KVIQ
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KVIQ is a digital-only broadcast television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...

 which broadcasts as a CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 affiliate on UHF channel 17 from a transmitter in Eureka, California
Eureka, California
Eureka is the principal city and the county seat of Humboldt County, California, United States. Its population was 27,191 at the 2010 census, up from 26,128 at the 2000 census....

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History

KVIQ signed on the air on VHF channel 6 as Eureka's second television station on April 1, 1958. It was owned by California Oregon Broadcasting, as a satellite station of KVIP (now KRCR) in Redding, CA, but later sold and became locally focused. KIEM was later picked up by California Oregon Broadcasting, but it was not a satellite of KRCR. Since the Eureka market only had two TV stations in those early days, KVIQ offered programs from several networks. By the 1980s, the station was the area's primary NBC affiliate, but KVIQ also carried some ABC programs as the area's ABC affiliate, KAEF, had not yet signed on the air.

The station was, at one time, owned by the Ackerley Media Group. Ackerley invested quite a bit of money into its news operations. Ackerley merged with corporate giant Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...

 in 2002. Not long after this merger, the news operation at KVIQ was quickly abandoned. Clear Channel sold the station to its current owners, Raul and Connie Palazuelos of Modesto Raul Broadcasting, in 2005. Raul Broadcasting owns the license and the station is managed by David Silverbrand with its engineering function performed by James Mixon. Providing operational and sales staff is Sainte Partners II, L.P.
Sainte Partners II, L.P.
Sainte Partners II, L.P. is a broadcast company based in Modesto, California. The company's founder was country-western performer Chester Smith and the current chief executive officer is Robert Castro. They own several television stations throughout California and southern Oregon...

, owners of several stations in the Sacramento, Chico and Medford markets.

KVIQ was also available on the radio at 87.7 FM until they ceased the analog channel 6 signal.

The Eureka television market (DMA #195)was the only TV market in California not available on DISH Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...

 until June 3, 2010, at which time it became available.The Eureka local channels are not yet available on DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...

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Both KVIQ and KBVU ceased analog operations on November 28, 2008.

KVIQ was the second station in Eureka to broadcast in high definition.

The CW

KVIQ carries The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...

 via The CW Plus
The CW Plus
The CW Plus is a group of primarily digital sub-channels, analog, and non-broadcast cable television outlets for the CW Television Network, for markets below the top 99 television media markets in the United States....

 schedule on its DT3 subcarrier, along with the former analog broadcast on KUVU-LP channel 9, which the future of the channel itself is unknown due to interference with KIXE. KVIQ also carries MyTV Northern California
MyTV Northern California
MyTV Northern California is the regional My Network TV affiliate based in Chico, California, also serving Redding and Eureka. The station consists of KRVU-LD 21, KZVU-LD 22 and KEMY-LP 33 is owned and operated by Sainte Partners II, L.P. of Modesto, California, founded by the late Chester Smith...

 on DT2, while digital transition issues with KEMY are being figured out.

KUVU's previous CW logo is one of the very few not rendered with the standard white-on-green color scheme. This practice is interesting because the aforementioned logo has not appeared on-air since the station's début. Promotional spots only indicate that the viewer is watching "Eureka's CW."

Unlike other stations in Eureka owned by the Sainte Television Group, there is no Chico/Redding counterpart, instead CBS and The CW are affiliated with independent-owned KHSL-TV
KHSL-TV
KHSL-TV Channel 12 is a CBS affiliate television station based in Chico, California. Its transmitter is located in Cohasset, California. The station is owned and operated by Catamount Broadcasting of Norwalk, Connecticut, which also operates KNVN channel 24, a NBC affiliate owned by Evans...

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Translators

KVIQ is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:
  • K08HJ Channel 8 Orleans
    Orleans, California
    Orleans , Karuk name Panamnik, is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located northeast of Weitchpec, at an elevation of 404 feet...

  • K08LD Channel 8 Miranda
    Miranda, California
    Miranda is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located northwest of Phillipsville, at an elevation of 351 feet . The ZIP Code is 95553. The population was 520 at the 2010 census....

