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Not to be confused with KTSP-TV, a former call-sign of [[KSAZ-TV]], used from 1982 to 1994
 
 
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">'''KTSM-TV''', also known as '''NewsChannel 9''', is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC] affiliated television station based in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas El Paso, Texas]. It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 9. KTSM-TV is currently owned by ComCorp of El Paso, Inc.</p>
 
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">'''KTSM-TV''', also known as '''NewsChannel 9''', is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC NBC] affiliated television station based in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas El Paso, Texas]. It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 9. KTSM-TV is currently owned by ComCorp of El Paso, Inc.</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; ">KTSM-TV signed on air on January 4, 1953 as the second oldest television station in the market, behind [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDBC-TV KDBC-TV]. The station shares its call letters with its former sister AM and FM stations, which are now owned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Channel_Communications Clear Channel Communications], separate from KTSM-TV. The "TSM" in the name stands for "Tri State Music", referring to KTSM-AM's original owner.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-El_Paso_Broadcasting_History_0-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-El_Paso_Broadcasting_History-0 [1]]</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;">KTSM-TV signed on air on January 4, 1953 as the second oldest television station in the market, behind [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDBC-TV KDBC-TV]. The station shares its call letters with its former sister AM and FM stations, which are now owned by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Channel_Communications Clear Channel Communications], separate from KTSM-TV. The "TSM" in the name stands for "Tri State Music", referring to KTSM-AM's original owner.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-El_Paso_Broadcasting_History_0-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-El_Paso_Broadcasting_History-0 [1]]</sup></p>
   
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">KTSM claims to have the tallest VHF transmission tower in Texas. It is located at Ranger Peak, one of the peaks of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Mountains_(Texas) Franklin Mountains]. It is 2,000 feet above downtown El Paso, and 5,990 feet above sea level.</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;">KTSM claims to have the tallest VHF transmission tower in Texas. It is located at Ranger Peak, one of the peaks of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Mountains_(Texas) Franklin Mountains]. It is 2,000 feet above downtown El Paso, and 5,990 feet above sea level.</p>
   
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">KTSM was owned and operated for 60 years by Karl O. Wyler, a philanthropist and broadcast pioneer in El Paso. Mr. Wyler built the El Paso Aerial Tramway in the early 1960s to allow his staff to maintain the transmitters at Ranger Peak. The tramway was open to the public until the 1980s, when insurance laws in Texas prohibited its use by the general public. When Mr. Wyler died in 1990, he left controlling interest in Tri-State Broadcasting, Inc. (the radio and television stations) to the El Paso Community Foundation as a charitable gift.</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;">KTSM was owned and operated for 60 years by Karl O. Wyler, a philanthropist and broadcast pioneer in El Paso. Mr. Wyler built the El Paso Aerial Tramway in the early 1960s to allow his staff to maintain the transmitters at Ranger Peak. The tramway was open to the public until the 1980s, when insurance laws in Texas prohibited its use by the general public. When Mr. Wyler died in 1990, he left controlling interest in Tri-State Broadcasting, Inc. (the radio and television stations) to the El Paso Community Foundation as a charitable gift.</p>
   
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">In 1991, the Foundation hired Richard E. Pearson, a dynamic station manager at KVIA TV at the time, to run the operations. Under Mr. Pearson's leadership, the station flourished, and became a dominant force in the market, until the stations were sold to Communications Corporation of America (Comcorp El Paso, Inc.), the current owners, in 1998.</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;">In 1991, the Foundation hired Richard E. Pearson, a dynamic station manager at KVIA TV at the time, to run the operations. Under Mr. Pearson's leadership, the station flourished, and became a dominant force in the market, until the stations were sold to Communications Corporation of America (Comcorp El Paso, Inc.), the current owners, in 1998.</p>
   
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Among KTSM's most famous personalities was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted_Bender&action=edit&redlink=1 Ted Bender]. Bender hosted numerous programs on KTSM including the El Paso version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialing_for_Dollars Dialing for Dollars], in which he gave four viewers a chance to win money, and halfway through the calls, Bender (who was a city councilman) would interview a key figure in the El Paso community. The program aired for 25 minutes, which followed a 5-minute newscast on KTSM at 10 AM.</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;">Among KTSM's most famous personalities was [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted_Bender&action=edit&redlink=1 Ted Bender]. Bender hosted numerous programs on KTSM including the El Paso version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialing_for_Dollars Dialing for Dollars], in which he gave four viewers a chance to win money, and halfway through the calls, Bender (who was a city councilman) would interview a key figure in the El Paso community. The program aired for 25 minutes, which followed a 5-minute newscast on KTSM at 10 AM.</p>
   
