KVUE

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KVUE
city =
station_
station_slogan = Austin's News Station
station_branding = KVUE
analog = 24 (UHF)
digital = 33 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = ABC
network =
founded =
airdate = September 12, 1971
location = Austin, Texas
callsign_meaning = VUE, pronounced "view"
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Belo Corporation
licensee = KVUE Television, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 1696 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 393 m (analog)
376 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 35867
coordinates = coord|30|19|19.3|N|97|48|12.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kvue.com/ www.kvue.com]

KVUE is the local Austin, Texas-based ABC affiliate, owned by Belo Corporation. Its transmitter is located in Westlake Hills just west of Downtown.

History

It began broadcasting on UHF channel 24 on September 12, 1971 [http://www.kvue.com/aboutkvue/aboutus.html] as a full-time ABC affiliate, inherited from KTBC-TV. KVUE along with NBC affiliate KXAN-TV are the only two stations to keep the same network affiliations, unaffected by the numerous network changes in 1995 and 2006.

KVUE was originally operated by Center Broadcasting Co. of Center, Texas (Tolbert Foster, owner) which sold the station to Universal Communications, the broadcasting arm of "The Detroit News", in 1978. It was acquired by the Gannett Company in 1986 as part of its purchase of "The Detroit News". In 1999, Belo began establishing a Texas-based news network partnership with KHOU-TV in Houston, WFAA-TV in Dallas and KENS-TV in San Antonio upon the creation of a 24-hour cable news network called TXCN -- and when Belo was looking to add KVUE to that partnership later that year, it decided to swap KXTV-TV in Sacramento for KVUE with Gannett.

Before the KVUE of today existed, the calls were originally used on a now-defunct television station in Sacramento, California which broadcast on channel 40; that same channel today is used by Fox affiliate KTXL-TV.

On June 1, 2008, KVUE became the second news broadcast in Austin to go high definition following CBS affiliate KEYE-TV.

Personalities

Current On-Air Personnel

KVUE News Anchors
*Jim Bergamo: KVUE News Daybreak Traffic & Transit
*Olga Campos: KVUE News @ 5 Anchor/Consumer Reporter
*Quita Culpepper: KVUE News Weekend Daybreak Anchor/ DayBreak reporter & "Does It Work Wednesday"
*Melissa Gale: KVUE News Daybreak & Midday Anchor
*Jason Hill: KVUE News Daybreak, Midday Anchor & "Behind the Wheel" reporter
*Amy Johnston: KVUE News Weekends Anchor/ Education Reporter
*Tyler Sieswerda: KVUE News @ 5, KVUE News @ 6, KVUE News Nightbeat Anchor & "Eat Drink, & Be Wary" reporter

KVUE News Reporters
*Steve Alberts: Austin Metro/City Hall Reporter
*Mari Alvarez: General Assignmnets/Health Reporter
*Shelton Green: General Assignment Reporter
*Elise Hu: Political Reporter
*Noelle Newton: Police & Court Reporter
*Clara Tuma: Courtss & Justice, General Assignment Reporter
*Jessica Vess: General Assignment Reporter

KVUE WASHINGTON, DC BUREAU (employed by parent company, Belo Corporation)
*"'Dave Cassidy
*Mike Goldfein MEXICO BUREAU (employed by parent company, Belo Corporation)
*Angela Kocherga: Border issues

KVUE News Weather
*Mark Murray (AMS Certified): KVUE News @ 5, 6 & Nightbeat Chief Meteorologist
*Meghan Danahey (AMS, NWA Seal of Approval): KVUE News Daybreak & Midday Meteorologist
*Tom Harris: KVUE News Weekend Meteorologist & Environmental Reporter
*George Kanuck (AMS Certified): KVUE News Daybreak Weekend Meteorologist & Daybreak reporter

KVUE News Sports
*Mike Barnes: KVUE News @ 6, KVUE News Nightbeat Sports Director
*Bryan Mays: KVUE News Weekend Sports Anchor
*Matt Mitchell: Sports Reporter

