KSBI

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call_letters = KSBI
city =
station_
station_slogan = Family Television for Oklahoma
station_branding = KSBI 52 (general)
Oklahoma News Tonight (news)
analog = 52 (UHF)
digital = 51 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = independent
network =
founded =
airdate = September 19, 1988
location = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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former_channel_numbers =
owner = Family Broadcasting Group, Inc.
licensee =
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effective_radiated_power = 3020 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 461 m (analog)
457.9 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 38214
coordinates = coord|35|35|52.1|N|97|29|23.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.ksbitv.com/ www.ksbitv.com]

KSBI, referred to as "KSBI: Family Television for Oklahoma", is an independent television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is locally owned and operated by Family Broadcasting Group of Oklahoma in a duopoly with America One affiliate KXOC-LP 41.

The station broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 52, and its digital signal on UHF channel 51. On cable, KSBI-TV can be seen on cable channel 9 on Cox Oklahoma City and can be seen on several cable systems across the state. The station is also available to DirecTV and Dish Network customers within the Oklahoma City market

History

KSBI signed on the air on September 19, 1988 and was originally a religious/independent station owned by Locke Supply Corporation, who continually showed commercials for its business on the station. The station aired mostly religious shows with some classic sitcoms and dramas. For much of KSBI's existence, KSBI had secondary affiliations with FamilyNet (which now can be seen on Cox Digital Cable), INSP: The Inspirational Network, LeSea Broadcasting and Gospel Music Television. The station also broadcast public-domain movies from FamilyNet late at night.

In 2003, Locke Supply sold KSBI to the locally-owned Family Broadcasting Group, headed by former KWTV meteorologist Brady Brus, his wife Angela and sister Brenda Bennett, a local television personality. KSBI shifted its format to a family-friendly general entertainment station. Upon the change in ownership, the station added low-budget off-network sitcoms, mostly those that existed prior to 2000, such as "Saved by the Bell" and "Happy Days"; cartoons and other children's programming; and drama series such as "In the Heat of the Night", "Matlock" and "The Rockford Files".

Following the sale, the religious programming was cut back on Sundays to 6-11am and from 3-4pm, and from 7-8:30am weekdays. KSBI is an atypical independent station as it does not air movies, especially syndicated movie packages (one of the few independent stations in existence not to do so), airs only off-network series that were predominately made before 2000, carries only a few first-run syndicated programs and runs only a minimal amount of syndicated programming on weekends (a majority of KSBI's programming consists of infomercials).

Since Family Broadcasting Group bought the station, KSBI began to place a great emphasis on weather. In December 2003, KSBI began airing weather updates similar in format to The Weather Channel's Local on the 8s, though only airing near the top of the hour (except during severe weather). These weather updates also air on sister station KXOC (more at night, less in the day). Brady Brus, who also previously worked as a weekend meteorologist at KWTV during the 1990s, works as both chief meteorologist and as the president of Family Broadcasting Group.

Programming

KSBI's programming philosophy is family-oriented and contains little or no overt sexual content, overt violence, or very strong language. Most of KSBI's secular programming consists of series from the 1970s to the 1990s, though this has changed in the last couple of years as the station has begun gravitating toward more first-run syndicated programs. The schedule previously had select programming from the 1960s, however, all series from that decade that aired on KSBI have been purged from the schedule.

The 2008-2009 season saw an increase in the amount of first-run syndicated programs with the additions of "Family Court with Judge Penny", the Canadian game show "Inside the Box", the reality program "NurseTV", in addition to its other first-run offerings. KSBI also obtained local syndication rights to the ABC drama "Lost", and the Discovery Channel reality series "American Chopper".

