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Eureka, California
Branding CBS 6
Channels Analog: 6 (VHF)

Digital: 17 (UHF)
Translators (see article)
Affiliations CBS
Owner Raul Broadcasting Company of Eureka, Inc.
(operated by Sainte Partners II, L.P.)
First air date April 1, 1958
Call letters’ meaning VI (Roman numeral 6) Q
Sister station(s) Eureka Television Group
KCVU-TV
KRVU-LP
KUCO-LP
KXVU-LP
KKTF-LP
Former callsigns KVIQ-TV (1958-1981)
Former affiliations Primary:
NBC (1958-1987)
Secondary:
ABC (1958-1987)
Transmitter Power 100 kW (analog)
30 kW (digital)
Height 530 m (analog)
550 m (digital)
Facility ID 42640
Transmitter Coordinates 40°43′36.2″N, 123°58′25″W (analog)
40°43′41.9″N, 123°58′21.4″W (digital)
Website CBS 6 Eureka

KVIQ is a broadcast television station in Eureka, California which broadcasts as a CBS affiliate on channel 6. Its transmitter is located in Eureka.

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[edit] History

KVIQ signed on the air as Eureka's second television station on April 1, 1958. Since the Eureka market only had two TV stations in those early days, KVIQ offered programs from several networks. By the 1980s, the station was the area's primary NBC affiliate, but KVIQ also carried some ABC programs as the area's ABC affiliate, KAEF, had not yet signed on the air.

The station was, at one time, owned by the Ackerley Media Group. Ackerley invested quite a bit of money into its news operations. Ackerley merged with corporate giant Clear Channel Communications in 2002. Not long after this merger, the news operation at KVIQ was quickly abandoned. Clear Channel sold the station to its current owner, Raul Broadcasting, in 2005. Though Raul Broadcasting owns the license, the station is, in effect, run by the Eureka Television Group[1], which also operates the Fox, The CW, My Network TV, and Univision outlets in the market. It is also operated by Sainte Partners II, L.P., owners of several stations in the Sacramento, Chico and Medford markets.

KVIQ is also available on the radio at 87.7 FM.

The Eureka television market is the only TV market in California currently not available on either Dish Network or DirecTV.

[edit] Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Virtual
Channel		 Physical
RF Channel		 Analog channel Video Aspect Programming
6.1 17.1 6 1080i 16:9 KVIQ-HD CBS 6
6.2 17.2 9 480i 4:3 KUVU-SD CW Eureka

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009, KVIQ will will remain on its current pre-transition channel number, 17. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display KVIQ's virtual channel as 6. [1]

[edit] Translators

KVIQ is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

[edit] News operation

KVIQ had, during the early 1980s, a news operation entitled "Newswest". The newscasts were broadcast in the early morning, late night, and evenings, along with two midday newsbreaks. A regular feature of these newscasts was "Segment 6".[2]

KVIQ later had a news operation called Action News 6. Shortly after Clear Channel's acquisition of Ackerley, KVIQ discontinued its news, and began importing the morning and 10pm rebroadcasts of newscasts from then-sister station KFTY in Santa Rosa. After KVIQ was sold off in 2005, the KFTY rebroadcasts ceased, and the station replaced the newscasts in its schedule with syndicated programming. KVIQ is currently the only CBS affiliate in California not to offer any local news.

A local newscast may be in the works for the Eureka Television Group to share. It is unknown when or if that will occur.
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[edit] Notable Alumni

Tina Budell- Director
Leslie Lollich- News Director, Anchor
Dave Silverbrand- Managing Editor, Anchor, now general manager of the station
Erina McCoy- Reporter, Anchor
Nema Reza- Reporter, Anchor
Bill Seward - Sports Anchor (Now a Sports Anchor at KNBC (NBC) in Los Angeles, CA, CBS Radio and TVG Network)
Steve Large- Reporter, Sports Anchor (Now news anchor at KOVR (CBS) in Sacramento, CA
Brian Delzeil- Sports Anchor
John Wolf- Assignment Editor

[edit] Programs

When local news ended on KVIQ, the Noon spot was replaced with infomercials. The evening newscasts were replaced with Everybody Loves Raymond at 5PM and 6:30PM, Frasier at 5:30PM and Inside Edition at 11PM. KVIQ also airs The Oprah Winfrey Show at 7PM, one of very few stations in the country to air the show in prime-time.

[edit] Logos

Former KVIQ logo before dropping local news.

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in the Eureka market  (Nielsen DMA #195)

KIEM 3 (NBC) - KVIQ 6 (CBS) - KUVU-LP 9 (The CW) - KEET 13 (PBS, PBS World on DT2) - KAEF 23 (ABC) - KBVU 29 (FOX) - KEUV-LP 31 (UNI) - KEMY-LP 33 (MNTV) - KBVQ-LP 35 (Ind)

Significantly viewed out-of-market stations:
San Francisco: KTVU 2 (FOX) - KRON 4 (MNTV) - KPIX 5 (CBS)
Chico / Redding: KRCR 7 (ABC)
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Radio stations in the Eureka, California market (Arbitron #unranked) (R&R info)
By FM frequency
87.7¹ · 88.3 · 90.5 · 91.5 · 92.3 · 93.1 · 94.1 · 96.3 · 97.7 · 99.1 · 100.3 · 101.5 · 103.7 · 104.7 · 105.5 · 107.3
By AM frequency
790 · 980 · 1090 · 1340 · 1480
By callsign
KATA · KEKA · KFMI · KGOE · KHSU · KHUM · KINS · KJNY · KKDS · KKHB · KLVG · KMUE · KNCR · KNHM · KNHT · KRED · KSLG · KVIQ¹ · KWPT · KWSW · KXGO
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CBS Network Affiliates in the state of California
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Independent, Other Spanish Network, Religious, Home Shopping and Other stations in California
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