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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">'''KMIR-TV''' is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC]-affiliated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_station television station] for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California Southern California]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coachella_Valley Coachella Valley]. Licensed to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California Palm Springs], it broadcasts a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television high definition] digital signal on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF UHF] channel 46 from a transmitter on Edom Hill in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_City,_California Cathedral City] north of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_10_in_California I-10]/Redlands Freeway. The station can also be seen on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner_Cable Time Warner Cable] channel 6 (hence the '''''KMIR 6''''' branding) and in high definition on digital channel 606. Owned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_Communications Journal Communications], KMIR is sister to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-power_television low-powered][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheCoolTV TheCoolTV] affiliate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPSE-LP KPSE-LP] and the two share studios on Park View Drive in[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Desert,_California Palm Desert]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_syndication Syndicated] programming on this station includes: ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Insider_(TV_series) The Insider]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Tonight Entertainment Tonight]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_and_a_Half_Men Two and a Half Men]'', and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Judy Judge Judy]''.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">'''KMIR-TV''' is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC]-affiliated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_station television station] for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_California Southern California]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coachella_Valley Coachella Valley]. Licensed to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California Palm Springs], it broadcasts a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television high definition] digital signal on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF UHF] channel 46 from a transmitter on Edom Hill in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_City,_California Cathedral City] north of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_10_in_California I-10]/Redlands Freeway. The station can also be seen on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner_Cable Time Warner Cable] channel 6 (hence the '''''KMIR 6''''' branding) and in high definition on digital channel 606. Owned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_Communications Journal Communications], KMIR is sister to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-power_television low-powered][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyNetworkTV MyNetworkTV]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheCoolTV TheCoolTV] affiliate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPSE-LP KPSE-LP] and the two share studios on Park View Drive in[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Desert,_California Palm Desert]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_syndication Syndicated] programming on this station includes: ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Insider_(TV_series) The Insider]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Tonight Entertainment Tonight]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_and_a_Half_Men Two and a Half Men]'', and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Judy Judge Judy]''.</p>
 
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36.2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexicanal Mexicanal]
 
 
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===Digital programming===
 
===Digital programming===
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">On KMIR-DT2 is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexicanal Mexicanal]. This is currently not offered on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner Time Warner] Cable digital systems.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">On KMIR-DT2 is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexicanal Mexicanal]. This is currently not offered on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner Time Warner] Cable digital systems.</p>
 
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===History===
 
===History===
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">The station signed-on October 26, 1968 as the second outlet in Palm Springs after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company ABC] affiliate KPLM-TV (now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KESQ-TV KESQ-TV]). Airing an analog signal on UHF channel 36, it has been an NBC affiliate from the start. Actor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Conte_(actor) John Conte] owned the station along with the El '''MIR'''ador hotel in Palm Springs which is where the call letters come from. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenet_Healthcare Desert Regional Medical Center] now occupies the site of the old hotel. Today, one can still see the El Mirador broadcasting tower standing in front of the hospital. This is where the station originally transmitted from. The current tower is actually a new one made to look like the original which fell victim to a fire in 1989. Journal Communications acquired KMIR in 1999.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">The station signed-on October 26, 1968 as the second outlet in Palm Springs after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company ABC] affiliate KPLM-TV (now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KESQ-TV KESQ-TV]). Airing an analog signal on UHF channel 36, it has been an NBC affiliate from the start. Actor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Conte_(actor) John Conte] owned the station along with the El '''MIR'''ador hotel in Palm Springs which is where the call letters come from. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenet_Healthcare Desert Regional Medical Center] now occupies the site of the old hotel. Today, one can still see the El Mirador broadcasting tower standing in front of the hospital. This is where the station originally transmitted from. The current tower is actually a new one made to look like the original which fell victim to a fire in 1989. Journal Communications acquired KMIR in 1999.</p>
   
