KTNV

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KTNV
Las Vegas, Nevada
Branding Channel 13 (general)
Channel 13 Action News (newscasts)
Channels Analog: 13 (VHF)

Digital: 12 (VHF)

Affiliations ABC
Owner Journal Broadcast Group, Inc.
(Journal Broadcast Corporation)
First air date May 4, 1956
Call letters’ meaning Television Nevada
Former callsigns KSHO-TV (1956-1980)
KTNV-TV (1980-1988)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
16 kW (digital)
Height 606 m (both)
Facility ID 74100
Transmitter Coordinates 35°56′44.5″N, 115°2′37.7″W
Website www.ktnv.com

KTNV (Channel 13 analog, 12 digital) is a U.S. television channel. It is the ABC station serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market, and is owned and operated by Journal Broadcast Group. Its tower and transmitter is located on Mount Arden next to the tower and transmitter for KLAS. Formerly, KTNV transmitted from a tower right outside the station at the intersection of Desert Inn Rd. and Valley View Blvd., on the quadruple border of city of Las Vegas, Spring Valley, Town of Paradise, and Town of Winchester. The tower is a unique and visible landmark throughout the Las Vegas Valley.


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[edit] History

  • On September 24, 2007 The station was the first to launch a 4:30am newscast.
  • On December 15, 2007 KTNV became the 3rd television station in Las Vegas to broadcast local news in High Definition. The station also unveiled their new digital production facilities and news set on the same day.
  • In 2004, KTNV became the only area TV station to fly its news helicopter at nights for the 11PM newscast. They have since stopped flying the Action Newshawk during the 11pm newscast.
  • The station was Journal's second television station (and its first television station acquisition outside of Milwaukee), having purchased it in 1979.
  • The station previously transmitted under the KSHO-TV callsign. It changed its callsign to KTNV-TV on March 2, 1980 (dropping the -TV suffix in 1988). [1]
  • KTNV has been called: "Inside Las Vegas", "NEWS13", and "Channel 13 News". This was discontinued in 2003 in favor of their current " Action News" campaign.


[edit] Current Personalities

Anchors

  • Steve Wolford - 6pm, 6:30pm, 11pm Anchor
  • Nina Radetich - 6pm, 6:30pm, 11pm Anchor
  • Casey Smith - 4pm, 5pm Anchor/Reporter
  • Tricia Kean - 4pm, 5pm anchor/Reporter
  • Ron Futrell - Action News This Morning and Action News at Midday Anchor
  • Rikki Cheese - Action News This Morning and Action News at Midday Anchor
  • Tiffani Sargent - Weekend PM Anchor/Reporter
  • Jessica Lovell- Action News Saturday Morning and Action News Sunday Morning Anchor

Reporters

  • Ben Deci
  • Jeff Gradney
  • Kimberly Tere
  • Steve Ryan
  • Heather Klein
  • Jessica Lovell
  • Regina Ruiz
  • Tania Reyes

Meteorologists

  • Bryan Scofield - Chief Meteorologist
  • Mike Tsolinas - Action News This Morning/Midday Meteorologist
  • Amanda Sanchez - weekend Meteorologist
  • John Goulet - weekend Meteorologist

Sports

  • Doug Kezarian - Sports Director
  • Bryan Salmond - Weekend Sports Anchor

Contact 13 Problem Solvers

  • Darcy Spears - Chief Investigative Reporter
  • Tricia Kean

Channel 13 Action News Problem Solver Traffic

  • Kim Smith (In-Studio Traffic Reporter)
  • Capt. Paul Hollenbeck (Action News Hawk Traffic Reporter)

