KAKE-TV
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| KAKE-TV | |
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| Wichita, Kansas | |
| Branding | KAKE 10 / KAKE News |
| Slogan | On Your Side |
| Channels | Analog: 10 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | Gray Television, Inc. (Gray Television Licensee, Inc.) |
| First air date | October 19, 1954 |
| Call letters’ meaning | sounds like cake |
| Former affiliations | Primary: NBC (1954-1955) Secondary: ABC (1954-1955) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 850 kW (digital) |
| Height | 309.8 m (both) |
| Facility ID | 65522 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.kake.com |
KAKE-TV, channel 10, is an American Broadcasting Company (ABC) affiliate television station based in Wichita, Kansas. It is owned by Gray Television. Its transmitter is located near Colwich, Kansas.
KAKE is the flagship station for the KAKEland Television Network, a satellite network of ABC affiliates covering Kansas. The station's callsign is pronounced "cake" on the air.
The KAKEland stations are:
- KUPK channel 13 licensed to Garden City, with transmitter located near Copeland (November 8, 1964).
- KLBY channel 4 Colby (September 4, 1984 under different owner as an Independent Station; became a KAKE satellite in 1987)
- K25CV channel 25 Hays (May 25, 1998)
- K30GD channel 30 Great Bend (May 31, 1998)
- K38GH channel 38 Russell
- K51GC channel 51 Salina (August 16, 1998, originally on channel 22; moved to current signal in 2003)
KAKE, along with Topeka CBS affiliate WIBW and Cox Communications, also is part of a Kansas cable network, Kansas Now 22. KAKE and WIBW show repeats of their newscasts on this channel along with occasional live and taped news and weather updates.
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[edit] History
The station signed on the air on October 19, 1954. During its first year on the air, it was Wichita's NBC affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. It became a sole ABC affiliate in 1955 after KARD-TV (now KSNW) signed on.
In 1979, the station was sold to the Chronicle Publishing Company of San Francisco, California, run by the de Young family, who also owned KRON-TV in San Francisco and WOWT-TV in Omaha, Nebraska. Chronicle then bought KLBY in 1987. KLBY had been a separate, independent station with its own programming inventory, but with Chronicle's purchase it was made a satellite of KAKE. Chronicle owned the stations until 1999, when KAKE, its satellites and WOWT were sold to LIN TV in the midst of the de Young family's liquidation of its media holdings. Almost as soon as the sale was finalized, LIN turned around and traded KAKE and WOWT to Benedek Broadcasting for that company's WWLP in Springfield, Massachusetts and cash. The acquisition of KAKE and WOWT could be seen as the ultimate undoing for the financially challenged Benedek, which in 2002 declared bankruptcy and sold most of its stations, including KAKE and WOWT, to Gray Television (their current owner).
For 30 years, KAKE was the highest-rated station in Wichita, even though it didn't build an extensive translator/satellite network in central and western Kansas until the 1990s. For most of the last quarter century, it has been runner-up KWCH-TV.
[edit] Reception
On July 6, 2004, a spectacular intense high MUF Sporadic-E opening allowed David Pierce to receive KAKE-TV (channel 10, Wichita, Kansas) in Woodbridge, Virginia, 1,098 miles (1,766 km) away. [1]
[edit] KAKE & the BTK Serial Murder Case
- For a more thorough history on the BTK case, see Dennis Rader.
In the 1970s, KAKE received letters, poems and packages from the BTK serial killer. One claimed responsibility for several of the BTK murders; another contained clues about an intended victim (who was not murdered).
During an interview with Wichita's police chief in the late 1970s, subliminal messages were broadcast on KAKE to convince BTK to turn himself in. The effort was unsuccessful.
In 2004 and 2005, BTK again sent letters to KAKE. One included a word puzzle -- another expressed concern about the colds anchors Susan Peters and Jeff Herndon had at the time.
Park City, Kansas resident Dennis Rader was eventually arrested and convicted of the murders.
[edit] Satellite stations
| Station | City of license | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | Call letters’ meaning |
ERP (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT (Analog/ Digital) |
Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| KUPK-TV | Garden City | 13 (VHF) 18 (UHF) |
19641 | KUP-KAKE | 224 kW 1000 kW |
265 m 250.1 m |
65535 | |
| KLBY2 | Colby | 4 (VHF) 17 (UHF) |
July 4, 1984 | KoLBY | 100 kW 1000 kW |
226 m 231.9 m |
65523 |
Notes:
- 1. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says KUPK signed on November 8, while the Television and Cable Factbook says October 28.
- 2. KLBY was an independent station from its 1984 sign-on until it was acquired by KAKE in 1987.
[edit] News/Station Presentation
[edit] Newscast Titles
- The General Motors Newscast
- The National News
- TV-10 News
- KAKE-10 News
- KAKE News
[edit] Station Slogans
- The News People (1970's)
- Come Home To KAKE (early 1980s) (not related to the similarly-named NBC campaign)
- Keep Your Eye on KAKE (mid 1980s)
- On Your Side (1998-2007)
[edit] Current Productions
- Good Morning Kansas Monday - Friday 5:00AM to 7:00AM
- KAKE News at 11:30 Monday - Friday 11:30AM to 12:00PM
- KAKE News at 4:00 Monday - Friday 4:00PM to 4:30PM
- KAKE News at 5:00 Monday - Friday 5:00PM to 5:30PM
- KAKE News at 6:00 Monday - Saturday 6:00PM to 6:30PM
- KAKE News at 10:00 Monday - Sunday 10:00PM to 10:35PM
- Good Morning Kansas Saturday Saturday 6:00am to 7:00am
- Good Morning Kansas Saturday Saturday 8:00am to 9:00am
- KAKE News at 6:30 Saturday 6:30pm to 7:00pm
- KAKE News at 5:30 Sunday 5:30pm to 6:00pm
- KAKE Sports Overtime Live Sunday 10:35pm to 11:05pm
- Lawyer on the Line Sunday 11:05pm to 11:35pm
KAKE News is also responsible for several local news and weather updates for "Kansas Now 22" which is a 24-hour local news information network carried on COX cable throughout central and western Kansas.
[edit] KAKE Alumni
Mark Allan - News Anchor, WDTN Dayton, OH
Roger Wallace - Sports Anchor, KXAN Austin, TX
Phillip Palmer - Sports Anchor, KABC, Los Angeles
Phil LeBeau - Reporter, CNBC
Johnathan Coachman - On Air Personality / Commentator, World Wrestling Entertainment (SmackDown! Brand)
[edit] External links
- KAKE Website
- mcsittel.com:Screengrabs of various TV stations (including KLBY) from the late-1980s, taken from Kingsport, TN
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KAKE
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KUPK
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KLBY
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K25CV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K30GD
- Query the FCC's TV station database for K51GC
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KAKE-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KUPK-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KLBY-TV
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