Translators

KSBI-TV broadcasts across the state of Oklahoma through the following translators:
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=K13XU K13XU] in Tulsa, Oklahoma
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=K15DA K15DA] in Tulsa, Oklahoma
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=K35CU K35CU] in Ada, Oklahoma
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=K17FB K17FB] in Ardmore, Oklahoma
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=K45EJ K45EJ] in Enid, Oklahoma
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=K20HO K20HO] in Lawton, Oklahoma
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=K14LD K14LD] in Muskogee, Oklahoma
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=K54FZ K54FZ] in Ponca City, Oklahoma
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=K21DF K21DF] in Stillwater, Oklahoma
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=KFVT-LP KFVT-LP 40] in Wichita, Kansas
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=K48HU K48HU] in Wichita Falls, Texas
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=K51EK K51EK] in McAlester, Oklahoma

News operations

Immediately following the sale, KSBI began airing occasional local breaking news stories. In 2004, KSBI launched a morning news show called Hello Oklahoma, hosted by Brenda Bennett and Scott Coppenbarger (with various fill-ins including former KOCO film critic Dino Lalli after Coppenbarger's departure). It was cancelled in late 2005. Around the time Hello Oklahoma launched, KSBI aired daily broadcasts of CNN Headline News, which were pulled after a few months (KSBI still uses national news feeds from Headline News' parent CNN for its newscasts, as do rivals KOCO and KOKH).

After Hello Oklahoma's cancellation, KSBI announced plans for a new early evening newscast (later named Oklahoma News Tonight). It was originally set to air in January 2006, but did not debut until August of that year. Anchored by Kealey McIntire and Monica Price, it was the only newscast in Oklahoma to feature an all-female anchor team (until KOCO-TV appointed Jessica Schambach and Maggie Carlo together as its 5, 6 and 10pm anchors in 2008) and all-female reporting teams (In 2008, KSBI has since added men to its reporting staff). In addition to carrying local news, KSBI also runs primetime Presidential press conferences and the State of the Union addresses, presumably using news feeds from CNN.

Ratings

Although exact numbers are not known, KSBI lags behind most of the other stations in the Oklahoma City DMA. The CBS, ABC and NBC stations take turns as the top station in the market as well as in the country (Oklahoma City is a top 5 rated market, though mid-40s in size), but KSBI is not anywhere near them in the ratings.

According to the Oklahoman in March 2008, ratings are around 1.2 - 1.8.

ports

KSBI-TV produces and broadcasts local non-professional sports including high school basketball and football games. KSBI-TV held the contractual exclusive rights to air post season high school sports in Oklahoma. It was recently announced that Fox Sports Southwest and COX outbid KSBI for the exclusive rights [ [http://newsok.com/article/3227920] OSSAA Notebook on newsok.com] . Though details are still not known, it is believed FSN-SW won the rights for the championship games and has sub-leased them to COX (COX used to hold exclusive rights from 2002-5). On October 2nd, it was announced that KBSI will be the official over-the-air broadcaster of Oklahoma City Thunder NBA basketball. As a part of this aquirement, KBSI will also rebrand as "Thunder TV" during late October 2008. A new FSN affiliate for Oklahoma will also be launched. [http://www.nba.com/thunder/#/news/archive/article_tvschedule081002]

Notes

Personalities

Current On-Air Talent

Anchors
*Kealey McIntire, Co-Anchor of "Oklahoma News Tonight"
*Monica Price, Co-Anchor of "Oklahoma News Tonight"

Reporters
*Jamie Ratliff, Reporter
*Sarah Tappel, Executive News Producer/Reporter

KSBI Weather Team

*Brady Brus, Chief Meteorologist
*Brandon Chambers, Morning, Midday Meteorologist/Fill-in Evening Meteorologist

Former On-Air Talent

*Jackie Faye, Reporter (no longer at the station)

Office location

KSBI-TV's studios and transmitter are located at 1350 SE 82nd Street.

ee also

* KXOC-LP
* Oklahoma Educational Television Authority

External links

*TVQ|KSBI
*TVQ|K13XU
*TVQ|K15DA
*TVQ|K35CU
*TVQ|K17FB
*TVQ|K45EJ
*TVQ|K20HO
*TVQ|K14LD
*TVQ|K54FZ
*TVQ|K21DF
*TVQ|KFVT-LP
*BIA|KSBI|TV|TV