KTVO

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KTVO
city =
station_
station_slogan = Spirit of the Heartland
Your source for news
station_branding = KTVO-TV3
analog = 3 (VHF)
digital = 33 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = ABC (secondary until 1968)
Local Weather Now Channel (on DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = November 21, 1955
location = Kirksville, Missouri/Ottumwa, Iowa
callsign_meaning = Kirksville
TeleVision
Ottumwa
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC
licensee = nowrap|Barrington Kirksville License, LLC
sister_stations = KYOU-TV
KHQA-TV
former_affiliations = CBS (1955-1974, secondary from 1968)
NBC (secondarym, 1955-1974)
effective_radiated_power = 100 kW (analog)
87 kW (digital)
HAAT = 339 m (analog)
290 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 21251
coordinates = coord|40|31|47.1|N|92|26|29.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.ktvotv3.com/ www.ktvotv3.com]

KTVO (a.k.a. KTVO-TV3) is the ABC affiliate for the Ottumwa, Iowa market. It is licensed to nearby Kirksville, Missouri; with an office in Ottumwa. Its transmitter is located in Lancaster, Missouri. KTVO is owned and operated by Barrington Broadcasting.

The station also serves as the default analog ABC affiliate for the Quincy, Illinois/Hannibal, Missouri market, which doesn't have an analog ABC affiliate of its own. On August 28, 2007, KHQA announced it will launch a new digital subchannel to broadcast ABC programming to the Quincy/Hannibal market. The subchannel debuted on September 30, 2007. [http://www.khqa.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=47151]

Station history

KTVO began its broadcasting operation on November 21, 1955. The station was founded by Jim Conroy. Many people thought that Ottumwa was too small to support a television station, but Conroy persevered, believing that southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri would be proud to have a station of their own.

When KTVO first began, it was a primary CBS affiliate, but also carried secondary affiliations with NBC and ABC. This was not a surprise, given that KTVO was the market's only television station until 1986 when KOIA-TV (now Fox affiliate KYOU-TV) took to the air. The station began its first color broadcast in 1961 and was sold to Post Corporation on January 7 1964. In 1968, it switched its primary affiliation to ABC, though it continued to carry a few CBS and NBC shows until 1974.

For its first 20 years, KTVO's operations were based primarily in Ottumwa in studios shared with then co-owned KBIZ radio. Some Missouri programming was originated at the transmitter site. In 1976 the main studios were moved to their present location, north of Kirksville. KTVO operated a short-lived low power TV station, K40AI, that carried some local Kirksville programming in the early 1980's.

On June 2 1988, disaster and tragedy struck in an untimely manner as KTVO's towers collapsed, killing three technicians as a result. At that time, KTVO was owned by Federal Broadcasting. But in record time -- 30 hours after the disaster occurred, the station was back on the air.

The station was acquired by Raycom Media in 1996.

On March 27 2006, Raycom announced that it would sell the station along with 13 others across the country to Barrington Broadcasting. The sale closed later in 2006.

For a time in the late 1970s, KTVO called its newscasts "Extra Effort News".

On Air Personalities

[http://www.ktvo.com/about/our_team.aspx]

* John Garlock, Anchor/Producer
* Marlene Speas, Anchor/News Director
* Gabe Petti, Chief Forecaster
* Fred Beck, Sports Director
* Brian Entin, Anchor/Reporter
* Dana Jay, Anchor/Reporter
* Teresa Carter, Weather
* Jill Kasparie, Reporter
* Emily Finnegan, Reporter
* Pamela Credille, Reporter
* Jude Wilbers, Weekend Sports
* Eden Derby, Reporter
* Ashley Smith, Weekend Weather/Reporter

