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The station first signed on the air on July 8, 1954, as KWK-TV. At its launch, channel 4 was owned by a consortium which included Robert T. Convey (28%) and the now-defunct Newhouse Newspapers–published St. Louis Globe-Democrat (23%), who jointly operated KWK radio (1380 AM, now KXFN); Elzey M. Roberts Sr., former owner of KXOK radio (630 AM, now KYFI), which had to be sold as a condition of ...
The mast atop the Westward Ho was built for and served as the first transmitter site of KPHO-TV.. On March 4, 1948, a consortium of four men doing business as the Phoenix Television Company—R. L. Wheelock, W. L. Pickens, H. H. Coffield, and John B. Mills—filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for a construction permit to build a new television station on channel 5 ...
Many St. Louis television pioneers from KSD-TV came from radio, including Frank Eschen, [4] Kay Morton, [5] Russ Severin [6] and Dave Russell. [ 7 ] Because of a freeze on new television station licenses imposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), KSD-TV was the only television station in the St. Louis market, until WTVI (channel 54 ...
Robert "Bob" Richards (January 10, 1956 – March 23, 1994), born Robert L. Schwartz, was an American local television personality on KSDK in St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked as chief meteorologist in the 1980s and early 1990s. He began his career as a meteorologist at WOLO-TV in Columbia, South Carolina; WATE-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee ...
Lucie Salhany, Fox network president, on the network securing a broadcast deal for the NFL's NFC games On December 17, 1993, Fox stunned the sports and television worlds by reaching a four-year, $1.58 billion contract with the NFL for NFC regular season and playoff games, effective with the 1994 season. News of the Fox–NFC deal was first reported on during the CBS Evening News with Dan ...
Cindy Preszler is an on-air meteorologist with CBS-owned WFOR-TV in Miami, Florida. She was previously with WFTX-TV, [1] in Fort Myers, Florida, and WeatherSTL.com, [2] a dynamic, interactive site she created and owned that delivered up-to-date weather information for the Greater St. Louis metro area, from 2016 through January, 2019.
The station's advertised channel number follows the call letters. ... Phoenix – KPHO-TV 5; Tucson – KOLD-TV 13; ... St. Louis – KMOV 4; Springfield – KOLR 10 ...
McLaughlin's prior stint in Phoenix was as the longtime Chief Meteorologist, as well as anchor and general assignment reporter at NBC affiliate KPNX Channel 12. Currently he is a meteorologist, news anchor and reporter for KPHO CBS 5 in Phoenix. McLaughlin has won several Emmys. His hometown is Belmond, Iowa.