KGPE
FCC | |
Facility ID | 56034 |
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ERP | 185 kW |
HAAT | 577 m (1,893 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°4′14″N 119°25′34″W / 37.07056°N 119.42611°W |
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Public license information | |
Website | www |
KGPE (channel 47) is a television station in Fresno, California, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside NBC affiliate KSEE (channel 24). The two stations share studios on McKinley Avenue in eastern Fresno; KGPE's transmitter is located on Bear Mountain (near Meadow Lakes).
History
Early years
The station first signed on the air on September 20, 1953, as KJEO; it was the second television station to sign on in the Fresno
Since 2007
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire group of television stations to
Newport Television agreed to sell KGPE, along with NBC affiliate
In May 2013, KGPE and KSEE's general manager Matt Rosenfield told
News operation
KGPE presently broadcasts 31 hours, 35 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours, 5 minutes each weekday and 35 minutes each on Saturdays and Sundays); unlike most CBS affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, the station does not broadcast a newscast in the 5:30 p.m. timeslot on weekdays (the station instead fills that half-hour with syndicated programming) nor does it carry early evening newscasts on weekends. As of 2014, KGPE's newscasts are in second place in the Fresno market.
In the late 1980s, the station debuted a 6:30 p.m. newscast, which bumped the CBS Evening News to 7 p.m.—the program was canceled in 1995; KGPE restored a 6:30 p.m. newscast in January 2007, which was canceled after a few months due to low ratings. The 5 p.m. newscast originally debuted in 1995, as a five-minute broadcast; it later expanded to a half-hour in September 1996. That year, the station debuted a weekday morning newscast. In 2001, the station expanded its early evening news programming with the addition of a 5:30 p.m. newscast; the program was canceled in 2002 due to low ratings. On October 9, 2013, a half-hour 7 p.m. weeknight newscast was added. On September 7, 2021, a half-hour 7:30 p.m. weeknight newscast was added. On September 6, 2022, an hour-long 4 p.m. weekday newscast was added. In September 2013, the 6 p.m. weekend newscast was indefinitely suspended.
After Nexstar finalized its acquisition of KSEE In April 2013, the two stations began sharing reporters and photographers, but continue to maintain separate on-air talent.[13] Following the formal merger of KSEE and KGPE's news departments into the former's McKinley Avenue studios on October 9, 2013, KGPE revived the Eyewitness News title that was previously used by the station from 1978 until the late 1990s; the station's newscasts also adopted a fast-paced format focusing on breaking news and investigative reports.[15]
Notable former on-air staff
- Susie Frankeberger – anchor (2000–2008)
- John Reed King – anchor/reporter (deceased)
- Elita Loresca – weathercaster (2002–2004; now at KTRK-TV in Houston)
- Kent Ninomiya – reporter
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Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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47.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
KGPE-HD | CBS |
47.2 | 480i | Mystery | Ion Mystery | |
47.3 | AntTV | Antenna TV | ||
47.4 | CourtTV | Court TV | ||
59.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | CW59 | The CW (KFRE-TV) |
KGPE digital subchannel 47.2 originally carried programming from Untamed Sports TV beginning in 2010; in 2012, the subchannel switched its affiliation to
Analog-to-digital conversion
KGPE shut down its analog signal, over
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KGPE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1955-1956%20TV/AL-MT-Telecasting%20YB%2055-56.pdf [dead link]
- ^ https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1968/Section%20A%20TV%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201968-9.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- Clear Channel Communications. April 20, 2007. Archived from the originalon April 25, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
- ^ a b "Newport stations drift to High Plains". Television Business Report. May 21, 2008. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
- ^ "Application Search Details". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
- ^ "Nexstar Adding Stations In CA, VT". TVNewsCheck. November 5, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
- ^ "Transfer of License Notice" (PDF). fcc.gov. Retrieved April 13, 2018. [permanent dead link]
- ^ Nexstar Closes On Three Calif. Stations, TVNewsCheck, February 19, 2013.
- ^ Malone, Michael (February 6, 2013). "Nexstar to Acquire KSEE Fresno for $26.5 Million". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ^ https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101540827&qnum=5170©num=1&exhcnum=1 [bare URL]
- ^ "Extension of Consummation". fcc.gov. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ a b "Fresno TV stations KSEE, KGPE to share building". The Fresno Bee. Archived from the original on June 10, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ Fresno Bee. Archived from the originalon October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KGPE". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.