KOLO-TV

KOLO-TV (tashar 8) tashar talabijin ce da ke Reno, Nevada, Amurka, wacce ke da alaƙa da ABC da The CW Plus . Gray Media ce ke da mallakin ta tare da Incline Village – mai lasisin ƙaramin kamfanin Telemundo KXNV-LD (tashar 26). Tashoshin biyu suna da ɗakunan studio a Ampere Drive a Reno; na'urar watsa shirye-shiryen KOLO-TV tana kan Slide Mountain tsakanin SR 431 da I-580 / US 395 / ALT a gundumar Washoe mara tsari.

 Tarihi 
KOLO ta fara watsa shirye-shiryenta a ranar 27 ga Satumba, 1953, a matsayin KZTV. Ita ce tasha ta biyu a Nevada, bayan KLAS-TV a Las Vegas (wanda aka fara watsa shirye-shirye watanni biyu da suka gabata) kuma ta farko a arewacin Nevada. Ta yi fatan zama ta farko a Nevada, amma yajin aikin kafintoci ya jinkirta shiga.  Tana da shirye-shirye daga dukkan hanyoyin sadarwa guda huɗu, amma babbar kungiyar CBS ce; duk da haka, babu wani shirin opera da ta share a shekarun 1950 da ya fito daga CBS. 

Wanda ya kafa kamfanin, Donald W. Reynolds na Donrey Media Group (wanda yanzu Stephens Media LLC ne ) da farko ya nemi alaƙa da NBC . Duk da haka, NBC ta ƙi; lura da cewa Reno yana da talabijin 97 kacal a lokacin, jami'an cibiyar sadarwa sun tambaya, "Wa zai yi wauta ya sanya tashar talabijin a Reno, Nevada?" CBS ta fi mayar da martani ga tayin Reynolds. A lokacin da tashar 8 ta shiga, Reno ita ce ƙaramar birni a ƙasar da ke da tashar talabijin. 

Tashar ta kuma ɗauki shirye-shirye daga Paramount Television Network mai ɗan gajeren lokaci; KZTV yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin haɗin gwiwa na wannan cibiyar sadarwa, yana watsa shirye-shiryen Paramount kamar Time for Beany,  Bandstand Revue,  da Hollywood Wrestling .  Hakanan ya watsa shirye-shirye masu yawa na gida, yawancinsu kai tsaye. Salon samar da su na freewheeling ya sa aka yi masa laƙabi da "Crazy TV." 

A shekarar 1956, Reynolds ya sayi rediyon KOLO (AM 920, yanzu KHIHM ) kuma ya canza alamar kiran tashar 8 zuwa KOLO-TV ta yanzu.  Alamar kiran KZTV yanzu tana kan reshen CBS da ke Corpus Christi, Texas . Shekaru huɗu bayan haka, KOLO-AM-TV ta sami tashoshin 'yan'uwa a Las Vegas lokacin da ta sayi KORK-AM - FM - TV a matsayin wani ɓangare na siyan Donrey na Las Vegas Review-Journal .

Tashar ta fara watsa shirye-shirye ne daga wani ɗan gajeren hasumiya a ɗakin studio ɗinta da ke kan titin Fifth. Duk da haka, siginar ta kasance kaɗan ko da a yankunan da ke kusa da Reno; Reynolds bai iya samun hoto a gidansa da ke Tafkin Tahoe ba. A matsayin mafita, tashar 8 ta gina hasumiyar ta ta yanzu a saman Dutsen Slide. Da farko an yi tunanin cewa tana da wahalar kulawa, idan aka yi la'akari da dusar ƙanƙara mai ƙarfi da iska mai ƙarfi da ake yawan samu a kan dutsen a lokacin hunturu. A wancan lokacin, FCC ta buƙaci injiniyoyi su kasance a wurin watsa shirye-shirye a kowane lokaci. Don haka, ɗaya daga cikin injiniyoyin ya nemi mahaifinsa, wanda ke aiki da US Steel, ya gina ginin watsa shirye-shirye wanda aka tsara kamar tankunan ajiya ga kamfanonin mai. Yana da cupola a saman don microwave, kuma yana da bango na ciki da bene don ɗaukar ɗakunan zama ga injiniyoyin. Ginin watsa shirye-shirye yana ci gaba da amfani a yau.  Hakanan a wannan lokacin, tashar ta fara gina mai fassara bayan fassara a fadin babban yankin da take ɗaukar hoto, wanda yanzu ya shimfiɗa a fadin babban yanki na arewacin Nevada da arewa maso gabashin California.

Gidan rediyon Fifth Street ya ƙone a lokacin da gobara ta tashi a cikin wani kabad. Tashar ba ta buɗe ba har sai da ta koma wani sabon ɗakin studio na wucin gadi a kan titin Vassar da Terminal Way. An fara amfani da kayan aikin Ampere Drive a shekarar 1979. 

Ta rasa DuMont lokacin da hanyar sadarwa ta daina aiki a shekarar 1955. Ta kuma rasa NBC ga KCRL-TV (wanda yanzu shine tashar Roar KRNV-DT ) lokacin da ta fara aiki a shekarar 1962, sannan kuma ABC zuwa KTVN lokacin da wannan tashar ta fara aiki a shekarar 1967. KOLO da KTVN sun canza alaƙa a shekarar 1972. KOLO kuma ta ɗauki Sesame Street na tsawon shekaru da dama, har zuwa ranar 29 ga Satumba, 1983, lokacin da Reno ya sami tashar PBS ta kansa ( KNPB ).

Donrey ya sayar da KOLO-TV ga Smith Broadcasting a shekara ta 2001. A shekara ta 2002, an sayar da KOLO-TV ga mai shi na yanzu Gray Television (wanda yanzu shine Gray Media ).

Siginar analog ta KOLO-TV ta tashi daga sama da ƙarfe 12:30 pm a ranar 12 ga Janairu, 2009, domin tashar ta kammala aikin watsawa a kan Dutsen Slide domin mayar da siginar dijital zuwa Channel 8.

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