBS affiliate in Spokane, Washington. For the Belizean cable television station, see Krem Television .
KREM-TV
Image:KREM2007.jpg
Spokane, Washington
Branding KREM 2
Slogan Coverage You Can Count On
Channels Analog: 2 (VHF)

Digital: 20 (UHF)
Translators (see article)
Affiliations CBS
Owner Belo Corporation
(King Broadcasting Company)
First air date October 1954[1]
Call letters’ meaning KREM sounds like Crem
Sister station(s) KSKN
Former affiliations Primary:
ABC (1954-1976)
Secondary:
DuMont (1954-1955)
Transmitter Power 85.1 kW (analog)
893 kW (digital)
Height 671 m (analog)
641 m (digital)
Facility ID 34868
Transmitter Coordinates 47°35′40.9″N, 117°17′56.8″W
Website www.krem.com

KREM-TV is the CBS affiliate serving the Spokane, Washington–Coeur d'Alene, Idaho television market. Its analog signal is seen on VHF channel 2. The station is owned and operated by the Belo Corporation, and is sister station with KSKN-TV, The CW affiliate in the market. The two stations share all back-office functions, and KREM produces a 10pm newscast for air on KSKN.

KREM and KSKN are a part of the Belo Northwest cluster, which includes KING, Seattle; KGW, Portland, Oregon; and KTVB in Boise. All four stations provide material to co-owned Northwest Cable News, a 24-hour regional news service based in Seattle serving much of the region.

It is one of five local Spokane TV stations seen in Canada on the Star Choice satellite provider.

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[edit] History

KREM-TV signed on October 31, 1954. It initially carried dual-affiliation with ABC and the Dumont Network. After Dumont dissolved, KREM continued as an ABC affiliate until August 8, 1976, when it swapped affiliations with cross-town competitor KXLY-TV (which was dropped by CBS for constantly pre-empting or delaying its network shows). KREM thus became a full member of the CBS network.

[edit] Translators

KREM is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.

[edit] Past Logos

The logo used through April 2007 was a former logo of KCBS-TV (another CBS station; owned and operated) from 1994 to 1997.


[edit] Programming

KREM currently features CBS programming, as well as local news, public affairs and syndicated entertainment programming—including Friends, Scrubs, Dr. Phil and Oprah Winfrey.

KREM 2 News at Five is the most watched newscast in the Inland Northwest. As of the February 2007 ratings period, KREM 2 is also the number one news at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts.

[edit] Current KREM 2 News On-Air News personalities

[edit] KREM 2 News Anchors

  • Andi Hauser: KREM 2 News First Edition Anchor
  • Laura Papetti: KREM 2 News at Noon Anchor (Mon-Tues)
  • Janelle Reichert: KREM 2 News First Edition & KREM 2 News at Noon Anchor (Wed-Th-Fri), KREM 2 News Weekend Evening Anchor
  • Randy Shaw: KREM 2 News at 5, KREM 2 News at 6, KREM 2 News at 10 on CW22, KREM 2 News at 11 Anchor
  • Sten Walstrom: KREM 2 News First Edition Anchor
  • Nadine Woodward: KREM 2 News at 5, KREM 2 News at 6, KREM 2 News at 10 on CW22, KREM 2 News at 11

[edit] KREM 2 News Reporters

  • Marissa Bagg
  • Abbey Gibb
  • Kristi Gorenson "Fill In Anchor/Reporter"
  • Andi Hauser "2 On Your Side Reporter"
  • Erik Hedlund
  • William Pitts
  • Othello Richards
  • Rochelle Ritchie
  • Lee Stoll

[edit] Storm Tracker 2 Weather

  • Tom Sherry: KREM 2 News at 5, KREM 2 News at 6, KREM 2 News at 10 on CW22, KREM 2 News at 11 Chief Meteorologist
  • Jason Kadah: KREM 2 News First Edition, KREM 2 News at Noon Meteorologist
  • Daryl Romeyn: KREM 2 News Weekend Forecaster
  • Randy Mann: Fill-in Meteorologist
  • Kate Derning: Fill-in Meteorologist
  • Michelle Boss: Fill-in Meteorologist

[edit] KREM 2 News Sports

  • Tom Hudson: KREM 2 News at 6, KREM 2 News at 10 on KSKN CW22, KREM 2 News at 11 Sports Director
  • Tim Lewis: KREM 2 News Weekend Sports Anchor (son of longtime KOMO anchor Dan Lewis)
  • Mike Boyle: Sports Reporter
  • Brett Allbery: Sports Reporter

[edit] News/Station Presentation

[edit] Newscast Titles

  • Channel 2 News (1974-1979)
  • KREM 2 News (1979-present)

[edit] Station Slogans

  • Coverage You Can Count On (1998-present)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says October 31, while the Television and Cable Factbook says October 29.
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Broadcast television in the Spokane / Coeur d'Alene market  (Nielsen DMA #77)

KREM 2 (CBS) - KXLY 4 (ABC, KXMN-LP on DT2) - KHQ 6 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - KSPS 7 (PBS) - KXMN-LP 11 (MNTV) - KSKN 22 (The CW) - KCDT 26 (PBS) - KAYU 28 (Fox) - K32GS 32 / K53FF 53 (TBN) - KGPX 34 (ION) - KHBA-LP 39 (3ABN) - K43GZ 43 (ind.) - KQUP-LP 47 (RTN) - KTYJ 58 (A1) 
Lewiston / Clarkston / Pullman / Moscow: (Quad Cities)
KLEW 3 (CBS) - KWSU 10 (PBS, Research Ch. on DT2) - KUID 12 (PBS) - K15CH 15 (PBS) - K21CC 21 (CBS) - KQUP 24 (RTN)  - KIDQ-LP 27 (JCTV/A1) - K35BW 35 (NBC) - K40EE 40 / K45FZ 45 (ABC) - K46HV 46 (TBN) - K47BW 47 (Fox) - K51HY 51 (PBS) - K53GN 53 (PBS)
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CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Washington
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Washington
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Belo Corporation
Corporate Staff:
Robert W. Decherd (Chairman and CEO) · Dennis A. Williamson · Lawrence Nicholson · John L. Sander · Dunia A. Shive · Donald F. Cass · David Lougee · Guy H. Kerr · Marian Spitzberg · James M. Moroney
Cable News Channels:
Newspapers:
Neighborsgo · Al Día · The Dallas Morning News · The Business Press · Denton Record-Chronicle · La Prensa  · The Press-Enterprise · The Providence Journal · Quick! · Rhode Island Weekly · Texas Almanac
Television Stations:
ABC affiliates: KVUE · WFAA · WHAS · WVEC

CBS affiliates: KENS · KHOU · KREM · KMOV · WWL

Fox affiliates: KMSB

NBC affiliates: KING · KTVB · KTFT  · KGW · WCNC

The CW affiliates: KASW · KCWX² · KSKN

MyNetwork TV affiliates: KTTU · WUPL

Independent stations: KFWD¹ · KTVK · KONG
¹ = Belo manages this station owned by HIC Broadcasting

² = Belo manages this station owned by Corridor Television, LLP
Annual Revenue: 1.52 Billion (USD) · Employees: 6,600 · Stock Symbol: NYSE: BLC · Website: belo.com