KSEE

KSEE (on-air, referred to as KSEE 24, pronounced "K-SEE") is the NBC affiliated television station in Fresno, California, broadcasting on digital channel 38. KSEE is owned and operated by Granite Broadcasting Corporation. Granite owns and operates eight network-affiliated television stations nationwide. KSEE is an NBC network affiliate and a member of the National Association of Broadcasters.

KSEE 24

Fresno, California
Branding	KSEE 24
Slogan	News That Matters
Channels	Digital: 38 (UHF)
Affiliations	NBC KSEE Weather Plus (DT2) LATV (DT3)
Owner	Granite Broadcasting Corporation (KSEE License, Inc.)
First air date	June 1, 1953
Call letters' meaning	pronounced "K-SEE"
Former callsigns	KMJ-TV (1953-1981)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 24 (UHF, 1953-2009)Digital: 16 (UHF, 2002-2005)
Transmitter power	326 kW
Height	601.1 m
Facility ID	35594
Transmitter coordinates	37°4′19″N119°25′52.4″W
Website	www.ksee24.com

History

KSEE started transmitting on June 1, 1953, as KMJ-TV. It was the first station to go on-air in Fresno and the first to use color film and network color in 1954.^{[citation needed]} The station was affiliated with NBC, but also carried independent programming.

KMJ-TV was originally owned by the McClatchy family whose assets included KMJ radio and three Californian newspapers called The Bee, in Fresno, Sacramento and Modesto.

In 1981, McClatchy retired from television station ownership by selling KMJ-TV to San Joaquin Communications, which changed the station's call letters to the present-day KSEE (as McClatchy heold on to KMJ radio until 1987). San Joaquin Communications, in turn, sold KSEE to Meredith Corporation in 1984.

Granite Broadcasting purchased KSEE, along with Syracuse, New York's CBS affiliate WTVH, from Meredith Corporation on December 27, 1993.

The station may have changed its call letters once, but its network affiliation hasn't; it is one of the two Central California television stations that has never changed its affiliation, and has been since the mid-1980s the region's second rated television station behind longtime leader KFSN. The other station to keep its affiliation is KMPH.

Digital television

The station's digital signal is UHF 38, multiplexed:

Channel	Programming
24.1	main KSEE-TV/NBC programming
24.2	KSEE Weather Plus
24.3	LATV

Programming

In addition to local programming, syndicated programming on KSEE are light, with Dr. Phil and Inside Edition in the mid-afternoons, andAccess Hollywood before primetime. KSEE clears all NBC programming, however, Days of our Lives airs an hour later than the recommended 1 p.m. slot.

KSEE produced a local oriented show MedWatch which aired every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. with former Fresno anchor Cindy Suryan.MedWatch talked about health topics and concerns as well as featuring the latest in medical technology.

In September 2005, Sports Central was launched. The show went more in-depth about local sports teams as well as national sports topics. The KSEE sports department also launched The Bulldog Insider to air on Sundays at 6:30 p.m., this series goes in-depth with California State University, Fresno's athletic teams .

In September 2007, a new business-entertainment show Central Valley Today was launched and airs at 11 a.m. after the fourth-hour ofToday. The daily hour-long show features KSEE 24 Sunrise news anchor Alex Delgado as host. Producing credit along with Delgado is Amanda Jaurigui. Monica Favila, now in San Diego, was the show-launch producer along with Monique Soltani, now at KPIX-TV in San Francisco, who served as associate producer and co-host.

Analog-to-digital conversion

KSEE remains on its current pre-transition channel number, 38. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display KSEE24's virtual channel as 24.1.

News operation

As of 2011, KSEE totals 27 hours of local news per week (5 hours on weekdays and 1 hour on weekends). A two hour newscast airs at 5 a.m., followed by half-hour blocks at noon and 5 p.m., one hour at 6 p.m., half-hour at 7 p.m., and a 35-minute wrap at 11 p.m. On weekends, only half-hour newscasts at 6 and 11 p.m. are provided. KSEE previously had a 4 p.m. newscast before being replaced by a 30-minute locally produced live program called "We Are Fresno" in March 2011, which airs between Dr. Phil and Inside Edition.

On July 31, 2006, KSEE 24 produced a 10 p.m. primetime newscast every Monday through Friday on My Network TV affiliate KAIL until September 11, 2009. KSEE 24 was the only station to start a 4:30 a.m. newscast for KSEE Sunrise," earlier than any other station. On January 1, 2011, KSEE Sunrise moved the newscast start time to 5:00 a.m. Since September 21, 2009, KSEE 24 is the first and only station to launch a 7 p.m. newscast with a different kind of format and is hosted by Carolyn Bruck and Lindsey Pena..

