KREN-TV
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| KREN-TV | |
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| Reno, Nevada | |
| Branding | KREN 27 |
| Channels | Analog: 27 (UHF) |
| Translators | KREN-LP 29 Susanville CA |
| Affiliations | The CW |
| Owner | Pappas Telecasting Companies (Reno License, LLC) |
| First air date | October 8, 1986 |
| Call letters’ meaning | RENo |
| Former affiliations | Univision (1980s-mid 1990s) The WB (mid 1990s-1998) The WB/Pax TV (1998-2000) Pax TV (2000-2002) The WB (2002-2006) |
| Transmitter Power | 1820 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 891 m (analog) 894 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 51493 |
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| Website | www.kren.com |
KREN-TV is a full-service television station in Reno, Nevada, broadcasting locally in analog on UHF channel 27 and in digital on UHF channel 26. It is an affiliate of The CW, with most of its programming coming from The CW Plus Founded March 1, 1982, the station is owned by Pappas Telecasting of Visalia, California. KREN-TV is rebroadcast in Susanville, California on KREN-LP, UHF channel 29.
For a few years in the early 2000s, KREN was the local PAX affiliate, while The WB was carried on a cable-only channel known by the fictitious call letters KWBV ("WB6"). In 2002, the WB affiliation was moved back to KREN. What is now ION Television currently has no affiliate in Reno.
KREN's sister station in Reno is KAZR-CA, which is TuVision Spanish language affiliate. Both stations' are housed in a 8500 sq ft glass-walled facility at the Meadowood Mall in south Reno.
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[edit] News operation
On December 27, 2006 KREN launched a one hour newscast at 10 p.m., the first HD newscast on a CW station, as well as Reno's only primetime local newscast. The station has adopted the "Videojournalist" model of news gathering whereby the reporter is also the photographer and editor. On June 1, 2007 KREN severed its ties with local ABC affiliate KOLO-TV, which originally produced a 10PM newscast for KREN.
Weekend 10 p.m. shows were launched in late 2007.
In January 2008, all KREN newscasts were scaled back to 30 minutes, instead of the previous 1 hour. Weekend KAZR Spanish language newscasts were canceled, but the weekday KAZR news shows remained an hour long.
On March 11, 2008, KREN and KAZR cancelled all newscasts, and dismissed the entire news staff. Pappas Telecasting cited low advertising revenue as the reason for the cancellation.
Nine contracted news employees filed a class action lawsuit against Pappas and KREN/KAZR on March 25, 2008. They are seeking compensation for the remainder of their contacts as well as other damages.([1], [2])
[edit] Former News Team
•Eric Lupher - Weekday Anchor/Reporter
•Kassata Edwards - Weekday Anchor
•Ted Land - Weekend Anchor/Reporter
•Karoline Wightman - Weekend Weather/Reporter
•Pablo Gutierrez - KAZR Anchor
•Laura Calzada - KAZR Anchor
•Jeff Martinez - Meteorologist
•Louis Santiago - Chief Videojournalist
•Wendy Garcia - Videojournalist
•Anthony Scanio - Videojournalist
•Haydee Acebo - Videojournalist
•Lee Adams - Weekend Sports Anchor
•Heather Blank - Videojournalist
•Jackie Diaz - Videojournalist
•Mike Dinow - Anchor
•Mariano Lemus - KAZR Sports Anchor
•Alex Limon - Videojournalist
•Katie Nielsen - Anchor
•Vanessa Vancour - Videojournalist
•Laurence Wallace - Videojournalist
•Greg Knight - Videojournalist
[edit] Bankruptcy Hurts KREN and Other Pappas Telecasting Stations
"Pappas Telecasting Inc, a private broadcasting group, filed for bankruptcy protection, citing a range of troubles from weak advertising revenue to poor network ratings that led to its current state."(Quote from the link below)
[edit] External links
- KREN website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KREN
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KREN-TV
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