KMIR-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KMIR-TV
station_
station_slogan = Right Here Right Now
station_branding = KMIR 6
"(cable channel)"
analog = 36 (UHF)
digital = 46 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = NBC
network =
founded =
airdate = October 26, 1968
location = Palm Springs, California
callsign_meaning = El MIRador Hotel
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = nowrap|Journal Broadcast Group, Inc.
licensee = Journal Broadcast Corporation
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 490 kW (analog)
12 kW (digital)
HAAT = 207 m (analog)
212.5 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 16749
coordinates = coord|33|52|0.3|N|116|26|2.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kmir6.com/ www.kmir6.com]

KMIR-TV (Channel 36, cable 6) is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Palm Desert, California. Its signal covers most of the Coachella Valley, including Palm Springs, Cathedral City, and Indio.

John Conte (actor) owned KMIR-TV before Journal Broadcast Group purchased the station in 1999. KMIR-TV was the first television station to go on the air exclusively serving the Palm Springs market. Mr. Conte also owned the El Mirador hotel in Palm Springs, giving the station the call letters K(MIR). Desert Regional Medical Center now occupies the site of the old El Mirador hotel. Today, you can still see the El Mirador Tower standing in front of the hospital. This is where the station originally broadcasted from.

Like its major competitors in the market, KMIR uses its cable designation in its branding ("KMIR 6"), rather than its over-the-air channel. The unusual practice is also common in the Fort Myers / Naples, Florida market, where Journal Broadcast Group (coincidentally) owns FOX-affiliated station WFTX.

Newscasts and On-Air Personalities

Weekday Evenings 5 pm, 6 pm and 11 pm
*Anchors: Karen Devine and Steve Schill
*Weather: Sam Argier
*Sports: Brandon Behle

Weekday Mornings 5-7 am and 9-10 am
*Anchors: Gino LaMont and Elizabeth Cook
*Weather: Fiona Gorostiza

Weekend Evenings 6 pm and 11 pm
*Anchor: Gloria Margarita
*Weather: Ria Taormina

Reporters
*Tina Patel
*Anthony Alvarez
*Chris Biele
*Ciara Coyle
*Suzanne Pajot

External links

*http://www.kmir6.com/
*http://www.journalbroadcastgroup.com/
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