- KEYT-TV
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KEYT-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Where The News Comes First / Your News, Your Team
station_branding = "Channel 3" (general)
"Key News" (newscast)
MyRTN
analog = 3 (VHF)
digital = 27 (UHF)
other_chs = KSBB-LP 17 Santa Barbara (city)
K57BC San Luis Obispo
affiliations = ABCMyNetwork TV /RTN (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate =July 24 ,1953
location =Santa Barbara, California
callsign_meaning = KEY Television
or
KEY Channel Three
former_callsigns = KEYT (1953-1987)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Smith Media, LLC
licensee = Smith Media License Holdings, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = DuMont (1953-1954)CBS NBC
effective_radiated_power = 50.1 kW (analog)
250 kW (digital)
HAAT = 917 m (analog)
918 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 60637
coordinates = coord|34|31|31.5|N|119|57|32|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.keyt.com www.keyt.com]KEYT-TV is the ABC-affiliated
television station for the Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, andSan Luis Obispo, California areas. Licensed toSanta Barbara, California the station broadcasts on analog VHF channel 3 and digital UHF channel 27. KEYT's transmitter is located on top of Broadcast Peak, located between Santa Barbara andSanta Ynez, California in theSanta Ynez Mountains . KEYT is owned and operated bySmith Media, LLC . KEYT's studios are located at 730 Miramonte Dr. on TV Hill, overlooking downtown Santa Barbara.KEYT operates the area's
MyNetwork TV affiliate on its DT2 digital subchannel, branded as MyRTN. It is also offered on Central Coast cable systems on channel 13. MyRTN clears the entire MyNetwork TV programming schedule and airs programming fromRetro Television Network , as well as a few syndicated shows.During the 1950s, the station ran programming from all four TV networks: ABC,
CBS , DuMont, andNBC [ [http://www.ellwanger.tv/collect/tvg/eds/l/la.html#031254 TV Guide: Los Angeles Metropolitan Edition ] ] . KEYT operates morning, afternoon, and evening newscasts. KEYT channel 3 has identified itself as KEY News since the 1980s. In the ratings game, KEYT is in second barely behind KSBY. KCOY is third.Between KEYT's launch of its
HDTV signal on March 2007 and September 2007, KEYT-HD was unavailable to cable subscribers in the Central Coast, due to a contract dispute with the local cable companies. KEYT has since reached an agreement withCox Communications in Santa Barbara andComcast inSanta Maria in providing its HDTV signal to them.As of late October 2007, KEYT reached an agreement with
Charter Cable inSan Luis Obispo to carry its HDTV signal.Present Personalities
*Jim Bunner (News Director)
*Rachel Acenas (Reporter)
*Martha Bull (Reporter)
*Mike DeFina (weekend sports Anchor/Reporter)
*Gerry Fall (Sports Director)
*Beth Farnsworth (Morning Anchor)
*Joe Gehl (Weeknight 5 anchor and 11 PM reporter)
*Mike Klan (Weekend Anchor)
*Tracy Lehr (Weekend Anchor/Ventura County Bureau Chief)
*Paula Lopez (6 and 11 PM anchor)
*Arti Nehru (reporter)
*John Palmentari (Senior Reporter)
*Alan Rose (Chief Meteorologist)
*Shawn Quien (Weekend Weather anchor)
*CJ Ward (6 and 11pm Anchor)
*Ryan Carmel (Morning News Anchor & Weather Anchor)*Mike Waller (executive producer)
*Christina Heller (assignment editor)
*Jessica Ferrante (producer)
*Ilia Domon (producer)
*Mark Mester (producer)
*Bob Gabriel (producer)Cathy Jacquemin (General Manager)
Past Personalities
*Rosemary Orozco, (Former anchor/traffic/weather 2002-2007 Now atKTXL FOX40 in Sacramento, CA.)
*Giselle Fernández (Reporter circa 1983)
*Bob Burton (6, 11 PM anchor 1996-2002)
*Debby Davidson (5, 6 PM anchor 1990-2006 now retired)
*Christine Craft (Reporter and anchor in 1970's)
*Lauren Glass (Morning/Midday anchor 1997-1999)
*Jennifer Bjorklund , (weekend anchor 1994-1997, now atKNBC in Los Angeles)
*Bill Huddy (Anchor in 1970's)
*Tess Rafols Morning/Midday anchor (1999-2001, now at KTVK inPhoenix, AZ )
*Edie Lambert , (Anchor/ Reporter (Now atKCRA-TV in Sacramento)
*Dan Elliott , (Sports Anchor/ Fill-in Anchor, Now atKXTV in Sacramento)
*Paul Vercammen (5, 11 PM anchor 2003-2006)
*Noelle Walker (Weekend Anchor 1996-1998, now atKNTV in San Jose/San Francisco)
*Michelle Franzen (Reporter/ Fill-in Anchor 1993-1994)
*Kate Wentzel (Chief Meteorologist 2005-2006 now at WPBF inWest Palm Beach, FL )Programming
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Post-analog shutdown
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf] , KEYT-TV will remain on its current pre-transition channel number, 27. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101232921&formid=387&fac_num=47535 CDBS Print ] ] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display KEYT-TV's
virtual channel as 3.MyRTN
KEYT picked up the
MyNetworkTV affilitaton on June 2006 and initially showed onlyMyNetworkTV programming, and a test pattern the rest of the time. [http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4779599-1.html MyNetworkTV Adds 10 Affils | Business solutions from AllBusiness.com ] ] By Fall 2007, the station had managed to obtain syndication broadcast rights toFamily Guy andSouth Park , and officially launched its DT2 subchannel branded as "MyNetworkTV Central Coast" on October 2007, replacingLos Angeles -basedMyNetworkTV affiliateKCOP channel 13 on all Central Coast cable systems.The channel initially simulcast the SD version of KEYT outside of MyNetwork TV programming. As of
October 30 ,2007 , it has picked up theRetro Television Network affiliation and broadcasts RTN programming outside of MyNetwork TV. [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-30-2007/0004693541&EDATE= RTN To Launch This Week in Santa Barbara ] ] It has subsequently changed its branding to "My RTN" to coincide with the new affiliation.Rebroadcast Stations
KEYT also operates two translators to extend its coverage area. It operates a repeater station in San Luis Obispo, K57BC, on channel 57, and KSBB-LP, a Class A
television station , in downtown Santa Barbara, on UHF channel 17. KSBB-LP is located at KEYT's studios and broadcasts a directional signal to downtown Santa Barbara, serving areas shielded from the main channel 3 signal by theSanta Ynez Mountains . The station initially rebroadcastKKFX-CA from its sign-on untilJuly 1 ,2006 , whenKKFX-CA terminated the agreement for the station to rebroadcast its programming. The station has since been a repeater station for KEYT.None of KEYT's two translators operate digital signals as of yet.
News/Station Presentation
Newscast Titles
*"The Bill Huddy Report" (1971-1977)
*"TV-3 Action News" (1977-1984)
*"Key News" (1984-present)External links
* [http://www.keyt.com/ Official KEYT Website]
*TVQ|KEYT
**TVQ|KSBB-LP
**TVQ|K57BC
*BIA|KEYT|TV|TVReferences
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