KGTV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KGTV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = "San Diego's 10" (general)
"10 News" (newscasts)
analog = 10 (VHF)
digital = 25 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = ABC
network =
founded =
airdate = September 13, 1953
location = San Diego, California
callsign_meaning = Great TeleVision
former_callsigns = KFSD-TV (1953-1961)
KOGO-TV (1961-1972)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = McGraw-Hill
licensee = McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc.
sister_stations = KZSD-LP
former_affiliations = NBC (1953-1977)
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 227 m (analog)
205 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 40876
coordinates = coord|32|50|20.7|N|117|14|59.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.10news.com/ www.10news.com]

KGTV is the ABC television affiliate in San Diego, California. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 10, and its digital signal on UHF channel 25. It is currently owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located atop Mount Soledad above La Jolla, California.

History

The station went on the air on September 13, 1953 as KFSD-TV (First in San Diego), and was affiliated at the time with NBC. In 1961, KFSD-TV and its then-sister radio station KFSD-AM 600 changed their call letters to KOGO-TV and KOGO-AM. The broadcasting division of the Time-Life magazine company purchased the stations, which also included a FM station, in 1962 from a locally based firm, Fox, Wells & Rogers.

In 1972, the McGraw-Hill publishing company purchased Channel 10 (along with Indianapolis' WFBM-TV Channel 6, now WRTV) and changed its call letters to the present KGTV. The radio stations were sold separately to other interests. KGTV joined ABC in 1977, after ABC chose to disaffiliate itself from UHF station KCST Channel 39 (now KNSD). Channel 10 has remained with ABC since then.

Famous KGTV alumni include Regis Philbin, who hosted his first talk show on KGTV in the 1960s.

Syndicated programs currently airing on KGTV include: "Rachael Ray", "Family Feud", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", "Merv Griffin's Crosswords" , as well as the new "TMZ on TV" newsmagazine.

On Saturday, August 30, 2008, KGTV 10 News, became the third station behind KFMB-TV and KSWB-TV to launch local news in High Definition. KGTV is among the few United States television stations that broadcast local news programs at 7:00 p.m. on weeknights. The newscast finished 2nd in its time period during the May 2008 sweeps, trailing only Wheel of Fortune on KNSD.

Logos

Personalities

Current

Anchors
*Steve Atkinson - 7:00pm weeknights; also reports
*Hal Clement - 6:00pm weeknights
*Bill Griffith - 5:00am, 5:30am, 6:00am, 11:00am
*Kimberly Hunt - 5:00pm, 7:00pm, 11:00pm
*Evy Ramos - Maternity Leave
*Carol LeBeau - 5:00pm, 11:00pm weeknights

Reporters
*Michael Chen
*Steve Fiorina
*Charisse Yu
*Michael Gleeson - Digital Correspondent
*Jennifer Jensen
*Bob Lawrence
*Rett Lawrence - Digital Correspondent
*Kerstin Lindquist
*Claudia Llausas - Digital Correspondent (in Spanish)
*Cedric Moon
*Lauren Reynolds
*Juliette Vara
*Joe Little - Digital Correspondant
*Maxwell Gardner - photojournalist/Digital Correspondant
*Sonia Azad

Weather
*Geni Cavitt - weekends
*Loren Nancarrow - 5, 6, 7 & 11pm weekdays
*Terry Burhans - fill in

Sports
*Ben Higgins - early evening weekdays and 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursdays
*Steve Smith - early evening weekends, 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Traffic
*Alicia Contreras - telecopter 10 traffic
*Brooke Landau

Former

*Sally Sherry - [http://www.abmac.com/core/bio.php?bio=42]
*Gary Kelly - [http://www.idjsandiego.com/]
*James Quinones - see link [http://nabetcwa54.org ] [http://www.azcentral.com/12news/]
*Lee Ann Kim - Longtime Anchor 1995 - 2008 [http://www.sdaff.org] see link [http://nabetcwa54.org ]
*Lisa Lake - Longtime morning Anchor 1995 - 2008 see link [http://nabetcwa54.org ]
*Adrienne Alpert - longtime anchor/reporter (1978-1997, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)
*Mike Ambrose - weather anchor (1973-2001; died in 2008 at age 69)
*Fred Blankenship - early evening weekends and 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings, (now at WSB-TV in Atlanta Ga.)
*Herb Cawthorne - reporter (1990-2002)
*Phoebe Chongchua - anchor/reporter (1990-2000, now a speaker, fitness host and realtor [http://www.phoebechongchua.com/] )
*Stephen Clark - anchor (1989-1997, now at WXYZ-TV in Detroit)
*John Culea - reporter/anchor (1975-1977)
*Kim Edwards-reporter/digital
*Bill Gaines - anchor/reporter (now at WGCL in Atlanta)
*Gene Gleeson - anchor (1976-1980, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)
*Harold Greene - anchor/reporter (1974-1977 and 1980-1982, now at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles)
*Byron Harlan - reporter (1986-1994, now at WFLD-TV in Chicago)
*Lisa Kim - anchor (1997-1999, now at KNTV in San Jose/San Francisco)
*Marty Levin - anchor/reporter (1970s, now at KNSD)
*Paul Magers (1981-1983, now at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles)
*Mark Matthews (1987-2003, now at KGO-TV in San Francisco)
*Susan McBride - anchor/reporter (1979-1987, now Susan McPeters at WQPT-TV in Moline, IL)
*Kent Ninomiya - reporter (1991 - 1993)
*Regis Philbin - hosted his first talk show at KGTV (1961-1964)
*Sarah Purcell - talk show host (late 1970s)
*Margaret Radford - reporter (1986-1991, retired)
*Salvador Rivera - Reporter/digital correspondent
*Larry Roberts - anchor/reporter (1982-1989)
*Danny Romero - weathercaster (1994-1995, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)
*Larry Sacknoff - sportscaster (1978-1992)
*Billy Ray Smith - sportscaster (1993-1997, now at XX Sports Radio)
*Mike Smith (1982-1986, now a partner in Ad-Lib Productions)
*Michael Tuck - anchor (1984-1990)
*Leonard Villareal - reporter/anchor (1976-2004)
*Bree Walker - anchor/reporter (1980-1987)
*Jack White - anchor (1967-2002)
*Melanie Wingo - reporter (2004-2006)
*Steve Wolford - anchor (1998-2000, now at KTNV in Las Vegas)

ee also

* KZSD-LP (Azteca America affiliate owned and operated by KGTV)

External links

* [http://www.10news.com/ KGTV Homepage]
* [http://msi.tvjobs.com/cgi-bin/quicksearch.cgi?id=kgtv Station Index @ TVJobs.com]
* [http://usatalent.tvjobs.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?station=kgtv KGTV Talent @ TVJobs.com]
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