KVEW
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| Kennewick/Richland/Pasco, Washington United States |
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| Branding | KVEW ABC 42 (general) Your Local ABC News (newscasts) MeTV Tri-Cities Yakima (KXMN repeater on .2) |
| Slogan | See The Difference Every Day |
| Channels | Digital: 44 (UHF) Virtual: 42 (PSIP) |
| Translators | K14HT Walla Walla |
| Affiliations | ABC MeTV (DT2) |
| Owner | Morgan Murphy Media (Apple Valley Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | October 1970[1] |
| Call letters' meaning | K-ViEW |
| Sister station(s) | KAPP |
| Former channel number(s) | 42 (UHF analog, 1970–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 160 kW |
| Height | 404 m |
| Facility ID | 2495 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Website | www.kvewtv.com |
KVEW, digital channel 44, is the ABC affiliate television station for the Tri-Cities area of Washington. Licensed to Kennewick, it is a semi-satellite of KAPP in Yakima, airing its own newscasts and commercials. The two stations are owned by Morgan Murphy Media, who also owns KXLY-TV in Spokane, Washington.
On satellite, KVEW is only available on Dish Network, while DirecTV carries KAPP instead. Both carriers do not carry either stations' MeTV subchannel.
History
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 had carried ABC as a secondary affiliation until 1959; KNBS-TV operated briefly in nearby Walla Walla, Washington as an ABC affiliate in 1960; KNDU 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.
It began airing Spokane's MeTV affiliate KXMN-LD on a digital subchannel in September 2006. KVEW and sister station KAPP-TV were one of the remaining stations to sign-off every night, but that practice was discontinued in 2012 when KAPP and KVEW added ABC World News Now to the programming lineup.
Starting December 22, 2008, KVEW discontinued its 6 pm newscast in favor of a 6:30 broadcast. The 11pm newscast is 5 minutes long and weekend newscasts have been discontinued. In addition to this move, 17 employees from KVEW and KAPP were laid off.[2][3]
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.[4]
- K14HT Channel 14 Walla Walla
- K34JV-D Channel 34 Walla Walla construction permit
Digital channels
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 42.1 | 720p | 16:9 | Main KVEW Programing / ABC |
| 42.2 | 480i | 4:3 | MeTV from KXMN-LD [5] |
External links
- KVEW ABC 42
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KVEW
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for KVEW
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KVEW-TV
References
- ↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says October 30, while the Television and Cable Factbook says October 29.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=K34JV-D#station
- ↑ Where to Watch Me-TV