[edit] Past Personalities

Anchors

  • Kim Sherwood - Anchor (Currently Assistant News Director at KVBC-TV)
  • Bob Bailey - Anchor (1965-71)
  • Steve Schorr - (1980s) (Currently vice president of COX Communications Las Vegas)
  • Paula Francis - Evening Anchor(1985-90)(Currently works at KLAS-TV)
  • John Daly - Evening Anchor (1990-94) (Later known as host of Real TV)
  • Dan Delgado - Morning Anchor (1990s)
  • Ken Hamilton - Evening Anchor (1996-2001)
  • Bob Salter - Weekend Anchor/Reporter (2005 - 2006)
  • Ross Becker - Evening Anchor (2002-05) (Currently at KTVX in Salt Lake City)
  • Mark Sayre - Anchor/Reporter (1994-2006) (Currently works at KLAS-TV)
  • Christina Brown - Weekend Anchor/Reporter (2002-2007) (Currently works for MSNBC and Early Today anchor)
  • Christine Beltran - Reporter/Weekend Mornings Anchor (2005-07)
  • Cathy Ray - Evening Anchor/Reporter (1994-2007)
  • Wendee Lee Curtis - Traffic Anchor/Entertainment Reporter
  • Rob Piercy - Morning Anchor (Currently at KING-TV in Seattle)
  • George Maupin - Sports Anchor (1980's)
  • Jay Cantrell - Evening Anchor (early 1980's)

Investigators

  • Glen Meek - Investigative Reporter (1988-92, 2003-06)


Weather

  • Nathan Tannenbaum- Chief Meteorologist (1989-94) (2001-05)
  • Randy Rauch- Chief Meteorologist (1994-97) (now at WTSP)
  • Cecily Tynan - Morning Meteorologist (now at WPVI)
  • Ted Texor - Chief Meteorologist (1997-2000)
  • Mark Pfister - Morning Meteorologist (2004-07)
  • Rob Blair - Weekend Morning Meteorologist (2004-05)
  • Jerry Brown - Meteorologist (now at KVBC)

Sports

  • Mario Diaz - Weekend Sports anchor (Currently morning anchor at WTSP)
  • Dennis Evans - Sports anchor (Currently sports director at WTEV in Jacksonville, FL)
  • Brian Samudio - Sports (Currently Sports anchor at KRNV in Reno)

Reporters

  • Mike Kirsch
  • Cara Liu
  • Mark Martinez
  • Scott Burton (Currently at KGW, channel 8 in Portland, OR)
  • Mike Dello Stritto
  • Heather Angel
  • Valentina Batiste
  • Shawn Boyd
  • Christine Chang
  • Mario Diaz
  • John Futrell
  • Christine Connolly (1999-2002)
  • Dave Malkoff (2000-2003) (Now at KCBS-TV)
  • Bob Salter Broadcast Legend (2005-2006)
  • Veronica Sanchez (now at KPNX in Phoenix, Arizona)
  • Ross Becker (now at KTVX in Salt Lake City, Utah)
  • Melissa McCarty Reporter (2005-2007)
  • Denise Saunders Reporter (2007)
  • Tamara Vaifanua Reporter (2006-2007)
  • Annie Blanco Reporter
  • Cheryl Getuiza Reporter (2004-2007) (Now at WOFL Orlando FL)
  • Kristine Harrington Reporter (2006-2008) Now a reporter at KTVK in Phoenix, Arizona

[edit] Newscasts

  • Weekdays
  • Action News Early Edition - 4:30am-5:00am
  • Action News at 5am - 5:00am-6:00am
  • Action News at 6am - 6:00am-7:00am
  • Action News at 11am - 11:00am-11:30am
  • Action News at 4pm - 4:00pm-4:30pm
  • Action News at 4:30pm - 4:30pm-5:00pm
  • Action News at 5pm - 5:00pm-5:30pm
  • Action News at 6pm - 6:00pm-6:30pm
  • Action News at 6:30pm - 6:30pm-7:00pm
  • Action News at 11pm - 11:00pm-11:30pm
  • Weekends
  • Action News at 5am - 5:00am-6:00am
  • Action News at 6am - 6:00am-7:00am
  • Action News at 8am - 8:00am-9:00am
  • Action News at 6pm - 6:00pm-6:30pm
  • Action News at 6:30pm - 6:30pm-7:00pm (Sundays only)
  • Action News at 11pm - 11:00pm-11:35pm

[edit] News/Station Presentation

[edit] Newscast Titles

  • KSHO-TV News (1956-1970s)
  • NewsWatch 13/NightWatch 13 (1970s-1981)
  • News 13 (1981-1987)
  • Channel 13 News (1987-Early 1990s)
  • News 13: Inside Las Vegas (Early 1990s-January 2003)
  • 13 Inside Las Vegas (January-August 2003)
  • Channel 13 Action News (August 2003-present)

[edit] Translator Stations

KTNV can also be seen on the following translator stations:

And about 10 more throughout southern Nevada.

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