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Bender also was the lead weatherman for KTSM from its inception until his retirement in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991 1991], using weather symbols that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service National Weather Service] utilizes on their weather charts.</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;">Bender also was the lead weatherman for KTSM from its inception until his retirement in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991 1991], using weather symbols that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service National Weather Service] utilizes on their weather charts.</p>
   
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialing_for_Dollars Dialing for Dollars] and daytime soaps pre-empted NBC's regular daytime staple of game shows, later airing in the afternoon hours. ''Sesame Street'', which normally airs on PBS, aired on KTSM, due to the lack of a public television station in the El Paso area, from 1969 until [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCOS_(TV) KCOS] opened in 1978, and may have aired other PBS programs, besides.</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;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialing_for_Dollars Dialing for Dollars] and daytime soaps pre-empted NBC's regular daytime staple of game shows, later airing in the afternoon hours. ''Sesame Street'', which normally airs on PBS, aired on KTSM, due to the lack of a public television station in the El Paso area, from 1969 until [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCOS_(TV) KCOS] opened in 1978, and may have aired other PBS programs, besides.</p>
   
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">On August 3, 2008, during its 5:00 p.m. newscast, KTSM became the first station in El Paso to produce their news in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television high definition].</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 August 3, 2008, during its 5:00 p.m. newscast, KTSM became the first station in El Paso to produce their news in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television high definition].</p>
   
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">KTSM will affiliate with the Spanish-language network [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrella_TV Estrella TV] on a digital subchannel in 2009.<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=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup> On August 31, 2009, KTSM launched Estrella TV.</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;">KTSM will affiliate with the Spanish-language network [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrella_TV Estrella TV] on a digital subchannel in 2009.<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=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup> On August 31, 2009, KTSM launched Estrella TV.</p>
   
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">On October 19, 2009 ComCorp, the parent company of KTSM, announced that KTSM will provide sales and other services for Titan Broadcast Management's KDBC under a new agreement. Comcorp El Paso, which owns and operates KTSM, will provide advertising, sales, administrative services and some news programming for KDBC,While TTBC will continue to manage KDBC and both stations will retain separate newscasts for now.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-2 [3]]</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 October 19, 2009 ComCorp, the parent company of KTSM, announced that KTSM will provide sales and other services for Titan Broadcast Management's KDBC under a new agreement. Comcorp El Paso, which owns and operates KTSM, will provide advertising, sales, administrative services and some news programming for KDBC,While TTBC will continue to manage KDBC and both stations will retain separate newscasts for now.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-2 [3]]</sup></p>
   
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">KTSM-TV, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHIJ-TV XHIJ-TV] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHCJE-TV XHCJE-TV] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez Ciudad Juárez], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTDO KTDO] of Las Cruces share resources especially with violence in Juarez.</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;">KTSM-TV, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHIJ-TV XHIJ-TV] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHCJE-TV XHCJE-TV] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez Ciudad Juárez], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTDO KTDO] of Las Cruces share resources especially with violence in Juarez.</p>
 
==Digital television==
 
==Digital television==
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">The station's digital channel is multiplexed:</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's digital channel is multiplexed:</p>
 
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===Analog shutdown===
 
===Analog shutdown===
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">On June 12, 2009, at 12:30 P.M. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone MDT], KTSM-TV completed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTV_transition analog television shutdown and digital conversion].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Digital_Switch_Complete_3-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-Digital_Switch_Complete-3 [4]]</sup> Additionally, KTSM moved its digital broadcast tier from 16 to its former analog channel number, 9.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Analog_to_Digital_4-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-Analog_to_Digital-4 [5]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FCCForm387_5-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-FCCForm387-5 [6]]</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 June 12, 2009, at 12:30 P.M. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone MDT], KTSM-TV completed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTV_transition analog television shutdown and digital conversion].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Digital_Switch_Complete_3-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-Digital_Switch_Complete-3 [4]]</sup> Additionally, KTSM moved its digital broadcast tier from 16 to its former analog channel number, 9.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Analog_to_Digital_4-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-Analog_to_Digital-4 [5]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FCCForm387_5-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-FCCForm387-5 [6]]</sup></p>
   
