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{{short description|CBS affiliate in Spokane, Washington}} {{Short description|TV station in Spokane, Washington}}
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{{About|the CBS affiliate in Spokane, Washington|the cable television station in Belize|Krem Television}} {{About|the CBS affiliate in Spokane, Washington|the cable television station in Belize|Krem Television}}
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| city = Spokane, Washington | city = Spokane, Washington
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| logo_alt = A red arrow next to the black letters K R E M in a sans serif, with a large yellow 2 to the right and the CBS eye in gray in the lower right corner
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| branding = KREM 2 (pronounced "crem") | branding = KREM 2
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'''KREM''' (channel 2) is a ] in ], United States, affiliated with ]. It is owned by ] alongside ] affiliate ] (channel 22). The two stations share studios on South Regal Street in the ] neighborhood of Spokane; KREM's transmitter is on ] to the southeast. '''KREM''' (channel 2) is a ] in ], United States, affiliated with ]. It is owned by ] alongside ] affiliate ] (channel 22). The two stations share studios on South Regal Street in the ] neighborhood of Spokane; KREM's transmitter is on ] to the southeast, covering eastern Washington state and northern ].


KREM-TV began broadcasting on October 31, 1954, as Spokane's third station. It was owned with ] by Louis Wasmer, who had identified KREM's facilities as ideal for television expansion and bought the radio station at the same time he applied for the permit. KREM-TV became an ] affiliate within two months of signing on and was purchased by ] in 1963. In 1976, CBS induced an affiliation switch to abandon its previous Spokane affiliate, ] (channel 4), and moved its programs to channel 2. Under the successive ownerships of the ] Company, ], and ] (whose television stations were split as Tegna in 2015), KREM has competed closely with ] for local news ratings and revenue leadership in the Spokane TV market.
The station is carried on cable systems in ] and ], Canada, both of which are double the size of KREM's American coverage area. One result of this is that stations in Calgary and Edmonton air American shows on ], even though Calgary and Edmonton are both on ]. It is one of five local Spokane area television stations seen in Canada on the ] satellite service. It can also been seen on local cable systems in southeastern ].

KREM is one of two CBS affiliates based in the Spokane television market; KREM is typically considered the primary CBS affiliate for the market. However, ]–owned ] (channel 3), based in ], focuses on the southern portion of the market including the ] and the ]. Both KREM and KLEW are available on ] and ] throughout the Spokane market.


==History== ==History==
===Construction and early years===
KREM-TV signed on October 31, 1954, with an "inaugural program" at 6:30&nbsp;pm,<ref name="KREMinaugSDC">{{Cite web |date=October 29, 1954 |title=New TV Station Plans Inaugural on Sunday Night |url=https://spokanetvhistory.wordpress.com/1954/10/29/new-tv-station-plans-inaugural-on-sunday-night/ |access-date=February 5, 2023 |website=Spokane Television History |language=en}}</ref> followed by a showing of the 1933 ] '']''.<ref>''Spokane Daily Chronicle'' - "Announcing the Telecast Premiere of KREM-TV" (advertisement) - October 30, 1954</ref> It was originally owned by Cole Wylie alongside KREM radio (AM 970, now ]; and FM 92.9, now ]). The King Broadcasting Company, run by Seattle businesswoman ], bought the KREM stations from Wylie in 1957; the radio stations were sold off in 1984. (Coincidentally, the former KREM-FM is now a sister station to KXLY-TV.) However, channel 2 retained the -TV suffix in its callsign until 2009.
After the ] (FCC) lifted its ] in 1952, Spokane was allotted three commercial TV channels—2, 4, and 6.<ref name="Spok520403">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-khq-files-application/160042090/|date=April 3, 1952|page=1|title=KHQ Files Application for TV Station in City|newspaper=]|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> In June 1952, radio station owner Louis Wasmer applied to the FCC for channel 2.<ref name="Spok520606">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-wasmer-applies-for/160042175/|date=June 6, 1952|page=1|title=Wasmer Applies For TV License: Radio Man Planning to Build Tower Near City|newspaper=]|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> At the time, Wasmer was in the process of selling one Spokane radio station, KSPO, to buy another, ], from Cole Wylie in a deal approved by the FCC in July 1952; Wasmer found KREM's facilities, on the Moran Prairie, well-suited for television transmission.<ref name="Spok520725">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-o-k-given-krems/160042304/|date=July 25, 1952|page=1|title=O. K. Given KREM's Sale to Wasmer: Radio Pioneer Sells KSPO in Two-Way Transaction|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> A second group, Spokane radio station KNEW (as Television Spokane, Inc.), applied for channel 2; this came after their filing for channel 4 came the same day{{r|Spok520801}} the commission awarded ]'s construction permit.<ref name="Spok520723">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-knew-seeking-tv-cha/160042278/|date=July 23, 1952|page=21|title=KNEW Seeking TV Channel 2|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed -->


