KVUE

KVUE-TV, virtual channel 24 (digital channel 33), is the local Austin, Texas-based ABC affiliate, owned by TEGNA. Its transmitter is located in West Lake Hills, just west of Downtown. Syndicated programming on KVUE includes: Entertainment Tonight and Ellen.

History
It began broadcasting on UHF channel 24 on September 12, 1971[2] as a full-time ABC affiliate. Previously, ABC had been limited to off-hours clearances on KTBC-TV, though most of the market could pick up San Antonio's KSAT-TV with a good antenna.

KVUE was originally operated by Center Broadcasting Co. of Center, Texas (Tolbert Foster, owner) which sold the station to Universal Communications, the broadcasting arm of The Detroit News, in 1978. It was acquired by the Gannett Company in 1986 as part of its purchase of The Detroit News. In 1999, Belo began establishing a Texas-based news network partnership with KHOU-TV in Houston, WFAA-TV in Dallas and KENS-TV in San Antonio upon the creation of a 24-hour cable news network called TXCN. Looking for a station in Austin, it swapped KXTV in Sacramento to Gannett in return for KVUE.

News operation
For most of its first quarter-century on the air, KVUE was a distant third in the market behind KTBC and KXAN-TV. However, after KTBC switched to Fox, KVUE's ratings steadily picked up. In the most recent Nielsen Ratings book (Nov2010), KVUE was #2 in AM news, #1 in early evening news and #1 in late news with the key demographic of adults 2554.

At a time when much of many local television stations focused mostly on crime, KVUE only reported on significant crime.[3]

On June 1, 2008, KVUE became the second news broadcast in Austin to go high definition following CBS affiliate KEYE-TV. They were the first to deploy true HD weather graphics and 16:9 aspect field video in the Austin market.

Newscast titles

 * 24 Action News (1970s–1993)[4]
 * KVUE 24 News (1993–2001)[5]
 * KVUE News (2001–present)[6]

Station slogans

 * We're With You on 24 (1984-1985; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
 * You'll Love It on 24 (1985-1986; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
 * Together on 24 (1986-1987; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
 * Giving You More Every Day (1986–1989)
 * Something's Happening on 24 (19??-19??; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
 * Making a Difference (1989–1990s)
 * Austin's Watching 24 (199?-199?; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
 * Where the News Comes First (1990s)
 * Where News Comes First (1990s–2001)
 * Austin At Its Best (2001–2002)
 * Austin's News Station (2002–present)
 * Where Trust is Earned (2013–present)[7]

Personalities

Current on-air staff
Current Anchors KVUE Weather Team Sports Team KVUE Reporters Gannett Washington Bureau Gannett Mexico Bureau
 * Terri Gruca - weeknights at 5, 6 and "KVUE News Nightbeat" (10 p.m.); also consumer reporter
 * Tyler Sieswerda - weeknights at 5, 6 and "KVUE News Nightbeat" (10 p.m.); also "Eat Drink, & Be Wary" feature reporter
 * Jessica Vess - weekday mornings "KVUE News Daybreak at 4:30 a.m."; also morning reporter
 * Olga Campos - weekday mornings "KVUE News Daybreak at 5 a.m." and 11 a.m.
 * Melissa Gale - weekday mornings "KVUE News Daybreak at 5 a.m." and 11 a.m.
 * Amy Johnston - Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5 and weekends on "KVUE News Nightbeat" (10 p.m.); also education reporter
 * Quita Culpepper - weekend mornings "KVUE News Daybreak"; also weeknight reporter
 * Mark Murray (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWA Seals of Approval) - Chief Meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and "KVUE News Nightbeat" (10 p.m.)
 * Albert Ramon (AMS and NWA Seals of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekday mornings "KVUE News Daybreak" and 11 a.m.
 * Andrew Chung (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5 and weekends on "KVUE News Nightbeat" (10 p.m.)
 * Ilona McCauley (AMS Seal of Approval) - Meteorologist; weekend mornings "KVUE News Weekend Daybreak"
 * Mike Barnes - Sports Director; weeknights at 6 and "KVUE News Nightbeat" (10 p.m.)
 * Bryan Mays - Sports Anchor; Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5 and weekends on "KVUE News Nightbeat" (10 p.m.)
 * Matt Mitchell - sports reporter
 * Steve Alberts - Austin Metro and City Hall reporter
 * Martin Bartlett - political reporter
 * Jim Bergamo - general assignment reporter
 * Shelton Green - general assignment reporter
 * Andrew Horansky - general assignment reporter
 * Jade Mingus - general assignment reporter
 * Noelle Newton - police and court reporter
 * Dave Cassidy - Washington bureau reporter
 * Mike Goldfein - Washington bureau reporter
 * Angela Kocherga - border issues reporter