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">on July 31, 2009 KTSM was given Special Temporary Authority by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission Federal Communications Commission] (FCC) to also operate on Digital Channel 16, because of reports of reception problems on digital channel 9. The station has since filed a petition to the FCC to remain on channel 16 permanently.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-6 [7]]</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 July 31, 2009 KTSM was given Special Temporary Authority by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission Federal Communications Commission] (FCC) to also operate on Digital Channel 16, because of reports of reception problems on digital channel 9. The station has since filed a petition to the FCC to remain on channel 16 permanently.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KTSM-TV&diff=423267293&oldid=422806537#cite_note-6 [7]]</sup></p>
 
==On-air staff==
 
==On-air staff==
 
===News team===
 
===News team===
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*Russ Pappas - ''Meteorologist : News Channel 9 Weekends''
 
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Rick Chavez
 
===Former on-air staff===
 
===Former on-air staff===
 
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*Ben Swann
 
*Ben Swann
 
*Bianca Ferrare
 
*Bianca Ferrare
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*<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/william-armstrong/50/456/462 <u>Bill Armstrong</u>]</p>
*Bill Armstrong
 
 
*Bill Blair
 
*Bill Blair
 
*Brad Montgomery
 
*Brad Montgomery
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*Felipa Solis
 
*Felipa Solis
 
*Harry Cristo
 
*Harry Cristo
*Horst Longenecker
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*Horst Longenecker (deceased)
 
*Jacque Kessler (formerly of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Joe_Brown Judge Joe Brown]'' TV show)
 
*Jacque Kessler (formerly of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Joe_Brown Judge Joe Brown]'' TV show)
 
*Jeff Limburgh
 
*Jeff Limburgh
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*Michelle Dabney-Perez
 
*Michelle Dabney-Perez
 
*Michelle Gielan (Now with CBS News in New York)
 
*Michelle Gielan (Now with CBS News in New York)
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*Michelle Valles
 
*Mike Johnson
 
*Mike Johnson
 
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*Yvette Villarreal (now Yvette Martinez at WBIR in Knoxville,TN)
 
*Yvette Villarreal (now Yvette Martinez at WBIR in Knoxville,TN)
 
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==News/station presentation==
 
==News/station presentation==
 
===Newscast titles===
 
===Newscast titles===
*''El Paso Newsreel'' (1953–1959)
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*''KTSM-TV News'' (1953-?)
*''Bill Thomas and the News'' (1959–1966)
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*''TV News'' (1953-?)
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*''Channel 9 News Spotlight'' (1957-1960s)
*''The Sixth Hour Report/The Eleventh Hour Report'' (1966–1972)
 
*''Channel 9 News'' (1972–1975, 1988–1993)
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*''Channel 9 News'' (1970s & 1990–1992)
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsCenter NewsCenter] 9'' (1975–1988)
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*''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsCenter NewsCenter] 9'' (1970s–1990)
*''9 News'' (1993–1995)
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*''9 News'' (1992)
*''TSM News'' (1995–1999)
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*''TSM News'' (1992–1995)
*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsChannel NewsChannel] 9'' (1999–present)
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*''NewsChannel 9'' (1995–2018)
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*''KTSM 9 News'' (2018–present)
   
 
===Station slogans===
 
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===KTSM Music===
 
===KTSM Music===
*''Where You Belong'' By TM Productions (1980–1984)
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*''Where You Belong'' By TM Productions (1980–1986)
*''News 88 ''By Tuesday Productions (19??-1988)
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*''News 88 ''By Tuesday Productions (1986-1988)
 
*''KPRC Custom Packages'' By Toby Arnold & Associates (1988–1990)
 
*''KPRC Custom Packages'' By Toby Arnold & Associates (1988–1990)
*''USA News'' By 615 Music (1990–?)
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*''USA News'' By 615 Music (1990–1997)
*''KTSM 2000 News Theme'' (?-?)
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*''KTSM 2000 News Theme'' (2000)
*''Advantage'' By Gari Communications (?–2005)
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*''Advantage'' By Gari Communications (2000–2005)
 
*''The NBC Collection Includes : New Millenium [''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic sic]''] V.1 And Flagship'' Gari Communications (2005–2009)
 
*''The NBC Collection Includes : New Millenium [''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic sic]''] V.1 And Flagship'' Gari Communications (2005–2009)
 
*''Extreme'' By Stephen Arnold Music (2009-Pres.)
 
