KALB-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KALB-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = On Your Side
Your Eye on Central Louisiana (on DT2)
station_branding = NewsChannel 5
CBS Alexandria (on DT2)
analog = 5 (VHF)
digital = 35 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = NBC
CBS (on DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = September 29, 1954
location = Alexandria, Louisiana
callsign_meaning = Know Alexandria
Louisana Better
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Hoak Media Corporation
licensee = Hoak Media Of Alexandria License, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = DuMont (1954-1955)
ABC (1954-1957)
CBS (1954-1957)
all secondary
effective_radiated_power = 100 kW (analog)
1,000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 485 m (analog)
457 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 51598
coordinates = coord|31|2|15.6|N|92|29|45.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kalb.com/ kalb.com]

KALB-TV, channel 5, is the NBC-affiliated television station for Alexandria, Louisiana. Its analog transmitter is located southeast of Forest Hill. The station's digital transmitter is located in downtown Alexandria. Owned by Hoak Media Corporation, KALB has studios on Washington Street in the center of town. Syndicated programming on the station includes: "Wheel of Fortune", "Jeopardy!", "Oprah", and "Ellen". KALB operates the area's CBS affiliate on its second digital subchannel. Known on-air as "CBS Alexandria", it is also offered on Suddenlink cable channel 2. KALB-DT2 broadcasts the entire CBS schedule and syndicated programming such as: "Access Hollywood", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", and "Judge Alex". There is no separate website for the station. Before KALB-DT2 began broadcasting, central Louisiana viewers watched CBS on cable from KLFY-TV in Lafayette, KNOE-TV in Monroe, or WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge .

History

KALB began its broadcasting on September 29, 1954 with NBC's broadcast of the 1954 World Series. The station has been an NBC affiliate from the very first day although it also carried programs from CBS and ABC until 1957 plus DuMont until that network folded in 1955. In 1957, the station was bought by Red River Valley Broadcasting that was owned by Shreveport businessman T.B. Lanford. Park Communications bought KALB in 1993 and merged with Media General in 1997. KALB launched its digital signal on UHF channel 35 in 2002. On October 29, 2007, Media General announced that it was exploring the sale of KALB. On March 14, 2008, Media General reached an agreement to sell KALB and its sister station, WMBB in Panama City, Florida, to Hoak Media Corporation. The deal was closed on July 16th, 2008. KALB's newscasts are known as "NewsChannel 5". KALB-DT2 airs one live newscast on weeknights at 5:30. The station operates its own weather radar, "Sky Warn 5 Live Doppler", at Alexandria International Airport. KALB's News Director is Michele Godard who can occasionally be seen during breaking news and special projects. Eric Marshall is the Managing Editor.

News team

Anchors
*Alan Quartemont - weekday mornings and Noon
**reporter and part time videographer
*Renee Allen - weekday mornings and reporter
*Dale Hoffman - weeknights at 5, 5:30, 6, and 10
**reporter
*Diana Raphael - weeknights at 6 and 10
**reporter
*Leigh Culbert - weekends
**general assignment and special projects reporter

"Sky Warn 5 Meteorologists"
*Tom Konvicka (AMS Member) - Chief seen on weeknights
*Nick Mikulas - weekday mornings and Noon
*Sara Black - weekends and fill-in

Sports
*Mark Hamblen - Director seen on weeknights at 6 and 10
*Sharief Ishaq - weekends and sports reporter

Reporters
*Bryant Ferguson - photojournalist
*Chris Blalock - photographer
*Mike Magnoli - crime and military
*Nancy Henry - website
*Joel Massey

External links

* [http://www.kalb.com/ KALB-TV/DT "NewsChannel 5"]
* [http://www.nbc.com/ NBC]
* [http://www.cbs.com/ CBS]
*TVQ|KALB