The multiple applications threw the case to a ],<ref name="Spok520801">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-tv-channel-2-hearin/160041976/|date=August 1, 1952|page=6|title=TV Channel 2 Hearing Slated|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> which opened in May 1953 after multiple delays.<ref name="Spok530527">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-channel-2-tv-hearin/160045608/|date=May 27, 1953|page=6|title=Channel 2 TV Hearing Begins|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> Wasmer was criticized by Television Spokane for buying and selling radio stations,<ref name="Spok530530">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-wasmer-fights-for-t/160045639/|date=May 30, 1953|page=6|title=Wasmer Fights for TV Channel: Explains Radio Station Sales at D. C. Hearing|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sat --> while Wasmer unsuccessfully impugned Television Spokane's financial capacity to build the proposed station.<ref name="Spok530605">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-television-firm-scores/160045750/|date=June 5, 1953|page=5|title=Television Firm Scores in Probe|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Several participants had medical problems during the hearing process. KNEW's chief engineer collapsed on the witness stand during questioning; Wasmer suffered from food poisoning; and the wife of Burl Hagadone, a 40-percent owner of Television Spokane, was hospitalized in Montana, prompting the entire proceeding to be recessed.<ref name="Spok530602">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-illness-continues-to-f/160045683/|date=June 2, 1953|page=3|title=Illness Continues to Figure in Hearing at Washington|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Tue --> It never resumed, as the Television Spokane bid was withdrawn on March 1, 1954, in exchange for reimbursement of permit expenses by Wasmer and a ] should KREM-TV come up for sale.<ref name="Spok540301">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-knew-gives-up-channel/160045883/|date=March 1, 1954|page=5|title=KNEW Gives Up Channel 2 Bid, Hagadone Says|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon --><ref name="Spok540303">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-wasmer-awaits-go-ah/160045925/|date=March 3, 1954|page=6|title=Wasmer Awaits Go-Ahead on TV|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed -->
KREM-TV initially had a dual affiliation with ] and the ] Network, the latter shared with cross-town competitor ] because of its then-CBS affiliation at the time. After DuMont dissolved, KREM continued as an exclusive ABC affiliate. In the late 1950s, the station was briefly affiliated with the ].<ref name="Boxoffice7">{{Citation| title = Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films| journal = Boxoffice| pages = 13| date = November 10, 1956| url = http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_111056-1}}</ref> KREM-TV was affiliated with ABC until August 8, 1976, when it swapped affiliations with KXLY-TV, whom CBS announced would be dropped in February for constantly preempting or delaying its network shows; however, CBS did not announce initially who would become their new affiliate in the market.<ref name="KREMCBS">{{Cite web |date=March 29, 1976 |title=KREM-TV to Join CBS Chain |url=https://spokanetvhistory.wordpress.com/1976/03/29/krem-tv-to-join-cbs-chain/ |access-date=February 5, 2023 |website=Spokane Television History |language=en}}</ref> On August 8, the affiliation switch went into full effect,<ref name="KREMKXLYSwap">{{Cite web |date=August 6, 1976 |title=On Sunday: TV Stations Switching |url=https://spokanetvhistory.wordpress.com/1976/08/06/on-sunday-tv-stations-switching/ |access-date=February 5, 2023 |website=Spokane Television History |language=en}}</ref> with CBS programming moving to KREM (KREM wanted to wait until ABC finished airing the network's coverage of the ] to make the switch).<ref name="TVShift">{{Cite web |date=March 30, 1976 |title=Timing decided for TV shift |url=https://spokanetvhistory.wordpress.com/1976/03/30/timing-decided-for-tv-shift/ |access-date=February 5, 2023 |website=Spokane Television History |language=en}}</ref> KXLY then picked up KREM's old ABC affiliation,<ref name="KXLYABC">{{Cite web |date=May 6, 1976 |title="Early Summer" – KXLY Set to Join ABC |url=https://spokanetvhistory.wordpress.com/1976/05/06/early-summer-kxly-set-to-join-abc/ |access-date=February 5, 2023 |website=Spokane Television History |language=en}}</ref><ref name="KXLYTerminationCBS">{{Cite web |date=March 3, 1976 |title=CBS Plans to Terminate KXLY-TV Affiliation |url=https://spokanetvhistory.wordpress.com/1976/03/03/cbs-plans-to-terminate-kxly-tv-affiliation/ |access-date=February 5, 2023 |website=Spokane Television History |language=en}}</ref> KREM thus became Spokane's new CBS affiliate. Initially, CBS had approached KHQ-TV, while KREM was considered for a possible NBC affiliation because of the ]'s sister stations in ] and ] also being NBC affiliates, but KREM elected to take the CBS affiliation instead. It was the only non-NBC affiliated station in the King Broadcasting portfolio.