*''Extreme'' By Stephen Arnold Music (2009-Pres.)
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==Gallery==
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<gallery widths="175" position="center" captionalign="center">
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File:NBC9 1975.svg|KTSM Channel 9 logo from 1975
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File:KTSM ident 1977.png|KTSM Channel 9 ident from 1977
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File:KTSM ident 1979 A.png|KTSM Channel 9 ident from 1979
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File:KTSM ident 1979 B.png|KTSM Channel 9 secondary ident from 1979
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File:KTSM ident 1979 C.png|KTSM Channel 9 terciary idsent from 1979
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File:KTSM ident 1979 D.png|KTSM Channel 9 quatorciary ident from 1979
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File:KTSM sign-off slide 1984.png|KTSM Channel 9 Sign-.Off slide screengrab from Fall 1984
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KTSM 1985 V2.png|KTSM Channel 9 - Channel 9, Let's All Be There ident from early 1985
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File:KTSM ident 1985.png|KTSM Channel 9 ident from 1985
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File:KTSM ident slide 1985.png|KTSM Channel 9 ident slide from 1985
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KTSM 1986.png|KTSM Channel 9 - The Fine 9 ident from 1986
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File:KTSM ident 1989.png|KTSM Channel 9 ident from 1989
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House with a tower.jpg|KTSM Channel 9 station ident from 1990
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KTSM logo 1997.gif|KTSM Newschannel 9 logo from 1997
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ScreenHunter 65504 Feb. 15 16.13.jpg|KTSM Newschannel 9 open from 2015
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Header SUPERB OLYM.jpg|KTSM Newschannel 9 - Home Of The 2018 Winter Olympic Games promo from Mid-January 2018
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ScreenHunter 65510 Feb. 15 17.24.jpg|KTSM Newschannel 9 10PM open from late January 2018
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File:KTSM 2018.svg|KTSM 9 logo from 2018
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File:KTSM9NewsLogo2018.webp|KTSM 9 News logo from 2018
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Latest revision as of 16:09, 1 February 2023

Not to be confused with KTSP-TV, a former call-sign of KSAZ-TV, used from 1982 to 1994

KTSM-TV, also known as NewsChannel 9, is an NBC affiliated television station based in El Paso, Texas. It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 9. KTSM-TV is currently owned by ComCorp of El Paso, Inc.

KTSM-TV
160px-KTSM Logo
El Paso, Texas
Branding NewsChannel 9
Slogan First, Live, Local
Channels Digital: 9 (VHF), 16 (UHF)
Affiliations NBC

Estrella TV (DT2)

Owner Communications Corporation of America

(Comcorp of El Paso License Corp)

First air date January 4, 1953
Call letters' meaning Tri

State Music

Former channel number(s) Analog:

9 (VHF, 1953-2009)

Transmitter power 34 kW channel 9
Height 577 m
Facility ID 67760
Transmitter coordinates 31°48′18″N106°28′57″W
Website www.ktsm.com

History

KTSM-TV signed on air on January 4, 1953 as the second oldest television station in the market, behind KDBC-TV. The station shares its call letters with its former sister AM and FM stations, which are now owned by Clear Channel Communications, separate from KTSM-TV. The "TSM" in the name stands for "Tri State Music", referring to KTSM-AM's original owner.[1]

KTSM claims to have the tallest VHF transmission tower in Texas. It is located at Ranger Peak, one of the peaks of the Franklin Mountains. It is 2,000 feet above downtown El Paso, and 5,990 feet above sea level.

KTSM was owned and operated for 60 years by Karl O. Wyler, a philanthropist and broadcast pioneer in El Paso. Mr. Wyler built the El Paso Aerial Tramway in the early 1960s to allow his staff to maintain the transmitters at Ranger Peak. The tramway was open to the public until the 1980s, when insurance laws in Texas prohibited its use by the general public. When Mr. Wyler died in 1990, he left controlling interest in Tri-State Broadcasting, Inc. (the radio and television stations) to the El Paso Community Foundation as a charitable gift.

