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KOAT-TV
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| Albuquerque / Santa Fe, New Mexico | |
| Branding | KOAT 7 (general) Action 7 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On. |
| Channels | Analog: 7 (VHF) Digital: 21 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | Hearst-Argyle Television |
| Founded | September 30, 1953 |
| Call letters meaning | COAT or KO Albuquerque Television |
| Former affiliations | None |
| Transmitter Power | 30 kW/439 m (analog) 10.5 kW/270 m (digital) |
| Website | www.koat.com |
KOAT-TV is a television station in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is an ABC network affiliate and broadcasts on channel 7. Its transmitter is located on Sandia Crest, east of Albuquerque.
KOAT uses a version of the Circle 7 logo used by many other ABC stations, O&O's as well as affiliates.
Weather forecaster Howard Morgan worked at KOAT for 28 years before retiring in 1999.
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KOAT signed on September 30, 1953, less than a week before KGGM-TV (now KRQE). It was locally owned by AM Caldwell & Walter Stiles. The station signed on as an ABC Affiliate. In 1959 KOAT was sold to Alvarado Television and in 1962 to Steinman Stations. Steinman sold KOAT to Pulitzer, the then-owner of KSD-TV (now KSDK) in St. Louis, in 1969. This made KOAT Pulitzer's first television station acquisition outside of its home city of St. Louis. In 1999, Pulitzer sold its entire broadcasting division, including KOAT, to Hearst-Argyle.
These stations rebroadcast KOAT's signal and add local content for other parts of the broadcast market:
- KOFT, Farmington, New Mexico (analog channel 3, digital channel 8) {Signed on KWNM-TV from June 1, 1986 to 1997}. KOFT also serves Durango, Colorado.
- KOVT, Silver City, New Mexico (analog channel 10, digital channel 12) {Signed on KOAV from July 3, 1990 to 1997}
- KOCT, Carlsbad, New Mexico (analog channel 6, digital channel 19) {Signed on KAVE-TV from July 28, 1956 to 1982 & then KVIO-TV from 1982 to 1997} KOCT also serves Roswell, Artesia, Ruidoso and other locations in southeastern New Mexico.
KOCT, formerly KAVE-TV and KVIO-TV, became part of the KOAT-TV operation in 1993 after previously serving as a satellite of El Paso ABC affiliate KVIA-TV Channel 7. The Carlsbad station began in 1956 as KAVE-TV, a CBS affiliate with studio and transmitter facilities on Church Street in Carlsbad. In 1966, when Roswell, New Mexico station KBIM-TV became the CBS affiliate for southeastern New Mexico, KAVE became a satellite station of then-ABC affiliate KMOM-TV Channel 9 in Monahans, Texas (now NBC affiliate KWES-TV, Midland-Odessa, Texas) and then of KVIA-TV in El Paso in 1976.
In addition, there are several low-powered repeaters that carry KOAT's programming throughout New Mexico, northeastern Arizona and southern Colorado.
Ordinarily, KOAT produces just over 4 hours of local news each weekday, 4 hours each Saturday, and 3 hours each Sunday. The station's newscasts, known as "Action 7 News," have led the ratings in New Mexico for over 30 years.
KOAT ANCHORS
- Doug Fernandez: Weekday Evening Anchor
- Mike Garofalo: Weekend Anchor/Reporter
- Cynthia Izaguirre: Weekday Evening Anchor
- Christine Jones: Weekday Morning Anchor/Reporter
- Marisa Maez: Weekday Morning Anchor
KOAT REPORTERS
- Larry Behrens: Santa Fe Bureau Reporter
- Mitch Blacher: Target 7 Reporter
- Leigh Checkstad: General Assignment Reporter
- Dominic Garcia: General Assignment Reporter
- Rod Green: General Assignment Reporter
- Ilna Gold: General Assignment Reporter
- Matt Grubs: General Assignment Reporter
- Chris Ramirez: General Assignment Reporter
- Dr. Barry Ramo: Health Reporter
- Dave Roberts: Farmington Bureau Reporter
- Drew Rudnick: Southeast New Mexico Bureau Reporter
- AJ Smith: General Assignment Reporter
- Natalie Swaby: General Assignment Reporter
- Melissa Vega: Target 7 Reporter
HEARST-ARGYLE WASHINGTON BUREAU
- Sally Kidd: Washington Bureau Correspondent
- Laurie Kinney: Washington Bureau Correspondent
- Tracy Mitchell: Washington Bureau Correspondent
FIRST ALERT WEATHER TEAM
- Joe Diaz (AMS/NWA Seals of Approval): Chief Meteorologist, seen weeknights
- Byron Morton (AMS/NWA Seals of Approval): Weekend Meteorologist
- Jason Stiff (AMS Seal of Approval): Weekday Morning Meteorologist
SPORTS ANCHORS/REPORTERS
- Bob Brown: Sports Director/Anchor, seen weeknights
- John Salazar: Weekend Sports Anchor
- Diane Anderson: Longtime anchor/reporter (1985-2004, later moved to KRQE-TV)
- Ed Lopez: Morning Anchor (1994-2000)
- Nelson Martinez: Longtime anchor (1981-2002, later moved to KOB-TV)
- Nannette Miranda: KABC-TV in Los Angeles, and KGO-TV in San Francisco Capital reporter
- Johnny Morris:Long Time Anchor (1969-1999)
- Action 7 News (1970s-present)
- New Mexico's News Leader (1980s-1990s)
- 7 On Your Side (1990s)
- Coverage You Can Count On (1998-present)
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KOAT
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KOFT
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KOVT
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KOCT
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KASA 2 (Fox) - KOB 4 (NBC) - KNME 5 (PBS) - KOAT 7 (ABC) - KNMD 9 (PBS Digital) - KCHF 11 (Ind.) - KRQE 13 (CBS) - KTFQ 14 (TeleFutura) - KWBQ 19 (The CW) - KNAT 23 (TBN) - KQDF-LP 25 (AZA) - Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations KENW 3 (PBS) - KVIH 12 (ABC) - KRWG 22 (PBS) - KTDO 48 (Telemundo) |
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KOAT-TV: KOFT 3 (Farmington) - KOCT 6 (Carlsbad) - KOAT 7 (Albuquerque) - KOVT 10 (Silver City) |
| See also: CBS, Fox, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Spanish, and other English stations in New Mexico |
