Kthv
Kthv
KTHV (”Today’s THV”), is the CBS network affiliate station serving the Little Rock television market and central Arkansas. The station is owned by Gannett, which ironically for a brief period in the early 1980s had owned rival KARK. KTHV’s transmitter and antenna are located on the Morris Network Tower Little Rock near Redfield, Arkansas, on the same tower as KARK-TV/DT and KATV-TV/DT. 3
KTHV was locally owned until December, 1994, when Gannett acquired the station in an all-stock transaction. The purchase of the station was believed to be positioning on Gannett’s part to have a station in the former home of President Bill Clinton. 6
KTHV signed on the air on November 27, 1955, owned by the owners of KWKH-AM in Shreveport, the owners of the Arkansas Democrat, and businessman C.E. Its callsign is derived from former radio sister station KTHS (whose calls stood Kome To Hot Springs), which later became KAAY after being sold to LIN Broadcasting in the 1960s. 4
The station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 11 and its digital signal broadcasts on VHF channel 12. A 24-hour local news channel, THV2 is carried on KTHV-DT digital channel 11.2. 2
Who saw Baz get his hair cut today? KATV is smart to link with 103-7 The Buzz and they have the best early radio program and television programs out there. KARK is just silly and KTHV is boring. 8
The station currently identifies newsbroadcasts as Today’s THV. However, the station also offers an original weekday mid-morning program called Positively Arkansas, on which segments and guests appear only if they are paid advertisers of the station. 7
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The station’s studios at 720 Izard Street in downtown Little Rock were built a year before KTHV’s first broadcast, and are where the television station still broadcasts from today. The building was the first in Arkansas to be constructed for both radio and television. KTHV’s studios were on the first floor, while KTHS-AM’s studios were on the second floor. Though the interior of the station has been periodically upgraded, especially with improved technology, the exterior of the station remains much as it appeared when built in the 1950’s. 5
