KTVN, virtual channel 2, is the CBS-affiliated television station serving Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe, California. KTVN is owned by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. The station's digital signal operates on VHF channel 13. Syndicated programs broadcast on KTVN include The Ellen Degeneres Show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Inside Edition.

Digital television [link]

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion took place on June 12, 2009, KTVN remained on its pre-transition channel number, 13. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display KTVN's virtual channel as 2.

History [link]

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KTVN signed on the air on June 4, 1967, originally as an ABC affiliate, but took over the CBS affiliation in 1972, after disputes between the CBS network and its affiliate at the time, KOLO-TV.

News operation [link]

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Currently, KTVN broadcasts a total of 20½ hours of local newscasts each week (with 3½ hours on weekdays and one hour and thirty minutes on weekends). Unlike most CBS affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, the station does not carry newscasts in the noon timeslots on weekdays or nightly in the 6 p.m. timeslot.

KTVN's news slogan is "Coverage You Can Count On." In 2005, KTVN hired veteran Reno market anchor Bill Brown from rival KRNV to anchor many of its evening newscasts.

News/station presentation [link]

Newscast titles [link]

• (Channel 2) News (1967–1972)
• TV-2 News (1972–1977)
• NewsWatch 2 (1977–1984)
• News 2 (1984–1991)
• News Source 2 (1991–1997)
• Channel 2 News (1997–present)

Station slogans [link]

• "Take Two" (1967–1970)
• "2 Power" (1980–1982)
• "Your 24 Hour News Source" (1991–1997)
• "Coverage You Can Count On" (1997–present)

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News team [link]

[edit] Current on-air staff^[1]

Anchors

• Arianna Bennett - weeknights at 11 p.m.
• Chris Ciarlo - weeknights at 11pm
• Wendy Damonte - weeknights at 5 and 6:30 p.m.
• John Potter - weekday mornings (5-7 a.m.)
• Kristen Remington - weeknights at 5 and 6:30 p.m.
• Jennifer Burton - weekends at 5 and 6:30pm

StormWatch Weather

• Mike Alger (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6:30 and 11 p.m.
• Ron Percivalle (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval - meteorologist; weekday mornings (5-7 a.m.)
• Jeff Thompson (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWA Seals of Approval) - meteorologist; weekends at 5, 6:30 and 11 p.m.

Sports Team"

• Garrett Dearborn-Sports Director weeknights at 5:30, 6:30, and 11pm
• Ted Brightman-Sports Reporter/Anchor weekends at 5, 6:30, and 11pm
• Paul Nelson- Part time Sports/Photographer/Reporter/Anchor

Reporters

• Erin Meehan Breen - general assignment reporter
• Paul Nelson - general assignment reporter
• Adam Rasmussen - general assignment reporter

Former on-air staff [link]

• Jackie Bales - anchor/reporter
• Patranya Bhoolsuwan (now at KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, NV)
• Joe Bickett - sports anchor
• Bill Brown - weeknight anchor (2005-2011; retired in September 2011)
• Kirk Frosdick - weekend anchor/reporter/assignnement editor (1980s)
• Michael Hagerty - anchor/reporter (1980s; now at KNXV-TV in Phoenix, Arizona)
• Chris Healy - weekend sports anchor/sports reporter (1980s)
• Tom Henkenius
• Linda Hosmer (now at TMZ/Telepictures)
• Neda Iranpour (now at KOVR in Sacramento, California)
• Kevin Janison (a.k.a. Kevin Dee) - weekend weather anchor (1980s)
• Dave Mecham (now at KTLA in Los Angeles, California)
• John Mercer (now at WDEF-TV in Chattanooga, Tennessee)
• J.K. Metzker - sports director (1997-2011) died on November 13, 2011)^[2]
• Kurtis Ming (now at KOVR in Sacramento, California)
• Tara O'Grady - weekend reporter/intern (1980s)
• Tom Olson - anchor/reporter
• Ed Pearce - news director/anchor
• Brandon Rittiman - reporter (now at KUNR)
• Sharon Spangler - reporter (1980s)
• Deborah Wetzel - anchor (1980s)

References [link]

External links [link]

• KTVN website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTVN
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTVN-TV