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This article is about the CBS affiliate in Spokane, Washington. For the cable television station in Belize, seeKrem Television.
Not to be confused withKREN-TV.

KREM
CitySpokane, Washington
Channels
BrandingKREM 2 (pronounced "crem" )
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KSKN
History
First air date
October 29, 1954(69 years ago)(1954-10-29)[a]
Former call signs
KREM-TV (1954–2009)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:2 (VHF,1954–2009)
  • ABC(1954–1976)
  • DuMont(secondary, 1954–1956)
  • NTA(secondary, 1956–1961)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID34868
ERP893 kW
HAAT641 m (2,103 ft)
Transmitter coordinates47°35′41″N117°17′57″W/ 47.59472°N 117.29917°W/47.59472; -117.29917
Translator(s)see§ Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.krem.com

KREM(channel 2) is atelevision stationinSpokane, Washington,United States, affiliated withCBS.It is owned byTegna Inc.alongsideCWaffiliateKSKN(channel 22). The two stations share studios on South Regal Street in theSouthgateneighborhood of Spokane; KREM's transmitter is onKrell Hillto the southeast.

The station is carried on cable systems inCalgaryandEdmonton, Alberta,Canada, both of which are double the size of KREM's American coverage area. One result of this is that stations in Calgary and Edmonton air American shows onPacific Time,even though Calgary and Edmonton are both onMountain Time.It is one of five local Spokane area television stations seen in Canada on theShaw Directsatellite service. It can also been seen on local cable systems in southeasternBritish Columbia.

KREM is one of two CBS affiliates based in the Spokane television market; KREM is typically considered the primary CBS affiliate for the market. However,Sinclair Broadcast Group–ownedKLEW-TV(channel 3), based inLewiston, Idaho,focuses on the southern portion of the market including theLewis–Clark Valleyand thePalouse.Both KREM and KLEW are available onDish NetworkandDirecTVthroughout the Spokane market.

History[edit]

KREM-TV signed on October 31, 1954, with an "inaugural program" at 6:30 pm,[2]followed by a showing of the 1933movieThe Private Life of Henry VIII.[3]It was originally owned by Cole Wylie alongside KREM radio (AM 970, nowKTTO;and FM 92.9, nowKZZU-FM). The King Broadcasting Company, run by Seattle businesswomanDorothy Bullitt,bought the KREM stations from Wylie in 1957; the radio stations were sold off in 1984. (Coincidentally, the former KREM-FM is now a sister station to KXLY-TV.) However, channel 2 retained the -TV suffix in its callsign until 2009.

KREM-TV initially had a dual affiliation withABCand theDuMontNetwork, the latter shared with cross-town competitorKXLY-TVbecause of its then-CBS affiliation at the time. After DuMont dissolved, KREM continued as an exclusive ABC affiliate. In the late 1950s, the station was briefly affiliated with theNTA Film Network.[4]KREM-TV was affiliated with ABC until August 8, 1976, when it swapped affiliations with KXLY-TV, whom CBS announced would be dropped in February for constantly preempting or delaying its network shows; however, CBS did not announce initially who would become their new affiliate in the market.[5]On August 8, the affiliation switch went into full effect,[6]with CBS programming moving to KREM (KREM wanted to wait until ABC finished airing the network's coverage of the1976 Summer Olympicsto make the switch).[7]KXLY then picked up KREM's old ABC affiliation,[8][9]KREM thus became Spokane's new CBS affiliate. Initially, CBS had approached KHQ-TV, while KREM was considered for a possible NBC affiliation because of theKing Broadcasting Company's sister stations inSeattleandPortlandalso being NBC affiliates, but KREM elected to take the CBS affiliation instead. It was the only non-NBC affiliated station in the King Broadcasting portfolio.

King Broadcasting was sold in 1992 to theProvidence Journal Company,which merged withBelo Corporationfive years later. On June 13, 2013, theGannett Companyannounced that it would acquire Belo.[10]The sale was completed on December 23.[11]

On June 29, 2015, the Gannett Company split in two, with one side specializing in print media and the other side specializing in broadcast and digital media. KREM and KSKN were retained by the latter company, namedTegna.[12]

KREM and KSKN are a part of a cluster of television stations in the Northwestern United States owned by Tegna, which includesKING-TVand its sister stationKONGinSeattle;KGWinPortland, Oregon;andKTVBinBoise.All four stations had provided material to co-ownedNorthwest Cable News,a regional24-hourcable newsservice based in Seattle that served much of the region. KREM was the only non-NBCaffiliate to be a primary contributor to NWCN, with the exception of KSKN and Seattleindependent stationKONG. The channel, which started in 1995, shut down on January 6, 2017.

Programming[edit]

In 1987, KREM was one of numerous CBS affiliates that declined to carry an adaptation ofGarbage Pail Kids,owing to concerns about it being a promotion for thethen-popular trading card line of that nameand about its heavy violence and ridiculing of the disabled; because of these decisions, CBS opted to remove the cartoon from its Saturday morning lineup and the series, to date, has never aired in the United States.[13][14]

KREM aired theGonzaga Bulldogs men's basketballteam'sNCAA tournamentchampionship game appearances in2017and2021.

News operation[edit]

In 1997, KREM, with its reporter Tom Grant, won anAlfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award"for Investigative Reporting on theWenatchee Child Sex Ring."[15][16][17]

In April 2010, KREM and KSKN began broadcasting its local newscasts in16:9enhanced definitionwidescreen,and KREM became the third station in Spokane to switch in either HD or widescreen.[18][19][20]

From September 15, 2014, to January 2, 2015, KREM was the only station to air their newscasts from 7 to 9 a.m. on its sister station KSKN.[21]KREM switched to Gannett's "This is Home" music and graphics package on October 25, 2014, at the 5 p.m. newscast.[22]KREM became the last station in the Spokane market to switch their newscasts to HD.

