KXTV, "News10" is an ABC affiliate in Sacramento, California.

The station went on the air on March 19, 1955 as KBET. Four years later, with an ownership change, the call letters became KXTV (the "X" being the Roman numeral for the VHF channel it broadcasts on, channel 10).

From its founding until 1995, KXTV was an affiliate of CBS. As a CBS affiliate, the station preempted some lower-rated daytime (the 9-10am block in the 1980's and early 90's) and late night (from the late 1980's until the arrival of The Late Show with David Letterman in 1993) programs; and eventually dropped Guiding Light due to low ratings in the early 1990s. While most CBS stations would air The Young and The Restless from 11 a.m.-NOON, KXTV moved it to the 3 p.m. timeslot in 1994. Then, on March 6, 1995, in an unprecedented move in local television, KXTV swapped affiliations with KOVR, switching networks to ABC. As an ABC affiliate, the station preempted the half-hour soap airing in the 12:30 timeslot (Loving/The City/Port Charles); but when the network axed the programming block outright in the early 2000's; KXTV has aired the entire schedule of ABC programming since then. On another note, KXTV aired All My Children at 3 p.m. in the early years as an ABC affiliate, before finally following the niche of airing it at Noon alongside majority of the ABC stations -- only after the midday newscast moved an hour earlier from Noon to 11 a.m..

Four years later, in 1999, KXTV began digital broadcasts on a new and separate HDTV channel. Then, in 2001, to reflect the station's commitment to its news coverage, KXTV decided to become better known as "News10".

KXTV has first choice on all King World programs offered locally, currently holding the local syndication rights to Jeopardy!, Inside Edition, and Wheel of Fortune. Until 2002, the station also held the local syndication rights to The Oprah Winfrey Show. It is these shows that have made News10 one of the highest-rated local stations in daytime television. Since 2002-2003, KXTV has been the local television home of the Sacramento Kings, the city's National Basketball Association franchise, which coincides with their network's coverage of NBA games. The station picked up the rights to Kings telecasts in the middle of the 2002-03 season due to the contractual dispute between the team and its then-rights holder, UPN station KMAX.

Gannett Corporation (which also owns the USA Today newspaper) has owned KXTV since 1999, when it obtained the station in a swap with Belo Corporation in exchange for Austin ABC affiliate KVUE. The station's transmitter, the KXTV/KOVR Tower (shared with KOVR channel 13), is located in Walnut Grove. The tower is among the tallest in the world and is likely the tallest structure in California.

Newscasts

Over the years as a CBS or ABC affiliate; KXTV's newscasts (which sucessively identified as Shell News, The Big News, Channel 10 News, Newservice 10(in the 1970's), and Eyewitness News(early 80's) before adopting the present News 10 moniker in the mid-to-late 80's ^*) have traditionally placed a somewhat distant second in the local TV news ratings. However, in recent ratings periods, its newscasts have shown considerable ratings gains (particularly in the critical 11 p.m. race), eroding at the longtime dominance of local news ratings kingpin KCRA.

News10 airs local newscasts in the following time slots.

MONDAY-FRIDAY

• News10 Good Morning (5:00-7:00 a.m.)
• News10 Midday (11:00-11:30 a.m.)
• News10 at 5:00 (5:00-5:30 p.m.)
• News10 at 6:00 (6:00-6:30 p.m.)
• News10 at 11:00 (11:00-11:35 p.m.)

SATURDAY

• News10 at 6:00 (6:00-6:30 p.m.)
• News10 at 11:00 (11:00-11:35 p.m.)

SUNDAY

• News10 at 5:00 (5:00-5:30 p.m.)
• News10 at 6:00 (6:00-6:30 p.m.)
• News10 at 11:00 (11:00-11:35 p.m)

Current Personalities

• Dan Adams, General Assignment Reporter
• Cornell Barnard, General Assignment Reporter
• Marcey Brightwell, General Assignment Reporter
• Kelly Brothers, Consumer and Business Reporter
• Nicole Chavez, General Assignment Reporter
• Melissa Crowley May, General Assignment Reporter/Traffic Reporter/Fill-In Anchor
• Tim Daly, General Assignment Reporter
• Monika Diaz, General Assignment Reporter
• Julie Durda, Traffic Reporter
• Dan Elliott, Morning and Midday Anchor/Reporter
• Darla Givens, Weekend Meteorologist
• Mark Hedlund, General Assignment Reporter
• Deborah Hoffman, General Assignment Reporter
• Dana Howard, Weekend Anchor/Reporter
• Sharon Ito Warren, Morning Anchor/Reporter
• Gregg Lalka, Meteorologist
• Alicia Malaby, Weekend Anchor/Reporter
• Dave Marquis, General Assignment Reporter
• Karen Massie, General Assignment Reporter
• Bryan May, Sports Director
• Christina Mendonsa, 5PM and 11PM Anchor/Reporter
• Jonatham Mumm, General Assignment Reporter
• Dale Schornack, 5PM, 6PM, and 11PM Anchor/Reporter
• Jennifer Smith, Midday and 6PM Anchor/Reporter
• Patty Souza, Chief Meteorologist
• George Warren, General Assignment Reporter
• Monica Woods Gray, Morning and Midday Meteorologist
• Ryan Yamamoto, Sports Anchor/Reporter

Former Personalities

• Dick Cable, Anchor (1969-1998)
• Elissa Lynn, Chief Meteorologist (1996-2006)

News Music

• As a CBS affiliate, KXTV's station ID would include a electronic alarm like version of the infamous CBS "ding".

• KXTV 1982 News Theme 1982-1986
• KXTV 1986 News Theme 1986-1987
• Spirit - TM Productions 1987-1988
• NewsAge - Stephen Arnold Music 1990-1991
• KXTV 1991 News Theme 1991-1994
• KXTV 1994 News Theme 1994-1996
• KXTV 1996 News Theme 1996-1998
• This is Your News - Gari Communications 1998-2005
• KXTV News Package - Gari Communications 2005-Present

External links

• Official News10 website
• News10 50th Anniversary

ABC network affiliates | Gannett TV | Channel 10 TV stations in the United States