In 1991, the Foundation hired Richard E. Pearson, a dynamic station manager at KVIA TV at the time, to run the operations. Under Mr. Pearson's leadership, the station flourished, and became a dominant force in the market, until the stations were sold to Communications Corporation of America (Comcorp El Paso, Inc.), the current owners, in 1998.

Among KTSM's most famous personalities was Ted Bender. Bender hosted numerous programs on KTSM including the El Paso version of Dialing for Dollars, in which he gave four viewers a chance to win money, and halfway through the calls, Bender (who was a city councilman) would interview a key figure in the El Paso community. The program aired for 25 minutes, which followed a 5-minute newscast on KTSM at 10 AM.

Bender also was the lead weatherman for KTSM from its inception until his retirement in 1991, using weather symbols that the National Weather Service utilizes on their weather charts.

Dialing for Dollars and daytime soaps pre-empted NBC's regular daytime staple of game shows, later airing in the afternoon hours. Sesame Street, which normally airs on PBS, aired on KTSM, due to the lack of a public television station in the El Paso area, from 1969 until KCOS opened in 1978, and may have aired other PBS programs, besides.

On August 3, 2008, during its 5:00 p.m. newscast, KTSM became the first station in El Paso to produce their news in high definition.

KTSM will affiliate with the Spanish-language network Estrella TV on a digital subchannel in 2009.[2] On August 31, 2009, KTSM launched Estrella TV.

On October 19, 2009 ComCorp, the parent company of KTSM, announced that KTSM will provide sales and other services for Titan Broadcast Management's KDBC under a new agreement. Comcorp El Paso, which owns and operates KTSM, will provide advertising, sales, administrative services and some news programming for KDBC,While TTBC will continue to manage KDBC and both stations will retain separate newscasts for now.[3]

KTSM-TV, XHIJ-TV and XHCJE-TV of Ciudad Juárez, and KTDO of Las Cruces share resources especially with violence in Juarez.

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Subchannel Programming
9.1 main KTSM-TV/NBC programming
9.2 Estrella TV

Analog shutdown

On June 12, 2009, at 12:30 P.M. MDT, KTSM-TV completed the analog television shutdown and digital conversion.[4] Additionally, KTSM moved its digital broadcast tier from 16 to its former analog channel number, 9.[5][6]

on July 31, 2009 KTSM was given Special Temporary Authority by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to also operate on Digital Channel 16, because of reports of reception problems on digital channel 9. The station has since filed a petition to the FCC to remain on channel 16 permanently.[7]

On-air staff

News team

  • Oralia Ortega - Main Anchor: NewsChannel 9 @ 6:30pm
  • Stephania Jimenez - News Reporter/Anchor NewsChannel 9 @ 5pm, 6pm & 10pm
  • Dan O' Rourke - News Anchor: NewsChannel 9 @ 5pm, 6pm, & 10pm
  • Amber Dowling- Anchor: NewsChannel 9 Weekends
  • Noreen Jaramillo - Morning news anchor: NewsChannel 9 Today
  • Adrienne Alvarez - General assignment reporting
  • Monique Griego - General assignment reporting
  • Phillip Mena -General assignment reporting
  • Anthony Garcia - General assignment reporting
  • Nichole Gomez - General assignment reporting
  • Alexa Helms - NewsChannel 9 CO-Reporter

Sports team

  • Fred Albers - Sports Director/anchor: NC9 @ 6pm & 10pm
  • Beau Bagley - Weekend sports anchor: NewsChannel 9 Weekends
  • Aaron Rich - Sports Reporter NewsChannel 9 Weekends

Weather team

  • Chuck DeBroder - Chief Meteorologist: NC9 First @ 5pm, 6pm & 10pm
  • Mark Mathis - Meteorologist: NewsChannel 9 Today
  • Russ Pappas - Meteorologist : News Channel 9 Weekends

Rick Chavez

Former on-air staff

  • Adam Shadoff
  • Ann Bonfield
  • Barbara High
  • Barry Finn
  • Ben Swann
  • Bianca Ferrare
  • Bill Armstrong

