KAYU-TV

KAYU-TV

Spokane, Washington
Branding	Fox 28
Channels	Digital: 28 (UHF)
Translators	(see article)
Affiliations	Fox This TV (on DT2)
Owner	Northwest Broadcasting, Inc. (Mountain Licenses, LP)
First air date	October 31, 1982
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 28 (UHF, 1982-2009) Digital: 30 (UHF)
Former affiliations	independent (1982-1987) UPN (secondary, 1995-1997)
Transmitter power	91.4 kW
Height	601 m
Facility ID	58684
Transmitter coordinates	47°34′44″N 117°17′46″W / 47.57889°N 117.29611°W / 47.57889; -117.29611
Website	www.myfoxspokane.com

KAYU-TV, channel 28, is the Fox-affiliated television station for Spokane, Washington, owned and operated by Mountain Broadcasting, LLC, a division of Northwest Broadcasting Company.

History

The station was was founded in 1982 by Spokane native Robert Hamacher and his company, Salmon River Communications. It was Spokane's first independent station, as well as the first new commercial station to sign on in the area since KREM-TV hit the airwaves 28 years earlier. It is also the oldest non-Big Three station in the eastern part of the state. It joined Fox as a charter affiliate in 1986.

From 1993 to 1999, KAYU operated a low-powered satellite in Yakima, K68EB. When sister station KFFX-TV in the Tri-Cities signed on in 1999, the Yakima translator switched programming sources to KFFX; that station is now KCYU-LD.

Cable carriage

KAYU's signal is carried by some 75 multi-video providers, including Comcast (Spokane), Time Warner (North Idaho), Cable One (Lewiston, ID) and Northland Cable (Moses Lake/Ephrata, WA). In addition both US satellite providers, Dish Network carries a high definition and a standard definition version of the KAYU signal. Further, KAYU's signal is uplinked by Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct and is shown in much of Central and Southern Alberta and Southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

KAYU is carried on DirecTV as a local station on Channel 28.

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Name	Programming	Cable Channel
28.1	KAYU-TV	Main KAYU programming / Fox HD	Comcast 103 (Spokane area) Dish Network 28 DirecTV Currently off air Time Warner Cable 703 (Coeur d'Alene area)
28.2	KAYU-DT	This TV	Comcast 117 Not available on Dish Network and DirecTV.

Post-analog shutdown

KAYU-TV shut down its analog signal on February 17, 2009 ^[1], continuing digital broadcasts on channel 28.^[2]

News operation

In 1991, KAYU began broadcasting a 10 p.m. newscast, produced by CBS affiliate KREM (channel 2) under a news share agreement. Dismal ratings caused KREM to drop out of the news share agreement in 1993, upon which NBC affiliate KHQ (channel 6) signed a news share agreement with KAYU. The KHQ-produced newscast was canceled in 1994. In 1999, KAYU produced an in-house 10 p.m. newscast that ran until 2004. ABC affiliate KXLY (channel 4) assisted in content and talent for a short time. In 2004, KAYU partnered with KHQ for the second time to produce the newscast, which was renamed Fox First at Ten. As of April 2010, KAYU is the only station in Spokane to not broadcast its newscasts in widescreen standard definition or in high definition. The station also produces a segment called Washington's Most Wanted, a local version of America's Most Wanted, featuring profiles of wanted criminals in Eastern Washington.

Fox 28 First at Ten (10 to 10:35 p.m.)
Weeknights

• Anchors:
  • Bill Kelly
  • Stephanie Vigil
• Weather:
  • Bill Kelly
• Sports:
  • Sam Adams

Fox First at Ten (10 to 10:30 p.m.)
Weekends

• Anchors:
  • Jennifer Rohrer- Saturdays
  • Alex Rozier- Sundays
  • Dave Law- Saturdays and Sundays
• Weather:
  • Dave Law
• Sports:
  • Michelle Dapper

Reporters:

• Katilyn Bolduc - general assignment
• John Fritz - sports
• Anthony Gomes - general assignment

KAYU features additional news personnel from KHQ-TV. See that article for a complete listing.

Translators

KAYU is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.

• KWVC-LD Channel 8 Malaga ^[3]
• K08AP Channel 8 Pateros ^[4]
• K08CY Channel 8 Riverside
• K10DK Channel 10 Malott
• K10DL Channel 10 Tonasket
• K11UN Channel 11 Coolin, Idaho
• K13ER Channel 13 Cashmere ^[5]
• K19BY Channel 19 Grangeville, Idaho
• K19AU-D Channel 19 Omak
• K30II-D Channel 30 Polson, Montana
• K31AH-D Channel 31 Omak
• K33EH Channel 33 Quincy
• K35BJ Channel 35 Tonasket
• K41IW-D Channel 41.6 Polson, Montana^[6]
• K44CK Channel 44 Chelan
• K44FR Channel 44 Blacktail, Montana
• K46HZ Channel 46 Bonners Ferry, Idaho
• K47BW Channel 47 Lewiston, Idaho
• K48HB Channel 48 Juliaetta, Idaho
• K50LB-D Channel 50.6 Polson, Montana^[7]
• K50DM Channel 50 Coeur D'Alene, Idaho
• K51EF Channel 51 Coolin, Idaho
• K59IA Channel 59 Moses Lake
• K66FD Channel 66 Soap Lake
• K69BF Channel 69 Wenatchee (Moving to Ch. 38)

References

1. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
2. ^ CDBS Print
3. ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KWVC-LD#station
4. ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=K08AP#station
5. ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=K13ER#station
6. ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=K41IW-D#station
7. ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=K50LB-D#station

External links

• KAYU TV Fox 28
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KAYU-TV
• Query TV Fool's coverage map for KAYU
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KAYU-TV