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KAPP

Yakima, Washington United States
Channels	Digital: 14 (UHF) Virtual: 35
Branding	Apple Valley News Now MeTV Tri-Cities/Yakima (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	35.1: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Morgan Murphy Media (Apple Valley Broadcasting, Inc.)
History
First air date	September 21, 1970 (54 years ago) (1970-09-21)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 35 (UHF, 1970–2009)
Call sign meaning	Apple Valley (market is in the heart of Washington's apple industry)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	2506
ERP	160 kW
HAAT	287 m (942 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	46°31′56.4″N 120°30′46.5″W / 46.532333°N 120.512917°W / 46.532333; -120.512917
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.applevalleynewsnow.com
Semi-satellite
KVEW
Kennewick–Pasco–Richland, Washington
City	Kennewick, Washington
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 42
Programming
Affiliations	42.1: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
History
First air date	October 1970 (54 years ago) (1970-10)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 42 (UHF, 1970–2009) Digital: 44 (UHF, 2009–2018)
Call sign meaning	K-View
Technical information
Facility ID	2495
ERP	160 kW
HAAT	405 m (1,329 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	46°6′11.4″N 119°8′0.6″W / 46.103167°N 119.133500°W / 46.103167; -119.133500
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

KAPP (channel 35) is a television station in Yakima, Washington, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Morgan Murphy Media. The station's studios are located in the Liberty Building on North 3rd Street in downtown Yakima, and its transmitter is located on Ahtanum Ridge.

KVEW (channel 42) in Kennewick operates as a semi-satellite of KAPP, serving the Tri-Cities area; this station maintains its own studios on North Edison Street in Kennewick, with transmitter on Jump Off Joe Butte. As a KAPP semi-satellite, it simulcasts all network and syndicated programming as provided through its parent, and the two stations share a website. However, KVEW airs separate commercial inserts and legal identifications. Local newscasts are simulcast on both stations. KAPP serves the western half of the Yakima–Tri-Cities market while KVEW serves the eastern portion. The two stations are counted as a single unit for ratings purposes. Master control and some internal operations are based at the studios of sister station and fellow ABC affiliate KXLY-TV on West Boone Avenue in Spokane.

On satellite, KAPP is only available on DirecTV, while Dish Network carries KVEW instead.

History

Before KAPP signed on, CBS affiliate KIMA-TV (channel 29) had carried ABC as a secondary affiliation until KNDO (channel 23) signed on in 1959. KNDO became the area's primary ABC affiliate until 1965, when it switched its primary affiliation to NBC. Both KNDO and KIMA-TV shared ABC's programming from that point until KAPP signed on the air on September 21, 1970, and all ABC programming moved to KAPP. The most notable ABC program shown on the station's first day was the first-ever Monday Night Football game between the Cleveland Browns and New York Jets.

KVEW began serving the Tri-Cities region in October 1970, a month after KAPP signed on. Before KVEW's existence, KEPR-TV (channel 19) had carried ABC as a secondary affiliation until 1959; KNBS-TV (channel 22) operated briefly in nearby Walla Walla, Washington, as an ABC affiliate in 1960; KNDU (channel 25) signed on in 1961 and became the area's primary ABC affiliate until 1965. Both KEPR-TV and KNDU shared ABC programming from that point until KVEW signed on.

KAPP and KVEW began airing Spokane's MeTV affiliate KXMN-LD on a digital subchannel in September 2006. They were two of the remaining stations to sign-off every night, but that practice ended in 2012 when World News Now was added to the programming lineup.

On December 22, 2008, KAPP and KVEW discontinued their 6 p.m. and weekend newscasts. The 11 p.m. newscast was reduced to a five-minute broadcast before Nightline, and post-January 2013, Jimmy Kimmel Live! In addition to this move, 17 employees from KAPP and KVEW were laid off and KAPP's studio, formerly located on South 24th Avenue, was sold off and its operations were relocated downtown.

While weather came from KXLY for several years, local weather reports have returned as of 2016, with meteorologist Jason Valentine at 5 and 6:30 p.m., and Kristen Walls during their Good Morning Northwest newscast. With the cancellation of The Insider and Extra moving from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on September 11, 2017, KAPP/KVEW began airing local news at 6 p.m., for the first time in almost a decade.

Technical information

Subchannels

The stations' signals are multiplexed:

KAPP and KVEW have been digital-only since February 17, 2009.

Translators

• K20JL-D Ellensburg (translates KAPP)
• K14HT-D Walla Walla (translates KVEW)

Notes

1. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says October 30, while the Television and Cable Factbook says October 29.

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for KAPP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "Facility Technical Data for KVEW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. FCC History Cards for KAPP. Federal Communications Commission.
4. "MyNetworkTV Signs 13 More Affils - 5/15/2006 7:41:00 PM - Broadcasting & Cable". Archived from the original on March 12, 2007. Retrieved May 16, 2006.
5. "KAPP-TV to cut 6 p.m. Broadcast, 17 jobs | Yakima Herald-Republic". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
6. "KAPP Television building for sale as station cuts back | Yakima Herald-Republic". www.yakima-herald.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
7. "Staff interacted with Las Vegas shooter 10-plus times before massacre". January 6, 2018.
8. "RabbitEars TV Query for KAPP". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
9. "RabbitEars TV Query for KVEW". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
10. ^ Miller, Mark K. (November 11, 2019). "KAPP-KVEW Yakima Adds New Subchannels". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
11. "ALL FULL-POWER TELEVISION STATIONS BY DMA, INDICATING THOSE TERMINATING ANALOG SERVICE BEFORE OR ON FEBRUARY 17, 2009" (PDF). Hraunfoss.fcc.gov. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

External links

• Official website

• 1970 establishments in Washington (state)
• American Broadcasting Company affiliates
• Dabl affiliates
• Heroes & Icons affiliates
• MeTV affiliates
• Morgan Murphy Media stations
• Start TV affiliates
• Television channels and stations established in 1970
• Television stations in Yakima, Washington