KTVO
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| Kirksville, Missouri/Ottumwa, Iowa | |
| Branding | KTVO-TV3 |
| Slogan | Spirit of the Heartland Your source for news |
| Channels | Analog: 3 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC Local Weather Now Channel (on DT2) |
| Owner | Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC (Barrington Kirksville License, LLC) |
| First air date | November 21, 1955 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Kirksville TeleVision Ottumwa |
| Sister station(s) | KYOU-TV |
| Former affiliations | Primary: CBS (1955-1968) Secondary: ABC (1955-1968) NBC (1955-1974) CBS (1968-1974) |
| Transmitter Power | 100 kW (analog) 87 kW (digital) |
| Height | 339 m (analog) 290 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 21251 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.ktvotv3.com |
KTVO (a.k.a. KTVO-TV3) is the ABC affiliate for the Ottumwa, Iowa market. It is licensed to nearby Kirksville, Missouri; with an office in Ottumwa. Its transmitter is located in Lancaster, Missouri. KTVO is owned and operated by Barrington Broadcasting.
The station also serves as the default analog ABC affiliate for the Quincy, Illinois/Hannibal, Missouri market, which doesn't have an analog ABC affiliate of its own. On August 28, 2007, KHQA announced it will launch a new digital subchannel to broadcast ABC programming to the Quincy/Hannibal market. The subchannel debuted on September 30, 2007. [1]
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[edit] Station history
KTVO began its broadcasting operation on November 21, 1955. The station was founded by Jim Conroy. Many people thought that Ottumwa was too small to support a television station, but Conroy persevered, believing that southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri would be proud to have a station of their own.
When KTVO first began, it was a primary CBS affiliate, but also carried secondary affiliations with NBC and ABC. This was not a surprise, given that KTVO was the market's only television station until 1986 when KOIA-TV (now Fox affiliate KYOU-TV) took to the air. The station began its first color broadcast in 1961 and was sold to Post Corporation on January 7, 1964. In 1968, it switched its primary affiliation to ABC, though it continued to carry a few CBS and NBC shows until 1974.
For its first 20 years, KTVO's operations were based primarily in Ottumwa in studios shared with then co-owned KBIZ radio. Some Missouri programming was originated at the transmitter site. In 1976 the main studios were moved to their present location, north of Kirksville. KTVO operated a short-lived low power TV station, K40AI, that carried some local Kirksville programming in the early 1980's.
On June 2, 1988, disaster and tragedy struck in an untimely manner as KTVO's towers collapsed, killing three technicians as a result. At that time, KTVO was owned by Federal Broadcasting. But in record time -- 30 hours after the disaster occurred, the station was back on the air. The station was acquired by Raycom Media in 1996.
On March 27, 2006, Raycom announced that it would sell the station along with 13 others across the country to Barrington Broadcasting. The sale closed later in 2006.
[edit] KTVO's Extra Effort News years
In 1978, KTVO began using its newscast title, Extra Effort News.
[edit] Newscasts
- 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. KTVO Morning News
- 5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. KTVO News at 5
- 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. KTVO News at 6
- 10:00 p.m. - 10:35 p.m. KTVO News at 10
- 10:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. KTVO News at 10 (weekends)
[edit] On Air Personalities
- John Garlock, Anchor/Producer
- Marlene Speas, Anchor/News Director
- Gabe Petti, Chief Forecaster
- Fred Beck, Sports Director
- Brian Entin, Anchor/Reporter
- Dana Jay, Anchor/Reporter
- Teresa Carter, Weather
- Jill Kasparie, Reporter
- Emily Finnegan, Reporter
- Heather Hubbs, Reporter
- Pamela Credille, Reporter
- Jude Wilbers, Weekend Sports
[edit] Former On Air Personalities
- Amanda Krenz, Weekend Anchor/Reporter [2]
- Chris Cowperthwaite, Reporter [3]
- Carly Schuffler, Anchor/Reporter [4]
- Carlos Correa, Anchor/Reporter [5]
- Tim Peters, Sports Director [6]
- Ben Lawson, Reporter [7]
- Danielle Wagner, Reporter [8]
- Eric Kulhman, Weekend Sports Anchor
- Jodie Griffin, Anchor/Producer
- Zach Brown, Weekend Weather [9]
- Rishi Barran, Sports Director [10]
- Bryan Rupp, Anchor/Forecaster
- Shonal Patel, Weekend Anchor/Reporter
- Bryan Dunn, Sports Anchor/Reporter
- Rachel Condradt, Reporter
- Melissa Larch, Reporter
- Courtney Cooper, Reporter [11]
- Thor Bersted, Chief Forecaster
- Krista Almanzan, Reporter
- Tim McGonigal, Anchor/News Director
- Kelly Harney, Reporter
- John Ahrens, Weather Anchor [12]
- Angela Lee, Reporter [13]
- Dawnica Jackson, Reporter
- Tracy Crockett, Weekend Anchor/Reporter [14]
- Debra Savage, Reporter
- Anthony Miller, Weekend Anchor/Reporter [15]
- Tracye Hutchins, Reporter [16]
- Kimberly Purdy, Reporter [17]
- Steve Norris, Anchor/Reporter [18]
- Lori Fullbright, Reporter [19]
- Beth Duffy, Morning Anchor/Reporter [20]
- Scott Pasmore, Reporter [21]
- Robert Burch, Reporter [22]
- Kontji Anthony, Reporter [23]
- Colleen Williams, Weekend Anchor [24]
- Darcy Douglass, Anchor/Producer [25]
- Todd Grisham, Reporter [26]
- Michelle Kennedy, Reporter [27]
- Stacey Horst, Reporter [28]
- Christa Minter, Weekend Weather/Reporter
[edit] News/Station Presentation
[edit] Newscast Titles
- The 11th Hour Report (1966-1974)
- Newsroom 3 (1974-1978)
- Extra Effort News (1978-1984)
- NewsScene 3 (1984-1987)
- Channel 3 News (1987-1996)
- KTVO 3 News (1996-2000)
- KTVO News (2000-present)
[edit] External links
- KTVO TV3 Home
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KTVO
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTVO-TV
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