Following Television Spokane's withdrawal, an FCC hearing examiner recommended Wasmer be granted channel 2, and within two weeks he began construction on KREM-TV, including a studio expansion to KREM's existing radio facilities.<ref name="Spok540319">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-wasmer-starts-krem/160045972/|date=March 19, 1954|page=33|title=Wasmer Starts KREM-TV Work|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> By the end of August, a {{convert|747|ft|m|adj=on}} tower had been erected for use by KREM AM, a new ], and channel 2.<ref name="Spok540831">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-new-tv-tower-at-krem-r/160146078/|date=August 31, 1954|page=7|title=New TV Tower At KREM Ready|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Tue --> KREM-TV signed on October 31, 1954, with an "inaugural program" at 6:30&nbsp;p.m.<ref name="Spok541029">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-new-tv-station-plans-i/160039501/|date=October 29, 1954|page=3|title=New TV Station Plans Inaugural On Sunday Night|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> It was briefly an ]<ref name="Spok541030">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-telecast-due-on-cha/160046105/|date=October 30, 1954|page=23|title=Telecast Due on Channel 2|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sat --> until December 6, 1954, when it affiliated with ].<ref>{{Cite news|work=]|page=78|date=December 20, 1954|title=ABC-TV Adds 4 Vhf Stations Bringing Affiliation to 222|id={{ProQuest|1285739705}} }}</ref><ref name="Spok541222">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-krem-to-relay-abc-tele/160046113/|date=December 22, 1954|page=3|title=KREM to Relay ABC Telecasts|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed -->
⚫ King Broadcasting was sold in 1992 to the ], which merged with ] five years later. On June 13, 2013, the ] announced that it would acquire Belo.<ref name=krem-saletogannett>{{cite news|title=Gannett to buy KREM-TV owner Belo for $1.5 billion|url=http://www.krem.com/news/local/Gannett-to-buy-KREM-TV-owner-Belo-for-15-billion-211384851.html|access-date=June 13, 2013|newspaper=KREM.com|date=June 13, 2013|agency=]}}</ref> The sale was completed on December 23.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 23, 2013 |title=Gannett Completes Its Acquisition Of Belo |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/gannett-completes-its-acquisition-of-belo/ |access-date=February 5, 2023 |website=TV News Check |language=en}}</ref>


