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'''Anchors'''
'''Anchors'''
*Matt Hammill - weeknights at 9 p.m.
*Matt Hammill - weeknights at 9 p.m.
*Kim Johnson - weeknights at 9 p.m.; also weeknight reporter
*Rebecca Smith - weekends at 9 p.m.; also weeknight reporter
*Rebecca Smith - weekends at 9 p.m.; also weeknight reporter


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*Kurt Liske
*Kurt Liske
*Pauli Mayfield
*Pauli Mayfield
*Kristy Mergenthal
*Angie Mitchum
*Angie Mitchum
*Chris Minor
*Chris Minor

Revision as of 18:03, 1 December 2012

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KLJB is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Quad Cities of Eastern Iowa and West-Central Illinois. Licensed to Davenport, Iowa, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 49 (or virtual channel 18.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter along US 150 in Orion of Western Township, Illinois. The station can also be seen on Mediacom channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 707. Owned by Grant Broadcasting System II, KLJB is sister to CW affiliate KGCW and the two outlets share studios on East 53rd Street in Davenport. Syndicated programming on the station includes The Office, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, and The Doctors among others. During overnights, it airs paid programming from Jewelry Television.

History

The station signed-on July 28, 1985 with the calls KLJB-TV. It was the Quad Cities' first Independent outlet and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 18. [1] It became a Fox affiliate in 1987 but reverted back to an Independent after a year following a dispute between General Manager Gary Brandt and the network. This occurred because Brandt was frustrated by the low ratings for Fox's Saturday night lineup and bumped it to overnight in favor of more profitable syndicated programming. However, following the success of The Simpsons, KLJB rejoined Fox in 1990.

On July 4, 1987, the station premiered Live on Tape (a late night comedy sketch show) which aired Saturday nights at 10 PM until 1990. It was produced at the station's studios in Davenport and was the area's only local entertainment show at that time, as well as the only original sketch comedy show produced in the Midwest.

Current owner Grant Broadcasting (overseen by Milton Grant) purchased KLJB on September 15, 1991. In 1996, the company obtained KJMH-TV (now KGCW) in Burlington, Iowa which then began to simulcast KLJB. That station had been a separate Fox affiliate serving the southern portion of the Quad Cities market but suffered interference and duplication from KLJB. In 2001, it broke-off becoming the area's first WB affiliate and adopted the call sign KGWB-TV.

KLJB began broadcasting its digital signal in high definition (network programming only) in January 2003. From September 14, 2004 until September 12, 2005, it aired the "Acri Creature Feature", which consisted of a personality from Acri Company hosting the show during a movie. It aired after MADtv from 11 PM until 1 AM. From September 18, 2005 to May 9, 2007, KLJB broadcasted "Zomboo's House of Horror Movies" where another personality hosted and commentated during a movie. It initially aired after MADtv, but starting in fall 2006, the show was shown after Talkshow with Spike Feresten.

Prior to KGCW's digital conversion, its Burlington-based analog signal only operated at an effective radiated power of 200 kilowatts at a height of only 96 meters. This resulted in a limited coverage area compared with most full-powered UHF channels in the United States. Later, it experienced interference from low-powered WBQD-LP in the Quad Cities which transmitted on the same UHF channel 26 frequency. Since 2001, the inadequacy has been made up by KGCW being available on cable systems in the area through a fiber optic link.

Today WQAD-TV based in Moline, Illinois has bought the news station, now KLJB broadcasts in Moline, Illinois in the WQAD-TV studios. KGCW's digital signal on UHF channel 41 covers most of the market except for the far northern parts. As a result, that station still benefits from having its signal simulcasted on KLJB-DT2. At noon on June 12, 2009, KLJB shut-off its analog signal on UHF channel 18 and continued digital broadcasts on its pre-transition channel (49) using PSIP to display its virtual channel as 18.1. [2][3] Also after the digital transition, KLJB officially removed the "-TV" suffix from the now-defunct analog signal and the "-DT" suffix from its digital signal. It then began using KLJB as its legal call sign without any suffixes at the end.

