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{{short description|TV station in Bakersfield, California}} | ||
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| {{Infobox television station | {{Infobox television station | ||
| | callsign |
| callsign = KERO-TV | ||
| | city |
| city = | ||
| | logo |
| logo = KERO 23 ABC Bakersfield.png | ||
| | logo_size |
| logo_size = 200px | ||
| | logo_alt = The number 23 in a thick sans serif in blue, with the numbers touching, and the ABC logo — a dark gray disc with lowercase letters "abc" — overlapping it on the right. | |||
| | branding = 23ABC ''(general)''<br />''23ABC News'' ''(newscasts)'' | |||
| | branding = 23ABC | |||
| | digital |
| digital = 10 (]) | ||
| | virtual |
| virtual = 23 | ||
| | subchannels |
| subchannels = | ||
| | translators |
| translators = ] 28 (UHF) Bakersfield (city) | ||
| | affiliations = '''23.1:''' ]<br />'''23.2:''' ]<br />'''23.3:''' ]<br />'''23.4:''' ]<br />'''23.5:''' ]<br />'''23.6:''' ]<br />'''23.7:''' ] | |||
| | affiliations = {{ubl|'''23.1:''' ]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}} | |||
| | airdate |
| airdate = {{start date and age|1953|9|26|p=y}} | ||
| | last_airdate |
| last_airdate = | ||
| | location |
| location = ] | ||
| | country |
| country = United States | ||
| | callsign_meaning |
| callsign_meaning = ] Outlet | ||
| | former_callsigns |
| former_callsigns = | ||
| | former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' |
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 10 (VHF, 1953–1963), 23 (], 1963–2009) | ||
| | owner |
| owner = ] | ||
| | licensee |
| licensee = Scripps Broadcasting Holdings ] | ||
| | sister_stations |
| sister_stations = | ||
| | former_affiliations = '''Primary:'''<br />] (1953–1984)<br />] (1984–1996)<br />'''Secondary:'''<br />] (1956–1961)<br />'''DT2:'''<br />] (via KZKC-LP, until 2019)<br />Court TV (via KZKC-LP, 2019–2020)<br />'''DT3:'''<br />] (until 2022) | |||
| | former_affiliations = {{ubl|] (1953–1984)|] (1984–1996)}} | |||
| | erp |
| erp = 10.8 ] | ||
| | haat |
| haat = {{convert|1107|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | ||
| | facility_id |
| facility_id = 40878 | ||
| | coordinates |
| coordinates = {{coord|35|27|13.8|N|118|35|40.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} | ||
| | licensing_authority |
| licensing_authority = ] | ||
| | website |
| website = {{URL|https://www.turnto23.com/}} | ||
| }} | }} | ||
| '''KERO-TV''' (channel 23) is a ] in ], United States, affiliated with ] and owned by the ]. The station's studios are located on 21st Street in ], and its transmitter is located atop Breckenridge Mountain. | '''KERO-TV''' (channel 23) is a ] in ], United States, affiliated with ] and owned by the ]. The station's studios are located on 21st Street in ], and its transmitter is located atop Breckenridge Mountain. | ||
| KERO-TV operates digital ] |
KERO-TV operates digital ] ] (channel 28), which allows homes with issues receiving KERO-TV's VHF signal or only a ] antenna to receive KERO-TV in some form. | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| KERO-TV went on the air on September 26, 1953, on channel 10 as an ] affiliate. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the ].<ref name="Boxoffice7">{{Citation| title = Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films| journal = Boxoffice| pages = 13| date = November 10, 1956| url = http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_111056-1}}</ref> It was locally owned by Kern County Broadcasters along with KERO radio (1230 AM, now ]). The two stations shared a studio in the lobby of the El Tejon Hotel, which was located at the corner of Truxtun Avenue and Chester Avenue. KERO-TV later moved to its current studios on 21st Street. | KERO-TV went on the air on September 26, 1953, on channel 10 as an ] affiliate. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the ].<ref name="Boxoffice7">{{Citation| title = Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films| journal = Boxoffice| pages = 13| date = November 10, 1956| url = http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_111056-1}}</ref> It was locally owned by Kern County Broadcasters along with KERO radio (1230 AM, now ]). The two stations shared a studio in the lobby of the El Tejon Hotel, which was located at the corner of Truxtun Avenue and Chester Avenue. KERO-TV later moved to its current studios on 21st Street. | ||
| The radio and TV stations were broken up in late 1955, when KERO radio was sold.<ref>"Speidel-Fischer Bcstg. Buys 75% Interest in WQOK." '']'', December 12, 1955, pg. 9. {{dead link|date=December 2017 |