Notable former on-air staff

 * Steve Atkinson: Sports (later KRIV-TV, Houston, TX; WFAA-TV Dallas, TX and Currently Co-Anchor of KGTV in San Diego)
 * Kim Zook Barnes: Anchor
 * Fred Barnhill: Meteorologist
 * Bob Buckelew: Anchor/Executive news producer
 * David Chester: Reporter (later UPI Radio, Washington, D.C.)
 * Deborah Duncan: Reporter (later WFAA-TV, Dallas, now KHOU-TV, Houston)
 * Danny Elzner: Sports
 * Marsha Frank: Reporter
 * Shara Fryer: News (later anchor KTRK-TV, Houston, now retired)
 * Richard Goodman: First News Director and Anchor (later Austin City Council, deceased)
 * Gayle Shipp Granberry: News (now spokesperson for Seton Healthcare Network)
 * Christine Haas: Evening Anchor (now morning anchor for KHOU-TV in Houston)
 * Robert Hadlock: Anchor (1987-1990) (now anchor at KXAN-TV, Austin)
 * Tom Harris: meteorologist/reporter (teaching 8th grade science in Corpus Christi)
 * Jason Hill: Anchor (laid off)
 * Amy Hollyfield: Reporter (1997-2004) now at KGO-TV, San Francisco)
 * Elise Hu: Political Reporter (2006-2009) now at Texas Tribune, Austin
 * Levie Isaacks: Reporter/Photographer (1970s), now Levie Isaacks,ASC working in Hollywood as a Director of Photography/Director in films & TV
 * Michael Jenkins: Sports Anchor and Reporter (1998-2004), now with Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
 * Kristine Kahanek: Meteorologist (later WFAA-TV, Dallas, now KTVT-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth)
 * George Kanuck: meteorologist/reporter (now in private business)
 * Kate Kelly: News Anchor (now with KPIX-TV, San Francisco)
 * Troy Kimmel: Meteorologist (now chief meteorologist @ KEYE-TV and for Clear Channel Radio in Austin as well as teaching at UT Austin)
 * Ed Lavandera: Reporter (now with CNN)
 * Michelle Levy: Reporter (now in private business)
 * Hugh Lewis: Sports
 * Micah McCauley: Meteorologist (now in private business)
 * Lee McGuire: Reporter (now with KHOU-TV, Houston)
 * Joel Mick: First Sports Anchor
 * Judy Maggio: Reporter (1981-86), anchor (1986-2003) (now anchor at KEYE-TV, Austin)
 * Arthel Neville: Reporter (later CNN and Fox News, KSWB-TV)
 * Erin Ochoa: in public relations in Austin, TX
 * Ron Oliveira: Anchor (now with KEYE-TV, Austin)
 * Kevin Peters: Reporter (now with KHOU-TV, Houston)
 * David Powell: Reporter (1970s) (Editor The Daily Texan, later Associated Press, St. Petersburg Times, now an attorney in Tallahassee, FL)
 * Margie Reedy: Reporter and Anchor (now with New England Cable News)
 * Bill Richardson: First Weatherman
 * Fred Rhodes: Reporter (1970s) (later KTBC-TV, Austin, KHOU-TV, Houston and KTVI-TV, St. Louis, Editor Houston City Magazine, now an attorney in Houston)
 * Fred Roggin: Sports (now at KNBC)
 * Steve Ross: Sports
 * Tim Ross: Meteorologist (was doing weather for WSMV in Nashville until Aug 2009...now blogging for a Nashville website)
 * Drew Shirley: Sports Reporter (2003-2005) (now sports producer at KHOU-TV, Houston, Texas)
 * Victor Solis: Reporter (1970s)
 * Karen Sonleitner: News
 * Casey Stegall: Reporter/Anchor (2004-2005) (now correspondent at Fox News Channel, Los Angeles)
 * David Sternlicht: Reporter (1970s) (now an attorney in New York)
 * Patrick Stinson: Reporter (later E News, now ABC Entertainment News)
 * Ben Storey: Sports Director (1979-84) (now in private business in Seattle)
 * Bob Thompson: Reporter (1970s) (later The Washington Post, now an attorney in Washington, D.C.)
 * Clara Tuma: Reporter (2000s) (now at LCRA)
 * Doug Vair: Sports (1970s) (later KXAS-TV, Fort Worth, now with Retama Park Racetrack, San Antonio)
 * Byron Wood: News
 * Natalie Woods: Reporter (now with Hot On! Homes in Dallas, and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader)