KIEM-TV
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Eureka, California United States |
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| City | Eureka, California |
| Branding | News Channel 3 |
| Slogan | The Spirit of the North Coast |
| Channels |
Digital: 3 (VHF) Virtual: 3 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 3.1 NBC |
| Affiliations | NBC (1984-present; secondary 1953-1958) |
| Owner | Pollack/Belz Broadcasting LLC |
| First air date | October 25, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | Keep Informed Every Minute |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 3 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 16 (UHF, 2004–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: CBS (1953–1984) Secondary: ABC (1953–1987) DuMont (1953–1955) |
| Transmitter power | 12.5 kW |
| Height | 503 m |
| Facility ID | 53382 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°43′49.4″N 123°57′11.1″W / 40.730389°N 123.953083°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.kiem-tv.com |
KIEM-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 3, is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Eureka, California. The station is owned by Pollack/Belz Broadcasting. KIEM maintains transmitter facilities located along Kneeland Road southeast of Eureka while its 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.
By 1984, KVIQ and KIEM had swapped affiliations, with KIEM picking up the NBC affiliation. Another commercial station, 'KREQ-TV' (later KAEF-TV) signed on the air in 1987 offering ABC to the North Coast. When the new station signed on, both KVIQ and KIEM ceased offering ABC programs on a part-time basis.
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