KGUN

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KGUN
city =
station_
station_slogan = KGUN 9 News On Your Side
(formerly "Clear, Accurate, to the Point")
station_branding = KGUN 9
"(pronounced K-GUN)"
analog = 9 (VHF)
digital = 35 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = ABC
network =
founded =
airdate = June 3, 1956
location = Tucson, Arizona
callsign_meaning = see article
former_callsigns = KDWI-TV (1956-1957)
KGUN-TV (1957-1987)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Journal Broadcast Group, Inc.
licensee = Journal Broadcast Corporation
sister_stations = |KWBA-TV
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 110 kW (analog)
266.3 kW (digital)
HAAT = 1140 m (analog)
1129 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 36918
coordinates = coord|32|24|55.7|N|110|42|53.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kgun9.com/ www.kgun9.com]

KGUN is the ABC-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona. The station broadcasts on analog Channel 9 and digital Channel 35 from Mount Bigelow northeast of Tucson.

History

KGUN was founded by rancher D.W. Ingram in 1956. He named the station KDWI after his initials. Ingram quickly sold it to May Broadcasting of Shenandoah, Iowa which changed the callsign, noting the negative connotations of the initials DWI. The new calls, KGUN were chosen for a combination of May Broadcasting's owner being both a gun collector and his love of Westerns which often took place in the Tucson area. May would sell its television holdings (KGUN and KMTV in Omaha, Nebraska) to Lee Enterprises in 1986, which sold said stations to Emmis Communications in 2000.In 2005, Emmis liquidated all of its television properties, sending KGUN and control of KMTV to the Milwaukee based Journal Broadcast Group, [http://www.emmis.com/press/Release.aspx?ID=44572] which already owned four radio stations in Tucson. The sale was finalized in December 2005. (Journal eventually purchased KMTV outright in March 2007.) The station was revamped on September 12, 2006, when Journal changed KGUN's logo, graphics, set, music, and weather center to match the glossy imaging of other stations in the Journal Broadcast Group, as well as returning the slogan to their longtime "On Your Side" campaign.

On March 18, 2008, Journal announced that it would purchase CW affiliate KWBA (Channel 58) from Cascade Broadcasting Group for $11.885M. A waiver was granted by the FCC on June 3, 2008, setting up a second duopoly in the Tucson area besides Belo Corporation's KMSB/KTTU [http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=3/18/2008&id=37146] .

News Personalities

News Anchors
*Guy Atchley - weekdays 5pm, 6pm, and 10pm
*Ian Reitz - weekday mornings and 11am
*Kimberly Romo - weekday mornings and 11am
*Dan Spindle - weekends 5pm and 10pm
*Tammy Vo - weekends 5pm and 10pm
*Jennifer Waddell - weekdays 5pm, 6pm, and 10pm

Reporters
*Sergio Avila
*Linda Garrett
*April Madison
*MaryAnn Martinez
*Craig Smith
*Joel Waldman

Weather
*Erin Christiansen - chief meteorologist; weekdays 5pm, 6pm, and 10pm
*Brian Basham - weekday mornings and 11am
*Seth Wayne - weekends 5pm and 10pm
*April Madison - fill-in

Traffic
*Allen Kath - weekday mornings

Sports
*Dave Silver - sports director
*Jake Knapp - sports anchor/reporter

Syndicated programs on KGUN include "Live with Regis and Kelly", "Inside Edition", "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", "Wheel of Fortune", "Jeopardy!" and "Extra".

External links

* [http://www.kgun9.com/ KGUN Website]
*TVQ|KGUN
*TVQ|DK02BW (defunct translator licensed to Casas Adobes on ch. 2)
*BIA|KGUN|TV|TV
*TitanTV|KGUN