KIEM-TV
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KIEM-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 3, is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Eureka, California. The station is owned by Pollack/Belz Broadcasting. KIEM maintains transmitter facilities located along Kneeland Road southeast of Eureka while its studios are located on South Broadway in downtown Eureka.[1]
History
KIEM-TV signed on the air as Eureka's first television station on October 25, 1953. The station was started by William B. Smullin and his company, California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., who also started (and still owns) KOBI-TV in nearby Medford, Oregon.[2] Since KIEM-TV was the only station in the Eureka market at the time, it offered programs from more than one network. The station callsign KIEM-TV was counterpart to the company's AM radio station, KIEM - which stood for "Keep Informed Every Minute". The FM part of a broadcast trio was KRED. (Soon after KIEM-TV began broadcasting, the first stereo broadcast in Humboldt County used the AM and FM stations in concert, AM = right channel, FM = left channel.) Initially KIEM was affiliated with CBS; however, the station also provided programs from NBC, ABC, and DuMont (the DuMont Network folded in 1955). After KVIQ signed on in 1958 and became the NBC affiliate, both KIEM and KVIQ offered some ABC programming on a part-time basis. Full-time ABC coverage was provided by Redding ABC affiliate KRCR-TV on area cable systems.
By 1984, KVIQ and KIEM had swapped affiliations, with KIEM picking up the NBC affiliation. Another commercial station, 'KREQ-TV' (later KAEF-TV) signed on the air in 1987 offering ABC to the North Coast. When the new station signed on, both KVIQ and KIEM ceased offering ABC programs on a part-time basis.
Digital television
Digital channel
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KIEM-DT | Main KIEM-TV programming / NBC |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KIEM-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 3, 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 relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 16 to VHF channel 3 for post-transition operations.[4]
Satellite availability
The Eureka television market, one of the smallest in the country, was the only TV market in California not available on Dish Network until June 3, 2010, at which time it became available.[5] Since November 2, 2011 KIEM has also been available on DirecTV.
Sign-Off
As of November 2013, KIEM signs off every Sunday Morning at 1:00 a.m., and Monday Morning at 12:35 a.m., and resuming at 5:00 a.m. both days, during the sign-off and sign-on, KIEM broadcasts a classic sequence, which includes the old blue "3" logo as well as its NBC peacock logo and the station ID which is licensed to the city seen before and after the test pattern with a SMPTE Color Bars with a "News Channel 3" logo with the current gold "3" and NBC peacock logo with the station ID's which is the current digital ID as well as its former digital ID as KIEM-DT, which call letters used until the US Digital Transition in 2009 and its slogan as "The Spirit of the North Coast" on the bottom of the pattern, as KIEM has no US National Anthem at Sign-Off and Sign-On and as a result, the station does not air any national NBC networked All Night block or syndicated overnight programming on early Sunday and Monday Mornings.
News Operation
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KIEM produces a total of 8.5 hours of local news each week, with 1.5 hours of newscasts on weekdays and 1 hour on Saturdays and Sundays. Unlike most NBC stations in California, while the station does not broadcast any morning newscasts, the station does provide brief news updates during the Today show. KIEM is currently the only station within the Eureka market to provide newscasts on weekend evenings, as competitors like KAEF and KBVU only broadcast weekday newscasts, despite the latter having a 10 p.m. newscast on weeknights produced by KAEF. In addition to newscasts, KIEM may cease any local or syndicated programming to provide breaking news coverage for floods or any emergency coverage when warranted.
In 2017, KIEM introduced a major update to their graphics with HD capabilities; however, unlike KAEF and KBVU, the newscasts remain in 4:3 standard definition. [citation needed]
Notable former on-air staff
- Marc Brown - (1984; now at KABC in Los Angeles)
- Matt Mendes - (2010–12; now at KGTV in San Diego)
- Tracey Leong - (2010; now at WJZ in Baltimore, Maryland)
Translators
KIEM is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:
- Template:TVQ Channel 2 Shelter Cove
- Template:TVQ Channel 7 Hoopa
- Template:TVQ Channel 10 Miranda
- Template:TVQ Channel 12 Burnt Ranch
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ William B. Smullin NAB Distinguished Service Award, YouTube.com
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KIEM
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ [2] DISH Network to Become First Pay-TV Provider to Offer Local Broadcast Channels in All 210 Local Television Markets in the United States