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KTVI is the Fox television affiliate in St. Louis, Missouri, owned and operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company. It operates on channel 2, and its transmitter is located in Sappington, Missouri.
KTVI was the ABC affiliate for the St. Louis area until 1995, when the station swapped affiliations with KDNL and became a Fox affiliate (KDNL took the ABC affiliation). Shortly thereafter, KTVI was purchased by News Corp., and became a Fox owned-and-operated (O&O) station.
The station broadcasts in stereo and broadcasts a Secondary Audio Program (SAP) channel, used mainly for Descriptive Video Service (DVS).
KTVI-DT (KTVI's digital channel) operates on channel 43.
History
WTVI of Belleville, Illinois began operating on August 13, 1953 on channel 54. WTVI became KTVI on April 9, 1955 when WTVI moved from Belleville to St. Louis, Missouri and started broadcasting on channel 36. KTVI moved to channel 2 on April 15, 1957, where it remains to this day.
Personalities
Current personalities:
- John Auble, reporter.
- Andy Banker, reporter.
- Betsy Bruce, reporter.
- Corina Collins, anchor/reporter.
- Sean Conroy, reporter.
- Bonita Cornute, reporter.
- Elliot Davis, anchor/reporter.
- Rob Desir, sports.
- Maurice Drummond, sports reporter
- Margie Ellisor, reporter/contact 2/anchor.
- Tim Ezell, reporter.
- Dick Ford, anchor.
- John Gadson, reporter.
- Julie Gaier, reporter.
- Joel Goldberg, sports.
- Dan Gray, anchor.
- Chris Higgins, meteorogist.
- Charles Jaco, reporter/war correspondent.
- Martin Kilcoyne, sports director.
- Roche Madden, reporter.
- Sandy Miller, anchor/reporter.
- Mandy Murphey, anchor.
- Dave Murray, chief meteorologist.
- Janis Murray, reporter.
- Randi Naughton, anchor/reporter.
- Tom O'Neal, anchor/reporter/health watch.
- Nancy Pasternak, anchor/reporter.
- John Pertzborn, anchor.
- Chris Regnier, reporter.
- April Simpson, andchor/reporter.
- Paul Schankman, reporter.
- Smash, feature reporter.
- Kevin Steincross, anchor/reporter.
- Melanie Streeper, weather anchor/producer.
- Len Turner, st. louis' most wanted reporter-producer/reporter.
- Glenn Zimmerman, meteorologist.
Past personalities:
- Victoria Babu, anchor/reporter.
- Larry Conners, anchor.
- Mark Curtis, sports.
- Kathleen England, traffic.
- Donn Johnson, anchor/reporter.
- Dana King, anchor.
- Pete Peterson, sports.
- Joe Petrovich, meteorologist.
- Robin Smith, reporter.
- Lisa Sylvester, anchor.
External Link
Official website (http://www.fox2ktvi.com/)