KSAZ-TV
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| KSAZ-TV | |
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| Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Branding | Fox 10 |
| Channels | Analog: 10 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Fox Television Stations, Inc. (KSAZ License, Inc.) |
| First air date | October 24, 1953 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Spirit of AriZona |
| Sister station(s) | KUTP |
| Former callsigns | KOOL-TV (1953-1982) KTSP-TV (1982-1994) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1953-1955) CBS (1955-1995) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 558 m (analog) 484 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 35587 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.myfoxphoenix.com |
KSAZ-TV is the owned-and-operated Fox station in Phoenix, Arizona. It is co-owned with sister KUTP. The station broadcasts on Channel 10 in Phoenix and on numerous translators throughout Northern Arizona. Its transmitter is located on South Mountain in Phoenix.
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[edit] History
Channel 10 was founded in 1953 as a shared-time signal between KOY-TV and KOOL-TV; the two later merged to become simply KOOL-TV. Gene Autry was one of the station's owners. The station was originally an ABC affiliate until 1955, when KTVK signed on and took the ABC affiliation. KOOL then took the CBS affiliation away from KPHO-TV. As a result, the station was now able to feature Autry's show on its schedule.
The station was sold to Gulf Broadcasting in 1982, and changed its callsign to KTSP-TV. It had been said that the call sign stands for Tempe/Scottsdale/Phoenix, but some have also claimed that the call sign was simply changed to match WTSP in Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida, which the company also owned. KTSP's logo at the time was similar to WTSP's "Sunset 10" logo.
KTSP was sold to Taft Broadcasting in 1984, as part of a corporate deal. In 1989, KTSP newscaster Shelly Jamison left the station after appearing nude and on the cover of Playboy magazine.[1]
Taft sold most of its network affiliates to Great American Broadcasting. The station was then sold to New World Communications late in 1993.
The station changed its call sign to KSAZ on February 12, 1994 to match its new slogan, "The Spirit of Arizona". It remained as CBS network's Phoenix affiliate; however, as a result of a deal reached between New World and Fox, four commercial stations in the Phoenix market swapped network affiliations at different times. KSAZ dropped the CBS affiliation in December of 1994 which went to KPHO 5.
Fox network's prime time and sports programming moved to the station from KNXV in December 1994, although the Fox Kids programming moved to KTVK and in 1995 to KASW. KSAZ became known as "10 NEWS" in the Fall of 1994 and in December "Fox 10 News." With several top-rated syndicated shows moving to other stations in 1995, KSAZ was up to about 50 hours a week of local news. The remaining syndicated programming on the station was rather low-rated, and as a result KSAZ did not have good ratings in its early days as a Fox affiliate. Much of the news audience went to KTVK, the former ABC affiliate which also took on a news-intensive format. In the fall of 1995, KSAZ added 3 hours of talk shows jointly produced by New World and Fox.
Fox bought out New World late in 1996, making KSAZ a fully owned-and-operated station, or "O&O". KSAZ has since been known as Fox 10. Fox then began to upgrade the station's programming, adding some high-rated off-network sitcoms such as M*A*S*H, Seinfeld, and King Of The Hill. The station also added higher-rated court shows and reality shows. Fox Kids though stayed with KASW.
KSAZ and KUTP became sister stations in 2001, making both the only network O&Os in the Phoenix market. KUTP was previously an O&O of UPN with United Television's 50% stake in the network until Fox bought the station. Although Fox owns both KSAZ and KUTP (now a MyNetworkTV station), neither run the Saturday morning cartoon block now known as 4Kids TV. This still runs on KASW. It was possible after KUTP became My Network TV that 4Kids TV could have moved there but nothing was decided.
On July 31, 2006, KSAZ launched its new 6:00 P.M. newscast. The newscast is anchored by Troy Hayden, who also anchors the 10:00 P.M. newscast. Alongside the launch of the newscast was the debut of a brand new look for KSAZ, taking on the generic Fox O&O graphics and logo first used by WTVT and WNYW.
