KGTV

'KGTV' is the ABC television affiliate in San Diego, California. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 10, and its digital signal on UHF channel 25. It is currently owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located atop Mount Soledad above La Jolla, California.

Contents

History

Logos

Personnel

Personalities

Current

Former

See also

External links

History

The station went on the air on September 13, 1953 as KFSD-TV ('F'irst in 'S'an 'D'iego), and was affiliated at the time with NBC. In 1961, KFSD-TV and its then-sister radio station KFSD-AM 600 changed their call letters to KOGO-TV and KOGO-AM. The broadcasting division of the Time-Life magazine company purchased the stations, which also included a FM station, in 1962 from a locally based firm, Fox, Wells & Rogers.
In 1972, the McGraw-Hill publishing company purchased Channel 10 (along with Indianapolis' WFBM-TV Channel 6, now WRTV) and changed its call letters to the present KGTV. The radio stations were sold separately to other interests. KGTV joined ABC in 1977, after ABC chose to disaffiliate itself from UHF station KCST Channel 39 (now KNSD). Channel 10 has remained with ABC since then.
Famous KGTV alumni include Regis Philbin, who hosted his first talk show on KGTV in the 1960s.
Syndicated programs airing on KGTV this fall include: ''Rachael Ray'', ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'', ''Merv Griffin's Crosswords'' , as well as the new ''TMZ TV'' newsmagazine.

Logos

Personnel

Station General Manager: Derek Dalton

News Director: Gary Brown

Personalities

Current

'Anchors'

★ Steve Atkinson - 5 p.m. weekdays; also Special Assignment reporter at 11 p.m.

★ Hal Clement - 6:30 p.m. weeknights and 11 p.m. Sunday thru Thursdays

★ Bill Griffith - weekday mornings

★ Nina Jimenez - weekend mornings

★ Lee Ann Kim - 4 p.m. weekdays

★ Lisa Lake - weekday mornings

★ Carol LeBeau - 4 and 5 p.m. weekdays, 11 p.m. Sunday thru Thursdays; also medical reporter

★ Kerstin Lindquist - weekend mornings

★ Elizabeth Sanchez - early evening weekends and 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings
'Reporters'

★ Michael Chen - also a Digital Correspondent

★ Marti Emerald - Troubleshooter

★ Steve Fiorina

★ Charisse Yu

★ Michael Gleeson - Digital Correspondent

★ Bob Lawrence

★ Rett Lawrence - photojournalist/Digital Correspondent

★ Claudia Llausas - Digital Correspondent (in Spanish)

★ Kyle Majors - Digital Correspondent

★ Adrienne Moore

★ Lauren Reynolds

★ Erica Simpson - Digital Correspondent

★ Juliette Vara
'Weather'

★ Geni Cavitt - early evening weekends, 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday

★ Loren Nancarrow - early evening weekdays and 11 p.m. Sunday thru Thursdays

★ James Quiñones - weekday mornings
'Sports'

★ Ben Higgins - early evening weekdays and 11 p.m. Sunday thru Thursdays

★ Steve Smith - early evening weekends, 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Former

★ Adrienne Alpert - longtime anchor/reporter (1978-1997, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)

★ Mike Ambrose - weather anchor (1973-2001)

★ Fred Blankenship - early evening weekends and 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings now at [WSB-TV] Atlanta

★ Herb Cawthorne - reporter (1990-2002)

★ Phoebe Chongchua - anchor/reporter (1990-2000, now a speaker, fitness host and realtor [1])

★ Stephen Clark - anchor (1989-1997, now at WXYZ-TV in Detroit)

★ John Culea - reporter/anchor (1975-1977)

★ Kim Edwards-reporter/digital correspondent (1999-2007)

★ Susan Farrell - anchor (1976-1986)

★ Gene Gleeson - anchor (1976-1980, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)

★ Harold Greene - anchor/reporter (1977-1982, now at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles)

★ Byron Harlan - reporter (1986-1994, now at WFLD-TV in Chicago)

★ Kimberly Hunt - anchor (1987-2002, now at KUSI)

★ Paul Magers (1981-1983, now at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles)

★ Mark Matthews (1987-2003, now at KGO-TV in San Francisco)

★ Susan McBride - anchor/reporter (1979-1987, now Susan McPeters at WQPT-TV in Moline, IL)

★ Regis Philbin - hosted his first talk show at this station (1961-1964)

★ Sarah Purcell - talk show host (late 1970s)

★ Margaret Radford - reporter (1986-1994, now at KNSD)

★ Salvador Rivera - Reporter/digital correspondent

★ Larry Roberts - anchor/reporter (1982-1989)

★ Danny Romero - weathercaster (1994-1995, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)

★ Larry Sacknoff - sportscaster (1978-1992)

★ Billy Ray Smith - sportscaster (1993-1997)

★ Mike Smith (1982-1986, now a partner in Ad-Lib Productions)

★ Michael Tuck - anchor (1984-1990, now at KUSI)

★ Leonard Villareal - reporter/anchor (1976-2004, now at KUSI)

★ Bree Walker - anchor/reporter (1980-1987)

★ Jack White - anchor (1967-2002)

★ Melanie Wingo - reporter (2004-2006)

★ Steve Wolford - anchor (1998-2000, now at KTNV in Las Vegas)

See also

★ KZSD-LP (Azteca America affiliate owned and operated by KGTV)

External links

★ KGTV Homepage

★ Station Index @ TVJobs.com

★ KGTV Talent @ TVJobs.com

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