In July 1957, the ] and its owner, Seattle businesswoman ], agreed to buy the KREM radio and TV stations for $2&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|2000000|1957}}}} in {{inflation/year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}).<ref name="Spok570713">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-king-seattle-buys-co/160046349/|date=July 13, 1957|page=5|title=KING, Seattle, Buys Control of KREM Here|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sat --><ref name="Spok570820">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-wasmer-seeks-krem-s/160046147/|date=August 20, 1957|page=6|title=Wasmer Seeks KREM Sale O. K.: Radio and TV Outlets Would Bring $2,000,000|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Tue --> The FCC granted the sale in September<ref name="Spok570927">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-fcc-approves-sale-o/160046184/|date=September 27, 1957|page=12|title=FCC Approves Sale of KREM|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> only to stay its approval when Television Spokane protested that its right of first refusal had not been respected.<ref name="Spok571121">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-krem-sale-o-k-stayed/160046201/|date=November 21, 1957|page=5|title=KREM Sale O. K. Stayed by FCC|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> To resolve the dispute, Wasmer acquired Television Spokane, clearing the way for the sale to be reapproved by the commission.<ref name="Spok571220">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-protest-is-withdrawn/160046384/|date=December 20, 1957|page=3|title=Protest Is Withdrawn, FCC O. K.s KREM Sale|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Wasmer continued as president of the KREM stations until he departed in 1963,<ref name="Spok630809">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-l-wasmer-quits-pos/160046460/|date=August 9, 1963|page=5|title=L. Wasmer Quits Post With KREM|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> marking his retirement.<ref name="Pres670825">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-telegram-helped-found-nbc-wasmer/160113705/|date=August 25, 1967|page=C-8|agency=UPI|title=Helped Found NBC: Wasmer, Radio Pioneer, Dies|newspaper=Press-Telegram|location=Long Beach, California|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref><!-- Fri -->
On June 29, 2015, the Gannett Company split in two, with one side specializing in print media and the other side specializing in broadcast and digital media. KREM and KSKN were retained by the latter company, named ].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Separation of Gannett into two public companies completed {{!}} TEGNA|date = June 29, 2015|url = http://www.tegna.com/separation-of-gannett-into-two-public-companies-completed/|publisher=Tegna|access-date = June 29, 2015}}</ref>


The FCC approved an application by a community translator organization to set up rebroadcasters of KREM-TV and KHQ-TV in ], in 1958. Though Lewiston's local station, ] (channel 3), objected, at the time KREM was with ABC and KLEW was a CBS affiliate.<ref>{{Cite news|access-date=December 1, 2024|via=GenealogyBank|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/long-awaited-tv-translator-stations-approved-fcc/krwrlnpjptmwqkicxjxgrkessiquxtfp_ip-10-166-46-160_1733635667692|work=]|title=Long-Awaited TV Translator Stations Approved By FCC|page=10|date=January 9, 1958}}</ref> The translator operated from 1958 to 1959 and again beginning in 1963.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=December 1, 2024|via=GenealogyBank|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/tv-tower-working-now/ifljvexwqouynguavhvmdtezeplrvvyg_ip-10-166-46-73_1733635967328|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune|page=3|title=TV Tower Is Working Now|date=August 23, 1959}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|access-date=December 1, 2024|via=GenealogyBank|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/second-translator-station-operating/umbxkmquejmazxpqkgkewiowohprdall_ip-10-166-46-156_1733635936920|title=Second Translator Station Operating|page=20|date=April 5, 1963|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune}}</ref> In 1972, cable subscribers in ], Canada, began receiving KREM in their lineups;<ref name="Calg721222">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-an-abc-affiliate-3rd-us/160516681/|date=December 22, 1972|page=14|title=An ABC affiliate: 3rd U.S. channel available today|newspaper=]|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> the cable systems in ] followed suit in May 1975 after the ] previously had ordered a delay.<ref name="Edmo750502">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-flip-of-switch-provides/160516786/|date=May 2, 1975|page=3|first=Jim|last=Davies|title=Flip of switch provides city with ABC programs|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> By the time ] cable subscribers received KREM in 1977, the station reached half as many homes on cable in Canada as it did in the United States.<ref name="Edmo770916">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-krem-tv-moves-farther-n/160516916/|date=September 16, 1977|page=TV Times 43|title=KREM-TV moves farther North|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri -->
KREM and KSKN are a part of a cluster of television stations in the Northwestern United States owned by Tegna, which includes ] and its sister station ] in ]; ] in ]; and ] in ]. All four stations had provided material to co-owned ], a regional ] ] service based in Seattle that served much of the region. KREM was the only non-] affiliate to be a primary contributor to NWCN, with the exception of KSKN and Seattle ] KONG. The channel, which started in 1995, shut down on January 6, 2017.


