KHSL-TV

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KHSL-TV
Chico/Redding, California
Branding CBS 12 (Action News)
Slogan Live, Local, Late Breaking
Channels Analog: 12 (VHF)

Digital: 43 (UHF)
Subchannels 12.1 HD
12.2 The CW
Translators (see article)
Affiliations CBS
The CW (DT2)
Owner Catamount Broadcast Group, LLC
(Catamount Broadcasting of Chico-Redding, Inc.)
First air date August 29, 1953
Call letters’ meaning Harry Smithson
and
Sidney Lewis
(founders of KHSL-AM)
Sister station(s) KNVN
Former affiliations All secondary:
ABC (1953-1977?)
NBC (1977?-1985)
DuMont (1953-1955)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
2.4 kW STA (digital)
Height 396 m (analog)
387.5 m (digital)
Facility ID 24508
Transmitter Coordinates 39°57′28.3″N, 121°42′54″W
Website www.khsltv.com
www.thecw10.com

KHSL-TV Channel 12 is a CBS affiliate based in Chico, California. Its transmitter is located in Cohasset, California. The station is owned and operated by Catamount Broadcasting of Norwalk, Connecticut, which also operates KNVN Channel 24, an NBC affiliate owned by Evans Broadcasting. As a duopoly, both stations telecast Action News and Action News Weekend Report. The station's Redding offices are located in the Mt. Shasta Mall.

For many years, KHSL-TV has been the dominant television station in the Central Valley north of Sacramento. News presenters have referred to the viewing area on air as the "North State." Until recently, the San Francisco Chronicle included KHSL-TV in its television listings. Under certain weather conditions, KHSL's signal can be received as far south as the eastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Other notable personalities that have worked at KHSL-TV over the years include television host and producer Moriss Taylor, actor Richard Kiel, voiceover announcer and vocalist Ron Palmer, news reporter Rick Rigsby, news anchor Dean Reeter (the former anchor at Channel 7R in Redding), meteorologist Anthony Watts and legendary sports directors Ray Narbietz and Royal Courtain. Former California state assemblyman Stan Statham also anchored news at KHSL-TV and is currently the president of the California Broadcasters Association.

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[edit] History

KHSL-TV signed on in 1953, owned by the McClung family's Golden Empire Broadcasting Company along with KHSL-AM 1290. The call letters are in honor of Harry Smithson and Sidney Lewis, who founded KHSL-AM in 1935 and sold it to the McClungs a year later. Ruth "Mickey" McClung was one of the first women to own a television station.

The McClungs owned the station until 1994, when they sold it to United Communications Corporation. On September 14, 1998, KHSL-TV was purchased by Catamount Broadcasting.

KHSL operates a large network of translators to serve its mostly rural and mountainous viewing area.

[edit] Merger with KNVN

In February 2000, it merged news departments with KNVN because KNVN was at risk of having all of its newscasts dropped because of low viewership, but it still wanted to have some form of local news on. It didn't want to use Bay Area or Sacramento news because it still wanted Chico or Redding news, so it merged with KHSL to form Northern California News, or more commonly known as NCN. It dropped NCN in 2005 in favor of "The (hour) News" brand. It finally came up with a more permanent name in September 2006 called "Action News", and KHSL still plans to use that branding even if KHSL sells KNVN.

There have been a few rumors that KNVN and KHSL will separate news departments and become rivals again after the analog switch-off in 2009. If KHSL sells KNVN in 2009, KHSL will have the AccuWeather Channel on a new third digital subchannel. KNVN would have NBC Weather Plus on its second digital subchannel.

[edit] Chico-Redding CW

Starting in September 2006, its DT2 subcarrier added programming from The CW Television Network. This coincided with the company's acquisition of KIWB from Bluestone Television in July 2006. It has its own 10:00 newscast titled CW Action News at Ten. It broadcasts on cable channel 10 on both Comcast and Charter systems; however, DCA Cablevision in Palo Cedro has started to air The CW Plus via national feed on channel 10.