The radio and TV stations were broken up in late 1955, when KERO radio was sold.<ref>"Speidel-Fischer Bcstg. Buys 75% Interest in WQOK." '']'', December 12, 1955, pg. 9. {{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>"Aspirin, please." ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', April 2, 1956, pg. 74. {{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Wrather-Alvarez Broadcasting, parent of ]-] in ], purchased KERO-TV in early 1957;<ref>"KERO-TV going for $2.15 million." ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', January 7, 1957, pg. 7. {{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> when the Wrather–Alvarez partnership broke up a year later, ] kept KERO-TV and the San Diego stations as part of his newly renamed Marietta Broadcasting.<ref>"Wrather buys out Alvarez." ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', May 12, 1958, pg. 9. {{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> In 1959, Wrather merged Marietta Broadcasting into ]-based Transcontinent Television Corporation.<ref>"New station combine formed." ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', February 16, 1959, pg. 9. {{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>"Transcontinent tie with Marietta gets ok." ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', May 18, 1959, pp. 74, 76. {{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/59-OCR/1959-05-18-BC-0076.pdf{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]</ref> | ||
| One of KERO-TV's best remembered shows was ''Cousin Herb's Trading Post'', a local variety series in the 1950s. The show's host ] was a ] musician, and often featured local artists such as ] and ], who would come to popularize the "]". Another local favorite was ''The Uncle Woody Show'' in the 1960s and 1970s. Radio and TV personality ] also used the KERO studios to tape a weekly musical TV variety show entitled ''SheBang'' in the mid-to-late 1960s, while a disc jockey at ] in ]. | One of KERO-TV's best remembered shows was ''Cousin Herb's Trading Post'', a local variety series in the 1950s. The show's host ] was a ] musician, and often featured local artists such as ] and ], who would come to popularize the "]". Another local favorite was ''The Uncle Woody Show'' in the 1960s and 1970s. Radio and TV personality ] also used the KERO studios to tape a weekly musical TV variety show entitled ''SheBang'' in the mid-to-late 1960s, while a disc jockey at ] in ]. | ||
| As a result of the ] (FCC) making both the Bakersfield and ] television markets all-UHF through what was termed as ''deintermixture'', KERO-TV moved to channel 23 on July 1, 1963 and simulcasted on channels 10 and 23 for two months, with channel 10 being shut off at the end of August of the same year.<ref>"Vhf-to-uhf change approved for KERO-TV." ''Broadcasting'', November 19, 1962, pg. 78. |
As a result of the ] (FCC) making both the Bakersfield and ] television markets all-UHF through what was termed as ''deintermixture'', KERO-TV moved to channel 23 on July 1, 1963, and simulcasted on channels 10 and 23 for two months, with channel 10 being shut off at the end of August of the same year.<ref>"Vhf-to-uhf change approved for KERO-TV." ''Broadcasting'', November 19, 1962, pg. 78. </ref> The move of KERO-TV to channel 23 opened up channel 10 for use by ] in ], which signed on the air in 1968. | ||
| Transcontinent sold most of its stations to ] in 1964, but KERO was not included; it was sold to ].<ref>"Transcontinent sale: last of its kind?" ''Broadcasting'', February 24, 1964, pp. 27–28. {{dead link|date=September 2017 |
Transcontinent sold most of its stations to ] in 1964, but KERO was not included; it was sold to ].<ref>"Transcontinent sale: last of its kind?" ''Broadcasting'', February 24, 1964, pp. 27–28. {{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}{{dead link|date=April 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Another publishing firm, ], acquired KERO-TV in 1972 along with the rest of Time-Life's broadcasting division—KOGO-TV (now ]) in San Diego, KLZ-TV (now ]) in ] (its sole CBS affiliate at the time) and WFBM-TV (now ]) in ].<ref>"McGraw-Hill buys into TV in a big way." ''Broadcasting'', November 2, 1970, pg. 9. {{dead link|date=April 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> | ||
| As its sister stations KGTV and WRTV switched to ABC in the late 1970s, it was expected that KERO-TV would eventually switch to from third-place NBC to first-place ABC. But instead, in March 1984, KERO-TV swapped affiliations with ] and joined ], citing the network's stronger programming in the Bakersfield area.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1983 |
As its sister stations KGTV and WRTV switched to ABC in the late 1970s, it was expected that KERO-TV would eventually switch to from third-place NBC to first-place ABC. But instead, in March 1984, KERO-TV swapped affiliations with ] and joined ], citing the network's stronger programming in the Bakersfield area.<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 4, 1983|title=In Brief|work=]|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/83-OCR/BC-1983-04-04-OCR-Page-0164.pdf|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> On March 1, 1996, as part of a corporate affiliation deal between McGraw-Hill and ABC ] between ] and CBS, KERO picked up the ABC affiliation from cross-town rival ] (channel 29), and in the process became the second television station in the Bakersfield market (after KGET), and one of a handful of television stations in the United States, to have been an affiliate of all of the traditional ] (NBC, CBS, and ABC). | ||
