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KHQ-TV
Spokane, Washington
Branding	Q6
Slogan	Your Local News Leader
Channels	Analog: 6 (VHF) Digital: 15 (UHF), moving to 7 (VHF) in 2009
Translators	(See article)
Affiliations	NBC NBC Weather Plus (DT2)
Owner	The KHQ Television Group
Founded	December 20, 1952
Former affiliations	ABC (1952-1954)
Website	www.khq.com

KHQ-TV, also known as "Q6", is the NBC affiliate for Spokane, Washington. It broadcasts its analog signal on channel 6. The station is owned by The KHQ Television Group (a subsidiary of Cowles Publishing Company, which owns The Spokane Spokesman-Review newspaper). Its sister stations are KNDO 23 (Yakima) and KNDU 25 (Tri-Cities).

KHQ's DT2 subcarrier, which can be seen over the air on DTV channel 6.2 and locally on Comcast Digital Cable channel 115, airs NBC Weather Plus.

KHQ is one of five local Spokane TV stations seen in Canada on the StarChoice satellite provider as well as Shaw Cable in Calgary, Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, and other markets.

Contents 1 History 2 Digital Television 2.1 KHQ Weather Plus Channels 3 Translators 4 Classic Logos 5 Current KHQ Newscasts 6 Current KHQ On-Air Personalities 7 Firsts 8 External links

KHQ is Spokane's first television station, and the only major station in Spokane to remain with its original affiliation (NBC) since it began. It signed on the air on December 20, 1952 as a dual NBC/ABC affiliate. KREM took the ABC affiliation when it signed on air in 1954, but KHQ kept the NBC affiliation, which it retains to this day.

Traditionally, KHQ has been known as "Q6," but the station seems to have been shying away from that branding in recent years. KHQ still uses the "Q6" logo, but it's now exclusively verbally referred to on-air by its call letters.

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
6.1 / 15.1	Main KHQ-TV programming
6.2 / 15.2	NBC Weather Plus

• KHQ Digital Channel 6.2
• Comcast Digital Channel 115
• Wenatchee: Charter Cable 287
• Pullman/Moscow Channel 86

KHQ is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.

K03EC Channel 3 Winton K06JR Channel 6 Oroville K08CX Channel 8 Tonasket K08CW Channel 8 Malott K11DK Channel 11 Ahsahka, Idaho K11CR Channel 11 Ferdinand, Idaho K11DL Channel 11 Juliaetta, Idaho K11DM Channel 11 Omak K11BT Channel 11 Molson K11BJ Channel 11 White Bird, Idaho K12LF Channel 12 Coolin, Idaho K12BA Channel 12 Twisp K12CS Channel 12 Coulee City

K12LV Channel 12 Dryden K12GM Channel 12 Laurier K13EP Channel 13 Soap Lake K13CH Channel 13 Waterville K13NV Channel 13 Curlew K18DT Channel 18 Coeur D'Alene, Idaho K35BW Channel 35 Lewiston, Idaho K40FM Channel 40 Walla Walla K43CI Channel 43 Grangeville, Idaho K48BY Channel 48 Quincy K50GL Channel 50 Bonners Ferry, Idaho K65AU Channel 65 Wenatchee (Moving to Ch. 40) K66BG Channel 66 Chelan

Station logo from 1963. This logo can still be seen on top of their building.

From 1975 to 1981 KHQ was known as Q-6 Alive, and its newscasts were called Q-6 News Alive

This is current KHQ logo. The Q6 portion of it has been used since 1981, while the KHQ portion was added in 2004

• KHQ Local News TODAY - 4:30 - 7:00 am (Mon-Fri)
• KHQ Local News SATURDAY - 7:00 - 10:00 am
• KHQ Local News SUNDAY - 7:00 - 8:00 am
• KHQ Local News at 5:00 - 5:00 - 5:30 pm
• KHQ Local News at 6:00 - 6:00 - 6:30 pm
• FOX FIRST AT TEN - 10:00 - 10:35 pm (On KAYU; Seven Days a Week)
• KHQ Local News :11@11: - 11:00 - 11:35 pm

Anchors:

• Dan Kleckner - KHQ Local News @ 5&6 (Mon-Fri)

• Stephanie Vigil - KHQ Local News @ 5,6,& :11@11: (Mon-Fri)

• Sean Owsley - KHQ Local News TODAY & KHQ Local News SATURDAY

• Dana Haynes - FOX FIRST AT TEN (Mon-Fri)

• Bill McGinty - FOX FIRST AT TEN (Mon-Fri)

• Ana Cabrera - KHQ Local News @ 5,6, FOX FIRST AT TEN, :11@11: (Sat-Sun), & KHQ Local News SATURDAY

• Dave Cotton - KHQ Local News TODAY

• Shelly Monahan - KHQ Local News TODAY

• Tom Durian - KHQ Local News SUNDAY

• Jennifer Kim - KHQ Local News SUNDAY

Reporters:

• Anthony Gomes

• Tom Durian

• Jennifer Kim

• Dana Haynes

• Bill McGinty

• Ana Cabrera

• Sean Owsley

• Julie Humphreys

• Paola Cherzad

• Cindi DeHoog

• Chris Wager

Meteorologists:

• Brian Albrecht - Chief Meteorologist

• Jeff Womack - Weekend Meteorologist

• George Maupin - Morning Meteorologist (Mon-Fri)

• Dave Law - Substitute

Sports Anchors:

• John Fritz - Sports Director

• Derek Deis - Weekend Sports

• Josh Godfrey - Substitute (Photojournalist)

• First in the Spokane market
• First outside of Seattle
• Second in Washington (KING-TV is the first.)

• KHQ Official Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KHQ

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Spokane / Coeur d'Alene market  (Nielsen DMA #77)

KREM 2 (CBS) - KXLY 4 (ABC, KXMN-LP on DT2) - KHQ 6 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - KSPS 7 (PBS) - KXMN-LP 11 (MNTV) - KSKN 22 (The CW) - KCDT 26 (PBS) - KAYU 28 (Fox) - K32GS 32 / K53FF 53 (TBN) - KGPX 34 (ION) - KHBA-LP 39 (3ABN) - K43GZ 43 (ind.) - KQUP-LP 47 (RTN) - KTYJ 58 (A1)  Lewiston / Clarkston / Pullman / Moscow: (Quad Cities) KLEW 3 (CBS) - KWSU 10 (PBS, Research Ch. on DT2) - KUID 12 (PBS) - K15CH 15 (PBS) - K21CC 21 (CBS) - KQUP 24 (RTN)  - K35BW 35 (NBC) - K40EE 40 / K45FZ 45 (ABC) - K46HV 46 (TBN) - K47BW 47 (Fox) - K51HY 51 (PBS) - K53GN 53 (PBS) - KIDQ-LP 61 (JCTV/A1)

v • d • e NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Washington
KING 5 (Seattle) - KHQ 6 (Spokane) - KNDO 23 / KNDU 25 (Yakima / Richland)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS and Other stations in Washington