KSAZ-TV

KSAZ-TV is the owned-and-operated FOX station in Phoenix, Arizona. It is co-owned with sister KUTP. The station broadcasts on Channel 10 in Phoenix and on numerous translators throughout Northern Arizona. Its transmitter is located on South Mountain in Phoenix.

History

Channel 10 was founded in 1953 as a shared-time signal between KOY-TV and KOOL-TV; the two later merged to become simply KOOL-TV. Gene Autry was one of the station's owners. The station was originally a limited-schedule ABC affiliate until 1955, when KTVK signed on and took the ABC affiliation. KOOL then took the CBS affiliation away from KPHO-TV. As a result, the station was now able to feature Autry's show on its schedule.

The station was sold to Gulf Broadcasting in 1980, and changed its callsign to KTSP-TV. It had been said that the call sign stands for Tempe/Scottsdale/Phoenix, but some have also claimed that the call sign was simply changed to match WTSP in Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida, which the company also owned. KTSP's logo at the time was similar to WTSP's "Sunset 10" logo.

KTSP was sold to Taft Broadcasting in 1984, as part of a corporate deal. Taft then sold most of its network affiliates to Great American Broadcasting. The station was then sold to New World Communications late in 1993.

The station changed its call sign to KSAZ on February 12, 1994 to match its new slogan, "The Spirit of Arizona". It remained as CBS network's Phoenix affiliate; however, as a result of a deal reached between New World and Fox, 4 commercial stations in the Phoenix market swapped network affiliations at different times. KSAZ dropped the CBS affiliation in December of 1994 which went to KPHO 5.

Fox network's prime time and sports programming moved to the station from KNXV in December 1994, although the Fox Kids programming moved to KTVK and in 1997 to KASW. KSAZ became known as "News Channel 10" in the Fall of 1994 and in December "News Channel 10 KSAZ Fox". With several top-rated syndicated shows moving to other stations in 1995, KSAZ was up to about 50 hours a week of local news. The remaining syndicated programming on the station was rather low-rated, and as a result KSAZ did not have good ratings in its early days as a Fox affiliate. Much of the news audience went to KTVK, the former ABC affiliate which also took on a news-intensive format. In the fall of 1995, KSAZ added 3 hours of talk shows jointly produced by New World and Fox.

Fox bought out New World late in 1996, making KSAZ a fully owned-and-operated station, or "O&O". KSAZ has since been known as Fox 10. Fox then began to upgrade the station's programming, adding some high-rated off-network sitcoms such as M*A*S*H, Seinfeld, and King Of The Hill. The station also added higher-rated court shows and reality shows. Fox Kids though stayed with KTVK and then KASW.

KSAZ and KUTP became sister stations in 2001, following Fox's purchase of the latter. This makes both the only network O&Os in the Phoenix market, although KUTP won't become an O&O of any network until this fall, when it joins Fox's second network, My Network TV. Even though Fox owns both KSAZ and KUTP, niether run the Saturday morning cartoon block known as 4Kids TV. This still runs on KASW. Its possible after KUTP becomes My Network TV that 4Kids TV could move there but nothing has been decided yet.

On July 31, 2006, Fox 10 launched its new 6PM newscast. The newscast is anchored by Troy Hayden, who also anchors the 10PM newscast.

Newscasts

Weekdays
* FOX10 Arizona Morning - 5:00-9:00AM
* FOX10 News @ Noon - 12:00-12:30PM
* FOX10 News @ 5:00 - 5:00-5:30PM
* FOX10 News @ 5:30 - 5:30-6:00PM
* FOX10 News @ 6:00 - 6:00-6:30PM
* FOX10 News @ 9:00 - 9:00-10:00PM,
* FOX10 News @ 10:00 - 10:00-10:30PM,

Weekends
* FOX10 News @ 5:00 - 5:00-5:30PM
* FOX10 News @ 5:30 - 5:30-6:00PM
* FOX10 News @ 9:00 - 9:00-10:00PM
* FOX10 News @ 10:00 - 10:00-10:30PM
* FOX10 Sports Night - 10:30-11:00PM (Sunday)

News personalities

FOX10 Arizona Morning

*Rick D'Amico
*Ron Hoon
*Cory McCloskey

FOX10 News @ Noon

*Rick D'Amico
*Ron Hoon

FOX10 News @ 5 & 5:30

*John Hook
*Kari Lake
*Dave Munsey
*Jude LaCava

FOX10 News @ 6

*Troy Hayden
*Dave Munsey
*Jude LaCava

FOX10 News @ 9

*John Hook
*Kari Lake
*Dave Munsey
*Jude LaCava

FOX10 News @ 10

*Troy Hayden
*Stephanie Sandoval
*Dave Munsey
*Jude LaCava

Weekend news anchors

*Rob Piercy
*Linda Williams
*Jayme King
*Gayle Jansen
*Richard Saenz

General assignment reporters

*Bruce Dunbar
*Yetta Gibson
*Sabra Gertsch
*Ramin Khalili
*Steve Krafft
*Marc Martinez
*Vicky Nguyen
*Natalia Perez
*Diane Ryan
*Laura Sambol
*Tammy Vo
*Keith Yaskin

Logos

Image:Kool1070.jpg|KOOL 10 Logo From 1970Image:Ktsp1092.jpg|KTSP 10 Logo from 1992; modeled after former sister WTSP, it resembled a sunsetImage:Fox10phoenix.jpg|FOX 10's 1996 to 2006 logo: still used on all news programming, with the exception of the 6pm newscast.

Slogans

* "The Spirit of Arizona" (Early 1990s)
* "Just You Watch!" (Late 1990s)
* "Just You Watch The Best" (2000 to 2006)
* "Let The News Begin" (2006, promotional for new look)

Translators

*K31FE Blythe, California
*K04JC Bouse
*K07YJ Bullhead City
*K11UC Carrizo
*K11UA Cedar Creek
*K11UB Cibecue
*K36AE Clarkdale
*K49CH Duncan
*K39FC East Flagstaff (broadcasts on channel 68)
*K48GI Flagstaff
*K54EQ Fort Apache
*K48AY Kingman
*K38IR Lake Havasu City
*K31EA Littlefield
*K55BW Madera Peak/Globe/Miami
*K17BN Needles, California/Bullhead City
*K42CP Peach Springs
*K04AI Prescott
*K07OJ Snowflake/Show Low
*940415CF Whiteriver (Special Temporary Authorization)
*K43IE Williams
*K09JZ Winslow

External links

* Fox 10 Website