  • K10EN Channel 10 Willow Creek
    Willow Creek, California
    Willow Creek is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. The population was 1,710 at the 2010 census, down from 1,743 at the 2000 census....

  • K10FS Channel 10 Scotia
    Scotia, California
    Scotia is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located south-southeast of Fortuna, at an elevation of 194 feet . The ZIP Code is 95565. The population was 850 at the 2010 census....

  • K10HX Channel 10 Garberville
    Garberville, California
    Garberville is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River south-southeast of Eureka, at an elevation of 535 feet . The population was 913 at the 2010 United States Census...

  • K10KY Channel 10 Shelter Cove
    Shelter Cove, California
    Shelter Cove is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It lies at an elevation of 138 feet . Shelter Cove is on California's Lost Coast. Lying where the King Range meets the Pacific Ocean, it is a principal population center in the Lost Coast region...


Newscast titles

  • KVIQ-TV News (1958-1966)
  • Eyewitness News
    Eyewitness News
    Eyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...

    (1966-1981)
  • News West (1981-1994)
  • Channel Six News (1994-1998)
  • Action News
    Action News
    Action News is a local television newscast format in the United States. It was conceived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at WFIL-TV by then-news director Mel Kampmann in 1970 as a response to the "Eyewitness News" format used on rival station KYW-TV...

     6
    (1998-2002; news operations ceased after 2002)

News operation

KVIQ had, during the early 1980s, a news operation entitled Newswest. The newscasts were broadcast in the early morning, late night, and evenings, along with two midday newsbreaks. A regular feature of these newscasts was "Segment 6".http://youtube.com/watch?v=8BYYK2Ct9kI

Throughout most of the 1990s, KVIQ presented Channel 6 News weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.

After being purchased by Ackerley, KVIQ fielded a news operation called Action News 6. These newscasts aired weekdays at 6 a.m. and Noon, and weeknights at 5, 6, 6:30 and 11 p.m. KVIQ also aired weekend newscasts at 6:30 and 11 p.m. Shortly after Clear Channel's acquisition of Ackerley, KVIQ discontinued its news, and began importing the morning and 10pm rebroadcasts of newscasts from then-sister station KFTY in Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...

. After KVIQ was sold off in 2005, the KFTY rebroadcasts ceased, and the station replaced the newscasts in its schedule with syndicated programming. KVIQ is currently the only CBS affiliate in California not to offer any local news.

A local newscast may be in the works for KVIQ and maybe the other co-owned stations. It is unknown if, when, or how that will occur. http://www.northcoastjournal.com/052605/cover0526.html Because KVIQ is partially controlled from Chico, there have been a few rumors that KBVU's parent station KCVU
KCVU
KCVU Fox 20 is a Fox Network affiliated television station based in Chico, California. The station is owned and operated by Sainte Partners II, L.P. of Modesto, California...

 may either buy KHSL-TV
KHSL-TV
KHSL-TV Channel 12 is a CBS affiliate television station based in Chico, California. Its transmitter is located in Cohasset, California. The station is owned and operated by Catamount Broadcasting of Norwalk, Connecticut, which also operates KNVN channel 24, a NBC affiliate owned by Evans...

 (in which KVIQ could become a semi-satellite) or let KHSL produce a news department for the Sainte Television Group to share. However, nothing has been said in recent years about any of the stations and the current setup is likely to remain for years to come.

Programs

When local news ended on KVIQ, the Noon spot was replaced with infomercial
Infomercial
Infomercials are direct response television commercials which generally include a phone number or website. There are long-form infomercials, which are typically between 15 and 30 minutes in length, and short-form infomercials, which are typically 30 seconds to 120 seconds in length. Infomercials...

s. The evening newscasts were replaced with Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff...

at 5PM and 6:30PM, Frasier
Frasier
Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...

at 5:30PM and Inside Edition
Inside Edition
Inside Edition is a thirty-minute American television syndicated news program, first aired on CBS on October 9, 1988. It was originally similar to the programs Hard Copy and A Current Affair, but now more closely resembles a condensed version of breakfast television, exclusively with pre-recorded...

at 11PM. KVIQ formerly aired The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....

at 7PM, one of very few stations in the country to air the show in prime-time. Oprah has since returned to its previous home, KIEM.
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