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KOLO-TV

KOLO-TV
KOLO-TV logo.png
Reno, Nevada
United States
City Reno
Branding KOLO 8 (general)
KOLO 8 News Now (newscasts)
(Pronounced 'co-low')
Slogan On Air, On Line And On The Go
Expect More
Channels Digital: 8 (VHF)
Virtual: 8 ()
Subchannels 8.1 ABC
8.2 Movies!
Translators see list below
Affiliations ABC (secondary 1953–1967; primary 1972–present)
Owner Gray Television
(Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
First air date September 23, 1953; 63 years ago (1953-09-23)
Former callsigns KZTV (1953–1956)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
8 (VHF, 1953–2009)
Digital:
9 (VHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations Primary:
CBS (1953–1972)
Secondary:
NBC (1953–1962)
DuMont (1953–1955)
PBS (per-program; 1970–1983)
Transmitter power 15.6 kW
Height 893 m
Facility ID 63331
Transmitter coordinates 39°18′49″N 119°53′0″W / 39.31361°N 119.88333°W / 39.31361; -119.88333
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.kolotv.com

KOLO-TV, virtual channel 8, is the ABC–affiliate television station for Western Nevada's Truckee Meadows licensed to Reno. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 (virtual channel 8.1 via ) from a transmitter facility shared with KTVN and KRNV-DT on Slide Mountain between SR 431 and I-580 / US 395 / US 395 ALT in Washoe County. The station can also be seen on Charter channel 8 and in high definition on digital channel 788. KOLO-TV is owned and operated by Gray Television. KOLO-TV studios are based at 4850 Ampere Drive in Reno.

KOLO hit the airwaves September 23, 1953 as KZTV. It was the second station in Nevada, following KLAS-TV in Las Vegas (which went on air two months earlier) and the first in northern Nevada. It carried programming from all four networks, but was a primary CBS affiliate. The station also carried programs from the short-lived Paramount Television Network; KZTV was one of that network's strongest affiliates, airing Paramount programs such as Time For Beany,Bandstand Revue, and Hollywood Wrestling. In 1956 the station's callsign changed into the present-day KOLO-TV. The KZTV call letters now reside on the CBS affiliate in Corpus Christi, Texas.


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