As of October 12, 2010, KSEE is one of two stations without high definition newscasts (along with KGPE); however, KSEE's newscasts are now in 16:9 enhanced widescreen.

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

• Total News
• NewsCenter 24 (1980s-1994)
• KSEE 24 Hour News (1994–2000)
• KSEE 24 News (2000–present)

Newscast programming

Daily

• KSEE Sunrise (1992–present)
• Central Valley Today (2007–present)
• KSEE 24 News at Noon
• "We Are Fresno Live" (2011-present)
• KSEE 24 News at 4PM (2002–2011)
• KSEE 24 News at 5PM
• KSEE 24 News at 6PM
• KSEE 24 News at 6:30PM (1998–present)
• KSEE 24 News at 7PM (2009–present)
• KSEE 24 News at 10PM (2006–2009)
• KSEE 24 News at 11PM (19??-1995, 2003–present)
• KSEE 24 News 11 at Eleven (1995–2003)

Saturdays

• KSEE 24 Sunrise Saturday (2000–2008)
• Central Valley Today Weekend (2008–present)
• KSEE 24 News at 6PM
• Medwatch (2004–2009)
• KSEE 24 Sports Central (2005–2009)
• KSEE 24 News at 11PM

Sundays

• KSEE 24 News at 6PM
• KSEE 24 Sports Central Bulldog Insider (2007–present)
• KSEE 24 News at 10PM (2006, 2008–2009) - during Sunday Night Football
• KSEE 24 News at 11PM
• KSEE 24 Sports Central (2005–present)

Station slogans

• KSEE-24, Proud As A Peacock!
• 24, Our Pride Is Showing (1981-82; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• We`re 24, Just Watch Us Now (1982-83; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• We Give You More (1983–1994)
• Come Home To 24 (1986–87; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• Come On Home to 24 (1987–88; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• Come Home To The Best, Only On 24
• The Stars Are Back on 24 (1993-94; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
• Coverage You Can Count On (1994–2000)
• People You Can Count On (2000–2003)
• The People You Count On (2003–2006)
• Big Stories & Breaking News, First, KSEE 24: The Central Valley's News Station (2006–2010)
• News That Matters (2010–present)

On-air staff

Current on-air staff

Anchors/hosts

• Stefani Booroojian - weekdays at 4, weeknights at 5, 6 and 6:30 p.m.; also health reporter; We Are Fresno Live co-host (beginning in February)
• Carolyn Bruck - weeknights at 7 and 11 p.m.
• Alex Delgado - Central Valley Today host; "We Are Fresno Live" co-host at 4 p.m.
• David Marcus - weeknights at 5, 6, 6:30 and 11 p.m.
• Matt Otstot - weekday mornings on KSEE Sunrise from 5am-7am
• Lindsey Pena - weeknights at 7 pm
• Pamela Prado - weekdays at noon
• Michelle Roberts - weekends at 6 & 11 pm
• Faith Sidlow - weekday mornings on KSEE Sunrise from 5am-7am

'KSEE 24 Weather Plus'

• A.J. Fox (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weekdays at 4, weeknights at 5, 6, 6:30, 7 and 11 p.m.
• Carolyn Bruck - fill-in weather reporter
• Matt Otstot - weekday mornings on KSEE Sunrise from 5am-7am
• Pamela Prado - weekdays at noon

Sports team

• Anthony Flores - sports director; Sunday-Thursdays at 6 and 11 p.m., and Monday-Thursdays at 7 p.m.; also "Sports Central" host
• Senerey de los Santos - sports reporter and fill-in sports anchor

Reporters

• Kacie Allen - morning traffic reporter on KSEE Sunrise from 5am-7am & Real-Time Traffic 24 updates
• Christina Lusby - general assignment reporter
• Jobin Panicker - general assignment reporter; also fill-in anchor
• Michelle Roberts - general assignment reporter; also fill-in anchor
• Justin Willis - general assignment reporter: also fill-n anchor
• Joe Ybarra - general assignment reporter

Management

• Chris Manson - news director
• Mike Hartman - managing editor
• Larry Johnson - executive producer
• Brian DiFuria - assignment manager