| In August 2006, KERO-TV |
In August 2006, KERO-TV gained a sister station in KZKC-LP, an Azteca América affiliate. | ||
| In May 2007, KERO along with its sister stations began to use the same news music of the ABC O&O's "Eyewitness News New Generation" package and branded themselves as "ABC 23"; however, KERO is not owned or operated by ABC. KERO is the Bakersfield home for ] and ] pre-season games. | |||
| On October 3, 2011, McGraw-Hill announced it was selling its entire television station group to the ] for $212 million.<ref>, ''TVNewsCheck'', October 3, 2011.</ref> The deal was completed on December 30, 2011.<ref name=tvnc-saletoewscomplete>{{cite news|title=Scripps completes McGraw-Hill Stations Buy|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/12/30/56389/scripps-completes-mcgrawhill-stations-buy|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913093625/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/12/30/56389/scripps-completes-mcgrawhill-stations-buy|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2012|access-date=December 31, 2011|newspaper=TVNewsCheck|date=December 30, 2011}}</ref> | On October 3, 2011, McGraw-Hill announced it was selling its entire television station group to the ] for $212 million.<ref>, ''TVNewsCheck'', October 3, 2011.</ref> The deal was completed on December 30, 2011.<ref name=tvnc-saletoewscomplete>{{cite news|title=Scripps completes McGraw-Hill Stations Buy|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/12/30/56389/scripps-completes-mcgrawhill-stations-buy|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913093625/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/12/30/56389/scripps-completes-mcgrawhill-stations-buy|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2012|access-date=December 31, 2011|newspaper=TVNewsCheck|date=December 30, 2011}}</ref> | ||
| With KERO now under Scripps ownership, the station began using ]'s "Inergy" news music package and a new graphics package with the beginning of the 2012–13 television season; on April 14, 2021, starting with the 5 p.m. newscast, the station debuted the new Scripps graphics and music from Stephen Arnold first introduced in 2019.<ref>Archived at {{cbignore}} and the {{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nccLLEtXvmY| title = KERO: 23 ABC NEWS AT 5PM OPEN (04-14-2021) | website=]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> | |||
| ==Programming== | ==Programming== | ||
| In 2004, KERO-TV, along with the other McGraw-Hill stations, claimed that they tried to preempt '']'', but out of desperation, aired the film.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zurawik|first=David|title=ABC affiliates saying no to 'Private Ryan'|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2004-11-12-0411120049-story.html|access-date=September 28, 2021|website=baltimoresun.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 11, 2004|title=Denver's 7 Will Air 'Saving Private Ryan'|url=https://www.5280.com/2004/11/denvers-7-will-air-saving-private-ryan/|access-date=September 28, 2021|website=5280|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| On September 8, 2014, the station dropped the ] ]s '']'' and '']'' due to Scripps' chain-wide effort to replace the shows in their markets with lower-cost local and chain-produced programming. The programs moved to KBAK, and were replaced with two Scripps-produced programs, newsmagazine ''The List'' and game show '']'' (the latter being replaced with '']'' after its cancellation). | On September 8, 2014, the station dropped the ] ]s '']'' and '']'' due to Scripps' chain-wide effort to replace the shows in their markets with lower-cost local and chain-produced programming. The programs moved to KBAK, and were replaced with two Scripps-produced programs, newsmagazine ''The List'' and game show '']'' (the latter being replaced with '']'' after its cancellation). | ||
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| Other longtime KERO news personalities include Don Rodewald (who hosted the afternoon movie), George Day, and Sunny Scofield. ] ''Live & Direct'' host ] was a KERO reporter in the 1980s. | Other longtime KERO news personalities include Don Rodewald (who hosted the afternoon movie), George Day, and Sunny Scofield. ] ''Live & Direct'' host ] was a KERO reporter in the 1980s. | ||
| ] joined the station in 2005 |
] joined the station in 2005 as chief weathercaster. His trademark intro is "Hellooooo (insert city name)". He is also known for his outrageous weather pointers which are sent in by viewers; submissions have ranged from a ] leg to a ]. On September 17, 2008, '']'' reported that Young departed KERO-TV after more than three years there. No reason was given, which followed the broadcasts of September 16, 2008. Rusty Shoop, who is known throughout Bakersfield, and was a former KERO weather anchor, replaced Young. Shoop earlier suffered a brain aneurysm and this was his first TV appearance since the illness. Shoop started on October 27, 2008. After being at KERO-TV for a year, Shoop retired from broadcasting on December 9, 2009, for medical reasons stemming from the brain aneurysm.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.turnto23.com/newsteam/21914337/detail.html |title=Weather Guru Rusty Shoop Steps Down from TV - KERO 23 News Team Story - KERO Bakersfield |access-date=December 12, 2009 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035533/http://www.turnto23.com/newsteam/21914337/detail.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> On January 18, 2010, Jack Church, who was chief meteorologist from 1999 to 2001, replaced Rusty Shoop and was the chief meteorologist from January 18, 2010, until May 5, 2011. | ||
