| Tucson, Arizona | |
|---|---|
| Branding | KGUN 9 (general) KGUN 9 News (newscasts) (pronounced "K-GUN") |
| Slogan | On Your Side |
| Channels | Digital: 9 (VHF) |
| Translators | K16EO Oro Valley K65DM Duncan |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | Journal Broadcast Group, Inc. (Journal Broadcast Corporation) |
| First air date | June 3, 1956 |
| Call letters' meaning | former owner's interest in GUN collecting and the Westerns that were filmed in Tucson |
| Former callsigns | KDWI-TV (1956-1957) KGUN-TV (1957-1987) KGUN (1987-2009) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 9 (VHF, 1956-2009) Digital: 35 (UHF, 2005-2009) |
| Transmitter power | 10.3 kw |
| Height | 1140 m |
| Facility ID | 36918 |
| Website | www.kgun9.com |
KGUN-TV, channel 9, is the ABC-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona, owned by Journal Broadcast Group, Inc.. It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 9 from Mount Bigelow, located northeast of Tucson. It is known locally as "K-GUN".
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| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | 720p | 16:9 | Main KGUN programming / ABC |
| 9.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Mexicanal |
| 9.3 | Live Well Network |
In January 2009, KGUN launched a Spanish-language station, Mexicanal, on its digital channel 9.2.
In 1997, the Federal Communications Commission assigned UHF channel 35 to KGUN for digital operations. The station was granted an application to build its digital operations in October 2001 and, after several extensions, brought KGUN-DT to air in August 2005.
KGUN has selected channel 9 for its post-transition digital operations, and since the analog television shutdown, on June 12, 2009, KGUN broadcasts in digital from channel 9.[1] As with all of Journal's television stations, following the digital transition, as of June 19, 2009, KGUN added the -TV suffix to its callsign (the station had previously used the KGUN-TV callsign from 1957 to 1987, when it dropped the suffix).
The station was founded in 1955 by rancher D.W. Ingram, who gave the station his initials, KDWI-TV. It began broadcasting June 3, 1956.[2] Shortly afterward, Ingram sold it to H. U. Garrett, who changed the station's call sign to KGUN on March 14, 1957.[2] Garrett sold the station to Henry S. Hilberg in 1960, and Hilberg sold it to Gilmore Broadcasting in 1964. The station came under the ownership of May Broadcasting in 1968.[3] May would sell its television holdings (KGUN and KMTV in Omaha, Nebraska) to Lee Enterprises in 1986, which, in turn, sold both stations to Emmis Communications in 2000. In 2005, Emmis liquidated all of its television properties, sending KGUN and control of KMTV to the Milwaukee based Journal Broadcast Group, which already owned four radio stations in Tucson.[4] The sale was finalized in December 2005.
An ABC affiliate, KGUN broadcasts the network's schedule, supplemented by syndicated and local programming, most of which is local news. Syndicated programming currently featured on KGUN-TV includes: Wheel of Fortune, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jeopardy!, Law & Order, Live With Regis and Kelly and Inside Edition.
On April 26, 2010, KGUN began producing a lifestyle and entertainment magazine program called The Morning Blend[5], a program which was adapted from Journal flagship station WTMJ-TV. The program airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon and is hosted by Ann Lauricello and Alex Miranda; the show replaced KGUN's 11 a.m. newscast.
In 1997, KGUN added a 5:30 p.m. newscast, moving ABC's World News Tonight to 6 p.m. and expanding its news department.[6] On April 23, 2011, KGUN became the third station in Tucson to begin airing local newscasts in high definition.
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