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">On September 26, 2007, the company announced its purchase of KPSE from Mirage Media for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar $]4.7 million which closed on January 28, 2008. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KMIR-TV&diff=427111272&oldid=421443956#cite_note-0 [1]]</sup> Also in 2008, the station celebrated its 40th anniversary. Along with the other major Coachella Valley stations, KMIR identifies itself on-air using its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television cable] designation rather than its over-the-air digital channel position. This unusual practice (also common in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Myers,_Florida Fort Myers]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples,_Florida Naples], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida Florida] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_market market]) stems in part from Palm Springs's exceptionally high cable [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_penetration penetration] rate of 80.5% which is one of the highest in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States]. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KMIR-TV&diff=427111272&oldid=421443956#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">On September 26, 2007, the company announced its purchase of KPSE from Mirage Media for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar $]4.7 million which closed on January 28, 2008. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KMIR-TV&diff=427111272&oldid=421443956#cite_note-0 [1]]</sup> Also in 2008, the station celebrated its 40th anniversary. Along with the other major Coachella Valley stations, KMIR identifies itself on-air using its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television cable] designation rather than its over-the-air digital channel position. This unusual practice (also common in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Myers,_Florida Fort Myers]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples,_Florida Naples], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida Florida] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_market market]) stems in part from Palm Springs's exceptionally high cable [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_penetration penetration] rate of 80.5% which is one of the highest in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States]. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KMIR-TV&diff=427111272&oldid=421443956#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup></p>
==News operation==
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===News operation===
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">[[File:Kmir_news.png|thumb|Nightly news open at 6.]]News broadcasts on KMIR air in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16:9 16:9] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_definition enhanced definition] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widescreen widescreen]. The station does produce a nightly prime time newscast on KPSE known as ''KMIR 6 News at 10 on My 13''. KMIR does not operate a weather department of its own so sister station ABC affiliate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTNV-TV KTNV-TV] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada] provides all weather forecasts.</p>
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The station's studio and graphic systems are in high definition, although video shot in the field is in 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen. The station produces a nightly 10pm newscast on KPSE known as KMIR News at 10:00 on KPSE My TV. Former sister station KTNV-TV in Las Vegas provides the station's weather forecasts. KMIR does not have a dedicated sports department, but as of September 2013 KMIR has a reporter that covers local sporting events and high school football on Friday nights.
   
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KMIR newscasts focus heavily on the station's news brand "You Ask. We Investigate"; stories submitted by viewers. In May 2013, the station launched the franchise "The Eyesore Next Door" focusing on viewer reports of eyesore properties across the Coachella Valley.
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">Newscast titles</p>
 
   
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Since 2012, the station's newscasts have seen an increase in viewership. In the May 2013 sweeps period, KMIR was top-rated at 5 & 6pm in the coveted Adults 25-54 demographic. The station's newscasts are generally 2nd place in the nielsen ratings in the Palm Springs DMA.
*''TV-6 News'' (1970s-1998)
 
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*''KMIR 6 News'' (1998-present)
 
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===Newscast titles===
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*''Desert Report'' (1970-?)
 
*''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsCenter NewsCenter] 6''
 
*''TV-6 News'' (?-?)
 
*''KMIR 6 News'' (?–2013)
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*''KMIR News'' (2013–2018)
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*''NBC Palm Springs News'' (2018–present)
   
 
===Station slogans===
 
===Station slogans===
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*"Your NBC Affiliate in the Desert Empire" (1980s)
 
*"Come Home to KMIR-TV 6/36 Palm Springs" (1986-1987, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 
*"Come Home to KMIR-TV 6/36 Palm Springs" (1986-1987, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
 
*"Your Choice for Local News" (1993-1998)
 
*"Your Choice for Local News" (1993-1998)
 
*"Local. Live. Late-Breaking." (1998-2006)
 
*"Local. Live. Late-Breaking." (1998-2006)
*"Right Here. Right Now." (2006-present)
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*"Right Here. Right Now." (2006<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.399999618530273px;">–</span>2012)
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*"You Ask. We Investigate." (2012-present) 
   
 
===News team===
 
===News team===
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'''Anchors'''
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">'''Anchors'''</p>
 
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*Thalia Hayden - weekday mornings (5:00-7:00 on KMIR and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on KPSE-LP)
 
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*Gloria Rodriguez - weekday mornings (5:00-7:00 on KMIR and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on KPSE-LP)
*Johnny Atkinson - weekday morning news
 
