KVIQ
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Eureka, California United States |
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| Branding | KVIQ CBS 17 |
| Channels |
Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 17 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 17.1 CBS |
| Affiliations | CBS (1984–present) |
| Owner |
Northwest Broadcasting (Redwood Television Partners LLC) |
| First air date | April 1, 1958 |
| Call letters' meaning | VI (Roman numeral 6) Q |
| Former callsigns | KVIQ-TV (1958–1981) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 6 (VHF, 1958–2008) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: NBC (1958–1984) Secondary: ABC (1958–1987) |
| Transmitter power | 30 kW |
| Height | 550 m |
| Facility ID | 42640 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°43′41.9″N 123°58′21.4″W / 40.728306°N 123.972611°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | kviqcbs17.com |
KVIQ, virtual and UHF digital channel 17, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Eureka, California, United States. The station is owned by Northwest Broadcasting. KVIQ maintains transmitter facilities located along Barry Road southeast of Eureka.
KVIQ signed on the air on VHF channel 6 as Eureka's second television station on April 1, 1958. It was owned by Shasta Telecasting, as a satellite station of KVIP-TV (now KRCR-TV) in Redding, California; Shasta Telecasting sold the station to California Northwest Broadcasting in 1960. California Oregon Broadcasting subsequently acquired KIEM-TV (channel 3), which it operated separately from KRCR. KVIQ initially broadcast from studios located on Humboldt Hill Road in Eureka. Since the Eureka market only had two television stations in those early days, KVIQ offered programs from several networks. The station later relocated its studios to a new facility located on Broadway Street in Eureka. By the 1980s, the station was the area's primary NBC affiliate, but it also carried some ABC programs until KAEF (channel 23) went on the air in 1987. The McConnells sold the station to Miller Broadcasting in 1986.
Miller Broadcasting sold KVIQ to the Ackerley Group in 1998. Ackerley invested quite a bit of money into its news operations. Ackerley merged with corporate giant Clear Channel Communications in 2002. Not long after this merger, the news operation at KVIQ was quickly abandoned. The station was managed by David Silverbrand with its engineering function performed by James Mixon. Providing operational and sales staff was Sainte Partners II, L.P.. Sainte Partners sold the station in 2014.
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