This logo phased in the current slogan "On Your Side". KGUN-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Tucson, Arizona, United States.The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, as part of a duopoly with Sierra Vista-licensed CW affiliate KWBA-TV (channel 58). The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, as part of a duopoly with Sierra Vista-licensed CW affiliate KWBA-TV (channel 58). Notice the glossy design, to match the "Start Here" look. Retrospectively, KGUN's standing in the Tucson market in its early years, and the reputation it scored during that time, was unusual for an ABC affiliate, as it was quite rare for that network to be on par with CBS or NBC until the 1970s. KWBA-TV, virtual channel 58 (UHF digital channel 21), is a CW-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona, United States that is licensed to Sierra Vista. History. Hilberg sold both KGUN and WEHT in Evansville, Indiana to Gilmore Broadcasting in 1964. 1999–2002 . It switched to The CW on September 18, 2006. On January 24, 1957, Ingram sold it to H. U. Garrett. On March 18, 2008, Journal Broadcast Group announced plans to buy KWBA from Cascade for undisclosed terms, creating a duopoly with Journal-owned ABC affiliate KGUN-TV (channel 9). A long-standing ratings champion at the station was On April 26, 2010, KGUN began producing a lifestyle and entertainment magazine program called, KGUN-TV presently broadcasts 19½ hours of locally produced newscasts per week (with 3½ hours each weekday and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). The call letters were originally KAUC, but in August 1997, the station changed their call letters to KWBA to reflect their affiliation deal with The WB; the former superstation feed of Chicago's WGN-TV served as Tucson's de facto affiliate of The WB until KWBA signed on.
2002–2006 . KCCA was owned by Sierra Vista Television, owned by Thomas Gramatikas. KGUN-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Tucson, Arizona, United States. Also in May 1999, KM Communications transferred the station to Cascade Broadcasting Group. The first attempt at putting a station on channel 58 in Sierra Vista was KCCA-TV (calls standing for Cochise County, Arizona).
KWBA-TV, virtual channel 58 (UHF digital channel 44), is a CW-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona, United States that is licensed to Sierra Vista. Add a photo to this gallery Secret Bases wiki - KWBA. KWBA is one of the former WB affiliates to retain its "WB" callsigns after affiliating with The CW (KSWB-TV San Diego, which became Fox on July 31, 2008 was the other, along with WSWB-TV in Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, although "SWB" doesn't mean its former WB affiliation, but its broadcast area).
D&D Beyond Gilmore then sold it to May Broadcasting in 1968. The combined firm will retain their broadcast properties, including KWBA and KGUN, and spin off their print assets as Journal Media Group.
The two stations share studios on East Rosewood Street in East Tucson; KWBA's transmitter is located atop the Santa Rita Mountains southeast of Tucson. The change came in part because Garrett was concerned about possible negative connotations with the letters "DWI." The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, as part of a duopoly with Sierra Vista-licensed CW affiliate KWBA-TV (channel 58). In the waiver, Journal said it would launch a newscast produced by KGUN on the station. The deal made KGUN a sister station to Phoenix's ABC affiliate, KNXV-TV, along with connecting it through statewide coverage to existing sister station and ABC affiliate KTNV-TV in Las Vegas. By 1985, the permittee was Manning Telecasting, who also held the construction permit for channel 11 in Yuma, but the permit vanished the next year, and KCCA never made it to air. KHAR is an ABC affiliate in Harrison, AR. The acquisition was completed on July 23, 2008. It may have desired to operate as a subscription television station, indicated by a 1982 filing where the FCC granted KCCA permission to install subscription television equipment. KWBA-TV. This station broadcasts over the air on channel 14, and channel 4 on cable and satellite. KWBA began broadcasting under Program Test Authority on January 5, 1999 and was licensed on May 24, 1999. ONE Media Group KLRQ-TV is the America … KGUN-TV started its own news operation in 1961, when it hired Pat Stevens started at KGUN as a weather forecaster and worked her way to news director, and, as a result, she made national news by becoming the first female news director at a network affiliate.In 1997, KGUN added a 5:30 p.m. newscast, moving ABC's On April 23, 2011, KGUN became the third station in Tucson to begin airing local newscasts in On April 21, 2014, KGUN began airing a one-hour extension of its weekday morning newscast on KWBA from 7–8 a.m. titled KGUN began airing the "Don't Waste Your Money" consumer reports filed by John Matarese of its Rademacher, Kevin. The station is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, as part of a duopoly with Tucson-licensed ABC affiliate KGUN-TV (channel 9). History Talk (0) Share. The two On March 18, 2008, Journal announced plans to buy CW affiliate KWBA-TV from Cascade Broadcasting Group for undisclosed terms, creating a duopoly with KGUN-TV. It broadcasts in digitalVHF channel 9 from Mount Bigelow northeast of Tucson. The station's original studios were located on North 6th Avenue in Tucson. KGUN-TV discontinued their regular programming on its As an ABC affiliate, KGUN broadcasts the network's schedule, supplemented by syndicated and local programming, most of which is local news. The sale was finalized in December 2005. The FCC approved the deal on December 12, 2014. The station was founded in 1955 by rancher D. W. Ingram of the Tucson Television Company, Inc., who gave the station his initials, KDWI-TV. Edit. KGUN-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona. The first attempt at putting a station on channel 58 in Sierra Vista was KCCA-TV (calls standing for Cochise County, Arizona).KCCA was owned by Sierra Vista Television, owned by Thomas Gramatikas.