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*Elizabeth Beaubien - weeknights at 5:00, 6:00, 10:00 (KPSE-LP) and 11:00 p.m.
*Christina Pascucci - weekday morning news
 
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*Gino LaMont - weeknights at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.
*Elizabeth Beaubien - weeknight news
 
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*Angela Monroe - weekends at 6:00, 10:00 (KPSE-LP) and 11:00 p.m., also Video Journalist and producer.
*Gino LaMont - weeknight news and "Ask the Mayor" segment producer (also weeknight sports at 6, 10, and 11)
 
*Anthony Alvarez - weekend evening news and producer (also video journalist and weekend evening sports)
 
 
 
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">'''''KMIR 6 Lifestyle Weather Team'''''</p>
 
 
*Bryan Scofield NWA Seal of Approval - weeknights
 
*Mike Tsolinas AMS Seal of Approval - weekday mornings
 
*Christian Boris AMS Seal of Approval - weekend morning cut-ins
 
*Ashlee DeMartino - weekend evenings
 
 
 
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">'''Video journalists'''</p>
 
   
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'''''KMIR News Lifestyle Weather Team ''''''''''(all based out of KTNV-TV in Las Vegas)'''''
*Manny dela Rosa - Promotions, Marketing, and Creative Services Director (also "Manny the Movie Guy" film critic and heard on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPSI-FM KPSI-FM]100.5)
 
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*Bryan Scofield - weeknights at 5:00, 6:00, 10:00 (KPSE-LP) and 11:00 p.m.
*Adrianna Weingold
 
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*Mike Tsolinas - weekday mornings (5:00-7:00 on KMIR and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on KPSE-LP)
*Gabriel Morales
 
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*Greg Bennett - weekends at 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.
*Angela Monroe
 
   
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'''Video journalists'''
===Former on-air talent===
 
 
*Manny dela Rosa - Promotions, Marketing, and Creative Services Director (also "Manny the Movie Guy" film critic and heard on KPSI-FM 100.5)
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">*'''Sam Argier''' - former chief meteorologist, (Now at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIRO-TV KIRO-TV] Seattle)</p>
 
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*Gitzel Puente
*'''Karen Devine''' - former anchor (Now on rival station [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KESQ KESQ])
 
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*Kitty Alva
*'''Tom Durian''' - former morning anchor (Now at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KHQ-TV KHQ-TV]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAYU-TV KAYU-TV] Spokane, WA)
 
*'''Fiona Gorostiza''' - former morning/midday anchor, (Now at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDFW-TV KDFW-TV] Dallas/Fort Worth)
 
   
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 18:45, 21 November 2019


KMIR-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Southern California's Coachella Valley. Licensed to Palm Springs, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 46 from a transmitter on Edom Hill in Cathedral City north of I-10/Redlands Freeway. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 6 (hence the KMIR 6 branding) and in high definition on digital channel 606. Owned by Journal Communications, KMIR is sister to low-poweredMyNetworkTV/TheCoolTV affiliate KPSE-LP and the two share studios on Park View Drive inPalm Desert. Syndicated programming on this station includes: The Insider, Entertainment Tonight, Two and a Half Men, and Judge Judy.

KMIR-TV
225px-KMIR6
Palm Springs, California
Branding KMIR 6 (general)

KMIR 6 News

Slogan Right Here. Right Now.
Channels Digital: 46 (UHF)
Subchannels 36.1 NBC36.2 Mexicanal
Owner Journal Communications

(Journal Broadcast Corporation)

First air date October 26, 1968
Call letters' meaning El MIRador Hotel
Sister station(s) KPSE-LP
Former channel number(s) 36 (UHF analog, 1968-2009)
Transmitter power 120 kW
Height 212.5 m
Facility ID 16749
Transmitter coordinates 33°52′0.3″N116°26′2.2″W
Website kmir6.com

Digital programming

On KMIR-DT2 is Mexicanal. This is currently not offered on Time Warner Cable digital systems.