| KERO launched the first weekend morning news in Kern County on September 14, 2013. The show airs from 6 to 7 and from 8 to 9 a.m. | |||
| ====Notable former staff==== | ====Notable former staff==== | ||
| *] – morning anchor/reporter (2005–2007) | |||
| *] | *] | ||
| *] | *] | ||
| *] – public affairs director | *] – public affairs director | ||
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*Rusty Shoop – chief meteorologist (1984; 2008–2009) | ||
| *] – chief meteorologist (1984; 2008–2009) | |||
| *] – chief meteorologist (2005–2008) | *] – chief meteorologist (2005–2008) | ||
| *] – evening anchor/news director (until 2000) | |||
| ==Technical information== | ==Technical information== | ||
| ===Subchannels=== | ===Subchannels=== | ||
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The station's signal is ]:<!-- (Please update with new channel lineup) --> | ||
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| |+ Subchannels of KERO-TV<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KERO#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KERO|website=]|accessdate=November 17, 2024}}</ref> | |||
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| ! Programming<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.turnto23.com/entertainment/tv-listings | title=TV Listings }}</ref> | |||
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| ===Analog-to-digital conversion=== | ===Analog-to-digital conversion=== | ||
| KERO-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over ] channel 23, on June 12, 2009, the official date |
KERO-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over ] channel 23, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States ] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition ] channel 10,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref> using ] 23. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:50, 7 December 2024
TV station in Bakersfield, California
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| Branding | 23ABC |
| Programming | |
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| History | |
| First air date | September 26, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-09-26) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 10 (VHF, 1953–1963), 23 (UHF, 1963–2009) |
| Former affiliations | |
| Call sign meaning | Kern County Outlet |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 40878 |
| ERP | 10.8 kW |
| HAAT | 1,107 m (3,632 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°27′13.8″N 118°35′40.3″W / 35.453833°N 118.594528°W / 35.453833; -118.594528 |
| Translator(s) | KZKC-LD 28 (UHF) Bakersfield (city) |
| Links | |
| Public license information | |
| Website | www |
KERO-TV (channel 23) is a television station in Bakersfield, California, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. The station's studios are located on 21st Street in Downtown Bakersfield, and its transmitter is located atop Breckenridge Mountain.
KERO-TV operates digital translator KZKC-LD (channel 28), which allows homes with issues receiving KERO-TV's VHF signal or only a UHF antenna to receive KERO-TV in some form.
History
KERO-TV went on the air on September 26, 1953, on channel 10 as an NBC affiliate. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network. It was locally owned by Kern County Broadcasters along with KERO radio (1230 AM, now KGEO). The two stations shared a studio in the lobby of the El Tejon Hotel, which was located at the corner of Truxtun Avenue and Chester Avenue. KERO-TV later moved to its current studios on 21st Street.
The radio and TV stations were broken up in late 1955, when KERO radio was sold. Wrather-Alvarez Broadcasting, parent of KFMB-AM-TV in San Diego, purchased KERO-TV in early 1957; when the Wrather–Alvarez partnership broke up a year later, Jack Wrather kept KERO-TV and the San Diego stations as part of his newly renamed Marietta Broadcasting. In 1959, Wrather merged Marietta Broadcasting into Buffalo, New York-based Transcontinent Television Corporation.
One of KERO-TV's best remembered shows was Cousin Herb's Trading Post, a local variety series in the 1950s. The show's host Herb Henson was a country musician, and often featured local artists such as Buck Owens and Tommy Collins, who would come to popularize the "Bakersfield Sound". Another local favorite was The Uncle Woody Show in the 1960s and 1970s. Radio and TV personality Casey Kasem also used the KERO studios to tape a weekly musical TV variety show entitled SheBang in the mid-to-late 1960s, while a disc jockey at KRLA in Los Angeles.