===1976 affiliation switch===
==Programming==
On February 19, 1976, ] sent a notice of termination to its Spokane affiliate, KXLY-TV. Cited in the network's decision was its "judgment that we could get wider exposure for our programs with another station"; one source noted that a high rate of program preemptions prompted the disaffiliation.<ref name="Spok760303">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-cbs-plans-to-terminate/160039834/|date=March 3, 1976|page=5|title=CBS Plans to Terminate KXLY-TV Affiliation|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> It was the first time CBS had disaffiliated from a station since 1971.<ref>{{cite news|work=]|page=57|date=March 17, 1976|title=CBS Pulls The Plug On KXLY, Shoos For New Spokane Affil|id={{ProQuest|1286011235}} }}</ref> This put CBS in the position of choosing between ] (channel 6), the NBC affiliate, and KREM-TV for its new Spokane-area outlet. Some speculation indicated KREM was interested in affiliating with NBC, thereby aligning it with its King Broadcasting sister stations in ] (]) and ] (]), and CBS approached both stations. However, KHQ-TV opted to continue with NBC, and KREM agreed to affiliate with CBS.<ref name="Spok760329">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-expected-in-august-kr/160039542/|date=March 29, 1976|page=5|title=Expected in August: KREM-TV to Join CBS Chain|first=Bill|last=Morlin|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon --><ref name="Spok760330">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-timing-decided-for/160039676/|date=March 30, 1976|page=16|title=Timing decided for TV shift|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref><!-- Tue --> The switch took place on August 8, 1976, with KXLY becoming the new ABC affiliate.<ref name="Spok760806">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-on-sunday-tv-stations/160039593/|date=August 6, 1976|page=20|title=On Sunday: TV Stations Switching|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri -->
In 1987, KREM was one of numerous CBS affiliates that declined to carry an adaptation of '']'', owing to concerns about it being a promotion for the ] and about its heavy violence and ridiculing of the disabled; because of these decisions, CBS opted to remove the cartoon from its Saturday morning lineup and the series, to date, has never aired in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19870918&id=gw8TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ufoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,641862|title=Spokane Chronicle – Google News Archive Search|access-date=December 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/adambombcartoons/why.htm |title=WebCite query result |publisher=Geocities.com |access-date=December 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021132611/http://geocities.com/adambombcartoons/why.htm |archive-date=October 21, 2009 }}</ref>


===Providence Journal, Belo, and Gannett/Tegna ownership===
KREM aired the ] team's ] championship game appearances in ] and ].
King Broadcasting Company put itself up for sale in 1990, citing the age of its majority owners, ] and Harriet Stimson Bullitt, the daughters of the late Dorothy Bullitt.<ref name="Idah900822">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-ktvb-sister-station/146143570/|date=August 22, 1990|pages=1A, |first=Jim|last=Bowers|title=KTVB, sister stations go up for sale|newspaper=]|location=Boise, Idaho|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 1, 2024|archive-date=May 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501082140/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-ktvb-sister-station/146143570/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed --> It accepted an offer from the ] Company in 1991,<ref name="Idah910302">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-owner-of-channel-7-t/146142955/|date=March 2, 1991|page=6B|first=Paul|last=Beebe|title=Owner of Channel 7 to sell TV, cable interests|newspaper=The Idaho Statesman|location=Boise, Idaho|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 1, 2024|archive-date=May 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501082150/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-owner-of-channel-7-t/146142955/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat --> and the transaction closed the following year.<ref name="Idah920225">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-channel-7-other-sta/146143600/|date=February 25, 1992|page=6B|first=Ursula|last=Thomas|title=Channel 7, other stations sold by King|newspaper=The Idaho Statesman|location=Boise, Idaho|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 1, 2024|archive-date=May 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501082146/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-channel-7-other-sta/146143600/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue --> Under Providence Journal, KREM became a contributor to the new ] (NWCN) regional service when it launched in 1995, with one reporter dedicated to NWCN based in Spokane.<ref name="Spok951224">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-new-sweeps-dont-sh/160101434/|date=December 24, 1995|pages=E3, |first=Jim|last=Kershner|title=New sweeps don't show clear leader|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --> The ] purchased the Providence Journal Company in 1996.<ref name="Idah960927">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-ktvb-gets-new-owner/146143652/|date=September 27, 1996|pages=5B, |first=John|last=Tucker|title=KTVB gets new owner: Dallas firm will buy Boise's Channel 7|newspaper=The Idaho Statesman|location=Boise, Idaho|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 1, 2024|archive-date=May 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501082151/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-ktvb-gets-new-owner/146143652/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri -->