Channels (virtual/physical) Video Aspect Programming
36.1/46.1 1080i 16:9 main KMIR programming/NBC (HD)
36.2/46.2 480i 4:3 KMIR-DT2 Mexicanal (SD)

History

The station signed-on October 26, 1968 as the second outlet in Palm Springs after ABC affiliate KPLM-TV (now KESQ-TV). Airing an analog signal on UHF channel 36, it has been an NBC affiliate from the start. Actor John Conte owned the station along with the El MIRador hotel in Palm Springs which is where the call letters come from. Desert Regional Medical Center now occupies the site of the old hotel. Today, one can still see the El Mirador broadcasting tower standing in front of the hospital. This is where the station originally transmitted from. The current tower is actually a new one made to look like the original which fell victim to a fire in 1989. Journal Communications acquired KMIR in 1999.

On September 26, 2007, the company announced its purchase of KPSE from Mirage Media for $4.7 million which closed on January 28, 2008. [1] Also in 2008, the station celebrated its 40th anniversary. Along with the other major Coachella Valley stations, KMIR identifies itself on-air using its cable designation rather than its over-the-air digital channel position. This unusual practice (also common in the Fort Myers/Naples, Florida market) stems in part from Palm Springs's exceptionally high cable penetration rate of 80.5% which is one of the highest in the United States. [2]

News operation

The station's studio and graphic systems are in high definition, although video shot in the field is in 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen. The station produces a nightly 10pm newscast on KPSE known as KMIR News at 10:00 on KPSE My TV. Former sister station KTNV-TV in Las Vegas provides the station's weather forecasts. KMIR does not have a dedicated sports department, but as of September 2013 KMIR has a reporter that covers local sporting events and high school football on Friday nights.

KMIR newscasts focus heavily on the station's news brand "You Ask. We Investigate"; stories submitted by viewers. In May 2013, the station launched the franchise "The Eyesore Next Door" focusing on viewer reports of eyesore properties across the Coachella Valley.

Since 2012, the station's newscasts have seen an increase in viewership. In the May 2013 sweeps period, KMIR was top-rated at 5 & 6pm in the coveted Adults 25-54 demographic. The station's newscasts are generally 2nd place in the nielsen ratings in the Palm Springs DMA.

Newscast titles

  • Desert Report (1970-?)
  • NewsCenter 6
  • TV-6 News (?-?)
  • KMIR 6 News (?–2013)
  • KMIR News (2013–2018)
  • NBC Palm Springs News (2018–present)

Station slogans

  • "Your NBC Affiliate in the Desert Empire" (1980s)
  • "Come Home to KMIR-TV 6/36 Palm Springs" (1986-1987, localized version of NBC ad campaign)
  • "Your Choice for Local News" (1993-1998)
  • "Local. Live. Late-Breaking." (1998-2006)
  • "Right Here. Right Now." (20062012)
  • "You Ask. We Investigate." (2012-present) 

News team

Anchors

  • Thalia Hayden - weekday mornings (5:00-7:00 on KMIR and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on KPSE-LP)
  • Gloria Rodriguez - weekday mornings (5:00-7:00 on KMIR and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on KPSE-LP)
  • Elizabeth Beaubien - weeknights at 5:00, 6:00, 10:00 (KPSE-LP) and 11:00 p.m.
  • Gino LaMont - weeknights at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.
  • Angela Monroe - weekends at 6:00, 10:00 (KPSE-LP) and 11:00 p.m., also Video Journalist and producer.

KMIR News Lifestyle Weather Team '''''(all based out of KTNV-TV in Las Vegas)

  • Bryan Scofield - weeknights at 5:00, 6:00, 10:00 (KPSE-LP) and 11:00 p.m.
  • Mike Tsolinas - weekday mornings (5:00-7:00 on KMIR and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on KPSE-LP)
  • Greg Bennett - weekends at 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.

Video journalists

  • Manny dela Rosa - Promotions, Marketing, and Creative Services Director (also "Manny the Movie Guy" film critic and heard on KPSI-FM 100.5)
  • Gitzel Puente
  • Kitty Alva

References

  1. ^ http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=145779&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1101008&highlight=
  2. ^ http://tvb.org/rcentral/markettrack/Cable_and_ADS_Penetration_by_DMA.asp

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