On July 27, 2007, "SkyFox10" reporter-pilot Don Hooper witnessed a mid-air collision over Phoenix between two news helicopters. There was a police pursuit in progress at the time and two helicopters, one belong to KTVK and the other to KNXV, collided in mid-air and crashed into a city park. There were no survivors. In a video available over the internet, Hooper becomes very shaken and upset as he reports that "Channel 15 and Channel 3 just had a mid-air collision. They are in a park." The video also contains audio of Hooper calling the tower at nearby Sky Harbor airport on his aircraft's FAA radio reporting the collision. Hooper then talks on a discreet frequency to another news helicopter belonging to KPNX saying he is OK, but two other helicopters just crashed. Hooper then says "I think it was Scott" referring to KTVK pilot Scott Bowerbank.
[edit] Digital Television
The station's digital channel:
Digital channels
| Channel | Programming |
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| 10.1 / 31.1 | Main KSAZ programming / Fox HD |
[edit] Post-analog shutdown
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009 [2], KSAZ will move its digital broadcasts back to its present analog channel number, 10. [3]
[edit] Notable Personalities
[edit] Current On-Air Talent
Fox 10 Anchors
- Rick D'Amico: Fox 10 News Arizona Morning and Noon Anchor
- Alexis DelChiaro: Fox 10 News Arizona Morning and Noon Anchor
- Troy Hayden: Fox 10 News Arizona Live at Six and Ten Anchor
- John Hook: Fox 10 News at Five and Nine Anchor
- Ron Hoon: Fox 10 News Arizona Morning Anchor
- Kari Lake: Fox 10 News at Five and Nine Anchor
- Marc Martinez: Fox 10 News at Five, Nine and Ten (weekends) Anchor
- Isis Romero: Fox 10 News at Ten Anchor
- Linda Williams: Fox 10 News at Five, Nine and Ten (weekends) Anchor
Fox 10 Reporters
- Sarah Acevedo: General Assignment Reporter
- Rick Crabbs: "SkyFox" Pilot Reporter
- Yetta Gibson: General Assignment Reporter; Substitute Anchor; co-host of MyDatingPlace on sister station My45 (KUTP)
- Sabra Gertsch: General Assignment Reporter
- Andrew Hasbun: General Assignment Reporter
- Don Hooper: "SkyFox" Pilot Reporter
- Steve Krafft: General Assignment Reporter
- Allie Rasmus: General Assignment Reporter
- Andrea Robinson: "Traffic Authority"; Substitute Meteorologist; Substitute Anchor; General Assignment Reporter
- Diane Ryan: General Assignment Reporter
- Alex Savidge: General Assignment Reporter
- Laura Sambol: General Assignment Reporter
Fox 10 Investigators
- Bruce Dunbar: Investigative Reporter; General Assignment Reporter; Substitute Anchor
- Keith Yaskin: Investigative Reporter; General Assignment Reporter; Substitute Anchor
Fox 10 Weather Authority
- Dave Munsey: Weather Forecaster
- Cory McCloskey: Fox 10 News Arizona Morning and Noon Weather Forecaster; Host of MyDatingPlace on sister station, MY45 (KUTP)
- Jayme King: Weekend Meteorologist (NWA Certified)
- Andrea Robinson: "Traffic Authority" and substitute Weather Forecaster
Fox 10 Sports
- Jude LaCava: Sports Director
- Gayle Jansen: Weekday/Weekend Sports Anchor
- Richard Saenz: Weekend Sports Anchor
[edit] Former personalities
| Name | Position at KSAZ | Years Active | Whereabouts |
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| Stephanie Angelo | General Assignment Reporter | Unknown | Married Fox 10 News Live at 6 and 10 Anchor Troy Hayden, now an interior designer in Phoenix. |
| Kathleen Bade | Host of Fox 10 Arizona Morning | to 2000s | Last at KFMB-TV |