Former On Air Personalities

* Amanda Krenz, Weekend Anchor/Reporter [http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7132165&nav=menu100_2_3]
* Chris Cowperthwaite, Reporter [http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/authors.Bio.-content-midatlantic-ncn-authors-chris_cowperthwaite.html]
* Carly Schuffler, Anchor/Reporter [http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?s=3800626]
* Carlos Correa, Anchor/Reporter [http://ozarksfirst.com/content/about/bios/carloscorrea]
* Tim Peters, Sports Director [http://www.ksfy.com/about/bios/5559521.html]
* Ben Lawson, Reporter [http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=5002211]
* Laurie Patton, Reporter
* Danielle Wagner, Reporter [http://www.kwwl.com/Station/index.php]
* Eric Kulhman, Weekend Sports Anchor
* Jodie Griffin, Anchor/Producer
* Zach Brown, Weekend Weather [http://www.wxow.com/Station/index.php]
* Rishi Barran, Sports Director [http://www.wtvh.com/about/personalities/sportsbios/8733227.html]
* Bryan Rupp, Anchor/Forecaster
* Shonal Patel, Weekend Anchor/Reporter
* Bryan Dunn, Sports Anchor/Reporter
* Rachel Condradt, Reporter
* Melissa Larch, Reporter
* Courtney Cooper, Reporter [http://www.ksdk.com/life/programming/local/showme/blogs/courtney.aspx]
* Thor Bersted, Chief Forecaster
* Krista Almanzan, Reporter
* Tim McGonigal, Anchor/News Director
* Kelly Harney, Reporter
* John Ahrens, Weather Anchor [http://www.wsoctv.com/weather/9906721/detail.html]
* Angela Lee, Reporter [http://www.newschannel9.com/sections/wtvc-talent/]
* Dawnica Jackson, Reporter
* Tracy Crockett, Weekend Anchor/Reporter [http://www.kbsh7.com/Global/story.asp?S=5989266&nav=menu486_2]
* Debra Savage, Reporter
* Anthony Miller, Weekend Anchor/Reporter [http://www.live5news.com/about/staff/11234896.html]
* Tracye Hutchins, Reporter [http://www.cbs46.com/bettermornings/13437206/detail.html]
* Kimberly Purdy, Reporter [http://www.9and10news.com/information/bios/bio.asp?bioid=227]
* Steve Norris, Anchor/Reporter [http://www.wcpo.com/content/aboutus/bios/story.aspx?content_id=36FEBD78-42E3-4964-8EA5-CED2BB89D498]
* Lori Fullbright, Reporter [http://kotv.com/about/bios/Lori_Fullbright/]
* Beth Duffy, Morning Anchor/Reporter [http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/station/bios/news/7082571.html]
* Scott Pasmore, Reporter [http://www.azfamily.com/3tv/3tvbios/stories/KTVK3TVBiosPasmore.111a8c099.html]
* Robert Burch, Reporter [http://www.oeta.onenet.net/news/BIORobert.html]
* Kontji Anthony, Reporter [http://www.wmctv5.com/Global/story.asp?S=3672313]
* Colleen Williams, Weekend Anchor [http://www.nebraska.tv/Global/story.asp?S=6909938]
* Darcy Douglass, Anchor/Producer [http://www.wect.com/global/story.asp?s=2578773&ClientType=Printable]
* Todd Grisham, Reporter [http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/toddgrisham/bio/]
* Michelle Kennedy, Reporter [http://www.wxii12.com/weather/972532/detail.html]
* Stacey Horst, Reporter [http://www.kcci.com/kccinewsteam/4405998/detail.html]
* Christa Minter, Weekend Weather/Reporter
* Heather Hubbs, Reporter

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

*"The 11th Hour Report" (1966-1974)
*"Newsroom 3" (1974-1978)
*"Extra Effort News" (1978-1984)
*"NewsScene 3" (1984-1987)
*"Channel 3 News" (1987-1996)
*"KTVO 3 News" (1996-2000)
*"KTVO News" (2000-present)

External links

* [http://www.ktvotv3.com/ KTVO TV3 Home]
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