On April 17, 2012, KLJB replaced the This TV simulcast on digital subchannel 18.3 with Me-TV. KGCW digital subchannel 26.3 will serve as Me-TV's primary affiliate for the Quad Cities market, while KLJB digital subchannel 18.3 will simulcast the network; This TV programming will continue to air on KGCW digital subchannel 26.2.[4]

Digital television

Although KGCW broadcasts a digital signal of its own, it can also seen be through a standard definition simulcast on KLJB's second digital subchannel.

Channel Name Video Aspect Programming
18.1 KLJB-HD 720p 16:9 Main KLJB Programming / FOX
18.2 KGCW 480i 4:3 SD simulcast of co-owned KGCW
18.3 THIS TV Me-TV

News operation

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Current news open.

On December 31, 1999, KLJB launched a thirty minute prime time newscast known as Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News. Airing every night except Saturday, it was the flagship production of the Independent News Network (INN). The station served as the first customer for the Davenport-based centralized newscast operation which still has facilities on Tremont Avenue near KLJB's studios. News anchors, meteorologists, and sports anchors were provided by INN and other personnel from the outsourced production company would fill-in as needed. The station maintained two news reporters of its own who would contribute Quad Cities-specific content to the shows which were taped in advance.

Monday through Saturday mornings at 5, sister station KGCW replayed Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News. On September 4, 2007, ABC affiliate WQAD-TV began repeating its weeknight newscast at 6 later in the evening at 9 on WBQD. However, since this was ultimately not live, there was not much competition to KLJB's broadcast. In a report in the Macon, Georgia Telegraph, it was announced the Independent News Network filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy and would end all news productions (including those for KLJB) by January 9, 2009. [5] According to the newspaper, all INN broadcasts would then be reinstated under ownership of Fusion Communications (also based in Davenport).

On August 6, 2010, it was made public KLJB would be terminating its long standing partnership with INN and enter into a news share agreement with WQAD (owned by Local TV). On September 6, that station began producing a nightly half-hour prime time show on KLJB still known as Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News. The newscasts now originate live from a secondary set at WQAD's studios on 16th Street in the Prospect Park section of Moline, Illinois. [6] As a result of this arrangement being established, the repeat of news on WBQD was eventually dropped. KGCW continues repeating the previous night's KLJB show at 5 in the morning. On September 12, 2011, WQAD became the last major news operation in the Quad Cities market to upgrade its newscasts to high definition. The KLJB broadcasts were included in the upgrade.

Production of Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News will shift once more on December 31, 2012 when it will be taken over through a new outsourcing arrangement by NBC affiliate KWQC-TV (owned by Young Broadcasting, LLC). There will be a separate anchor team featured solely on KLJB but the personalities will be able to fill-in on KWQC when needed. The nightly broadcast at 9 will originate from the NBC outlet's facility on Brady Street/U.S. 61 (within the Palmer College of Chiropractic campus) in downtown Davenport. [7] [8]

News team

Anchors

  • Matt Hammill - weeknights at 9 p.m.
  • Rebecca Smith - weekends at 9 p.m.; also weeknight reporter

Fox 18 Storm Team

  • Cassie Heiter - meteorologist; weeknights at 9 p.m.
  • Anthony Peoples (NWA Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekends at 9 p.m.

Sports team

  • Matt Randazzo - sports director; weeknights at 9 p.m.
  • Kory Kuffler - sports anchor; weekends at 9 p.m., also sports reporter

Reporters

  • John David
  • Kurt Liske
  • Pauli Mayfield
  • Angie Mitchum
  • Chris Minor
  • Julie Sisk - health reporter

References

  1. ^ http://oldtvguides.com/all_thumbs/medium_41-kgwb-dt.jpg
  2. ^ http://www.whbf.com/Global/story.asp?S=10446353
  3. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  4. ^ Me-TV Lands Affiliations In Three More Markets, TVNewsCheck, March 30, 2012.
  5. ^ Macon Telegraph: "Future of Macon TV station’s nightly newscast uncertain", 1/5/2009.
  6. ^ http://qctimes.com/business/article_fc9c9112-a1d1-11df-9226-001cc4c03286.html
  7. ^ http://www.kwqc.com/story/19657751/kwqc-will-produce-kljb-fox-9-oclock-news
  8. ^ Burke, David (September 29, 2012). "KWQC excited about expanding their reach". Quad-City Times. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
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