KVAL-TV

KVAL-TV
Eugene, Oregon
Branding	KVAL CBS 13 (general) KVAL News (newscasts)
Slogan	First. Fair. Accurate.
Channels	Digital: 13 (VHF)
Translators	(see article)
Affiliations	CBS This TV (DT2)
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (Sinclair Eugene Licensee, LLC)
First air date	April 15, 1954[1]
Call letters' meaning	Willamette VALley
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 13 (VHF, 1954-2009) Digital: 25 (UHF, 2001-2009)
Former affiliations	Primary: NBC (1954-1982) Secondary: ABC (1954-1960) CBS (1954-1960, 1978-1982) DuMont (1954-1955)
Transmitter power	30.6 kW
Height	441 m
Facility ID	49766
Transmitter coordinates	44°0′9″N123°6′58.5″W
Website	www.kval.com

KVAL-TV channel 13 is a television station in Eugene, Oregon, USA. It is an affiliate of the CBSnetwork. The station began broadcasting on April 15, 1954. Owned by Fisher Communications, the station reaches additional viewers in central and western Oregon via co-owned full-powered satellite stations KCBY-TV digital channel 11 (Coos Bay) and KPIC digital channel 19 (Roseburg).

History[]

KVAL was originally an NBC affiliate, but aired some programming from the other major networks through the years.

In the summer of 1978, as NBC was floundering in third place in the Nielsen ratings, KVAL started airing five hours of CBS programming each week. During the next four years, the station gradually offered more programs from CBS. NBC affiliated with Eugene's new station KMTR in 1982, and KVAL formally switched its affiliate status over to CBS.

Fisher Broadcasting purchased the stations from Retlaw Broadcasting (a company owned by relatives of Walt Disney, Retlaw being "Walter" backwards) in 1998.

Many KVAL alumni have gone on to elected office. As of 2009, schools superintendent Susan Castillo is a former KVAL reporter. Former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, who left office in January 2009, is also a former reporter and on-air personality. Bradbury and Castillo also served in the Oregon Legislature, as did KVAL alumni Wayne Whitehead and Mark Hass.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2000, KVAL debuted an original sports program, "Inside the Pac," a reference to the Pac-10 Conference which includes the University of Oregon and Oregon State University, both in KVAL's coverage area. "Inside The Pac" was created after the Oregon Sports NetworkTV contract went to local rival KEZI, along with the seasonal weekly program featuring Oregon Ducks football head coach Mike Bellotti. Airing each Sunday afternoon, "Inside the Pac" features game highlights and talk about Pac-10 sports. It was originally hosted by former KVAL sports director and longtime Eugene TV broadcaster Todd McKim, who left KVAL in 2005. Upon McKim's departure, Tom Ward was promoted and currently hosts the weekly half hour along with Nick Krupke. Also featured on the show as in-studio guests are former college football players from Oregon and Oregon State, who share their knowledge and experience.

In December 2005, KVAL launched a newscast called Northwest News at 10 on Fox for local Fox affiliate KLSR-TV. Katie Dyer anchored the newscast until April 2007, when Natasha Chugthai took over. This newscast came into its own in April 2007, with a new graphics scheme similar to that of such Fox affiliates as WNYW of New York and KTTV of Los Angeles. In August 2007, the newscast got its own theme music, rather than continuing to share the opening tune with KVAL. In March 2008, Northwest News at 10 was renamed Fox News @ 10 for the live weekday broadcast, and KVAL News @ 10 on Fox for the weekend repeats of the evening news. KVAL News is simulcast on localMyNetworkTV affiliate KEVU at 11.

In September 2007, KVAL's morning news started airing from 5 to 7 a.m., beating rival KMTR, whose morning newscasts start at 5:30 a.m.KEZI soon announced it would begin to broadcast from 5 to 7 a.m. as well, branding the early-morning newscast with a new look and a new team. As of January 2009, KVAL broadcasts the only midday newscast in the Eugene-Springfield market.

