KCAU-TV

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call_letters = KCAU-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Channel 9 KCAU-TV (general)
Channel 9 Eyewitness News (newscasts)
analog = 9 (VHF)
digital = 30 (UHF)
subchannels = 9.1 CBS
other_chs =
affiliations = ABC (secondary until 1967)
network =
founded =
airdate = March 9, 1953
location = Sioux City, Iowa
callsign_meaning = Cares About U
former_callsigns = KVTV (1953-1965)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Citadel Communications Company, Ltd.
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = CBS (1953-1967)
NBC (secondary, 1953-1954)
DuMont (1953-1955)
effective_radiated_power = 309 kW (analog)
500 kW (digital)
HAAT = 616 m (analog)
558 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 11265
coordinates = coord|42|35|12.2|N|96|13|57.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kcautv.com/ www.kcautv.com]

KCAU-TV is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, broadcasting on NTSC Channel 9 (analog) and ATSC Channel 30 (digital). It is affiliated with the American Broadcasting Company.

History

KCAU signed on air as KVTV on March 9, 1953. It is western Iowa's oldest television station. KCAU was primarily affiliated with the CBS network, but it also carried programs from ABC, NBC and DuMont. It lost NBC in 1954 when KTIV signed on. KVTV was sold to Forward Broadcasting in 1965, who changed the call letters to KCAU-TV. In 1967, KMEG-TV signed on and took the CBS affiliation, leaving KCAU as a sole ABC affiliate.

Citadel Communications (not to be confused with the larger Citadel Broadcasting, the owner of numerous radio stations across the U.S.) bought the station in 1988, also purchasing Albion, Nebraska, station KBGT-TV (channel 8) at about the same time; that station was converted into KCAN, a satellite of KCAU. (Citadel moved KCAN's license to Lincoln, Nebraska and converted the station into KLKN, a standalone ABC affiliate, in 1996.)

From 1953 to 1985 KCAU was home to "Canyon Kid's Corner", a popular children's show in the area, and it was hosted by longtime KCAU announcer Jim Henry during the entire run of the program.

In December, 2006, KCAU received new graphics and music, but did not drop Eyewitness News branding, like sister stations WOI-TV and WHBF-TV did.

The KCAU TV Tower is a guyed mast for TV transmission in Sioux City at coord|42|35|12.2|N|96|13|57.1|W|type:landmark. The tower was built in 1965 and is 609.9 meters (2000 feet) high. It is tied for the tallest structure of the state and is one of the tallest structures in America.

KCAU does not carry ABC World News Now. Instead, the station signs off every night at 1:05 am--one of the few stations in the United States that still does so.

Personalities

Anchors
*Larry Wentz- weeknights
*Jenna Rehnstrom- weeknights
*Brandi Becker- weekday mornings/Midday
*Laura Blair- weekends

Weather
*David Still
*Natalie Stoll

Reporters
*Lauren Gawthrop
*Abigayle Sloan
*Michelle Lustig
*Megan Harshbarger

Sports
*Sports Director Tim Seaman
*Chris Liberto

ee also

*List of masts

External links

* [http://www.kcautv.com/ KCAU website]
* [http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=289971&nav=menu110_6 KCAU-TV history]
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