As a result of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) making both the Bakersfield and Fresno television markets all-UHF through what was termed as deintermixture, KERO-TV moved to channel 23 on July 1, 1963, and simulcasted on channels 10 and 23 for two months, with channel 10 being shut off at the end of August of the same year. The move of KERO-TV to channel 23 opened up channel 10 for use by KLVX in Las Vegas, which signed on the air in 1968.
Transcontinent sold most of its stations to Taft Broadcasting in 1964, but KERO was not included; it was sold to Time-Life. Another publishing firm, McGraw-Hill, acquired KERO-TV in 1972 along with the rest of Time-Life's broadcasting division—KOGO-TV (now KGTV) in San Diego, KLZ-TV (now KMGH-TV) in Denver (its sole CBS affiliate at the time) and WFBM-TV (now WRTV) in Indianapolis.
As its sister stations KGTV and WRTV switched to ABC in the late 1970s, it was expected that KERO-TV would eventually switch to from third-place NBC to first-place ABC. But instead, in March 1984, KERO-TV swapped affiliations with KGET-TV and joined CBS, citing the network's stronger programming in the Bakersfield area. On March 1, 1996, as part of a corporate affiliation deal between McGraw-Hill and ABC spurred by a deal between Group W and CBS, KERO picked up the ABC affiliation from cross-town rival KBAK-TV (channel 29), and in the process became the second television station in the Bakersfield market (after KGET), and one of a handful of television stations in the United States, to have been an affiliate of all of the traditional Big Three television networks (NBC, CBS, and ABC).
In August 2006, KERO-TV gained a sister station in KZKC-LP, an Azteca América affiliate.
On October 3, 2011, McGraw-Hill announced it was selling its entire television station group to the E. W. Scripps Company for $212 million. The deal was completed on December 30, 2011.
Programming
In 2004, KERO-TV, along with the other McGraw-Hill stations, claimed that they tried to preempt Saving Private Ryan, but out of desperation, aired the film.
On September 8, 2014, the station dropped the Sony game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune due to Scripps' chain-wide effort to replace the shows in their markets with lower-cost local and chain-produced programming. The programs moved to KBAK, and were replaced with two Scripps-produced programs, newsmagazine The List and game show Let's Ask America (the latter being replaced with Inside Edition after its cancellation).
News operation
Former news anchor Burleigh Smith (died 1990) is considered by many to be the father of television news in Bakersfield. Smith produced and anchored at KERO from 1954 to 1960, and again from 1973 to 1990.
Other longtime KERO news personalities include Don Rodewald (who hosted the afternoon movie), George Day, and Sunny Scofield. MSNBC Live & Direct host Rita Cosby was a KERO reporter in the 1980s.
Lloyd Lindsay Young joined the station in 2005 as chief weathercaster. His trademark intro is "Hellooooo (insert city name)". He is also known for his outrageous weather pointers which are sent in by viewers; submissions have ranged from a mannequin leg to a dildo. On September 17, 2008, The Bakersfield Californian reported that Young departed KERO-TV after more than three years there. No reason was given, which followed the broadcasts of September 16, 2008. Rusty Shoop, who is known throughout Bakersfield, and was a former KERO weather anchor, replaced Young. Shoop earlier suffered a brain aneurysm and this was his first TV appearance since the illness. Shoop started on October 27, 2008. After being at KERO-TV for a year, Shoop retired from broadcasting on December 9, 2009, for medical reasons stemming from the brain aneurysm. On January 18, 2010, Jack Church, who was chief meteorologist from 1999 to 2001, replaced Rusty Shoop and was the chief meteorologist from January 18, 2010, until May 5, 2011.
Notable former staff
- Rita Cosby
- Frank Gifford
- Lynn Noel – public affairs director
- Rusty Shoop – chief meteorologist (1984; 2008–2009)
- Lloyd Lindsay Young – chief meteorologist (2005–2008)
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 23.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KERO-HD | ABC |
| 23.2 | COURT | Court TV | ||
| 23.3 | 480i | GRIT | Grit | |
| 23.4 | Grit-TV | Ion Television | ||
| 23.5 | Bounce | Bounce TV | ||
| 23.6 | Scripps | Ion Plus | ||
| 23.7 | HSN | HSN |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KERO-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 23, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 10, using virtual channel 23.
See also
References
- "Facility Technical Data for KERO-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- "Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films", Boxoffice: 13, November 10, 1956
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- "Aspirin, please." Broadcasting – Telecasting, April 2, 1956, pg. 74.
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- "Wrather buys out Alvarez." Broadcasting – Telecasting, May 12, 1958, pg. 9.
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