KGUN

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KGUN
Tucson, Arizona
Branding	KGUN 9 (pronounced K-GUN)
Slogan	KGUN 9 News On Your Side (formerly "Clear, Accurate, to the Point")
Channels	9 (VHF) analog, 35 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Journal Broadcast Group
Founded	June 3, 1956
Call letters meaning	See article
Former callsigns	KDWI-TV (1956-57)
Website	[1]

KGUN is the ABC-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona. The station broadcasts on analog Channel 9 and digital Channel 35 from Mount Bigelow northeast of Tucson.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 3 Newscasts 3.1 Weekdays 3.2 Weekends 4 External links

[edit] History

KGUN was founded by rancher D.W. Ingram in 1956. He named the station KDWI after his initials. Ingram quickly sold it to May Broadcasting of Shenandoah, Iowa which changed the callsign, noting the negative connotations of the initials DWI. The new calls, KGUN were chosen for a combination of May Broadcasting's owner being both a GUN collector and his love of Westerns which often took place in the Tucson area (which featured GUNs). May would sell it's television holdings (KGUN and KMTV in Omaha, Nebraska) to Lee Enterprises in 1986, which sold said stations to Emmis Communications in 2000. In 2005, Emmis liquidated all of its television properties, sending KGUN and control of KMTV to the Milwaukee based Journal Broadcast Group, [2] which already owned four radio stations in Tucson. The sale was finalized in December 2005. Although a sale can mean firings and layoffs, the general manager of KGUN was not changed as a result of the deal. The station was revamped on September 12, 2006, when Journal changed KGUN's logo, graphics, set, music, and weather center, as well as returning the slogan to their longtime "On Your Side" campaign.

[edit] Programming

KGUN 9 News airs weekdays from 5:00-7:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.; and 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. on weekends.

Ratings in the Tucson market have been volatile in recent years. As of 2004, KGUN's newscasts ranked #1 at 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., but last place in all other timeslots. [3]

Syndicated programs on KGUN include Live with Regis and Kelly, Inside Edition, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.

[edit] Newscasts

[edit] Weekdays

• Good Morning Tucson - 5-7am
  • with Phil Buehler, Destry Jetton, Len Johnson with Weather, and Allen Kath with Traffic
• KGUN 9 On Your Side at 11:00 - 11am-11:30am
  • with Phil Buehler, Destry Jetton, and Len Johnson with Weather
• KGUN 9 On Your Side at 5:00 - 5-5:30pm
  • with Guy Atchley, Jennifer Waddell, and Erin Christiansen with Weather
• KGUN 9 On Your Side at 6:00 - 6-6:30pm
  • with Guy Atchley, Jennifer Waddell, Erin Christiansen with Weather, and Dave Silver with Sports
• KGUN 9 On Your Side at 10:00 - 10-10:35pm
  • with Guy Atchley, Jennifer Waddell, Erin Christiansen with Weather, and Dave Silver with Sports

[edit] Weekends

• KGUN 9 On Your Side at 5:00 - 5-5:30pm
  • with Myrna Membrila, Dan Spindle, Bill Harris with Weather, and Jake Knapp with Sports
• KGUN 9 On Your Side at 10:00 - 10-10:30pm
  • with Myrna Membrila, Dan Spindle, Bill Harris with Weather, and Jake Knapp with Sports

[edit] External links

• KGUN Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KGUN
• Query the FCC's TV station database for DK02BW (defunct translator licensed to Casas Adobes on ch. 2)

Broadcast television in Tucson, Arizona  (Nielsen DMA #70)
KFTU 3 / 34 (TFU) - KVOA 4 (NBC) - KUAT 6 / KUAS 27 (PBS) - KGUN 9 (ABC) - KMSB 11 (Fox) - KOLD 13 (CBS) - KUDF 14 (AZA) - KTTU 18 (MNTV) - K21CX 21  (HSN) - KPCE 29 (DS) - KWTA 31 (JTV) - K33CG 33 (TBN) - KHRR 40 (TEL) - KUVE 46 / 38 (UNI) - K54FW 54 (TBN) - KWBA 58 (The CW)