KSLA-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KSLA-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = nowrap|Coverage You Can Count On
station_branding = KSLA News 12
analog = 12 (VHF)
digital = 17 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = CBS
network =
founded =
airdate = December 22, 1953
location = Shreveport, Louisiana
callsign_meaning = Shreveport, LouisianA
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Raycom Media, Inc.
licensee = KSLA License Subsidiary, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = All secondary:
NBC (1953-1955)
DuMont (1953-1955)
ABC (1953-1960)
UPN (1995)
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
175 kW (digital)
HAAT = 549 m (analog)
518 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 70482
coordinates = coord|32|40|28.4|N|93|56|0|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.ksla.com/ www.ksla.com]

KSLA-TV is a television station in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is a CBS network affiliate and broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 12. The sole transmitter is located in Mooringsport, Louisiana.

History

KSLA went on the air on October 1, 1954, and shared affiliation time with CBS, ABC, NBC and (until its demise in 1955) the old DuMont Network until 1960, when it started broadcasting only CBS programming. In 1966, Douglas F. Attaway, the publisher of the now defunct "Shreveport Journal" became the majority owner of the station. During the second half of the 1960s and the early 1970s, KSLA was hence called "The Journal Station." Attaway sold to Viacom, which now owns CBS, in the latter 1970s, after having previously sold "The Journal" to Shreveport businessman and philanthropist Charles T. Beaird.

Its coverage area includes the Ark-La-Tex area. It is owned by Raycom Media. KSLA was the first station to broadcast out of Shreveport, the first in the market to broadcast in color, to broadcast in stereo sound, to employ the use of satellites, and, more recently, the first to broadcast in high definition. The station claims to have the highest rated newscast in the entire state of Louisiana. It was once the home of the Shreveport Captains and the defunct Canadian Football League team, the Shreveport Pirates.

In 1955, D. L. Dykes, Jr., who launched a 30-year career as the pastor of the First Methodist Church on Texas Avenue in Shreveport, began having his sermons televised on KSLA. Over the years, other churches followed Dykes's lead.

When Shreveport and Texarkana merged into a single television market, KTAL dropped CBS and went with NBC; only KTAL had decent signal coverage and the reason for this was to prevent an overlap with KSLA, which had CBS first but was already in Shreveport.

Among its most popular local programming are "Bob & His Buddies" with Wilbur the Rabbit & Cecil the Alligator, a children's show hosted by longtime sports reporter Bob Griffin, and Hallilujah Train, a Sunday Morning program many people considered a religious version of Soul Train.

KSLA was among the first 50 television stations in the country to air a unique local program initiative called PM Magazine from 1979 to 1984. This local program hosted by Chuck Smith and Becky Strickland became one of the consistently highest rated "PM Magazine"s in the country beating popular syndicated programs M*A*S*H, The Newlywed Game, and People's Court as it averaged high audience shares, sometimes higher than 30% throughout its 4+ years on KSLA. Despite its local success, PM Magazine was cancelled in early 1984. The last rating period for 1984 revealed the program had a 25 rating/39 share (Arbitron 2/'84).

For a brief time in 1995, channel 12 aired UPN programming late at night until KSHV picked up the network later in the year.

On September 1 1995, Ellis Communications bought KSLA from Viacom. It was the first television station not having a primary affiliation with UPN to be sold off by Viacom since UPN's launch. Ellis became part of Raycom Media the following year, following a merger.

Starting in September, KSLA will broadcast an hour long newscast at 9am.

