KFOX-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KFOX-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = Coverage You Can Count On
station_branding = KFOX
(pronounced "K-Fox")
analog = 14 (UHF)
digital = 15 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = Fox
weather (DT2)
RTN (DT3, 2008)
network =
founded =
airdate = August 1979
location = El Paso, Texas
callsign_meaning = FOX Network
former_callsigns = KCIK (1979-1982)
KCIK-TV (1982-1994)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Cox Enterprises, Inc.
licensee = KTVU Partnership
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = independent (1979-1986)
effective_radiated_power = 420 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 602 m (both)
class =
facility_id = 33716
coordinates = coord|31|48|54|N|106|29|21|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kfoxtv.com/ www.kfoxtv.com]

KFOX-TV is a Fox affiliate based in El Paso, Texas. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 14, and its digital signal on channel 15. It is owned by Cox Enterprises. Its transmitter is located in El Paso.

History

The station debuted on the air in August 1979 as KCIK-TV, a non-profit Christian programming outlet. KCIK was El Paso's first UHF television station, and was founded by the late Pete E. Meryl Warren III, who subsequently started KJLF-TV (now KTFN) channel 65 in 1991. It was sold to new owners in 1982, and switched to commercial independent programming (while still airing some religious programming). By 1987 KCIK became a Fox network affiliate, and remains so to this day.

In August 1996 Cox acquired what had become KFOX-TV, and turned it into a major player in the El Paso TV market by launching its first ever prime time newscast by making the news and not reporting it. In September 1997, KFOX debuted El Paso's first prime time newscast, KFOX News at Nine. Since then the station has won nearly 300 awards for journalistic excellence, including Emmy's, Edward R. Murrow's and Katie Awards. In January 2004, KFOX launched its three-hour morning newscast, The KFOX Morning News.

KFOX will affiliate with the Retro Television Network on a digital subchannel, owned by Equity Media Holdings Corporation, starting in 2008. [ [http://ir.emdaholdings.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=268837 Equity Media Holdings Corporation - COX Television Adds Third RTN Affiliate] ]

Personalities

Anchors

* Israel Balderas - "KFOX Morning News"
* Peter Daut - "KFOX News at Nine Weekend"
* Miri Marshall - "KFOX News at Nine Weekend"
* Noreen Jaramillo - "KFOX Morning News"
* Elizabeth O'Hara - "KFOX News at Nine"
* John Purvis - "KFOX News at Nine"

Reporters

* Angeeneh Adamian - "General Assignment Reporting"
* Monica Balderrama - "General Assignment Reporting"
* Arleene Barrios - "General Assignment Reporting"
* Peter Daut - "General Assignment Reporting"
* Jenn Dombrowski - "General Assignment Reporting in Las Cruces"
* Miri Marshall - "General Assignment Reporting"
* Daniel Novick - "General Assignment Reporting"

KFOX Severe Weather Team

* Sandra Diaz - "Chief Meteorologist Weekdays KFOX News at Nine"
* Brad Montgomery - "Forecaster Weekdays KFOX Morning News"
* Miri Marshall - "Forecaster Weekends KFOX News at Nine"

Former Staff Members

* Elizabeth Alvarez (Now at WOFL-TV)
* Sidney Alvarez (now in Public Relations & Workforce Development in Pittsburgh,PA)
* Ashanti Blaize (Now at KXAS-TV)
* Janice Carpio (Now at WOAI-TV)
* Kristi Carson
* Travis Christy (Now at KRQE)
* Caribe Devine (Now at KPNX-TV)
* Mike DiSerio
* Molly Graves
* Patricia Maese
* Angela Manfredi
* Joe Mazur (Now at WTVD)
* Mary McCahon
* Davida Mintz
* Sara Morris (Now at WTKR)
* Chris Regnier (Now at KTVI)
* Elissa Rivas (Now at KTRK-TV)
* Steve Roldan (Now at KSAT-TV)
* Rene Romo (Now at WSOC-TV)
* Audra Schroeder (Now at KIRO-TV)
* Tyler Sieswerda (Now at KVUE-TV)
* Chris Stipes (Now at KRIV-TV)
* Ben Swann (Now at KTSM-TV)
* Karlyn Tilley (Now at KCNC-TV)
* Alycia Turner
* Tom Vacar (Now at KTVU)

External links

* [http://www.kfoxtv.com/ KFOX Website]
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References