In July 1996, KREM began programming ] (channel 22), an ], under a ].<ref name="Spok960714">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113253201/sweetness-is-in-demand/|date=July 14, 1996|page=E3, |first=Jim|last=Kershner|title=Sweetness is in demand|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 18, 2022|archive-date=November 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118182100/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113253201/sweetness-is-in-demand/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --> The next year, that station joined ] and began airing a 10 p.m. newscast produced by KREM.<ref name="Spok970817">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107528639/krem-2-caters-to-early-bedtimes-with-10/|date=August 17, 1997|page=E3|first=Jim|last=Kershner|title=KREM-2 caters to early bedtimes with 10 p.m. news|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 18, 2022|archive-date=November 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118182108/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107528639/krem-2-caters-to-early-bedtimes-with-10/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --> After the 1999 legalization of duopolies, Belo purchased KSKN for $5&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|5000000|2001}}}} in {{inflation/year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_televisionweek_2001-10-15_20_42/page/n3/mode/2up?q=KSKN|page=4|title=Belo group cutting 160 jobs, freezing wages|work=]|date=October 15, 2001|via=Internet Archive|access-date=November 18, 2022}}</ref>

⚫ On June 13, 2013, the ] announced that it would acquire Belo.<ref name=krem-saletogannett>{{cite news|title=Gannett to buy KREM-TV owner Belo for $1.5 billion|url=http://www.krem.com/news/local/Gannett-to-buy-KREM-TV-owner-Belo-for-15-billion-211384851.html|access-date=June 13, 2013|publisher=KREM|date=June 13, 2013|agency=]}}</ref> The sale was completed on December 23.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/gannett-completes-its-acquisition-of-belo/|title=Gannett Completes Its Acquisition of Belo|work=TVNewsCheck|access-date=December 23, 2013|date=December 23, 2013|archive-date=July 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726162142/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/72893/gannett-completes-its-acquisition-of-belo|url-status=live}}</ref> Gannett's TV stations and newspapers split into separate companies in 2015, the former being named ].<ref>{{Cite press release|title = Separation of Gannett into two public companies completed|date = June 29, 2015|url = http://www.tegna.com/separation-of-gannett-into-two-public-companies-completed/|publisher=Tegna|access-date = June 29, 2015}}</ref>

==Local programming==
===News operation=== ===News operation===
KREM-TV had local news from the start; newscaster Dick Hoover delivered a three-minute local newscast during channel 2's first day on air. Hoover remained with KREM until 1955 and returned from 1957 to 1966, becoming the most well-known face of the station.<ref name="Spok850210">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-buttercups-water-s/162152041/|date=February 10, 1985|pages=TV Preview 5, , |title=Buttercups, water spirits and flies: Dick Hoover exposed! McManus tells all|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=January 3, 2025}}</ref><!-- Sun --> From 1968 to 1979, KREM's main anchor was Jeff Wasson, described by Deborah McBride of '']'' as "the ] of Spokane's television media".<ref name="Spok790712">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-the-walter-cronkit/160328716/|date=July 12, 1979|page=22|first=Deborah|last=McBride|title=The 'Walter Cronkite' of Spokane news plans to retire|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 7, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> By that time, however, KHQ was the leader in the local news audience, with KREM running a consistent second.<ref name="Spok830206">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-stations-fight-for/160047009/|date=February 6, 1983|pages=D12, |first=Tom|last=Sowa|title=Stations fight for ratings and respect|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 7, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --> KREM made its first market-leading showing ever in the November 1984 ] ratings period, though this was brief, and KHQ quickly took back first place overall in the next ratings survey.<ref name="Spok850324">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-khq-wins-back-top-r/160047288/|date=March 24, 1985|page=TV Preview 11|title=KHQ wins back top rating|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun -->
In 1997, KREM, with its reporter Tom Grant, won an ] "for Investigative Reporting on the ]."<ref>{{cite press release |title=Silver Batons: Medium Market Television |url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/96_99/19037.html |work=Columbia University News |year=1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051207193836/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/96_99/19037.html |archive-date=December 7, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jan/19/grant-wins-pulitzer-of-broadcasting/ |title=Grant Wins 'Pulitzer of Broadcasting' &#124; the Spokesman-Review}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/channels/502862/63097568 |title=KREM-TV, Investigative Reporting on the Wenatchee Child Sex Ring &#124; 1997 duPont-Columbia Award Winner in 1997 duPont Winners on Vimeo |via=Vimeo |date=April 1, 2013 |access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref>


