KVEW
KVEW, virtual channel 42 (UHF digital channel 27), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Kennewick, Washington, United States and serving the Tri-Cities (Richland/Pasco/Kennewick) area. The station is owned by Morgan Murphy Media. KVEW's studios are located on North Edison Street in Kennewick, and its transmitter is located on Jump Off Joe Butte.
Semi-satellite of KAPP, Yakima, Washington | |
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Kennewick/Pasco/Richland, Washington United States | |
City | Kennewick, Washington |
Channels | Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 42 (PSIP) |
Branding | KVEW (general) KAPP-KVEW Local News (newscasts) MeTV Tri-Cities Yakima (on DT2) |
Slogan | See the Difference Every Day |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 42.1: ABC 42.2: MeTV (via KXLY-DT2) 42.3: Heroes & Icons 42.4: Start TV 42.5: Dabl[1] 42.6: QVC 42.7: HSN |
Ownership | |
Owner | Morgan Murphy Media (Apple Valley Broadcasting, Inc.) |
KAPP | |
History | |
First air date | October 1970[2] |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 42 (UHF, 1970–2009) Digital: 44 (UHF, 2009–2018) |
Call sign meaning | K-ViEW |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 2495 |
ERP | 160 kW |
HAAT | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°6′11.4″N 119°8′0.6″W |
Translator(s) | K14HT Walla Walla |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | www |
Although identifying as a station in its own right, KVEW is considered a semi-satellite of KAPP (channel 35) in Yakima. As such, it simulcasts all network and syndicated programming as provided through its parent, and the two stations share a website. However, KVEW airs separate commercial inserts and legal identifications. Local newscasts are simulcast on both stations. KVEW serves the eastern half of the Yakima/Tri-Cities market while KAPP serves the western portion. The two stations are counted as a single unit for ratings purposes. Master control and some internal operations are based at the studios of sister station and fellow ABC affiliate KXLY-TV on West Boone Avenue in Spokane.
On satellite, KVEW is only available on Dish Network, while DirecTV carries KAPP instead. Both providers do not carry either station's MeTV subchannel.
History
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The station began serving the Tri-Cities region in October 1970, a month after sister station KAPP signed on. Before KVEW's existence, KEPR-TV (channel 19) had carried ABC as a secondary affiliation until 1959; KNBS-TV (channel 22) operated briefly in nearby Walla Walla, Washington as an ABC affiliate in 1960; KNDU (channel 25) signed on in 1961 and became the area's primary ABC affiliate until 1965, when it switched its primary affiliation to NBC. Both KEPR-TV and KNDU shared ABC programming from that point until KVEW signed on and all ABC programming moved to KVEW.
The station began airing Spokane's MeTV affiliate KXMN-LD on a digital subchannel in September 2006.[3] KVEW was one of the remaining stations to sign-off every night, but that practice ended in 2012 when World News Now was added to the programming lineup.
On December 22, 2008, KVEW discontinued its 6 p.m. and weekend newscasts. The 11 p.m. newscast was reduced to a five-minute broadcast before Nightline, and post-January 2013, Jimmy Kimmel Live! In addition to this move, 17 employees from KVEW and KAPP were laid off.[4]
With the cancellation of The Insider and Extra moving from 6 p.m. to 7:30 on September 11, 2017, KVEW began airing local news at 6:00, for the first time in almost a decade.
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP short name | Programming[5] |
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42.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KVEW-HD | Main KVEW programming / ABC |
42.2 | 480i | 4:3 | KVEW-SD | MeTV (via KXLY-DT2) [6] |
42.3 | 16:9 | Heroes & Icons[1] | ||
42.4 | Start TV[1] | |||
42.5 | Dabl[1] | |||
42.6 | QVC | |||
42.7 | HSN |
Translators
KVEW is rebroadcast on one station-owned translator in Walla Walla, Washington, K14HT channel 14. KVEW has a construction permit on K34JV-D of which will be a digital translator for KVEW once the construction permit for K34JV-D is completed.[7]
- K14HT Channel 14 Walla Walla
- K34JV-D Channel 34 Walla Walla construction permit
References
- Miller, Mark K. (November 11, 2019). "KAPP-KVEW Yakima Adds New Subchannels". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says October 30, while the Television and Cable Factbook says October 29.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2006-05-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-11-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KVEW#station
- Where to Watch Me-TV
- http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=K34JV-D#station
External links
- KVEW ABC 42
- KVEW in the FCC's TV station database
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for KVEW
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KVEW-TV