KHQ-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KHQ-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Your Local News Leader
station_branding = Q6 (verbally referred to as KHQ)
analog = 6 (VHF)
digital = 15 (UHF)
other_chs = (see article)
affiliations = NBC
NBC Weather Plus (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = December 20, 1952
location = Spokane, Washington
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Cowles Publishing Company
licensee = KHQ, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = Secondary:
ABC (1952-1954)
effective_radiated_power = 87.1 kW (analog)
424.7 kW (digital)
HAAT = 653 m (analog)
520.7 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 34537
coordinates = coord|47|34|53.1|N|117|17|49.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.khq.com/ www.khq.com]
"This is about the NBC affiliate in Spokane, Washington. For the radio station in Charlevoix, Michigan known as 106 KHQ, see WKHQ."

KHQ-TV, also known as "Q6", is the NBC affiliate for Spokane, Washington. It broadcasts its analog signal on channel 6. The station is the flagship of The KHQ Television Group, a subsidiary of Cowles Publishing Company, which owns "The Spokane Spokesman-Review" newspaper. KHQ's DT2 subcarrier, which can be seen over the air on DTV channel 6.2 and locally on Comcast Digital Cable channel 115, airs NBC Weather Plus.

KHQ is one of five local Spokane TV stations seen in Canada on the Star Choice satellite provider as well as Shaw Cable in Calgary, Edmonton, and other markets.

History

KHQ is Spokane's first television station, and the second-oldest station in Washington state. It signed on the air on December 20, 1952 as a dual NBC/ABC affiliate. KREM took the ABC affiliation when it signed on air in 1954, but KHQ kept the NBC affiliation, which it retains to this day. It is the only major station in Spokane that has never changed its affiliation.

Traditionally, KHQ has been known as "Q6," but the station seems to have been shying away from that branding in recent years. KHQ still uses the "Q6" logo, but it's now exclusively verbally referred to on-air by its call letters.

HD race

In 2006, with the popularity of high-definition newscasts increasing around the country, the race to HD began in the Spokane television market when competitor KXLY became the first Spokane station to produce a local segment of the news in HD. Each week, one news story was presented in high-definition. Until 2008, KXLY was the only news station in Spokane to produce a segment of the news in HD.

On May 16, 2008, KHQ produced a live, on-the-air report in HD. It was officially announced on this date that KHQ was slated to become the first station in Spokane to broadcast its entire newscasts in HD, debuting on August 8, 2008 to coincide with the 2008 Summer Olympic Games on NBC. [ [http://www.khq.com/global/Story.asp?s=8333085 KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho | KHQ Milestone: Armed Forces Torchlight Parade broadcast in HD] However, after months of marketing this milestone, KXLY shocked KHQ and the Spokane television market when it made a surprise announcement on August 1st, just two days before the start of its broadcasts, that it would beat KHQ in becoming the "first" station in Spokane to produce HD newscasts. KXLY's HD newscasts started August 3rd, just a mere 5 days before KHQ's scheduled date. It shocked the world! 5 days that will be held in the history books as the biggest milestone for four. Now they are "KXLY News 4. YOUR ONLY High Defeinition Station...for 5 days"

Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

KHQ Weather Plus Channels

*KHQ Digital Channel 6.2
*Comcast Digital Channel 115
*Wenatchee: Charter Cable 287
*Pullman/Moscow Channel 86

Post-analog shutdown

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf] , KHQ-TV will move its digital broadcasts to channel 7. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101257488&formid=387&fac_num=34537 CDBS Print ] ] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display KHQ-TV's virtual channel as 6.

Translators

KHQ is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.

Classic Logos

Current KHQ Newscasts

*KHQ Local News Today - 4:30-7 AM (Mon-Fri)
*KHQ Local News Saturday - 7-10 AM
*KHQ Local News Sunday - 7-8 AM
*KHQ Local News at 5 - 5-5:30 PM
*KHQ Local News at 6 - 6-6:30 PM
*FOX First At 10 - 10-10:35 PM (On KAYU; Seven Days a Week)
*KHQ Local News :11@11: - 11-11:35 PM

Current KHQ On-Air Personalities

Anchors:
*Dan Kleckner - KHQ Local News @ 5 & 6 (Mon-Fri)
*Stephanie Vigil - KHQ Local News @ 5, 6 & :11@11: (Mon-Fri)
*Sean Owsley - KHQ Local News Today & KHQ Local News Saturday
*Dana Haynes - FOX First At 10 (Mon-Fri)
*Bill McGinty - FOX First At 10 (Mon-Fri)
*Ana Cabrera - KHQ Local News @ 5, 6, 10, :11@11: (Sat-Sun) & KHQ Local News Saturday
*Dave Cotton - KHQ Local News Today
*Shelly Monahan - KHQ Local News Today
*Tom Durian - KHQ Local News Sunday
*Jennifer Kim - KHQ Local News Sunday

Reporters:
*Anthony Gomes
*Tom Durian
*Jennifer Kim
*Dana Haynes
*Bill McGinty
*Ana Cabrera
*Sean Owsley
*Julie Humphreys
*Paola Cherzad
*Cindi DeHoog
*Chris Wager
*Jade Jordan

Meteorologists:
*Brian Albrecht - Chief Meteorologist
*George Maupin - Morning Forecaster (Mon-Fri)
*Jeff Womack - Weekend Meteorologist
*Dave Law - Substitute

Sports Anchors:
*John Fritz - Sports Director
*Derek Deis - Weekend Sports
*Josh Godfrey - Substitute (Photojournalist)

Firsts

* First in the Spokane market
* First outside of Seattle
* First 100,000-watt TV station in the United States (1952)
* First all-digital broadcast facility in Spokane (2001)
* First locally produced live remote program to be broadcast in high definition in Spokane (May 16, 2008) [ [http://www.khq.com/global/Story.asp?s=8333085 KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho | KHQ Milestone: Armed Forces Torchlight Parade broadcast in HD]

External links

* [http://www.khq.com/ KHQ Official Website]
*TVQ|KHQ
*BIA|KHQ|TV|TV

References