KNOE-TV
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| Monroe, Louisiana/El Dorado, Arkansas | |
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| Branding |
KNOE 8 (general) KNOE 8 News (newscasts) Monroe/El Dorado CW (DT2) |
| Slogan |
Your Breaking News and Weather Authority (news) Always On (general) |
| Channels |
Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels |
8.1 CBS 8.2 The CW |
| Translators | K18AB-D El Dorado AR |
| Owner |
Hoak Media Corporation (Sale to Gray Television pending) (Hoak Media of Louisiana License, LLC) |
| First air date | September 27, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | Founder James A. Noe |
| Sister station(s) | KAQY |
| Former affiliations |
All secondary: DuMont (1953-1955) NBC (1953-1955, 1966-1974) ABC (1953-1972) |
| Transmitter power | 17 kW |
| Height | 518 m |
| Facility ID | 48975 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°11′50.5″N 92°4′14″W / 32.197361°N 92.07056°W |
| Website | www.knoe.com |
KNOE-TV, channel 8, is the CBS-affiliated television station for Monroe, Louisiana. The station is owned by Hoak Media Corporation, which also controls ABC affiliate KAQY (channel 11; owned by Parker Broadcasting since October 9, 2008) under a local marketing agreement.
KNOE's digital transmitter islocated south of Monroe in Columbia, Louisiana; the station also operates a low-powered translator, K18AB-D in El Dorado, Arkansas, which rebroadcasts KNOE's digital signal in high definition. Even though the translator is broadcast on channel 18, PSIP displays K18AB-D under the virtual channels 8.1 and 8.2, respectively.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KNOE-HD | Main KNOE-TV programming / CBS |
| 8.2 | 480i | 4:3 | KNOE-CW | Monroe/El Dorado CW |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KNOE-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 8, on February 17, 2009, the original date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 7 to its former analog-era VHF channel 8.[2]
History
KNOE-TV went on the air in 1953. Its facilities are located on Oliver Road north of Louisville Avenue in Monroe.[3] It remains the oldest surviving station in the northern part of the state. James A. Noe, Sr., former governor of Louisiana, owned the television station as well as KNOE radio (AM 540, now KMLB, and FM 101.9, now KMVX).
The station affiliated with all four television networks of the "golden age": CBS, NBC, ABC and DuMont. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.[4] Even when rival station KTVE became a primary ABC affiliate, KNOE continued to air ABC programming until 1972, and it also aired NBC programming on a secondary basis until KLAA (now KARD) signed on in 1974.[5]
The Noe family owned the station until 2007, when it was sold to Dallas-based Hoak Media Corporation.[6][7][8][9] The sale closed on October 3 of that year. The family had already sold KNOE AM to Holladay Broadcasting in November 2006,[10] and would sell KNOE-FM to them the following year.[11][12] The sale of the stations followed the death of Noe's son, James Albert "Jimmie" Noe Jr., of cancer in 2005,[13] in which it was decided by the family to leave the broadcasting business.[14] On August 25, 2010, KNOE started broadcasting syndicated programing in high definition.
On November 20, 2013, Gray Television announced it would purchase Hoak Media in a $335 million deal. KAQY will also be sold to Excalibur Broadcasting, and remain under an LMA with KNOE.[15]
Programming
Syndicated programming on KNOE includes: Inside Edition, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Dr. Phil, and Judge Judy. Prior to 2006, Monroe was one of the few television markets that aired Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune on different stations, as Wheel aired on KNOE and Jeopardy! on KTVE. The two programs were in direct competition with each other as the respective programs aired at 6:30 PM local time on each station.
News operation
KNOE-TV has been the dominant news station in the Ark-La-Miss for more than a quarter-century. It has won numerous state, regional and national journalism awards, including the 2008 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for News Director Taylor Henry's investigative series on rogue members of the Louisiana National Guard who looted stores they were deployed to protect during Katrina.
On November 1, 2010, KNOE debuted a new news set, fit for high definition broadcast. On January 17, 2011 KNOE began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition, becoming the first station in the Ark-La-Miss region to do so; in-studio as well as in the field.
News/station presentation
Newscast titles
- TV-8 Report (1960s-1970s)
- TV-8 News (1970s-2006)[16]
- KNOE 8 News (2006–present)
Station slogans
- "Your Number One Choice for News" (1996-2006)
- "KNOE More" (2006-2011)
- "Your Breaking News and Weather Authority" (2011–present; news slogan)
- "Always On" (2011–present; general slogan)
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.On-air staff
Current on-air staff[17]
Anchors
- Mark Boyle - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
- Jenna Browder - weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 p.m.
- Jillian Corder - weekend evenings at 6 and 10 p.m.
- April Dovorany - "Good Morning ArkLaMiss"; weekdays at noon
- Larry Rhymes - "Good Morning ArkLaMiss"
KNOE-TV8 Weather Authority
- Tom Pearson - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
- Dylan Thomas - meteorologist; weekend evenings
- Amanda Jellig - meteorologist; "Good Morning ArkLaMiss" and weekdays at noon.
Sports team
- Aaron Dietrich - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
- Ron Snyder - general sports reporter; weekend evenings
Reporters
- Jillian Corder - general assignment reporter
- Hilary Hunt - general assignment reporter
- Nolan Crane - general assignment reporter
- Jeremy Pierre - general assignment reporter
- Lacey Sharp - general assignment reporter
Good Day ArkLaMiss
It was announced on January 8, 2014 that a new mid-morning show called "Good Day ArkLaMiss" has been added to the KNOE-8 schedule. It will begin airing on February 3, 2014. The show will be hosted by Good Morning ArkLaMiss anchor April Dovorany & KNOE-8 evening news producer Kurt Boyd.
References
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KNOE
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ↑ "KNOE Goes on Air: First North Louisiana Television Permit", Minden Herald, Minden, Louisiana, May 1, 1953, p. 1
- ↑ "Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films". Boxoffice: 13. November 10, 1956
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbooks, 1972 and 1973
- ↑ KNOE to be Sold to Hoak Media Corporation (June - 13 - 2007)
- ↑ NOE CORP ANNOUNCES SALE OF KNOE-TV June 12, 2007
- ↑ Noe family selling KNOETV to Hoak Media Jun 13 2007 Associated Press
- ↑ KNOE-TV sold to Hoak Media Associated Press - June 13, 2007
- ↑ "KMLB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "Deals 2007-10-20". Broadcasting & Cable. October 20, 2007.
- ↑ "Application Search Details (BALH-20071005ABA)". FCC Media Bureau. May 13, 2008.
- ↑ "Monroe TV, radio stations owner James Noe, 77, dies". The Baton Rouge Advocate. July 12, 2005. "Jimmie Noe, as he was known, spent nearly four decades running the stations founded by his father, former Louisiana Gov. James A. Noe."
- ↑ "Louisiana: Monroe's KNOE-TV sold". ABC Money. June 14, 2007.
- ↑ "Gray Buying Hoak, Prime Stations For $342.5M". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- ↑ KNOE TV-8 News Weekend Report open 1995 (KLBK theme)
- ↑ News Team
External links
- KNOE.com - Official KNOE-TV Website
- ArkLaMissCW.com - Official CW Ark-La-Miss Website
- FCC Coverage Map
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KNOE
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KNOE-TV
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