In October 2008 Al Peterson, former KEZI morning news anchor, joined KVAL's morning news team. He replaced Seth Wayne (now KVAL's Chief Meteorologist), who moved to a station in Tucson, Ariz. The day Peterson took over KVAL, like most other Fisher stations, adopted a new graphics scheme heavily emphasizing the station's CBS affiliation. KVAL also rebranded its news as "KVAL News," dropping the 50-year-old "Northwest News." The station also adopted a new news slogan: "First, Fair, Accurate."

KVAL, KCBY and KPIC air nearly all CBS programs, but pre-empt occasional programs and the CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade for Disney-ABC's "Live with Regis and Kelly," and a regular episode of CBS-distributed "Dr. Phil," as well as infomercials.

On May 10, 2010, KVAL News debuted a new set and started broadcasting newscasts in 16:9 widescreen.

Digital programming[]

The stations' digital channels are multiplexed:

Channel	Programming
13.1	main KVAL-TV programming / CBS HD
13.2	This TV

After the analog television shutdown scheduled for June 12, 2009,^[2] KCBY-TV and KVAL-TV moved their digital signals to their analog frequencies (11 and 13), while KPIC remains at channel 19, using PSIP to display KPIC's virtual channel as 4. The stations' analog signals went off air at 12:37 PDT on June 12.

Satellite stations[]

Station	City of license	Channels (Digital)	First air date	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_sign Call letters’ meaning]	ERP (Analog/ Digital)	HAAT (Analog/ Digital)	Facility ID	Transmitter Coordinates	Website
KCBY-TV	Coos Bay	11 (VHF)	October 1, 1960[2]	Coos BaY	5 kW	192 m	49750	43°23′25.3″N124°7′52.7″W	www.kcby.com
KPIC	Roseburg	19 (UHF)	April 1, 1956	TelevisionPICture	50 kW	274 m	61551	43°14′7″N123°19′21.9″W	www.kpic.com

NOTE: KPIC is licensed to South West Oregon TV Broadcasting Corporation, which is half-owned by Fisher and half-owned by California Oregon Broadcasting.

On-air staff[]

Current on-air staff[]

Current Anchors

Tom Adams - weekend anchor and reporter
Natasha Chughtai - weeknights at 10 (KLSR) and reporter
Shelley Kurtz - weekday mornings and noon
Jennifer Winters - weeknights at 5, 6 and 11p.m. and reporter
David Walker - weeknights at 5, 6 and 11p.m. and reporter

Reporters

Molly Blancett - general assignment reporter
Arrianee LeBeau - general assignment reporter
Addison Taylor - general assignment reporter, Fox News Mornings anchor, noon weather

Weather team

Seth Wayne (Member; NWA/Member; NWA) - Chief Meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6, 10 (on KLSR) and 11
Al Peterson - Meteorologist; weekday mornings
Lauren Allison - weekend weather, weekend anchor and reporter

Sports team

Tom Ward - Sports Director, weeknights at 5, 6, 10 (on KLSR) and 11
Nick Krupke - Sports Anchor, weekends at 6 and 11
Dirk Weishaar - sports reporter

Former on-air staff[]

Amy Troy Northwest News anchor (1992-1996?), now weekend anchor at KGW, Portland, OR
Denae D'Arcy - weeknights at 11 and reporter (-2010), now weekend anchor at WATE, Knoxville, TN

News/station presentation[]

Newscast titles[]

Worldwide Report (1954–1958)
Northwest News (1958–2008)
KVAL News (2008–present)

Station slogans[]

Catch the Brightest Stars on TV-13 (1975-1976; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
We're Looking Good on TV-13 (1979-1980; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
Looking Good Together, TV-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)
Western Oregon's 24 Hour News Channel (1989-1994)
Get Ready for Channel 13 (1989-1991; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
The Look of Western Oregon 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)
CBS for Western Oregon (1994-2001)
The Hometown Leader for Local News Coverage (2001-2008)
First. Fair. Accurate. (2008-present)