On October 17, 2021, the station had to apologize for showing a moving image from a pornographic video on a weather center monitor during that evening's 6 p.m. newscast, and the origin of the video's appearance on an internal station monitor, be it internally or from another source, is under police and corporate investigation.[23]

Notable former on-air staff[edit]

Technical information[edit]

Subchannels[edit]

The station's signal ismultiplexed:

Subchannels of KREM[30]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
2.1 1080i 16:9 KREM-HD CBS
2.2 480i Crime True Crime Network
2.3 CourtTV Court TV
2.4 Twist The Nest
2.5 Shop LC
2.6 4:3 Get
2.7 QVC2 Outlaw
2.8 Comet
2.9 Cozi TV[31]

Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]

KREM discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, overVHFchannel 2, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United Statestransitioned from analog to digital broadcastsunder federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transitionUHFchannel 20,[32][33]usingvirtual channel2.

Translators[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^TheBroadcasting and Cable Yearbooksays October 31, while theTelevision and Cable Factbooksays October 29.

References[edit]

  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for KREM".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^"New TV Station Plans Inaugural on Sunday Night".Spokane Television History.October 29, 1954.RetrievedFebruary 5,2023.
  3. ^Spokane Daily Chronicle- "Announcing the Telecast Premiere of KREM-TV" (advertisement) - October 30, 1954
  4. ^"Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films",Boxoffice:13, November 10, 1956
  5. ^"KREM-TV to Join CBS Chain".Spokane Television History.March 29, 1976.RetrievedFebruary 5,2023.
  6. ^"On Sunday: TV Stations Switching".Spokane Television History.August 6, 1976.RetrievedFebruary 5,2023.
  7. ^"Timing decided for TV shift".Spokane Television History.March 30, 1976.RetrievedFebruary 5,2023.
  8. ^""Early Summer" – KXLY Set to Join ABC ".Spokane Television History.May 6, 1976.RetrievedFebruary 5,2023.
  9. ^"CBS Plans to Terminate KXLY-TV Affiliation".Spokane Television History.March 3, 1976.RetrievedFebruary 5,2023.
  10. ^"Gannett to buy KREM-TV owner Belo for $1.5 billion".KREM.com.Associated Press.June 13, 2013.RetrievedJune 13,2013.
  11. ^"Gannett Completes Its Acquisition Of Belo".TV News Check.December 23, 2013.RetrievedFebruary 5,2023.
  12. ^"Separation of Gannett into two public companies completed | TEGNA".Tegna. June 29, 2015.RetrievedJune 29,2015.
  13. ^"Spokane Chronicle – Google News Archive Search".RetrievedDecember 18,2014.
  14. ^"WebCite query result".Geocities.com. Archived fromthe originalon October 21, 2009.RetrievedDecember 18,2014.{{cite web}}:Cite uses generic title (help)
  15. ^"Silver Batons: Medium Market Television".Columbia University News(Press release). 1997. Archived fromthe originalon December 7, 2005.
  16. ^"Grant Wins 'Pulitzer of Broadcasting' | the Spokesman-Review".
  17. ^"KREM-TV, Investigative Reporting on the Wenatchee Child Sex Ring | 1997 duPont-Columbia Award Winner in 1997 duPont Winners on Vimeo".April 1, 2013.RetrievedMay 18,2020– via Vimeo.
  18. ^"Is Your local news in HD?".Avsforum.com. February 17, 2011.RetrievedAugust 23,2012.
  19. ^"KXLY 4 HD".August 1, 2008.Archivedfrom the original on December 21, 2021.RetrievedAugust 23,2012– via YouTube.
  20. ^"KHQ Local News 11@11 HD Open - 2008".October 18, 2008.Archivedfrom the original on December 21, 2021.RetrievedAugust 23,2012– via YouTube.
  21. ^"For the first time, 7:00-9:00 a.m. morning news in Spokane".changingnewscasts.wordpress.com. August 31, 2014.RetrievedOctober 15,2014.
  22. ^"New design coming to KREM 2 newscasts".krem.com. October 23, 2014.RetrievedOctober 23,2014.
  23. ^Epperly, Emma (October 18, 2021)."Pornographic video shown on KREM's evening newscast; police investigating".The Spokesman Review.RetrievedOctober 19,2021.
  24. ^"KPIX's Paul Deanno, two others leaving station".EastBayTimes.com. September 27, 2019.RetrievedOctober 18,2019.
  25. ^"Eric Johnson".KOMOnews.com.November 20, 2015.RetrievedApril 15,2020.
  26. ^"Sports Anchor Tim Lewis Leaving Spokane to Join His Dad at Seattle's KOMO".Adweek.April 19, 2012.RetrievedJuly 3,2019.
  27. ^"Dan Lewis, Tim Lewis share anchor desk for first time".KOMONews.com. July 18, 2012.RetrievedJuly 3,2019.
  28. ^Shanks, Adam."Spokane's Next Mayor".The Spokesman-Review.RetrievedNovember 20,2019.
  29. ^"Woodward claims victory in race for mayor | The Spokesman-Review".www.spokesman.com.RetrievedNovember 20,2019.
  30. ^"RabbitEars.Info".RabbitEars.info.
  31. ^"Get Cozi TV".
  32. ^"DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on August 29, 2013.RetrievedMarch 24,2012.
  33. ^"CDBS Print".

External links[edit]

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