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KVOA

KVOA
A tilted blue oval containing a white 4 and partially overlapped by a small NBC peacock. Underneath is the call sign K V O A above a red line and the word TUCSON below it.
Channels
BrandingKVOA 4 Tucson; News 4 Tucson
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
September 27, 1953 (1953-09-27)
Former call signs
KVOA-TV (1953–1996)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 4 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Both secondary:
  • ABC (1953–1957)
  • NTA (1956–1961)
Call sign meaning
"Voice of Arizona", from the former radio station[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID25735
ERP405 kW
HAAT1,123 m (3,684 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°24′56″N 110°42′52″W / 32.41556°N 110.71444°W / 32.41556; -110.71444
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information
Websitekvoa.com

KVOA (channel 4) is a television station in Tucson, Arizona, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Allen Media Group. The station's studios are located on West Elm Street north of downtown Tucson, and its primary transmitter is located atop Mount Bigelow, northeast of the city, supplemented by translators in the Tucson Mountains and in Sierra Vista.

KVOA-TV, originally associated with KVOA radio, went on the air in September 1953 as Tucson's second television station. The station was an NBC affiliate from the start; early owners included KTAR in Phoenix, Clinton D. McKinnon, and the Pulitzer Publishing Company. Pulitzer had to divest the television station to purchase the Arizona Daily Star newspaper; this transaction was prolonged by issues with the potential buyer at the Federal Communications Commission. In 1973, KVOA was purchased by a local ownership group that led the station to ratings leadership in local news for nearly 30 years, from the mid-1970s to the early 2000s. Allen acquired KVOA in 2021, the second sale of the station in four years owing to ownership conflicts from a merger. The station produces more than 39 hours a week of local news programming.[3]

  1. ^ "KVOA Station Will Be Moved: Two Studios Instead of One With Announcers' Booth To Be Featured". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. March 6, 1930. p. 4. Archived from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KVOA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Quarterly Issues/Programs List" (PDF). Public Inspection File. Federal Communications Commission. September 30, 2023.

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