KIEM-TV is a broadcast television station in Eureka, California. It is an NBC affiliate which broadcasts on digital channel 3. KIEM's studios are located on South Broadway in downtown Eureka.
KIEM-TV signed on the air as Eureka's first television station on October 25, 1953. The station was started by William B. Smullin and his company, California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., who also started (and still owns) KOBI-TV in nearby Medford, Oregon. Since KIEM-TV was the only station in the Eureka market at the time, it offered programs from more than one network. The station callsign KIEM-TV was counterpart to the company's AM radio station, KIEM - which stood for "Keep Informed Every Minute". The FM part of a broadcast trio was KRED. (Soon after KIEM-TV began broadcasting, the first stereo broadcast in Humboldt County used the AM and FM stations in concert, AM = right channel, FM = left channel.) Initially KIEM was affiliated with CBS; however, the station also provided programs from NBC, ABC, and DuMont (the DuMont Network folded in 1955). After KVIQ signed on in 1958 and became the NBC affiliate, both KIEM and KVIQ offered some ABC programming on a part-time basis. Full-time ABC coverage was provided by Redding ABC affiliate KRCR-TV on area cable systems.
Everyday I'm not a vision
Every night I'm not a face
Every week I'm not a mission
Every month I'm not a place
Only one year
One year you may be doin' it to make it or ruin it
Only one year
And I sing this song for you one year than I shall see if you belong to me
And I sing this song for you one year than I shall see if you belong to me
Only one year
Only one year
Everyday I'm not a vision
Every night I'm not a face
Every week I'm not a mission
Every month I'm not a place
Only one year
One year you may be doin' it to make it or ruin it
Only one year
Only one year