KFOX-TV
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| KFOX-TV | |
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| El Paso, Texas | |
| Branding | KFOX (pronounced "K-Fox") |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels | Analog: 14 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox weather (DT2) RTN (DT3, 2008) |
| Owner | Cox Enterprises, Inc. (KTVU Partnership) |
| First air date | August 1979 |
| Call letters’ meaning | FOX Network |
| Former callsigns | KCIK (1979-1982) KCIK-TV (1982-1994) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1979-1986) |
| Transmitter Power | 420 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 602 m (both) |
| Facility ID | 33716 |
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| Website | www.kfoxtv.com |
KFOX-TV is a Fox affiliate based in El Paso, Texas. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 14, and its digital signal on channel 15. It is owned by Cox Television. Its transmitter is located in El Paso.
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[edit] History
The station debuted on the air in August 1979 as KCIK-TV, a non-profit Christian programming outlet. KCIK was El Paso's first UHF television station, and was founded by the late Pete E. Meryl Warren III, who subsequently started KJLF-TV (now KTFN) channel 65 in 1991. It was sold to new owners in 1982, and switched to commercial independent programming (while still airing some religious programming). By 1987 KCIK became a Fox network affiliate, and remains so to this day.
In August 1996 Cox acquired what had become KFOX-TV, and turned it into a major player in the El Paso TV market by launching its first ever prime time newscast by making the news and not reporting it. In September 1997, KFOX debuted El Paso's first prime time newscast, KFOX News at Nine. Since then the station has won nearly 300 awards for journalistic excellence, including Emmy's, Edward R. Murrow's and Katie Awards. In January of 2004, KFOX launched its three-hour morning newscast, The KFOX Morning News.
KFOX will affiliate with the Retro Television Network on a digital subchannel, owned by Equity Media Holdings Corporation, starting in 2008.[1]
[edit] News/Station Presentation
[edit] Newscast Titles
- Channel 14 News (1979-1986)
- Fox 14 News (1986-Present)
[edit] Station Slogans
- El Paso's No. 1 Independent Station (1979-1986)
- Coverage You Can Count On! (1986-Present)
[edit] Personalities
[edit] Anchors
- Israel Balderas - KFOX Morning News
- Peter Daut - KFOX News at Nine Weekend
- Noreen Jaramillo - KFOX Morning News
- Elizabeth O'Hara - KFOX News at Nine
- John Purvis - KFOX News at Nine
[edit] Reporters
- Angeeneh Adamian - General Assignment Reporting
- Monica Balderrama - General Assignment Reporting
- Arleene Barrios - General Assignment Reporting
- Daniel Novick - General Assignment Reporting
[edit] KFOX Severe Weather Team
- Sandra Diaz - Chief Meteorologist Weekdays KFOX News at Nine
- Brad Montgomery - Forecaster Weekdays KFOX Morning News
[edit] Former Staff Members
- Elizabeth Alvarez (Now at WOFL-TV)
- Sidney Alvarez (now in Public Relations & Workforce Development in Pittsburgh,PA)
- Ashanti Blaize (Now at KXAS-TV)
- Janice Carpio (Now at WOAI-TV)
- Travis Christy (Now at KRQE)
- Caribe Devine (Now at KPNX-TV)
- Molly Graves
- Patricia Maese
- Angela Manfredi
- Joe Mazur (Now at WTVD)
- Mary McCahon
- Davida Mintz
- Sara Morris (Now at WTKR)
- Chris Regnier (Now at KTVI)
- Elissa Rivas (Now at KTRK-TV)
- Steve Roldan (Now at KSAT-TV)
- Rene Romo (Now at WSOC-TV)
- Audra Schroeder (Now at KIRO-TV)
- Tyler Sieswerda (Now at KVUE-TV)
- Chris Stipes (Now at KRIV-TV)
- Ben Swann (Now at KTSM-TV)
- Karlyn Tilley (Now at KCNC-TV)
- Alycia Turner
- Tom Vacar (Now at KTVU)
- Kristi Carson
[edit] External links
- KFOX Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KFOX
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KFOX-TV
[edit] References
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