[edit] Former News Titles

  • Newscope 12 (1970s)
  • News 12 (1980s)
  • Channel 12 News (1985-2006)
  • Northern California News (w/ KNVN) (2001-2005)
  • CBS 12 Action News (Summer 2006)

[edit] Former anchors & reporters

  • Stan Statham (news anchor) (1960s-1970s) Former California state assemblyman, now president of the California Broadcasters Association
  • Royal Courtain (news/sports anchor) (1982-2004)
  • Rick Rigsby (news reporter) (1970s-1985) Now an ordained minister
  • Anthony Watts (chief meteorologist) (1987-2002, 2004) Now at KPAY-AM radio in Chico
  • Maureen Naylor (NCN news anchor) (2001-2005) Now at KFSN in Fresno, CA
  • Louisa Hodge (NCN "Wake Up!" host (2003-2005) Now at KTXL in Sacramento, CA
  • Matt Keller (NCN news anchor) (2001-2005) Now at WTKR-TV in Norfolk, VA
  • Dana Howard (Reporter, Now at KXTV 10 in Sacramento, Ca)
  • Becky Quinlan (Reporter, Weekend Anchor, 1997-99) Now at Eastwick Communications in Mountain View, CA

[edit] Current Personalities

Anchors


Weather

  • Kris Kuyper - 5, 6:30, 10 and 11p.m. weekdays and evenings (AMS/NWA)
  • Rob Blair - 5:30-7a.m. mornings & noon
  • Cort Klopping - 6:30 and 11:00 p.m. weekends

Sports

  • Geraud Moncuré - 5, 6:30, 10, and 11p.m. weekdays and evenings
  • Lee Carrell - 6:30 and 11p.m. weekends

Reporters

[edit] Locally Produced Programs

[edit] Classic TV Shows that they aired in the past

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[edit] Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

PSIP
Channel		 Physical
RF Channel		 Comcast Charter Video Aspect Programming
12.1 43.1 12 / 902 12 / 782 1080i 16:9 KHSL HD
12.2 43.2 10 10 480i 4:3 The CW 10

In 2009, it is unsure if KHSL will be on its current analog channel (12) or its pre-transition number (43). The FCC lists that KHSL will leave channel 12 and move to channel 43, but the owners are expressing major concerns over the DTV channel 43 allotment for KHSL. The owners want to move the DTV channel back to 12 because KHSL serves a large, rural, mountainous viewing area in communities as far as Yreka, portions of South Lake Tahoe, Alturas, Weaverville, and Covelo. A number of area viewers have been more satisfied in the more robust analog signal than the weaker, short range digital signal.


As of March 20, 2007, the Newscasts on CBS and The CW are not broadcasted in High Definition. Most CBS programs broadcasted from 8 PM, are broadcasted in HD including most sports programming seen on weekends. On April 19, 2007, both KNVN and KHSL began adding High Definition (with their respective digital channel number) on their personality promos that they air on TV, signaling that HD will be coming. According to the GM of the station, KHSL/KNVN plans on broadcasting their newscasts in HD in about 12 months.

As of May 24, 2008 the news is still not brocasted in high definition because of rumors of a news department separation. It is more than likely that both stations would broadcast local news in high definition if KHSL and KNVN become separate news departments. KNVN is not going to renew its analog license when it expires on December 1, 2008 and KHSL will turn its analog signal off on January 15, 2009, a month earlier than the February 17, 2009 deadline. The separation of news departments would have to take place sometime in late August or September.

[edit] Translators

KHSL is rebroadcast on the following translator stations. Most of the translators listed are not presently in the FCC database.

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Broadcast television in the Redding / Red Bluff / Chico market (Nielsen DMA #130)

Full Power Stations:
KRCR 7 (ABC) - KIXE 9 (PBS, Create on DT3)  - KHSL 12 (CBS, The CW on DT2) - KNVN 24 (NBC, AccuWX TV on DT2) - KCVU 30 (FOX, MNTV on DT2) -

Redding/Red Bluff:
KMCA-LP 2 (A1) - KRDN-LP 5 (DS) - KFMD-LP 6 (Vida) - KRVU-LP 21 (MNTV) - KGEC-LP 26 (FN) - K46HI 46  (Univision) - KRDT-CA 47 (Independent) - K50GP (TBN) - KRHT-LP 58 (Azteca América)

Chico:
KEFM-LP 6 (Vida) - KXVU-LP 17 (TEL) - KZVU-LP 22 (MNTV) - KUCO-LP 27 (UNI) - KKPM-CA 28 (Independent) - KKTF-LP 35 (TFU)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location


Sacramento: KCRA 3 (NBC) - KXTV 10 (ABC) - KOVR 13 (CBS) - KUVS 19 (Univision) - KTXL 40 (FOX) - KTFK 64 (Telefutura)
Medford: KOTI 2 (NBC) - KOBI 5 (NBC) - KTVL 10 (CBS)
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