KVUE
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| KVUE | |
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| Austin, Texas | |
| Branding | KVUE |
| Slogan | Austin's News Station |
| Channels | Analog: 24 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | Belo Corporation (KVUE Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 12, 1971 |
| Call letters’ meaning | VUE, pronounced "view" |
| Transmitter Power | 1696 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 393 m (analog) 376 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 35867 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.kvue.com |
KVUE is the local Austin, Texas-based ABC affiliate, owned by Belo Corporation. Its transmitter is located in Austin near Mount Bonnell.
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[edit] History
It began broadcasting on UHF channel 24 on September 12, 1971[1] as a full-time ABC affiliate, inherited from KTBC-TV. KVUE along with NBC affiliate KXAN-TV are the only two stations to keep the same network affiliations, unaffected by the numerous network changes in 1995 and 2006.
KVUE was originally operated by Center Broadcasting Co. of Center, Texas, who sold the station to Universal Communications, the broadcasting arm of The Detroit News, in 1978. It was acquired by the Gannett Company in 1986 as part of its purchase of The Detroit News. In the late 1990s, Belo began establishing a Texas-based news network partnership with KHOU-TV in Houston, WFAA-TV in Dallas and KENS-TV in San Antonio upon the creation of a 24-hour cable news network called TXCN -- and when Belo was looking to add KVUE to that partnership in 1999, it decided to swap KXTV-TV in Sacramento for KVUE with Gannett.
Before the KVUE of today existed, the calls were originally used on a now-defunct television station in Sacramento, California which broadcast on channel 40; that same channel today is used by Fox affiliate KTXL-TV.
On June 1, 2008, KVUE became the second news broadcast in Austin to go high definition following CBS affiliate KEYE-TV.
[edit] Personalities
[edit] Current On-Air Personnel
KVUE News Anchors
- Olga Campos: KVUE News at Five Anchor
- Quita Culpepper: KVUE News Weekend Daybreak Anchor/Reporter
- Melissa Gale: KVUE News Daybreak, Midday Anchor
- Christine Haas: KVUE News at Six, KVUE News Nightbeat Anchor
- Jason Hill: KVUE News Daybreak, Midday Anchor
- Amy Johnston: KVUE News Weekends Anchor
- Tyler Sieswerda: KVUE News at Five, Six, KVUE News Nightbeat Anchor
KVUE News Reporters
- Steve Alberts: Austin City/Hall Reporter
- Jim Bergamo: Traffic Reporter
- Dave Cassidy': Washington Bureau (not employed by KVUE employed by parent company, Belo Corporation)
- Shelton Green: General Assignment Reporter
- Jessica Vess: General Assignment Reporter
- Mike Goldfein: Washington Bureau (not employed by KVUE employed by parent company, Belo Corporation)
- Tom Harris: General Assignment Reporter
- Elise Hu: Political Reporter
- George Kanuck: Daybreak Reporter
- Angela Kocherga: Mexico Bureau Chief (not employed by KVUE; employed by parent company, Belo Corporation)
- Amy Johnston: Weekend anchor/Education reporter
- Noelle Newton: Police & Court Reporter
- Clara Tuma: General Assignment Reporter
KVUE News Weather
- Mark Murray: KVUE News at Five, Six, Nightbeat Chief Meteorologist
- Meghan Danahey: KVUE News Daybreak, Midday Meteorologist
- Tom Harris: KVUE News Weekend Meteorologist
- George Kanuck: KVUE News Daybreak (weekend) Meteorologist
KVUE News Sports
- Mike Barnes: KVUE News at Six, KVUE News Nightbeat Sports Director
- Bryan Mays: KVUE News Weekend Sports Anchor
- Matt Mitchell: Sports Reporter
[edit] KVUE Former On-Air Personnel
- Steve Atkisson: Sports
- Kim Zook Barnes: Anchor
- Bob Buckelew: Anchor/Executive news producer
- David Chester: Reporter (later UPI Radio, Washington, D.C.)
- Deborah Duncan: Reporter (later WFAA-TV, Dallas, now KHOU-TV, Houston)
- Danny Elzner: Sports
- Marsha Frank: Reporter
- Shara Fryer: News (later anchor KTRK-TV, Houston, now retired)
- Amy Hollyfield: Reporter (1997-2004) now at KGO-TV, San Francisco)
- Michael Jenkins: Sports Anchor and Reporter (1998-2004), now with Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
- Micah McCauley: Meteorologist (now in private business)
- Richard Goodman: First News Director and Anchor (later Austin City Council, deceased)
- Robert Hadlock: Anchor (1987-1990) (now anchor at KXAN-TV, Austin)
- Levi Isaacs: Reporter/Photographer (1970s)
- Kristine Kahanek: Meteorologist (later WFAA-TV, Dallas, now KTVT-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth)
- Kate Kelly: News Anchor (now with KPIX-TV, San Francisco)
- Troy Kimmel: Meteorologist (later KEYE-TV, Austin; now works for Clear Channel Radio in Austin and teaches at UT Austin)
- Ed Lavandera: Reporter (now with CNN)
- Michelle Levy: Reporter (now in private business)
- Hugh Lewis: Sports
- Judy Maggio: Reporter (1981-86), anchor (1986-2003) (now anchor at KEYE-TV, Austin)
- Lee McGuire: Reporter (now with KHOU-TV, Houston)
- Joel Mick: First Sports Anchor
- Arthel Neville: Reporter (later CNN and Fox News)
- Ron Oliveira: Anchor (now with KEYE-TV, Austin)
- David Powell: Reporter (1970s) (Editor The Daily Texan, later Associated Press, St. Petersberg Times, now an attorney in Tallahassee, FL)
- Margie Reedy: Reporter and Anchor (now with New England Cable News)
- Bill Richardson: First Weatherman
- Fred Rhodes: Reporter (1970s) (later KTBC-TV, Austin, KHOU-TV, Houston and KTVI-TV, St. Louis, Houston City Magazine, now an attorney in Houston)
- Fred Roggin: Sports
- Steve Ross: Sports
- Tim Ross: Meteorologist
- Victor Solis: Reporter (1970s)
- Karen Sonleitner: News
- Casey Stegall: Reporter/Anchor (2004-2005) (now correspondent at Fox News Channel, Los Angeles)
- David Sternlicht: Reporter (1970s) (now an attorney in New York)
- Patrick Stinson: Reporter (later E News, now ABC Entertainment News)
- Ben Storey: Sports Director (1979-86) (now in private business in Seattle)
- Bob Thompson: Reporter (1970s) (later The Washington Post, now an attorney in Washington, D.C.)
- Doug Vair: Sports (1970s) (later KXAS-TV, Fort Worth, now with Retama Park Racetrack, San Antonio)
- Byron Wood: News
- Natalie Woods: Reporter (now with Hot On! Homes in Dallas, and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader)
[edit] News/Station Presentation
[edit] Newscast Titles
- Television 24 News (1971-1978)
- 24 Action News (1978-1997)
- KVUE 24 News (1997-2001)
- KVUE News (2001-present)
- KVUE News in HD (2008-present)
[edit] Station Slogans
- Where News Comes First (1990s)
- Austin At Its Best (2001-2002)
- Austin's News Station (2002-present)
[edit] Station Logos
 KVUE 1973 Logo |
 KVUE 1974 Logo, June 1974 |
 KVUE 1983 Logo |
 KVUE 1990s Logo |
 KVUE Current Logo |
[edit] External links
- KVUE (abc 24's) Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KVUE
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KVUE-TV
- AustinTVNews.com :: KVUE
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