KREM (TV)
FCC | |
Facility ID | 34868 |
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ERP | 893 kW |
HAAT | 641 m (2,103 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 47°35′41″N 117°17′57″W / 47.59472°N 117.29917°W |
Translator(s) | see § Translators |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | www |
KREM (channel 2) is a
The station is carried on cable systems in
KREM is one of two CBS affiliates based in the Spokane television market; KREM is typically considered the primary CBS affiliate for the market. However,
throughout the Spokane market.History
KREM-TV signed on October 31, 1954, with an "inaugural program" at 6:30 pm,[2] followed by a showing of the 1933 movie The Private Life of Henry VIII.[3] It was originally owned by Cole Wylie alongside KREM radio (AM 970, now KTTO; and FM 92.9, now KZZU-FM). The King Broadcasting Company, run by Seattle businesswoman Dorothy Bullitt, bought the KREM stations from Wylie in 1957; the radio stations were sold off in 1984. (Coincidentally, the former KREM-FM is now a sister station to KXLY-TV.) However, channel 2 retained the -TV suffix in its callsign until 2009.
KREM-TV initially had a dual affiliation with
King Broadcasting was sold in 1992 to the
On June 29, 2015, the Gannett Company split in two, with one side specializing in print media and the other side specializing in broadcast and digital media. KREM and KSKN were retained by the latter company, named
KREM and KSKN are a part of a cluster of television stations in the Northwestern United States owned by Tegna, which includes
Programming
In 1987, KREM was one of numerous CBS affiliates that declined to carry an adaptation of Garbage Pail Kids, owing to concerns about it being a promotion for the then-popular trading card line of that name and about its heavy violence and ridiculing of the disabled; because of these decisions, CBS opted to remove the cartoon from its Saturday morning lineup and the series, to date, has never aired in the United States.[13][14]
KREM aired the
News operation
In 1997, KREM, with its reporter Tom Grant, won an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award "for Investigative Reporting on the Wenatchee Child Sex Ring."[15][16][17]
In April 2010, KREM and KSKN began broadcasting its local newscasts in
From September 15, 2014, to January 2, 2015, KREM was the only station to air their newscasts from 7 to 9 a.m. on its sister station KSKN.[21] KREM switched to Gannett's "This is Home" music and graphics package on October 25, 2014, at the 5 p.m. newscast.[22] KREM became the last station in the Spokane market to switch their newscasts to HD.
On October 17, 2021, the station had to apologize for showing a moving image from a pornographic video on a weather center monitor during that evening's 6 p.m. newscast, and the origin of the video's appearance on an internal station monitor, be it internally or from another source, is under police and corporate investigation.[23]
Notable former on-air staff
- Paul Deanno – anchor/meteorologist (1997–1999); now chief meteorologist for WMAQ-TV in Chicago.[24]
- Eric Johnson – sports director (1987–1989); now weeknight news anchor for KOMO-TV in Seattle.[25]
- Tim Lewis – sports anchor, then sports director (September 2006–March 2012)[26][27]
- Maureen O'Boyle – anchor (1986–1990); formerly weeknight news anchor at WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina. Now retired.
- Nadine Woodward – anchor (1990–2009); Mayor of Spokane.[28][29]
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
---|---|---|---|---|
2.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
KREM-HD | CBS |
2.2 | 480i | Crime | True Crime Network | |
2.3 | CourtTV | Court TV | ||
2.4 | Twist | The Nest | ||
2.5 | Shop LC | |||
2.6 | 4:3 |
Get | ||
2.7 | QVC2 | Outlaw
| ||
2.8 | Comet | |||
2.9 | Cozi TV[31] |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KREM discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over
2.Translators
- K26OO-D Bonners Ferry, ID
- K35IC-D Bonners Ferry, ID
- K12AV-D Brewster & Pateros
- K07ZP-D Bull Lake, MT
- K30OA-D Coeur d'Alene, ID
- K09XY-D Coolin, ID
- K32OA-D Coolin, ID
- K08JP-D Dryden
- K07NL-D Juliaetta, ID
- K28OG-D Lakeside, MT
- K07ZL-D Leavenworth
- K21CC-D Lewiston, ID
- K36PH-D Methow
- K10BD-D Twisp
Notes
- ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says October 31, while the Television and Cable Factbook says October 29.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KREM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "New TV Station Plans Inaugural on Sunday Night". Spokane Television History. October 29, 1954. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ^ Spokane Daily Chronicle - "Announcing the Telecast Premiere of KREM-TV" (advertisement) - October 30, 1954
- ^ "Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films", Boxoffice: 13, November 10, 1956
- ^ "KREM-TV to Join CBS Chain". Spokane Television History. March 29, 1976. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ^ "On Sunday: TV Stations Switching". Spokane Television History. August 6, 1976. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ^ "Timing decided for TV shift". Spokane Television History. March 30, 1976. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ^ ""Early Summer" – KXLY Set to Join ABC". Spokane Television History. May 6, 1976. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ^ "CBS Plans to Terminate KXLY-TV Affiliation". Spokane Television History. March 3, 1976. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ^ "Gannett to buy KREM-TV owner Belo for $1.5 billion". KREM.com. Associated Press. June 13, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ^ "Gannett Completes Its Acquisition Of Belo". TV News Check. December 23, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ^ "Separation of Gannett into two public companies completed | TEGNA". Tegna. June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ "Spokane Chronicle – Google News Archive Search". Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ^ "WebCite query result". Geocities.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
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: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Silver Batons: Medium Market Television". Columbia University News (Press release). 1997. Archived from the original on December 7, 2005.
- ^ "Grant Wins 'Pulitzer of Broadcasting' | the Spokesman-Review".
- ^ "KREM-TV, Investigative Reporting on the Wenatchee Child Sex Ring | 1997 duPont-Columbia Award Winner in 1997 duPont Winners on Vimeo". April 1, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Vimeo.
- ^ "Is Your local news in HD?". Avsforum.com. February 17, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- ^ "KXLY 4 HD". August 1, 2008. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2012 – via YouTube.
- ^ "KHQ Local News 11@11 HD Open - 2008". October 18, 2008. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2012 – via YouTube.
- ^ "For the first time, 7:00-9:00 a.m. morning news in Spokane". changingnewscasts.wordpress.com. August 31, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "New design coming to KREM 2 newscasts". krem.com. October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- The Spokesman Review. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
- ^ "KPIX's Paul Deanno, two others leaving station". EastBayTimes.com. September 27, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
- ^ "Eric Johnson". KOMOnews.com. November 20, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ^ "Sports Anchor Tim Lewis Leaving Spokane to Join His Dad at Seattle's KOMO". Adweek. April 19, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ "Dan Lewis, Tim Lewis share anchor desk for first time". KOMONews.com. July 18, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ Shanks, Adam. "Spokane's Next Mayor". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- ^ "Woodward claims victory in race for mayor | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- RabbitEars.info.
- ^ "Get Cozi TV".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "CDBS Print".