KNOE-TV

KNOE-TV, Channel 8, is the CBS affiliate television station for Monroe, Louisiana. The station is owned by Hoak Media Corporation, which also controls ABC affiliate KAQY, Channel 11 (owned by Parker Broadcasting since October 9, 2008) through a local marketing agreement.

History
KNOE-TV, along with former sister stations KNOE-FM 101.9 and KNOE AM 540 (now KMLB), were founded by James Albert Noe, Sr. KNOE-TV signed on in 1953, long after his 5-month term as governor of Louisiana. It is the oldest surviving station in the northern part of the state.

The station affiliated with all four television networks of the "golden age": CBS, NBC, ABC and DuMont. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.[1]

KNOE's digital transmitter are located south of Monroe in Columbia, Louisiana. They also operate a low-powered translator station, K18AB Channel 18, in El Dorado, Arkansas, which translates KNOE-DT's digital signal, and rebroadcasts it on RF Channel 18, in full CBS-HD. This change allows El Dorado viewers access to two of the four major networks OTA in HD:

K18AB - 8.1 (CBS-HD, 1080i)

KTVE-HD - 10.1 (NBC-HD, 1080i)

Even though the translator is on channel 18, PSIP broadcasting displays K18AB as 8.1 and 8.2, respectively, on digital televisions in the El Dorado area.

The station also operates a CW affiliate for the Monroe market via The CW Plus, available on cable and on KNOE's digital subchannel.

KNOE-TV has been the dominant news station in the Ark-La-Miss for more than a quarter-century. It has won numerous state, regional and national journalism awards, including the 2008 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for News Director Taylor Henry's investigative series on rogue members of the Louisiana National Guard who looted stores they were deployed to protect during Katrina.

The Noe family owned the station until 2007, when it was sold to Dallas-based Hoak Media Corporation.[2] [3] [4] [5] The sale closed on October 3 of that year. The family had already sold KNOE AM to Holladay Broadcasting in November 2006,[6] and would sell KNOE-FM to them the following year.[7] [8] The sale of the stations followed the death of Noe's son, James Albert "Jimmie" Noe Jr., of cancer in 2005,[9] in which it was decided by the family to leave the broadcasting business.[10]

Digital television
Digital channels On February 17, 2009, KNOE-TV turned off its analog signal and its digital signal on channel 7 and started transmitting in digital on channel 8.

On August 25, 2010 KNOE started broadcasting syndicated programing in HD

KNOE and the other local stations in the Ark-La-Miss area do not offer a newscast in HD or 16:9 widescreen as of November 1, 2010.

KNOE got a new HD ready news set on November 1, 2010

Programming
Schedule

Weekdays Late Nights Saturdays Sundays (NOTE: Prior to 2006, Monroe was one of the few markets to carry Jeopardy! and Wheel on separate stations. In fact, Jeopardy! and Wheel aired at the same time, 6:30 PM Central on two different stations, so the two shows were in competition against each other. Before moving to Channel 8, NBC affiliate KTVE-10 aired Jeopardy! and the non-syndication version of "Wheel", but the syndication version of Wheel has always been on KNOE. Deal or No Deal is still on KTVE-10 at 4:00-5:00 every day!)

Current on-air staff
Anchors Reporters Weather team Sports team
 * Renee Allan - weekday mornings Good Morning Ark-La-Miss
 * John Denison - weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 p.m.
 * Stephen Mayer - weekday mornings Good Morning Ark-La-Miss
 * Andrea Bingham - general assignment editor
 * Alexandra Cranford - general assignment reporter
 * Frank Morales - general assignment reporter
 * Meg Smith - general assignment reporter
 * Bakari Savage - general assignment reporter
 * Megan Cross- general assignment reporter
 * Samantha Boatman- general assignment reporter
 * Tom Pearson (AMS/NWA Seals of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 p.m.
 * Larry Rhymes - meteorologist; weekends Saturdays and Sundays at 5:30 and 10:00 p.m.
 * Alexandra Cranford-meteorologist; weekday mornings Good Morning Ark-La-Miss and noon
 * Aarron Dietirch - sports director; weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 p.m.
 * Neema Yazdani - sports anchor; weekends at

News management

 * Marla Gilcrease - News Director
 * Richard Sommers - Chief Photographer
 * Trey Schmaltz - Producer

Sales team

 * Debbie Addams
 * Cory Crowe, Internet Sales

Newscast titles

 * TV-8 Report (1960s-1970s)
 * TV-8 News (1970s-2006)
 * KNOE 8 News (2006-present)

Station slogans

 * The Best is Right Here on TV-8 (1973-1974; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * See the Best...TV-8 (1974-1975; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Catch the Brightest Stars on TV-8 (1975-1976; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * We're Looking Good on TV-8 (1979-1980; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Looking Good Together, TV-8 (1980-1981; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Reach for the Stars on TV-8 (1981-1982; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Great Moments on TV-8 (1982-1983; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * We've Got the Touch, You and TV-8 (1983-1984; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * You and TV-8, We've Got the Touch (1984-1985; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Share the Spirit on TV-8 (1986-1987; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * TV-8 Spirit, Oh Yes! (1987-1988; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * You Can Feel It on TV-8 (1988-1989; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Get Ready for TV-8 (1989-1990; local version of CBS ad campaign)
 * KNOE more (2006-present)
 * Number one at all hours this is KNOE 8 News (2010-Present)