KTVN

KTVN

Reno, Nevada United States
City of license	Reno
Branding	Channel 2 (general) Channel 2 News (newscasts)
Slogan	Coverage You Can Count On
Channels	Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 2 (PSIP)
Subchannels	2.1 CBS 2.2 Antenna TV
Affiliations	CBS (1972-present)
Owner	Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.
First air date	June 4, 1967
Call letters' meaning	TeleVision Nevada
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 2 (VHF, 1967-2009)
Former affiliations	ABC (1967–1972)
Transmitter power	16.1 kW
Height	876 m
Facility ID	59139
Transmitter coordinates	39°18′57″N 119°53′2″W / 39.31583°N 119.88389°W / 39.31583; -119.88389
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.ktvn.com

KTVN, virtual channel 2, is the CBS–affiliated television station serving Reno and Lake Tahoe. KTVN is owned by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. The station's digital signal operates on VHF channel 13. Syndicated programs broadcast on KTVN include The Ellen DeGeneres Show (4:00–5:00 p.m.), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (7:00–7:30 p.m.), Inside Edition (7:30–8:00 p.m.), The Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m.–12:35 a.m.), The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:35–1:35 a.m.), among others.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Analog-to-digital conversion

KTVN shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 13.^[2] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 2.

History

KTVN signed on the air on June 4, 1967, originally as an ABC affiliate, but took over the CBS affiliation in 1972, after disputes between the CBS network and its affiliate at the time, KOLO-TV.

Controversies

KTVN aired a controversial report about Ryan Rhea related to the death of KTVN Sports Director J. K. Metzker. KTVN later apologized for the incident with an updated report.^[3]

As of June 16, 2009, although the license is still active until October 1, 2014, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) reported that the license expired on October 1, 2006. As of December 14, 2013, the FCC and KTVN have not yet responded to the allegations about operating a station with a expired license.^[4]

News operation

Currently, KTVN broadcasts a total of 20½ hours of local newscasts each week (with 3½ hours on weekdays and one hour and thirty minutes on weekends). Unlike most CBS affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, the station does not carry newscasts in the noon timeslots on weekdays or nightly in the 6 p.m. timeslot.

KTVN's news slogan is "Coverage You Can Count On." In 2005, KTVN hired veteran Reno market anchor Bill Brown from rival KRNV to anchor many of its evening newscasts.

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

• (Channel 2) News (1967–1972)
• TV-2 News (1972–1977)
• NewsWatch 2 (1977–1984)
• News 2 (1984–1991)
• News Source 2 (1991–1997)
• Channel 2 News (1997–present)

Station slogans

• "Take Two" (1967–1970)
• "2 Power" (1980–1982)
• "Your 24 Hour News Source" (1991–1997)
• "Coverage You Can Count On" (1997–present)

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News team

Current on-air staff^[5]

Anchors

• Arianna Bennett – weeknights at 11:00 p.m.
• Jennifer Burton – weekends at 5:00, 6:30 and 11:00 p.m.
• Chris Ciarlo – weeknights at 11:00 p.m.
• Wendy Damonte – weeknights at 5:00, 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.
• Andi Guevara – weekday mornings (4:30–7:00 a.m.)
• John Potter – weekday mornings (4:30–7:00 a.m.)
• Kristen Remington – weeknights at 5:00, 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.

StormWatch Weather

• Mike Alger (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) – chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:30 and 11:00 p.m.
• Chloe Beardsley – forecaster; weekends at 5:00, 6:30 and 11:00 p.m.
• Jeff Martinez (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) – meteorologist; weekday mornings (4:30–7:00 a.m.); also former KRNV meteorologist at weekends

Sports Team

• Dallas Colodny – sports anchor; weekends at 5:00, 6:30 and 11:00 p.m.; also sports reporter and former KRNV sports anchor and reporter at weeknights
• Garrett Dearborn – sports director; weeknights at 5:30, 6:30 and 11:00 p.m.
• Paul Nelson – part-time sports / photographer / reporter / anchor

Reporters

• Erin Breen – general assignment reporter and video journalist
• Adam Varahachaikol – general assignment reporter and video journalist

Segment Host

• Christopher "Chris" Abts – Redefining Retirement host (Sundays at 5:30 p.m.)
• Jim Axelrod – CBS Evening News host (Saturdays at 6:00 p.m.)
• Jeff Glor – CBS Evening News host (Sundays at 6:00 p.m.)
• Anne-Marie Green – Up to the Minute host; weekday mornings (2:30–4:00 a.m.) and CBS Morning News host (weekday mornings at 4:00 a.m.)
• Gayle King – CBS This Morning co-host; weekday mornings (7:00–9:00 a.m.)
• Gregory "Greg" Newman – The House Detective host (Saturdays at 5:30 p.m.)
• Norah O'Donnell – CBS This Morning co-host; weekday mornings (7:00–9:00 a.m.)
• Scott Pelley – CBS Evening News host (weeknights at 6:00 p.m.)
• Charlie Rose – CBS This Morning co-host; weekday mornings (7:00–9:00 a.m.)

Notable former on-air staff

• Patranya Bhoolsuwan (now at KLAS-TV in Las Vegas)
• Elizabeth Vargas

References

External links

• KTVN.com – Official Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTVN
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTVN-TV