KMEG

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KMEG
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Sioux City, Iowa
Branding KMEG 14
Slogan Your Hometown News
Channels Analog: 14 (UHF)

Digital: 39 (UHF)
Affiliations CBS
Owner Waitt Broadcasting, Inc.
(sale pending to Siouxland Television, LLC)
(SSA with Pappas Telecasting Companies)
First air date October 1, 1967
Call letters’ meaning MEGawatt of visual ERP[1]
Sister station(s) KPTH
Former affiliations Secondary:
Fox (1994?-1999)
Transmitter Power 4656 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height 592 m (analog)
611 m (digital)
Facility ID 39665
Transmitter Coordinates 42°35′11.8″N, 96°13′19.7″W
Website www.kmeg14.com

KMEG is the CBS network affiliate in Sioux City, Iowa, operated by Pappas Telecasting alongside sister station, Fox network affiliate KPTH 44. However, KMEG is technically owned by Waitt Broadcasting, with a pending sale to Siouxland Television, LLC, in order to comply with FCC regulations forbidding common ownership of two of the four highest-ranking stations in a given media market. In this case, KMEG cannot be co-owned directly with KPTH. Pappas operates KMEG under a shared services agreement (SSA). The station operates on UHF channel 14 and in digital on channel 39, also on the UHF dial. KMEG began its broadcast operation on October 1, 1967[2] and has maintained the KMEG call letters and its CBS affiliation ever since. KMEG had also served as one of the market's Fox affiliates before KPTH took to the air. It also shared "cherry picking" duties with KTIV Channel 4 (NBC Affiliate) in picking the WB/UPN (Now CW) programming to air in off-primetime hours prior to digital channel 4.2 starting broadcasting the CW in the market in 2007.

KMEG was one of only two CBS stations not to air The Late Show with David Letterman when it premiered. Fargo affiliate KXJB also declined to alter its syndicated lineup.[3] This led Sioux City to become known as the The Late Show's first home office. KMEG began airing the show in 1994.[4]

KMEG's studios were at 7th & Floyd Boulevard in Sioux City until around the turn of the 21st century, when they moved to new facilities in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, near North Sioux City.[1] As of 2005, KPTH has moved into the new KMEG studios.

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[edit] KMEG 14 News Team

  • Mark Hall, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. news co-anchor
  • Michelle Stuhr, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. news co-anchor
  • Chad Sandwell, Siouxland's chief meteorologist, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts
  • Travis Morgan, sports director, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts
  • Sarah Te Slaa, morning news co-anchor and noon news anchor
  • Kevin Jacobsen, morning news co-anchor
  • Katie Ferrier, meteorologist, morning and noon newscasts
  • Garrett Gordon, weekend sports reporter
  • Andrew McCawley, weekend meteorologist
  • Mario Giraldo, reporter
  • Denise Hnytka, reporter
  • Dena Richardson, reporter

[edit] KMEG 14 Studio

KMEG studios Dakota Dunes, SD
KMEG studios Dakota Dunes, SD

The current KMEG/KPTH studio is located in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. This 20,132 sq. ft. building was constructed by Darland Construction Company. At the time, the building included the KMEG-TV studio and two radio stations (Star 102.3 and Y 101.3). Prior to the construction, Waitt Broadcasting purchased KMEG-TV in 1998 from Maine Radio. Waitt increased the KMEG tower height to 2,000 ft. and upgraded the power to 5 million watts. KMEG coverage area increased from the Sioux City metro area to the full-market area. In May of 2005, KMEG entered into a shared services agreement (SSA) with Pappas Telecasting Companies of Visalia, California, the owner of KPTH. The two radio stations moved out and KPTH Fox 44 moved in.

In November of 2007, Waitt Broadcasting sold KMEG to Siouxland Television, LLC, pending FCC approval. Pappas is to continue operating the station as part of the deal. However, Pappas' Sioux City duopoly is among the 13 Pappas stations which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This has put the pending transfer of KMEG's license from Waitt to Siouxland Television in jeopardy.

[edit] Translators

KMEG's signal is re-broadcast over three translators:[5]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b A selection from a decade of visits to tower and studio sites in the Northeast and beyond
  2. ^ Pappas Telecasting Companies
  3. ^ Briggs, Tracey Wong. "There's no stopping 'Letterman' in Fargo", USA Today, 1993-08-30, p. 3D. 
  4. ^ Hopkins, Tom. "Sioux City picks up Letterman", Dayton Daily News, 1994-08-29, p. 11B. 
  5. ^ REC Broadcast Query, retrieved 2006-07-25
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Broadcast television in the Sioux City market  (Nielsen DMA #143)

KUSD 2 (PBS/SDPB) - KTIV 4 (NBC, The CW on DT2) - KSXC-LP 5 (Vida) - KCAU 9 (ABC) - KMEG 14 (CBS) - KXNE 19 (PBS/NET) - KAZS-LP 23 (TuV) - KSIN 27 (PBS/IPTV) - KPTH 44 (FOX, MNTV on DT2) - K54GK 51 (TBN)
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CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Iowa
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, NBC, MyNetworkTV, PBS, and Other stations in Iowa
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Pappas Telecasting Companies
Corporate Leadership
Henry J. Pappas (Chairman & CEO) · Dennis J. Davis · LeBon G. Abercrombie · Howard H. Shrier · Peter C. Pappas · Richard L. Elmendorf · Debbie L. Sweeney · Gerald Linehan · Steven E. Alfieris · Dale Scherbring · Michael Angelos · Rosemary Danon · Desiree Hill · Gary E. Cripe · Rueben Cuadros · Apostolos Sigouras
Radio Stations
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Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: www.pappastv.com