| Bob Bruce | Fox 10 News @ 6 & 10 Anchor | Unknown | 'Morning Anchor for WPXI' |
| Karen Carns | Primetime Anchor | 1990s to mid-1990s | went KPHO-TV; whereabouts unknown after KPHO-TV 5 |
| Jennifer Burgess | Fox 10 Arizona Morning Co-Anchor | to mid-2000s | now weathercaster, morning anchor, and reporter for KNXV-TV |
| Bill Leverton | Arizona Road Presenter | to 1990s | In Retirement |
| Ilona Carson | Fox 10 Arizona Morning Co-Anchor | to 2000s | Anchoring 13 Eyewitness News at Four at KTRK-TV in Houston, Texas |
| Bill Close | Primetime Anchor for KTSP-TV (now KSAZ) | Unknown | In retirement |
| Donna Cordova | Weeknight anchor at KTSP (now KSAZ-TV) | 1989-1993 | Anchoring news at 10PM weeknights on KTXL in Sacramento, CA |
| Steve Deshler | Co-Anchor of Fox 10 NEWS 6am to 9am, weather presenter | Unknown | Residing in Chicago, Illinois |
| Pat Flannigan | Weather presenter | 'late 1980s to early 1990s | Runs production company in Phoenix |
| Heidi Foglesong | Co-host of Fox 10 Arizona Morning | 1994 to 1996 | Created LIFE A TO Z on KTVK-TV, now afternoon news co-anchor at KTAR Radio in Phoenix |
| Marlene Galan | Co-host of Fox 10 Arizona Morning, Co-anchor of Fox 10 News @ 6 & 10 | 1990s to 2000s | In Retirement and married to former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods |
| Robin Garrison | Fox 10 News at 5 and 9 Co-Anchor; Arizona Prime News Co-Anchor | early 1990s to late 1999 | Residing in Phoenix as a stay-at-home mom |
| J.D. Hayworth | Evening sports anchor | to 1994 | Became US Congressman in 1994. Unseated in 2006 midterm election. Talk-show host for KFYI since 2007. |
| Dewey Hopper | Weather anchor at KTSP | 1983-1992 | Later moved to KOVR from 1993-2005, now retired. |
| Ramin Khalili | General Assignment Reporter | Unknown | Now at WKMG-TV in Orlando, FL |
| Kirby Maus | Sports Anchor/Reporter | 1997-2000 | Unknown |
| Dennis McBroom | Traffic reporter | Unknown | Now on KUPD radio in Phoenix |
| Kevin McCabe | Sports Reporter | Unknown | Now at KDUS radio in Phoenix; also sideline reporter for Fox NFL broadcasts, covering Arizona Cardinals home games |
| Terry McSweeney | Co-Anchor for Fox 10 News @ 6 & 10 | to 2001 | Moved to WTEN in Albany, NY as evening anchor (2000-2006), now a reporter at KGO-TV in San Francisco |
| Geoff Morrell | General Assignment Reporter | mid-1990s | Was White House correspondent for ABC News, now press secretary for the Pentagon |
| Anne Montgomery | Sports Reporter | 1980s | later at ESPN, now a teacher at South Mountain High School |
| Vicky Nguyen | Investigative reporter/collaborator | 2004-2006 | Currently reporter at KNTV in San Jose |
| Corrie O'Connor | Traffic reporter | 1994 to 2000 | Working for Clear Channel Communications in Phoenix |
| Dave Patterson | Co-Anchor of Fox 10 NEWS 6am to 9am | 1980s to 1990s | In retirement |
| Natalia Perez | General Assignment Reporter | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rob Piercy | Weekend news Co-Anchor | To 2004 | Became North Bureau Chief and substitute anchor at KING-TV in Seattle, WA |
| Randy Rauch | Weekend weather presenter | Unknown | Currently at WTSP-TV in Florida as a meteorologist |
| Sherry Ray | Co-host of Fox 10 Arizona Morning, meteorologist on Fox 10 Arizona Morning and Fox 10 News @ NOON | To 2000s | Currently at WTSP-TV in Florida as the weekend meteorologist |
| Gina Salazar | Anchor/Reporter | 1990s to 2000s | now a spokesperson for Nationwide Vision and occasionally reporting for Fox 10 |
