KTWO-TV

KTWO-TV
Casper, Wyoming
Branding	K2
Slogan	Wyoming's News Leader
Channels	Analog: 2 (VHF) Digital: 17 (UHF)
Translators	KKTU-LP ch.40 (UHF), Cheyenne 9 other translators
Affiliations	ABC (secondary 1957-84, primary 2004-present)
Owner	Silverton Media
Founded	March 1, 1957
Call letters meaning	K-TWO (2, channel number)
Former affiliations	CBS (1957-81) NBC (1957-2003, secondary until 1981) Independent (2003-04)Pax (2003-04, third-party)
Website	www.k2tv.com

KTWO-TV, also known as K2, is an ABC affiliate based in Casper, Wyoming. It also operates several low-powered repeaters across the state. KTWO is owned by Silverton Broadcasting. Its current slogan is "Wyoming's News Leader".

History

KTWO signed on the air on March 1, 1957 airing programming from all three major networks, though it was a primary CBS affiliate. By 1981, the CBS affiliation went to KGWC-TV and KTWO became a primary NBC/secondary ABC affiliate. That lasted until 1984 when KFNB took ABC, leaving KTWO with NBC. On August 28, 1987, KKTU signed on as KTWO's satellite station in Cheyenne.

Transition from NBC to ABC affiliation

On September 1, 2003, NBC moved their affiliation from KTWO to KCWY. Although KTWO planned on becoming an ABC affiliate, it was forced to wait until ABC's affiliation with KFNB expired in June 2004. During the interim period, KTWO operated as an independent station, but carried some programming from Pax TV (now ION Television). Meanwhile KKTU, the Cheyenne satellite of KTWO, immediately switched from NBC to ABC and began branding itself as "ABC 8", after its position on the Cheyenne cable system. After reaching an agreement with KTWO, KFNB agreed to end its ABC affiliation early. In March 2004, KTWO officially became an ABC affiliate, KFNB obtained the FOX affiliation from K26ES and K26ES became an affiliate of UPN. KKTU changed its calls to KDEV in 2005. On May 31, 2006, KTWO was sold by Equity Broadcasting Company to Silverton Media, headed by Barry Silverton. However, Equity kept KDEV, though they allowed KTWO to operate it. KTWO later moved its ABC programming in Cheyenne to a low-powered repeater, KKTU-LP channel 40, after KDEV dropped ABC in favor of programming from RTN.

Other translators

In addition to KKTU-LP, KTWO's programming is also seen on:

• K69DD channel 69, Bondurant
• K47AD channel 47, Cody
• K56BT channel 56, Jackson
• K22CI channel 22, Lander
• K61DX channel 61, Laramie
• K12IS channel 12, Lusk
• K21CV channel 21, Rawlins
• K55BL channel 55, Sheridan
• K13NZ channel 13 and K35CV, channel 35, Shoshoni

Personalities

• Danielle Dupuy-Weekend Anchor / Reporter
• Mick Birge- News Director
• Araceli Catalan-Morning Co-Anchor
• Frank Gambino-Sportscaster/Sports Reporter
• Dan Herbert-Chief Meteorologist
• Jennifer Jefcoat-Morning Co-Anchor
• Jessica Kadlub-Anchor
• Cory White-Weekend Sportscaster/Sports Reporter
• Jason Aubry- Reporter
• Perrine Bakhshay- Weekend Anchor / Reporter

See also

• KDEV

External links

• K2TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTWO
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KKTU
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K61DX
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K21CV