KGUN
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| KGUN | |
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| Tucson, Arizona | |
| Branding | KGUN 9 (pronounced K-GUN) |
| Slogan | KGUN 9 News On Your Side (formerly "Clear, Accurate, to the Point") |
| Channels | Analog: 9 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | Journal Broadcast Group, Inc. (Journal Broadcast Corporation) |
| First air date | June 3, 1956 |
| Call letters’ meaning | see article |
| Former callsigns | KDWI-TV (1956-1957) KGUN-TV (1957-1987) |
| Transmitter Power | 110 kW (analog) 266.3 kW (digital) |
| Height | 1140 m (analog) 1129 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 36918 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.kgun9.com |
KGUN is the ABC-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona. The station broadcasts on analog Channel 9 and digital Channel 35 from Mount Bigelow northeast of Tucson.
[edit] History
KGUN was founded by rancher D.W. Ingram in 1956. He named the station KDWI after his initials. Ingram quickly sold it to May Broadcasting of Shenandoah, Iowa which changed the callsign, noting the negative connotations of the initials DWI. The new calls, KGUN were chosen for a combination of May Broadcasting's owner being both a gun collector and his love of Westerns which often took place in the Tucson area. May would sell its television holdings (KGUN and KMTV in Omaha, Nebraska) to Lee Enterprises in 1986, which sold said stations to Emmis Communications in 2000. In 2005, Emmis liquidated all of its television properties, sending KGUN and control of KMTV to the Milwaukee based Journal Broadcast Group, [1] which already owned four radio stations in Tucson. The sale was finalized in December 2005. (Journal eventually purchased KMTV outright in March 2007.) The station was revamped on September 12, 2006, when Journal changed KGUN's logo, graphics, set, music, and weather center to match the glossy imaging of other stations in the Journal Broadcast Group, as well as returning the slogan to their longtime "On Your Side" campaign.
On March 18, 2008, Journal announced that it would be buying CW affiliate KWBA (Channel 58) from Cascade Broadcasting Group for an undisclosed amount with deal approval pending, setting up the possibility for a second duopoly in the Tucson area besides Belo Corporation's KMSB/KTTU [2].
[edit] News Personalities
News Anchors
- Guy Atchley - weekdays 5pm, 6pm, and 10pm
- Ian Reitz - weekday mornings and 11am
- Kimberly Romo - weekday mornings and 11am
- Dan Spindle - weekends 5pm and 10pm
- Tammy Vo - weekends 5pm and 10pm
- Jennifer Waddell - weekdays 5pm, 6pm, and 10pm
Reporters
- Linda Garrett
- April Madison
- MaryAnn Martinez
- Craig Smith
- Joel Waldman
Weather
- Erin Christiansen - chief meteorologist; weekdays 5pm, 6pm, and 10pm
- Brian Basham - weekday mornings and 11am
- Seth Wayne - weekends 5pm and 10pm
- April Madison - fill-in
Traffic
- Allen Kath - weekday mornings
Sports
- Dave Silver - sports director
- Jake Knapp - sports anchor/reporter
Syndicated programs on KGUN include Live with Regis and Kelly, Inside Edition, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! and Extra.
[edit] External links
- KGUN Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KGUN
- Query the FCC's TV station database for DK02BW (defunct translator licensed to Casas Adobes on ch. 2)
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KGUN-TV
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