KENV-DT

"KENV" redirects here. For the airport with this ICAO code, see Wendover Airport.
KENV-DT
Elko, Nevada
United States
City of license Elko
Branding Channel 10 (general)
News 10 (newscasts)
Slogan On Your Side
Channels Digital: 10 (VHF)
Subchannels 10.1/.2 NBC
Affiliations NBC
Owner Intermountain West Communications Company
(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group; sale to Cunningham Broadcasting pending; to remain operated by Sinclair thereafter.)
(Ruby Mountain Broadcasting, LLC)
First air date March 25, 1997
Call letters' meaning Elko, NeVada
Sister station(s) KAME-TV, KRNV-DT, KRXI-TV, KSNV, KVCW, KVMY
Former channel number(s) 10 (VHF, 1997–2009)
Transmitter power 1.5 kW
Height 567 m
Class DT
Facility ID 63845
Transmitter coordinates 40°41′52.0″N 115°54′13.0″W / 40.697778°N 115.903611°W
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.kenvtv.com

KENV-DT, virtual channel 10, is the NBC-affiliated television station in Elko, Nevada. Owned by Intermountain West Communications Company and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, it is a sister station of KRNV-DT in Reno. It serves as the NBC affiliate for part of the Nevada side of the Salt Lake City market. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter on Grindstone Mountain. This can also be seen on Satview Cable channel 10.[1]

Though identifying as a station in its own right, KENV is reckoned as a semi-satellite of KRNV. KENV has studios on the campus of Great Basin College on 1025 Chilton Circle in Elko along I-80, though some internal operations are handled at KRNV's studios on Vassar Street in Reno. It simulcasts KRNV except for local inserts, commercials, and identifications.

Digital television

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
10.11080i16:9 KENV-DTMain KENV-DT programming / NBC
10.2480i4:3

History

On March 25, 1997, KENV signed-on as a semi-satellite of KRNV, extending its signal into Northeastern Nevada; it remains the only full-powered television station in Elko. KENV started broadcasting digital-only on March 26, 2009, after its analog transmitter broke down and forced a switch to digital three months ahead of schedule.

On November 22, 2013, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced the acquisition of KRNV's non-license assets, for $26 million.[2] On December 19, it was announced that Cunningham Broadcasting will acquire the license assets of KRNV and KENV for $6.5 million.[3][4] Since Sinclair already owns Fox affiliate KRXI-TV, it could not buy KRNV/KENV outright.

News operation

KENV News Set

KENV produces local news inserts during KRNV's shows. On May 5, 2008, that channel began producing a fifteen-minute news and weather insert weekday mornings at 6:45. KENV now offers a one-hour long morning show.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.satview.net/elko.pdf
  2. ↑ "KRNV-TV Sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group". KTVN Channel 2 News. November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License. CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 19 December 2013
  4. ↑ Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License. CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 19 December 2013

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