KERO-TV

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KERO-TV is a television station serving Bakersfield, California. It is an ABC affiliate, and transmits on UHF channel 23. It has previously been affiliated with the CBS television network. The station is owned by McGraw-Hill.

History

KERO went on the air on September 26 1953, on VHF Channel 10 (now home to KERO's digital signal). The station originally broadcast out of the El Tejon Hotel. The station moved to UHF 23 in July 1963. KERO was first owned by a local interest, who sold it to Marietta Broadcasting in 1957. Marietta was absorbed by Time-Life Broadcasting in 1964, and McGraw-Hill acquired it in 1972.

Network Affiliations

KERO was affiliated first with NBC until 1984, when it switched to CBS. In 1995, KERO became one of the few television stations in America to have been an affiliate of all 3 big networks (NBC, CBS, and ABC), when KERO picked up ABC affiliation from cross-town rival KBAK.

In August 2006 KERO-TV officially became a duopoly with KZKC-TV, an Azteca America affiliate, which broadcasts on channel 46. At this time, KERO-TV does not plan on airing any local Spanish language news on this channel. McGraw-Hill only purchased the station to make more profit and require their employees to work more for the same low wages.

Programming

Former news anchor Burleigh Smith (d.1990) is considered by many to be the father of television news in Bakersfield. Smith produced and anchored at KERO from 1954-1960, and again from 1973-1989.

Other longtime KERO news personalilties include Don Rodewald (who hosted the afternoon movie), George Day, and Sunny Scofield. MSNBC "Live & Direct" host Rita Cosby, was a KERO reporter in the 1980s. Current KGET news anchors Jim Scott and Robin Mangarin met while working at KERO as reporters in the 1980s. The husband and wife team are now the top rated news anchors in Bakersfield.

Jackie Parks and Todd Karli, another husband and wife team, currently anchor KERO 23 News at 6.

One of KERO's best remembered shows was "Cousin Herb's Trading Post", a local variety series in the 1950's. The show's host, Herb Henson (d.1963), was a country musician, and often featured budding country artists like Buck Owens and Tommy Collins, who would come to popularize the "Bakersfield Sound". Another local favorite was The Uncle Woody Show in the 60s and 70s.

Newscasts

Monday-Friday

23 No Bull Morning News - 5 a.m.-7 a.m.

Andrew Amador, Christina Loren (weather), Doug Deroo (traffic)

23 News at 5 - 5 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Mike Hart, Jackie Parks, Lloyd Lindsay Young (weather)

23 News at 6 - 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Todd Karli, Jackie Parks, Lloyd Lindsay Young (weather), Pep Fernandez (sports)

23 News at 11 - 11 p.m.-11:35 p.m.

Mike Hart, Lloyd Lindsay Young (weather), Pep Fernandez (sports)

Weekends

23 News at 6 - 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Chris Van Horne, Victoria Houchin (weather), Bryce Anslinger (sports)

23 News at 11 - 11 p.m.-11:35 p.m.