KTVN

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KTVN 2 News (KTVN)
KTVN 2 News.png
Reno, Nevada
United States
CityReno, Nevada
ChannelsDigital: 11 (VHF)
Virtual: 2
Branding2 News (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations2.1: CBS (1972–present)
2.2: Newsy
2.3: Ion Television
2.4: Defy TV
Ownership
OwnerSarkes Tarzian, Inc.
History
First air date
June 4, 1967 (54 years ago) (1967-06-04)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
2 (VHF, 1967–2009)
Digital:
13 (VHF, until 2019)
ABC (1967–1972)
Call sign meaning
Television Nevada
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID59139
ERP20.6 kW
HAAT891.4 m (2,925 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°18′56.2″N 119°53′6″W / 39.315611°N 119.88500°W / 39.315611; -119.88500
Translator(s)K19MM-D 19 (UHF) Ruth
K20OD-D 20 (UHF) Valmy
K22NU-D 22 (UHF) Golconda
K29MG-D 29 (UHF) Hawthorne
K29NH-D 29 (UHF) Lund & Preston
K36PO-D 36 (UHF) Winnemucca
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewww.ktvn.com

KTVN, virtual channel 2 (VHF digital channel 11), is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Reno, Nevada, United States. The station is owned by Bloomington, Indiana–based Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. KTVN's studios are located on Energy Way in Reno, and its transmitter is located on Slide Mountain in unincorporated Washoe County.

History[]

A group of nine Reno residents, headlined by KBET (1340 AM) station manager Robert Stoddard and former KOLO-TV vice president Lee Hirshland, filed on December 22, 1965, for a new channel 2 television station in the city.[1][2] A construction permit was granted on July 27, 1966.[3] After a delay induced by an unsuccessful legal action from KOLO-TV, which sought to block the grant of the permit,[4][5] then an objection by radio station KNEV to the location of its transmitter site,[6] KTVN signed on the air on June 4, 1967, as an ABC affiliate.[7] It took over the CBS affiliation on May 10, 1972, replacing previous affiliate KOLO-TV.[8]

During the 1970s, the station operated a satellite station, KEKO-TV (channel 10) in Elko.[8] KEKO signed on April 18, 1973; it was off-the-air from January 24, 1974, to June 27, 1975.[9] On December 23, 1975, Washoe Empire informed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that KEKO's transmitter and equipment had been destroyed in a fire; on April 14, 1976, the FCC granted special temporary authority (STA) to Washoe Empire to operate a KTVN translator on channel 10 (at the time, Washoe Empire had made no decision about returning KEKO to the air).[10] On April 8, 1977, at the station's request, the FCC canceled the KEKO license effective March 18.[11] Channel 10 in Elko is currently used by KENV-DT, which formerly operated as a satellite of KRNV-DT until its disaffiliation from NBC on January 1, 2018; it is now a TBD-operated station.

Sarkes Tarzian bought KTVN from Washoe Empire for $12.5 million in 1980.[12]

Programming[]

Syndicated programming[]

In addition to the CBS network schedule, syndicated programming on KTVN includes The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Inside Edition, among others.

News operation[]

KTVN is the only station in the Reno market to not have a midday newscast. KTVN airs the CBS Evening News at 6:00 p.m. and KOLO-TV also airs their national newscast at 6:00 p.m. while KRNV is the only station to air their national newscast at 5:30 p.m. KOLO-TV began competing with KTVN on the 4:30 a.m. newscast which debuted on October 13, 2014.

Notable former on-air staff[]

Technical information[]

Subchannels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[13]
2.1 1080i 16:9 2 CBS Main KTVN programming / CBS
2.2 480i 2.2KTVN TheGrio TV
2.3 ion TV Ion Television

Analog-to-digital conversion[]

KTVN shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 13.[14] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 2.

Translators[]