King Broadcasting promoted Phil Wenstrand from the post of news director at KTVB to the same position at KREM in 1986.<ref name="Spok861119">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-tv-news-director-going/160046918/|date=November 19, 1986|page=A5|title=TV news director going to Spokane|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> Under Wenstrand, KTVB had cemented itself as the news leader in Boise.<ref name="Idah861125">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-wenstrand-leaves-a-w/146143445/|date=November 25, 1986|page=1D|first=Marianne|last=Flagg|title=Wenstrand leaves a winner|newspaper=The Idaho Statesman|location=Boise, Idaho|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Tue --> The station went through two male anchors in five months before hiring Charles Rowe, a former anchor in Portland returning to the profession. Wenstrand also brought ] from KTVB to KREM to anchor sports.<ref name="Spok870909">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-krem-moves-price-ov/160046827/|date=September 9, 1987|page=A7|title=KREM moves Price over, brings aboard new anchor|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> After KHQ moved its early evening news in 1988 from 5 to 5:30 p.m., leaving only KREM and KXLY competing against each other for viewers,<ref name="Spok880608">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-khq-moves-evening-news/160047419/|date=June 8, 1988|page=B4|first=Tom|last=Sowa|title=KHQ moves evening news|newspaper=Spokane Chronicle|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> the station's early news ratings moved into first ahead of KXLY at 5 and KHQ at 5:30.<ref name="Spok881224">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-krem-jumps-ahead-in/160047494/|date=December 24, 1988|page=C4|first=Tom|last=Sowa|title=KREM jumps ahead in November news ratings|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sat --> KHQ soon reverted the change, tightening the early evening news race with KREM ahead.<ref name="Spok890617">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-kxly-gains-on-krem/160047657/|date=June 17, 1989|page=C3|first=Tom|last=Sowa|title=KXLY gains on KREM for May news ratings|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sat --> During this time, in 1988, KREM was the first Spokane-area station to air an extended-length morning newscast. By 1990, it almost as many viewers as the 11 p.m. news because neither KXLY nor KHQ had started one yet.<ref name="Spok900304">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-khq-joins-the-break/160047684/|date=March 4, 1990|page=B8|first=Tom|last=Sowa|title=KHQ joins the breakfast battle|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --> Wenstrand was promoted again in 1989 to run ] in Portland and later hired Johnson from Spokane.<ref name="Spok890625">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-tnt-channel-is-a-de/160046890/|date=June 25, 1989|page=B7|first=Tom|last=Sowa|title=TNT channel is a definite maybe|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun -->
In April 2010, KREM and KSKN began broadcasting its local newscasts in ] ] ], and KREM became the third station in Spokane to switch in either HD or widescreen.<ref name="Is Your local news in HD?">{{cite web|url=http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=19941904| title=Is Your local news in HD?| publisher=Avsforum.com| date= February 17, 2011|access-date=August 23, 2012}}</ref><ref name="KXLY 4 HD">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbhxxF1kZmo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/fbhxxF1kZmo |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live| title=KXLY 4 HD| via= YouTube| date=August 1, 2008|access-date=August 23, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="KHQ Local News 11@11 HD Open - 2008">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puFm-7mMcq8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/puFm-7mMcq8 |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live| title=KHQ Local News 11@11 HD Open - 2008| via=YouTube| date= October 18, 2008|access-date=August 23, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