  • Bill Blair
  • Brad Montgomery
  • Christina Montoya
  • Christina Brown
  • Cynthia Weyand (Vega)
  • Dave Garcia
  • Dave Garlick
  • Denise LaFrance
  • Dia Wallace
  • Edward Egros
  • Eric Johnston
  • Erica Castillo
  • Erica Castillo-Ruiz
  • Felicia Garcia
  • Felipa Solis
  • Harry Cristo
  • Horst Longenecker (deceased)
  • Jacque Kessler (formerly of Judge Joe Brown TV show)
  • Jeff Limburgh
  • Jeff Reynolds
  • Jeremy Jojola
  • Jessica Durrett
  • Jessie Chavez
  • Joan Zec
  • Joan Lucas
  • Joe DiGiovanni
  • Joyce Ohajah
  • Juana Hill
  • Louis Saenz
  • Luis Patino
  • Mari Alvarez
  • Marty Cox
  • Micah Johnson (journalist)
  • Michelle Alegria
  • Michelle Dabney-Perez
  • Michelle Gielan (Now with CBS News in New York)
  • Michelle Valles
  • Mike Johnson
  • Mike Machak
  • Minerva Baumann
  • Neil Simon
  • Nick Miller
  • Raymond Mesa
  • Richard Wayman
  • Roy Ortega
  • Eric Pearson
  • Scott Ehret
  • Steve Jess
  • Suzanne Michaels
  • Talia Nye
  • Ted Bender
  • Tim Daly
  • Tom Downs
  • Tom Nelson
  • Tom Thorpe
  • Tony Debo
  • Victor Venegas
  • Yvette Villarreal (now Yvette Martinez at WBIR in Knoxville,TN)

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

  • KTSM-TV News (1953-?)
  • TV News (1953-?)
  • Channel 9 News Spotlight (1957-1960s)
  • Channel 9 News (1970s & 1990–1992)
  • NewsCenter 9 (1970s–1990)
  • 9 News (1992)
  • TSM News (1992–1995)
  • NewsChannel 9 (1995–2018)
  • KTSM 9 News (2018–present)

Station slogans

  • El Paso's #1 News Team (1970s-1994)
  • Channel 9, Proud As A Peacock! (1979–1981; local version of NBC campaign)
  • Channel 9 Is Where You Belong (early 1980s)
  • Channel 9, Our Pride Is Showing (1981–1982; local version of NBC campaign)
  • We're Channel 9, Just Watch Us Now (1982–1983; local version of NBC campaign)
  • Channel 9 There, Be There (1983–1984; local version of NBC campaign)
  • NewsCenter 9 Is Everywhere (mid 1980s)
  • Channel 9, Let's All Be There (1984–1986; local version of NBC campaign)
  • Come Home to Channel 9 (1986–1987; local version of NBC campaign)
  • Come on Home to Channel 9 (1987–1988; local version of NBC campaign)
  • Come Home To The Best, Only on Channel 9 (1988–1990; local version of NBC campaign)
  • Channel 9, The Place To Be! (1990–1991; local version of NBC campaign)
  • The Heart of West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Mexico (1990–1995)
  • It's A Whole New Channel 9 (1992-1993; local version of NBC campaign)
  • The Stars Are Back on Channel 9 (1993-1994; local version of NBC campaign)
  • Get Connected, Stay Connected (1995–2002)
  • First, Live, and Local (2002–present)

KTSM Music

  • Where You Belong By TM Productions (1980–1986)
  • News 88 By Tuesday Productions (1986-1988)
  • KPRC Custom Packages By Toby Arnold & Associates (1988–1990)
  • USA News By 615 Music (1990–1997)
  • KTSM 2000 News Theme (2000)
  • Advantage By Gari Communications (2000–2005)
  • The NBC Collection Includes : New Millenium [sic] V.1 And Flagship Gari Communications (2005–2009)
  • Extreme By Stephen Arnold Music (2009-Pres.)

Gallery

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.epcc.edu/nwlibrary/borderlands/12_el_paso_broadcasting.htm
  2. ^ "Coming, a new force in Hispanic TV". Media Life Magazine. March 20, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  3. ^ http://www.kvia.com/global/story.asp?s=11339223#
  4. ^ http://www.ktsm.com/local/digital-switch-complete
  5. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  6. ^ CDBS Print
  7. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-11-74A1.pdf