Former on-air staff

• Alicia Acuna - 5 p.m. anchor/nightside reporter 1995-1997 (now at Fox News DenverBureau)
• Zara Arboleda - noon weekdays & KSEE Sunrise Saturday anchor/reporter 1997-2003 (now at KGPE)
• Angela Astore - anchor/reporter (later at CNN and CNN Headline News)
• Alexan Balekian - Sports Central anchor 2004-2009 (moved to KMPH as weekend sports anchor in early 2009; now at KMJ-FM as host of No Static Sports)
• Laura Berry - weather anchor /weekend sunrise co-anchor/reporter 2003-2005 (now at KLAS in Las Vegas)
• Debra Beyer - KSEE Sunrise, then 5 p.m. anchor/reporter 1992-2003
• Sean Boyd - chief weathercaster 1988-1998
• Earl Bradley - “On The Map” video photographer
• Jon Brent - 6/11pm weekend anchor; 4-5-6-6:30-10-11 p.m. anchor 2003-2009 (contract not renewed)
• Jennifer Brice - 6/11 p.m. Sunday anchor; 4-5-6:30 p.m. anchor/nightside reporter 2005-2008.Now at KCNC, CBS in Denver as reporter/anchor.
• Andrea Cantu - south valley bureau reporter 2002-2005 (now at KDRV in Medford, Oregon)
• Brent Cannon (aka Brent Schweigert) - 5 p.m. anchor/reporter 1994-1997 (now at KNTV in San Francisco; co-anchors the morning news with wife Laura Garcia-Cannon)
• Kelly Carr - sports anchor/director 1999-2003
• Paul Chaderjian - reporter 1998-2000
• Ted Chen - reporter (now at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles)
• Patricia Chung - weekend anchor/reporter 1995-2000
• Luis Cruz - reporter 2000-2002
• Brent DeMonte - anchor/weathercaster 1964-1993 (retired after 29 years at KSEE; On January 23, 2002 DeMonte was the only KSEE legend to appear on Bob Long’s final newscast; On March 22, 2007 DeMonte, once again appeared on Stefani Booroojian’s 25 years on KSEE)
• Bud Elliott - KSEE Sunrise anchor; noon-5-6-6:30-11 p.m. anchor 1987-2007 (now at KJWL-FM and KYNO-AM as news anchor)
• Olivia Fernandez - reporter 1995-1999
• Dick Fitzwell - reporter
• Monte Francis - reporter 2000-2005 (now at KNTV in San Francisco as a freelance reporter; while at KSEE, Francis covered and made daily blogs of “The Marcus Wesson Trial” and has recently written a book about the case)
• Theresa Freed - weekend anchor/court reporter 2006-2010 (now back in her home state of Kansas)
• Enoch Gamoian - webmaster/weathercaster
• Jaime Garcia - reporter
• Laura Garcia-Cannon (aka Laura Garcia) - 6/11 p.m. weekend anchor/reporter/“City Scene” reader 1995-1997 (now co-anchors the morning newscast with husband Brent Cannon at KNTV in San Francisco)
• Ralph Gaston - sports anchor/reporter
• Mike Gleason - sports anchor/director , now with ESPN & ESPN U as studio host and play by play for Big East football and basketball.
• Michael Golden - nightside reporter 1995-1999 (while at KSEE, Golden was awarded in recognition with “Reporter of The Year”)
• Al Gonzalez - reporter
• Liz Gonzalez - South Valley bureau reporter 2005-2007 (now at KMPH)
• Stephanie Guadian - [aka Stevie Guadian] 5 p.m. anchor/reporter 1994-1995, 1996-1997 (later weekend anchor at KTRK-TV inHouston), now morning anchor at KFOX-TV in El Paso
• Jim Guy - Weather Plus chief meteorologist 2006-2009 (now weekday noon weather anchor at KING 5 Seattle)
• Ethan Harp - nightside reporter/fill-in anchor 1998-2000 (later at KNTV NBC 11 San Francisco)
• Loriana Hernandez (aka Lori Hernandez) - 5 p.m. anchor/nightside reporter 1998-2004 (now weekend anchor at KTBC in Austin, Texas)
• Mike Hill - weekend sports anchor/reporter 1995-1997 (now at ESPN)
• Colin Jackson - Weather Plus meteorologist; Weekends then Weekday "KSEE Sunrise" & Noon 2007-2010
• Dale Julin - KSEE Sunrise anchor; 5 & 6:30 p.m. anchor/reporter 1992-2001 (now at KSBW-TV in Salinas/Monterey; returned to newscasting after 7 years)
• Priscilla Kwan - KSEE Sunrise Saturday anchor; 6 & 11 p.m. anchor/reporter 2000-2004 (later at KPRC-TV in Houston)
• Jason Laney - AMS chief meteorologist 1998-2006 (creator of KSEE Weather Lab; now meteorologist/weather producer with KRQE inAlbuquerque)
• Ronnie Loaiza - reporter (now anchoring news part time on KFI -AM 640 in Los Angeles and working as commercial and background actor)