| Stephanie Sandoval | Fox 10 News @ 10 co-anchor | Late 2002 to Early 2007 | Currently KNXV-TV's ABC15 Sonoran Living Live Host |
| Jim Schnebelt | Weather anchor | Unknown | Unknown |
| Claren Scott | Co-anchor of Fox 10 News @ 5 | 1980s to late 1990s | Now working for KAET-TV |
| Dale Schornack | Anchor of KTSP Newschannel 10 (now KSAZ) | 1986-1992 | Now weekday anchor at KXTV in Sacramento |
| Tyler Sieswerda | Weekend anchor | Unknown | Now at KVUE-TV in Austin, TX |
| "Skippy" (Tony McGraw) | Co-host of Fox 10 Arizona Morning | Unknown | Weekend DJ at KOOL-FM 94.5 |
| Julie Staley-Rodriguez | Anchor/Reporter | 1990s to 2000s | now spokesperson for Sky Harbor and reporter/anchor for PHOENIX 11 |
| Mary Zeal-Stoddard | Traffic reporter | Unknown | Occasionally appears on KPNX-TV 12 NEWS Today |
| Gina Sutter | Traffic reporter | Unknown | Unknown |
| Ashlee Tate | Investigative reporter | 2000-2002 | weekend weather and substitute anchor at KFSN-TV |
| Susan Taylor | Anchor of Fox 10 News @ NOON & Arizona Prime News | Unknown | Lead anchor at KNSD |
| June Thomson | Anchor of Fox 10 NEWS @ 6 & 10 | Unknown | Originally went to KPHO-TV, whereabouts unknown as of 2007 |
| Olga Villaverde | Co-anchor of Fox 10 NEWS 6am to 9am | Unknown | Unknown |
| Tammy Vo | General Assignment Reporter | Unknown | Weekend Anchor/Reporter at KGUN |
| Mary Jo West | Lead Anchor, first female to assume such position in Phoenix | 1970s | Former spokeswoman for Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix; now working for local supermarket chain Bashas' |
| Jayme West | Traffic reporter | Unknown | Now at KTAR-FM |
| Todd Withorne | Co-host of Fox 10 Arizona Morning | Unknown | Unknown |
[edit] News/Station Presentation
[edit] Newscast Titles
- KOOL News 10 (late 1970s-early 1980s)
- NewsCenter 10/NewsCenter 10PM (1980s-early 1990s)
- Channel 10 News (early 1990s-1995)
- 10 News (1995-1996)
- Ten is News (1996-1997)
- Fox 10 News (1997-present)
[edit] Logos
 Used from 1996-2006 |
 Used from 2006-present |
[edit] Station Slogans
- We're the Team (Early 1980s to Early 1990s)
- The Spirit of Arizona (Early 1990s)
- Just You Watch! (Late 1990s)
- Just You Watch The Best (2000 to present; still used for programming and news promo after the first 10 minutes of the newscast.)
- The Most Powerful Name in Local News (2006, promotional for new look)
- Let The News Begin (2006, promotional for new look)
[edit] Translators
- K31FE Blythe, California/Quartzsite
- K04JC Bouse
- K07YJ Bullhead City
- K11UC Carrizo
- K11UA Cedar Creek
- K11UB Cibecue
- K36AE Clarkdale/Cottonwood/Prescott Valley
- K49CH Duncan/Clifton
- K39FC East Flagstaff/Leupp
- K48GI Flagstaff
- K54EQ Fort Apache
- K48AY Kingman
- K38IR Lake Havasu City
- K31EA Littlefield
- K55BW Madera Peak/Globe/Miami
- K17BN Needles, California/Bullhead City
- K42CP Peach Springs
- K04AI Prescott
- K39IT-D Prescott
- K07OJ Snowflake/Show Low
- 940415CF Whiteriver (Special Temporary Authorization)
- K43IE Williams
- K09JZ Winslow
[edit] References
- ^ "On the Rink of A Vervous Breakdown", By Dewey Webb, Phoenix New Times, August 30, 1989. Retrieved March 9, 2007.
- ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
- ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231629&formid=387&fac_num=35587
[edit] External links
- "MyFoxPhoenix" Fox 10 Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KSAZ-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KSAZ-TV
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