KTHV
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| KTHV | |
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| Little Rock, Arkansas | |
| Branding | Today's THV 11 |
| Slogan | Today's THV - See the Difference, Feel the Difference |
| Channels | Analog: 11 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | Gannett Company, Inc. (Arkansas Television Company) |
| First air date | November 27, 1955 |
| Call letters’ meaning | derived from former radio sister station KTHS (Kome To Hot Springs), which later became KAAY after an ownership change |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 55 kW (digital) |
| Height | 521 m (analog) 518.7 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 2787 |
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| Website | www.todaysthv.com |
KTHV ("Today's THV"), is the CBS network affiliate station serving the Little Rock/Pine Bluff television market and central Arkansas. The station is owned by Gannett, which purchased the station in 1994. The purchase of KTHV marked a re-entry into the Little Rock/Pine Bluff television market for Gannett, which previously had owned and sold KARK, the market's NBC affiliate, during the 1980s. KTHV's transmitter and antenna are located atop Shinall Mountain on the same tower as KARK.
The station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 11 and its digital signal broadcasts on VHF channel 12. A 24-hour local news channel, THV2 is carried on KTHV-DT digital channel 11.2.
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[edit] History
KTHV signed on the air on November 27, 1955, owned by the owners of KWKH-AM in Shreveport, the owners of the Arkansas Democrat, and businessman C.E. Lowery, among others. Its callsign is derived from former radio sister station KTHS (whose calls stood Kome To Hot Springs), which later became KAAY after being sold to LIN Broadcasting in the 1960s.
The station's Izard Street studios built a year before KTHV's first broadcast, where the television station still broadcasts from today, was the first building in Arkansas to be constructed for both radio and television with KTHV's studios on the first floor and KTHS-AM's studios on the second floor. Though the interior of the station has been periodically upgraded, especially with improved technology, the exterior of the station remains much as it appeared when built in the 1950's.
KTHV was locally owned until December, 1994, when Gannett acquired the station in an all-stock transaction. The purchase of the station was believed to be positioning on Gannett's part to have a station in the former home of President Bill Clinton.
The station currently identifies newsbroadcasts as Today's THV. However, the station also offers an original weekday mid-morning program called Positively Arkansas, on which segments and guests appear only if they are paid advertisers of the station.
KTHV has operated for many years a low-powered translator station K13HP operating on Channel 13 in Euclid Heights, Arkansas near Hot Springs.
[edit] THV2
The station is now broadcasting on the second band of a digital subchannel (11-2), calling this channel THV2. The channel broadcasts 24 hour news and weather, and is also available online.
[edit] Personalities
[edit] Current On-Air Talent
NEWS ANCHORS
- Dawn Scott: 5PM, 6PM and 10PM Anchor
- Liz Massey: 5PM, 6PM and 10PM Anchor
- B.J. Sams: Morning Anchor
- Alyson Courtney: Morning Anchor
- Mike Duncan: Weekend Evening Anchor/Reporter
- Stefanie Bryant: Noon Anchor/Reporter
NEWS REPORTERS
- Katherina Yancy
- Ashley Blackstone
- Charles Crowson
- Melissa Dunbar-Gates
- Ebone Monet
- Pam Baccam
WEATHER
- Ed Buckner (AMS/NWA Approval): Weekday Evening Meteorologist
- Tom Brannon (AMS/NWA Approval): Weekday Morning and Noon Meteorologist
- Meredith Mitchell: Weekend Weather Presenter (Non-Degreed, Non-Certified)
SPORTS
- Craig O'Neill: Weekday Evening Sports Anchor
- Wess Moore: Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter
- Mark Edwards: Sports Reporter
[edit] News/Station Presentation
[edit] Newscast Titles
- Channel 11 with George Moore (1955-Early 1960s)
- Dateline News (1970s-Early 1980s)
- Newswatch 11 (Early 1980s-1990)
- 11 Action News (1990-1997)
- Today's THV (1997-present)
[edit] Station Slogans
- Today's THV - See and Feel the Difference (1997-2003)
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- Today's THV - The Difference (2003-Present)
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[edit] External links
- Today's THV (official web site)
- Station history
- THV2.com
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KTHV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTHV-TV
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