City of license Callsign Channel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates Owner
Austin K10KB-D 10 0.035 kW 852 m (2,795 ft) 3348 39°30′11.7″N 117°3′51.3″W / 39.503250°N 117.064250°W / 39.503250; -117.064250 (K10KB-D) Austin Television Association
K28QD-D 28 0.04 kW 192 m (630 ft) 187863 39°20′47.7″N 117°24′3.3″W / 39.346583°N 117.400917°W / 39.346583; -117.400917 (K28QD-D)
Battle Mountain K16FD-D 16 0.24 kW 653 m (2,142 ft) 130101 40°37′4.4″N 116°41′24.3″W / 40.617889°N 116.690083°W / 40.617889; -116.690083 (K16FD-D) Lander County General Improvement District #1
Beowawe K18JG-D 18 0.3 kW 687 m (2,254 ft) 185445 40°37′14.6″N 116°41′20.3″W / 40.620722°N 116.688972°W / 40.620722; -116.688972 (K18JG-D) Eureka County Television District
Elko K06MK-D 6 0.1 kW 320 m (1,050 ft) 19380 40°49′15.7″N 115°42′7.2″W / 40.821028°N 115.702000°W / 40.821028; -115.702000 (K06MK-D) Elko Television District
K25FR-D 25 0.25 kW 574 m (1,883 ft) 19381 40°41′59.7″N 115°54′12.2″W / 40.699917°N 115.903389°W / 40.699917; -115.903389 (K25FR-D)
K36HA-D 36 1 kW 308 m (1,010 ft) 129073 40°49′15.7″N 115°42′7.2″W / 40.821028°N 115.702000°W / 40.821028; -115.702000 (K36HA-D)
Ely K18KA-D 18 0.796 kW 987 m (3,238 ft) 72253 39°9′39.7″N 114°36′53.8″W / 39.161028°N 114.614944°W / 39.161028; -114.614944 (K18KA-D) White Pine Television District #1
Eureka K16IZ-D 16 0.1 kW −85 m (−279 ft) 185344 39°30′40.7″N 115°57′55.2″W / 39.511306°N 115.965333°W / 39.511306; -115.965333 (K16IZ-D) Eureka County Television District
Golconda K22NU-D 22 0.04 kW 448 m (1,470 ft) 28089 41°9′17.7″N 117°28′17.1″W / 41.154917°N 117.471417°W / 41.154917; -117.471417 (K22NU-D) Humboldt County
Hawthorne K29MG-D 29 0.661 kW 981 m (3,219 ft) 42694 38°27′25.6″N 118°45′52.3″W / 38.457111°N 118.764528°W / 38.457111; -118.764528 (K29MG-D) Mineral Television District #1
Lovelock K24FF-D 24 1.2 kW 653 m (2,142 ft) 52333 40°7′4.6″N 118°43′41.5″W / 40.117944°N 118.728194°W / 40.117944; -118.728194 (K24FF-D) Pershing County TV Tax District
Lund
Preston		 K29NH-D 29 3.55 kW 305 m (1,001 ft) 185255 39°14′38.7″N 115°0′10.5″W / 39.244083°N 115.002917°W / 39.244083; -115.002917 (K29NH-D) White Pine Television District #1
Manhattan K12MW-D 12 0.02 kW 125 m (410 ft) 14125 38°32′15.7″N 117°4′0.2″W / 38.537694°N 117.066722°W / 38.537694; -117.066722 (K12MW-D) City of Nye
Mina
Luning		 K10GT-D 10 0.07 kW 92 m (302 ft) 42698 38°23′39.7″N 118°3′3.4″W / 38.394361°N 118.050944°W / 38.394361; -118.050944 (K10GT-D) Mineral Television District #1
Orovada K29KJ-D 29 0.2 kW 242 m (794 ft) 189840 41°28′27.6″N 118°3′30.5″W / 41.474333°N 118.058472°W / 41.474333; -118.058472 (K29KJ-D) Quinn River Television Maintenance District
Ruth K19MM-D 19 0.018 kW 24 m (79 ft) 185258 39°16′26.7″N 114°59′15″W / 39.274083°N 114.98750°W / 39.274083; -114.98750 (K19MM-D) White Pine Television District #1
Ryndon K06NY-D 6 0.062 kW −130 m (−427 ft) 128750 40°57′53.7″N 115°36′50.2″W / 40.964917°N 115.613944°W / 40.964917; -115.613944 (K06NY-D) Elko Television District
Schurz K34LE-D 34 0.176 kW 355 m (1,165 ft) 70728 38°58′0.7″N 118°53′25.5″W / 38.966861°N 118.890417°W / 38.966861; -118.890417 (K34LE-D) Walker River Paiute Tribe
Silver Springs, etc. K29BN-D 29 0.596 kW 569 m (1,867 ft) 59138 39°29′3.2″N 119°18′5.6″W / 39.484222°N 119.301556°W / 39.484222; -119.301556 (K29BN-D) Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.
Valmy K20OD-D 20 0.2 kW 215 m (705 ft) 167437 40°56′19″N 117°23′38″W / 40.93861°N 117.39389°W / 40.93861; -117.39389 (K20OD-D) Humboldt County
Verdi
Mogul		 K33ER-D 33 0.316 kW 709 m (2,326 ft) 59145 39°34′37.6″N 119°56′22.7″W / 39.577111°N 119.939639°W / 39.577111; -119.939639 (K33ER-D) Washoe County TV Tax District
Walker Lake K14JY-D 14 0.48 kW −174 m (−571 ft) 42692 38°35′26.7″N 118°33′31.4″W / 38.590750°N 118.558722°W / 38.590750; -118.558722 (K14JY-D) Mineral Television District #1
Wells K08IO-D 8 1 kW 401 m (1,316 ft) 19376 41°11′39.7″N 114°56′39.1″W / 41.194361°N 114.944194°W / 41.194361; -114.944194 (K08IO-D) Elko Television District
Winnemucca K36PO-D 36 0.11 kW 693 m (2,274 ft) 28103 41°0′38.5″N 117°46′4.2″W / 41.010694°N 117.767833°W / 41.010694; -117.767833 (K36PO-D) Humboldt County
Stateline, etc., CA K16NI-D 16 15 kW 38 m (125 ft) 167159 38°54′36.6″N 120°2′8.6″W / 38.910167°N 120.035722°W / 38.910167; -120.035722 (K16NI-D) Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.
Susanville, etc., CA K17HE-D 17 0.36 kW 695 m (2,280 ft) 27581 40°26′47.9″N 120°21′28.5″W / 40.446639°N 120.357917°W / 40.446639; -120.357917 (K17HE-D) Honey Lake Community Television

References[]

  1. ^ FCC History Cards for KTVN
  2. ^ "Reno Men Seek New TV Station". Reno Evening-Gazette. January 3, 1966. p. 1. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Third Reno Television Station Approved". Reno Evening Gazette. July 28, 1966. p. 15. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "New Reno TV Station Delayed". Nevada State Journal. September 15, 1966. p. 13. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "Court OK's Third Reno TV Station". Nevada State Journal. October 12, 1966. p. 8. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "Legal Delay For New TV Station". Reno Evening Gazette. February 18, 1967. p. 10. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  7. ^ 1968 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). 1968. p. A-36. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  8. ^ a b "CBS switch in Reno" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 17, 1972. p. 42. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  9. ^ Television Factbook 1976 Edition (PDF). 1976. p. 520-b. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  10. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 26, 1976. p. 54. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  11. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 9, 1977. p. 102. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  12. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 26, 1980. pp. 40–1. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  13. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KTVN". Rabbitears.info. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  14. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.

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