KRCG

KRCG Channel 13 is the CBS affiliate television station for the Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri television market. The station is licensed to Jefferson City, with studios in the suburb of New Bloomfield.

History
The station was founded on February 13, 1955 and was owned by the Jefferson City News Tribune. The paper's publisher, Betty Goshorn Weldon, named the station in honor of her late father, Robert C. Goshorn. Goshorn had wanted to bring a television station to the area before he died in 1953. Ms. Weldon inherited the paper on his death and took over his dream. She thus became one of the first women to own and operate a television station.

KRCG has always been a CBS affiliate, though it shared ABC with KOMU-TV until KCBJ-TV (now KMIZ-TV) signed on in 1971. It is the only station in Mid-Missouri to have never changed its affiliation. KOMU and KMIZ have switched networks twice (first in 1982, then reverting back to their original networks in 1986). During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.[1] [2]

From the 1960s through 1978, KRCG owned KMOS-TV in Sedalia. Originally a full-time satellite of KRCG, starting in the 1970s KMOS broke away from KRCG and aired its own evening newscast. KRCG operated KMOS at a relatively low power level, and shied away from selling KMOS to another commercial operator. KRCG and KOMU were the only two VHF network affiliates in the market, and it was feared that if KMOS was sold, the station could potentially become a full-power ABC affiliate. In 1978, KRCG donated KMOS to Central Missouri State University (now the University of Central Missouri) in Warrensburg. At that time, KMOS was converted to a stand-alone PBS station. KRCG then signed on a Sedalia translator, K11OJ.

In 1967, KRCG was sold to Kansas City Southern Industries, which retained the station until 1985, when it was sold to Price Communications Corporation. After three years KRCG was sold to Mel Wheeler, Inc., which owned the station until March 2005, when KRCG was purchased by Barrington Broadcasting. Its transmitter, built in 1957, is a 282.5-meter-high guyed TV tower at Holts Summit, Missouri.

KRCG has historically been a distant second in the ratings to KOMU. However, it has traditionally dominated the western (Jefferson City) side of the market.

Digital television
On June 12, 2009, KRCG digital broadcasts are now on channel 12 [3] ; but, through the use of PSIP, digital television will display its virtual channel as 13.

Current on-air staff
Anchors KRCG WeatherLab meteorologists Sports Reporters
 * Ladd Egan - weeknights at 5 and news director
 * Kate Walls - weekend anchor and weekday reporter
 * Kermit Miller - weeknights at 6 and 10
 * Dick Preston - weekday mornings and noon
 * Teresa Snow - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10
 * Mike Roberts (NWA Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10
 * Kassie Crimi - weekday mornings and noon
 * Zach Paul (AMS Member, NWA Member) - weekends
 * Rod Smith - sports director; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10
 * Tony Mullen - weekend sports anchor and sports reporter
 * Jeremy Stein - sports reporter
 * Mark Slavit - Columbia bureau chief
 * Colleen Hogan - reporter

Newscast titles

 * TV-13 Newsroom (1970s-1980s)
 * NewsScene 13 / NightScene 13 (1980s-2000)
 * KRCG News (2000–present)

Station slogans
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.==See also==
 * We're Looking Good on Channel 13 (1979–1980; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Looking Good Together, Channel 13 (1980–1981; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Reach for the Stars on Channel 13 (1981–1982; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Great Moments on Channel 13 (1982–1983; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * We've Got the Touch, You and Channel 13 (1983–1984; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * You and Channel 13, We've Got the Touch (1984–1985; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * We've Got the Touch on Channel 13 (1985–1986; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Share the Spirit on Channel 13 (1986–1987; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Channel 13 Spirit, Oh Yeah! (1987–1988; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * You Can Feel It on Channel 13 (1988–1989; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * Get Ready for Channel 13 (1989–1991; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * The Look is Channel 13 (1991–1992; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * This is CBS, on Channel 13 (1992–1993; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
 * News That Works for You (1998–2004)
 * Working for You (2004–2007)
 * Because Accuracy Matters (2007–present)
 * KMOS-TV (Former KRCG satellite, now a PBS member station)