KKTV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KKTV
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = KKTV11 (general)
KKTV 11 News (newscasts)
MyKKTV (general)
My11 News (newscasts)
analog = 11 (VHF)
digital = 10 (VHF)
subchannels = 11.1 CBS
11.2 MNTV
11.3 KKTV No Wait Weather
other_chs =
affiliations = CBS
MyNetworkTV
network =
founded =
airdate = December 7, 1952
location = Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colorado
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Gray Television, Inc.
licensee = Gray Television Licensee, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = All secondary:
NBC (1952-1953)
DuMont (1952-1956)
ABC (1952-1960)
effective_radiated_power = 234 kW (analog)
20.1 kW (digital)
HAAT = 725 m (both)
class =
facility_id = [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?list=0&facid=35037 35037]
coordinates = coord|38|44|42.0|N|104|51|45.0|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline,title
homepage = [http://www.kktv.com/ www.kktv.com]
[http://www.mykktv.com/ www.mykktv.com]

KKTV, channel 11, is a CBS affiliated television station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It serves the Colorado Springs/Pueblo market and is owned by Gray Television. Its transmitter is located on Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs.

KKTV is carried on cable channel 10 in Colorado Springs and channel 11 in Pueblo.

History

KKTV signed on the air on December 7, 1952. It is the third-oldest station in Colorado--behind Denver's KWGN-TV and KUSA-TV--and the oldest outside Denver. It originally carried programming from CBS, NBC, ABC, and DuMont. [http://www.newsblab.com/newsworthy_may03.htm] In 1953, KRDO-TV signed on and took the NBC affiliation. DuMont folded in 1956. During the late 1950s, KKTV was a primary CBS affiliate and held a secondary affiliation with ABC.

By 1960, the formerly separate Colorado Springs and Pueblo markets became one single market serving the Pikes Peak region and surrounding areas with each of the area's three TV stations becoming "exclusive" network affiliates. KKTV became a sole CBS affiliate with KRDO-TV becoming a full-time ABC affiliate and Pueblo's KCSJ-TV (now KOAA-TV), which had been a primary NBC affiliate since its inception in 1953, becoming the area's sole NBC affiliate.

In late 1982, KKTV's original local owners sold the station to the Seattle-based Ackerley Group, becoming one of that company's earliest acquisitions. Ackerley owned the station until early 1999 when they swapped KKTV to Benedek Broadcasting in exchange for KCOY in Santa Maria, California. Current owner Gray Television acquired KKTV when they bought most of Benedek's stations in April 2002.

MyKKTV

On June 29, 2006, KKTV announced plans that on September 5, 2006 they would launch an affiliate with FOX's new sister network MyNetworkTV on digital subchannel 11.2, to be known as MyKKTV. [http://newsblab.com/blabbingmikesblog/nfblog/?p=709#comments]

Other programming on MyKKTV includes replays and extra runs of KKTV's syndicated programming (such as "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune") and some syndicated programs of its own. For newscasts, MyKKTV features newscasts at 6:30 and 9 PM seen only on MyKKTV.

MyKKTV is carried on cable channel 141 in Colorado Springs and cable channel 246 Pueblo.

KKTV No Wait Weather

Since October 2007, KKTV has been broadcasting a 24-hour Weather channel called "KKTV No Wait Weather" on digital channel 11.3 and cable. The channel began as a time filler service on KKTV digital channel 11.2, and it is still used for this purpose.

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

*"KKTV News" (1976-1979)
*"NewsCenter 11" (1979-1989)
*"11 News" (1989-present)

External links

* [http://www.kktv.com/ Official KKTV Website]
* [http://www.mykktv.com/ Official MyKKTV Website]
*TVQ|KKTV
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