Notable Personalities

Current On-Air Talent

Anchors
*Najahe Hall, KSLA News 12 This Morning,9am,Noon
*Jeff Ferrell, KSLA News 12 Weekend
*Jonathan McCall, KSLA News 12 This Morning Weekend
*Shannon Royster, KSLA News 12 at 5, 6, 10
*Pat Simon, KSLA News 12 at 5, 6, 10

Reporters
*Fred Childers, General Assignment Reporter
*Liz Elan,General Assignment Reporter, seen weekday mornings
*Jeff Ferrell, General Assignment Reporter, seen weekends
*Tania Francois, General Assignment Reporter
*Ben Wolf, General Assignment Reporter
*Jonathan McCall, General Assignment Reporter
*Jan Morgan, General Assignment Reporter
*Katrina Webber, General Assignment Reporter, seen weekday mornings

StormTracker 12 Weather Team
*Stephen Parr, Weekday Evening Chief Meteorologist
*Ron Young, Weekday Morning Meteorologist/Fill-in Meteorologist
*Ed Durancyk, Weekend Evening Meteorologist/Fill-in Meteorologist

Sports Anchors/Reporters
*Mike Dirmann, Sports Director/Weeknight Sports Anchor
*Bob Griffin, Weekend Sports Anchor

Past On-Air Talent

Anchors
*Roseanne Colletti, Weekday Anchor/Reporter (WNBC,WCBS, NYC)
*Karin Adams, Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter
*Patsy Carter, Morning and Noon Anchor/Reporter
*Robert Hadlock, Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter
*Taylor Henry, Weekend Anchor/Reporter
*Kelly Lane, Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter
*Donald Lynn "Don" Owen, News Director/Weekday Evening Anchor
*Margaret Pelley, Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter
*Carl Pendley, Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter
*Syliva Rachal, Weekday Morning Anchor/Reporter
*Steve Harris, Weekend Anchor/Weekday Reporter
*Frank Simpson, Weekend Anchor/Reporter
*Gerard Braud [http://www.braudcommunications.com/] , Weekend Anchor/Reporter
*Dennis Bounds, Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter-Now with KING-TV in Seattle
*Kelly Warner, Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter
*Michelle White, Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter
*Carolyn Roy, Weekday Evening Anchor/ReporterReporters
*Allison Alexander, General Assignment Reporter-Now Anchor WLNE-TV in Providence, Rhode Island.
*David Begnaud, General Assignment Reporter,
*Gerard Braud, General Assignment Reporter
*Gordon Boyd, General Assignment Reporter-Now Anchor/Reporter WVLT-TV in Knoxville
*Barry Erwin, General Assignment Reporter
*Tom Erwin, General Assignment Reporter
*Wray Post, General Assignment Reporter & Political Reporter
*Justin Quigley, General Assignment Reporter
*Rhett Smith, General Assignment Reporter
*Christi Walton, General Assignment Reporter
*Shari Warren, General Assignment Reporter
*Brian Allen, General Assignment Reporter
*Rich Masters, General Assignment ReporterWeather/Meteorologists
*Al Bolton
*Tim Larsen
*Edward St. Pe'
*Gerard Braud
*Patrick Dennis- Now the morning meteorologist for KTAL
*Aaron Williams - Currently a meteorologist for The Weather Channel, Atlanta

Sports Anchors/Reporters
*Darrell Rebouche, Sports Anchor/Reporter- Now the Play-by-Play announcer for the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings
*Tony Taglavore, Sports Anchor/Reporter
*Barry Hill, Sports Anchor/Reporter

PM Magazine
*Chuck Smith, Co-Host/Producer and currently Producer/Host "ArkLaTex DISCOVERY" [http://www.arklatexdiscovery.com] as well as independent freelance producer for Cable Networks & Corporate PR Media
*Becky Strickland, Co-Host

News Presentation

Newscast Titles

*"Channel 12 News" (1970s)
*"Channel 12 Eyewitness News" (1970s-1990s)
*"Arklatex News 12" (1990s-1997)
*"KSLA News 12" (1997-present)

tation Slogans

*"Part of Your Life" (1970s)
*"The Ark-La-Tex Station" (1980s)
*"Project Pride"/"Building Pride in the Ark-La-Tex" (Late 1980s-1997)
*"Coverage You Can Count On" (1997-present)
*"We Track STORMS (present weather promo)

Logo Gallery

External links

* [http://www.ksla.com/ KSLA-TV]
*TVQ|KSLA
*BIA|KSLA|TV|TV