KNDU (channel 25) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, serving the Tri-Cities area as an affiliate of

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. It is owned by the

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-based

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as part of the KHQ Television Group. KNDU's studios are located on West Kennewick Avenue in

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, and its transmitter is located on Jump Off Joe Butte. Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, KNDU is considered a semi-satellite of

KNDO KNDO (channel 23) is a television station in Yakima, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by the Spokane-based Cowles Company as part of the KHQ Television Group. KNDO's studios are located on West Yakima Avenue in downtow ...

(channel 23) in

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. As such, it

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s all network and syndicated programming as provided through its parent, and the two stations share a website. However, KNDU airs separate commercial inserts and legal identifications. Local newscasts, produced by KNDU, are simulcast on both stations. KNDU serves the eastern half of the Yakima/Tri-Cities

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while KNDO serves the western portion. The two stations are counted as a single unit for ratings purposes.

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and some internal operations are based at the studios of sister station, fellow NBC affiliate and company flagship

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on West Sprague Avenue in downtown Spokane. On

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, KNDU is only available on Dish Network, while

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carries KNDO instead.

History

On August 16, 1960, the Columbia Empire Broadcasting Corporation filed to build a new TV station on channel 25 in Richland. The company was composed of employees of KNDO and KTNT-TV in Tacoma and had also filed to buy KNDO. The

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(FCC) granted the permit on May 24, 1961, and the station was announced to be a satellite of KNDO, then a primary ABC affiliate. Programming began August 10, 1961. A major increase in power was made in 1966. In 1965, KNDU became a primary NBC affiliate, but it continued to air some ABC programs until 1970, when

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went on the air as a full-time ABC affiliate; at that point, KNDU became an exclusive NBC affiliate.

Programming

In addition to the NBC network schedule, syndicated programming on KNDU includes ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Wheel of Fortune'', among others. In the past like KNDO, the station pre-empted much of the NBC lineup post-'' Late Night'', including '' Later'' and '' Friday Night Videos/Friday Night'', along with the network's '' Nightside'' rolling news block, as the station carried syndicated programming, then continued to sign off the air nightly. It began to air all three programs in 1996, shortly after Federal took control of the station.

Notable former on-air staff

* Jamie Kern (now with IT Cosmetics) * Whit Johnson (now with

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/'' Good Morning America'' (weekend edition)) * Jim Snyder (1987–1989; now with

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)

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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: KNDO and KNDU have been digital-only since February 17, 2009.NBC News
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had been carried on digital subchannel 25.3; the originating national network ceased operation on December 1, 2008. On September 1, 2010, KNDO and KNDU discontinued broadcasting

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on digital subchannel 25.2. They will be giving this bandwidth to SWX Right Now (25.3) to improve the picture of SWX programming.

References

External links

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SWX Right Now
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