• Bob Long - noon and 5 p.m. anchor/“On The Map” features reporter 1962-2005 (Was in the media business for 57 years, and spent 40 years as an anchor. Long died on November 26, 2008 after a two-week bout of pneumonia. Long holds the record for serving as the Central Valley's longest newsanchor)
• Wisdom Martin - reporter 1995-1996 (now at WTTG in Washington, D.C.)
• George Mason - weathercaster (later at KMPH; retired)
• Raj Mathai (aka Roger Mathai) - weekend sports anchor/reporter 1997-1998 (now at KNTV in San Francisco: sports anchor/director)
• Dean Mell - KMJ-TV "NewsTime" anchor
• Chandrea Miller - KSEE Sunrise reporter 1998-1999 (now producer with MTV Networks)
• Charlie Minn - weekend sports anchor/reporter 2003-2004
• Dick Moody - reporter 1963-1988 (retired in 1988, died in 1996)
• Bill Murphy - "Letters" feature reporter/assignment editor 1966-2002 (now is the Master Gardner on Central Valley Today occasional segments
• Catherine Mylinh - anchor/reporter/weathercaster 2005-2008 (last location: freelance weathercaster at KNTV in San Francisco)
• Mina Nguyen - KSEE Sunrise Saturday anchor/reporter 2004-2005 (now at the San Diego County Public Affairs)
• Jack Noldon - 6/11 p.m. anchor; noon anchor/senior reporter 1977-2008 (retired after 31 years at KSEE)
• Laurie Penco - 6/11 p.m. weekend anchor/reporter 2002-2003, 2008–2009 (Laurie Penco has worked all four Fresno television stations: KSEE, KMPH-TV, KFSN-TV and KGPE-TV)
• Pablo Pereira - reporter/substitute anchor/weather (now at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles)
• Diana Pierce - noon, then evening anchor/reporter (now at KARE-TV in Minneapolis)
• Preston Phillips - reporter/fill-in anchor (now with KGTV in San Diego)
• Erika Razo - reporter 2006-2008
• Mary Ellen Resendez - anchor/reporter (now at KNXV in Phoenix)
• Sarah Reyes - anchor/reporter (former California Assemblywoman; former head of a local food bank charity)
• Beth Rivera - nightscope reporter
• Stephanie Riggs - noon anchor/reporter 1988-1991 (later at KCNC-TV in Denver from 1994–2006; now television producer of ABC Family's "Fitting In")
• Joe Rosato Jr. - reporter
• Geoff Roth - News Director - currently Asst. Professor at Hofstra University
• Diana Rubio - reporter/substitute anchor 1997-1999
• Emmett Russell - weekend weather lab meteorologist/reporter 1998-2001
• Rich Rodriguez - 5-6-6:30-10-11 p.m. anchor 2001-2008 (prior to joining KSEE, later 6 and 11 PM anchor at KFSN-TV 1980-1985, 1988–1999; now 10PM weekend anchor at KMPH)
• Mike Sanford - anchor/reporter (currently VP of Content Creation at KVIE in Sacramento, CA)
• Paul Schafer - anchor/reporter
• Adam Sexton - KSEE Sunrise Saturday anchor/reporter 2005-2007 (now at WMUR in Manchester, New Hampshire)
• Sharokina Shams - reporter 2003-2006 (now Modesto Bureau Reporter at KCRA-TV in Sacramento)
• Matt Skryja - 6 & 11 p.m. Saturday anchor/reporter 2002-2006 (currently Northern California AAA media spokesperson based in San Francisco)
• Monique Soltani Central Valley Today co-host/producer 2007-2009 (now at KPIX-TV in San Francisco, CA)
• Valerie Stapleton (aka Valerie Staples) - anchor/reporter
• Ed Sturgeon - KMJ-TV "Today in Agriculture" anchor/farm editor
• Paul Swearingin - weekend sports anchor/reporter 1992-1995 (now at KFIG Radio)
• George Takata - [aka George Smith] producer/substitute sports anchor (now sports director at KGPE)
• Nick Trujillo - reporter/producer/executive producer til 2007
• Sean Michael Thomas - reporter 2007-2009 (reporting for Russia Today in Moscow, Russia)
• Jenny Toste (aka Jenny Ebbeling) - weekend weather plus/reporter/anchor 2004-2007 (now morning/noon weathercaster at KGPE)
• Wen Tung - KSEE Sunrise reporter/producer 2005-2006 (now producer with KPIX-TV in San Francisco)
• Cynthia Valdez - KSEE Sunrise Saturday weather 2007-2008 (currently Public Information Officer, Fresno Police Department)
• Zoua Vang - weekend anchor/reporter 1999-2004 (now Communications Director at First 5 Fresno County)
• Woody Wilk - sports anchor
• Orin Winick - sports director 1990-1999; news reporter/fill-in anchor 1999-2000

References

1. ^ Fresno Bee Republican: 19, 1953-06-10

External links

• KSEE 24
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KSEE
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KSEE-TV
• Program Information for KSEE at TitanTV.com