KVUE Former On-Air Personnel

*Steve Atkisson: Sports (later KRIV-TV, Houston, TX)
*Kim Zook Barnes: Anchor
*Bob Buckelew: Anchor/Executive news producer
*David Chester: Reporter (later UPI Radio, Washington, D.C.)
*Deborah Duncan: Reporter (later WFAA-TV, Dallas, now KHOU-TV, Houston)
*Danny Elzner: Sports
*Marsha Frank: Reporter
*Shara Fryer: News (later anchor KTRK-TV, Houston, now retired)
*Gayle Shipp Granberry: News (now spokesperson for Seton Healthcare Network)
*Christine Haas: Evening Anchor (now morning anchor for KHOU-TV in Houston)
*Amy Hollyfield: Reporter (1997-2004) now at KGO-TV, San Francisco)
*Michael Jenkins: Sports Anchor and Reporter (1998-2004), now with Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
*Micah McCauley: Meteorologist (now in private business)
*Richard Goodman: First News Director and Anchor (later Austin City Council, deceased)
*Robert Hadlock: Anchor (1987-1990) (now anchor at KXAN-TV, Austin)
*Levi Isaacs: Reporter/Photographer (1970s)
*Kristine Kahanek: Meteorologist (later WFAA-TV, Dallas, now KTVT-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth)
*Kate Kelly: News Anchor (now with KPIX-TV, San Francisco)
*Troy Kimmel: Meteorologist (later KEYE-TV, Austin; now works for Clear Channel Radio in Austin and teaches at UT Austin)
*Ed Lavandera: Reporter (now with CNN)
*Michelle Levy: Reporter (now in private business)
*Hugh Lewis: Sports
*Judy Maggio: Reporter (1981-86), anchor (1986-2003) (now anchor at KEYE-TV, Austin)
*Lee McGuire: Reporter (now with KHOU-TV, Houston)
*Joel Mick: First Sports Anchor
*Arthel Neville: Reporter (later CNN and Fox News, to join KSWB-TV)
*Ron Oliveira: Anchor (now with KEYE-TV, Austin)
*Kevin Peters: Reporter (now with KHOU-TV, Houston)
*David Powell: Reporter (1970s) (Editor "The Daily Texan", later Associated Press, "St. Petersburg Times", now an attorney in Tallahassee, FL)
*Margie Reedy: Reporter and Anchor (now with New England Cable News)
*Bill Richardson: First Weatherman
*Fred Rhodes: Reporter (1970s) (later KTBC-TV, Austin, KHOU-TV, Houston and KTVI-TV, St. Louis, "Houston City Magazine", now an attorney in Houston)
*Fred Roggin: Sports (now at KNBC)
*Steve Ross: Sports
*Tim Ross: Meteorologist
*Victor Solis: Reporter (1970s)
*Karen Sonleitner: News
*Casey Stegall: Reporter/Anchor (2004-2005) (now correspondent at Fox News Channel, Los Angeles)
*David Sternlicht: Reporter (1970s) (now an attorney in New York)
*Patrick Stinson: Reporter (later E News, now ABC Entertainment News)
*Ben Storey: Sports Director (1979-86) (now in private business in Seattle)
*Bob Thompson: Reporter (1970s) (later "The Washington Post", now an attorney in Washington, D.C.)
*Doug Vair: Sports (1970s) (later KXAS-TV, Fort Worth, now with Retama Park Racetrack, San Antonio)
*Byron Wood: News
*Natalie Woods: Reporter (now with Hot On! Homes in Dallas, and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader)

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

*"Television 24 News" (1971-1978)
*"24 Action News" (1978-1997)
*"KVUE 24 News" (1997-2001)
*"KVUE News" (2001-present)
*"KVUE News in HD" (2008-present)

tation Slogans

*"Where News Comes First" (1990s)
*"Austin At Its Best" (2001-2002)
*"Austin's News Station" (2002-present)

tation Logos

External links

* [http://www.kvue.com/ KVUE (abc 24's) Website]
*TVQ|KVUE
*BIA|KVUE|TV|TV
* [http://www.austintvnews.com/kvue.html AustinTVNews.com :: KVUE]