KVOA
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Tucson, Arizona United States |
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| Branding | News 4 Tucson |
| Slogan | Investigating 4 You |
| Channels |
Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 4 () |
| Subchannels | 4.1 NBC 4.2 Cozi TV 4.3 Escape |
| Translators | K04QP-D Casas Adobes |
| Owner |
Cordillera Communications (KVOA Communications, LLC) |
| First air date | September 15, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Voice Of Arizona |
| Former callsigns | KVOA-TV (1953–1996) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 4 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Secondary: ABC (1953–1956) |
| Transmitter power | 405 kW |
| Height | 1123 m |
| Facility ID | 25735 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°24′55.8″N 110°42′51.9″W / 32.415500°N 110.714417°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KVOA, virtual channel 4 (UHF digital channel 23), is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Owned by Cordillera Communications (a subsidiary of Evening Post Industries), the station maintains transmitter facilities located atop Mount Bigelow, northeast of Tucson, while its studios are located on West Elm Street north of downtown. The station has one low-power translator station: K04QP-D (channel 4) located in Casas Adobes, Arizona.
In September 1953, KVOA signed on as Tucson's second television station and NBC affiliate, eight months after KOLD-TV signed on as the CBS affiliate. Although KVOA was an NBC affiliate, it carried a secondary affiliation with ABC until 1956 when KDWI-TV (now KGUN) began operations. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.
It was originally owned by Chicago advertising executive John Louis, Sr., along with KVOA-AM 1290 (now KCUB). It was a sister station to KTAR in Phoenix. In October 1953, KVOA brought Tucson its first-ever live television event: a World Series broadcast. The Louis broadcasting empire eventually became known as Pacific & Southern Broadcasting, headquartered in Phoenix; however, Louis did not keep KVOA for long. In 1955, Louis sold the KVOA stations to Clinton D. McKinnon, who would later acquire KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico and combine the two television stations to form Alvarado Television. In 1962, the Alvarado stations were sold to Steinman Stations, the owner of WGAL-TV in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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