] joined KREM from ] in ], in 1990 to anchor channel 2's evening newscasts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fates & Fortunes: News & Public Affairs|id={{ProQuest|1014732334}}|date=December 3, 1990|page=93|work=Broadcasting}}</ref> For most of the decade, KREM continued to lead in early evening news—helped by the popular lead-in of '']''—while the 11 p.m. news race was much tighter, primarily to the benefit of KHQ.<ref name="Spok900408">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-krem-still-dominate/160047696/|date=April 8, 1990|page=C8|first=Tom|last=Sowa|title=KREM still dominates early evening news|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --><ref name="Spok930131">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-krem-de-la-creme-h/160047794/|date=January 31, 1993|pages=F1, |first=Jim|last=Kershner|title=KREM de la CREME: How does KREM-2 maintain its lead in the ratings at 5 p.m.?|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --><ref name="Spok951224"/> Between 1991 and 1993, the station produced the 10 p.m. news for Fox affiliate ] (channel 28); the news share agreement, the first of its kind on the West Coast, provided the station with a newscast very similar to KREM's new format and was ditched for a more Fox-specific newscast produced by KHQ.<ref name="Spok910331">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-the-krem-rises-swe/160047713/|date=March 31, 1991|page=Entertainment & Travel 3|first=Jim|last=Kershner|title=The KREM Rises: Sweeps ratings show KREM-2 with lead at 5 p.m., while KXLY-4 looks good at 11 p.m.|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --><ref name="Spok930228">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-fox-news-krem-2s/74822713/|date=February 28, 1993|page=Entertainment & Travel 3|first=Jim|last=Kershner|title=Fox News: KREM-2's news team is out at 10 o'clock on KAYU-28|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --> In 1997, KREM, with its reporter Tom Grant, won an ] for investigative reporting on the ].<ref>{{cite press release |title=Silver Batons: Medium Market Television |url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/96_99/19037.html |work=Columbia University News |year=1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051207193836/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/96_99/19037.html |archive-date=December 7, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jan/19/grant-wins-pulitzer-of-broadcasting/ |title=Grant Wins 'Pulitzer of Broadcasting'|work=The Spokesman-Review|date=January 19, 1997|first=Jim|last=Kershner|pages=E3, E8}}</ref> After assuming operations of KSKN, KREM debuted a 10 p.m. newscast for the station in September 1997; at the time, KAYU had no newscast at all.<ref name="Spok970817"/> As of 2024, KSKN had a dedicated morning news extension from 7 to 9 a.m. in addition to the 10 p.m. news and simulcasts of a number of KREM newscasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/api/manager/download/f5895449-d178-7102-7b58-2769d07c25ce/d5a3e46f-eb30-47b8-b396-4da2bf95489f.pdf|title=Program Issues Report for KSKN-TV, 1st Quarter 2024|date=March 2024|website=Online Public Inspection File|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref>
From September 15, 2014, to January 2, 2015, KREM was the only station to air their newscasts from 7 to 9&nbsp;a.m. on its sister station KSKN.<ref name= "For the first time, 7:00-9:00 a.m. morning news in Spokane.">{{cite web|url=http://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/700-900-a-m-morning-news-in-spokane/| title=For the first time, 7:00-9:00 a.m. morning news in Spokane.| publisher=changingnewscasts.wordpress.com| date=August 31, 2014|access-date=October 15, 2014}}</ref> KREM switched to Gannett's "This is Home" music and graphics package on October 25, 2014, at the 5 p.m. newscast.<ref name= "New design coming to KREM 2 newscasts.">{{cite web|url=http://www.krem.com/story/about-us/2014/10/23/new-design-coming-newscasts/17806405/| title=New design coming to KREM 2 newscasts.|publisher=krem.com|date=October 23, 2014|access-date=October 23, 2014}}</ref> KREM became the last station in the Spokane market to switch their newscasts to HD.


Woodward departed KREM in 2009 amid a dispute with the station over a pay cut request that she said was not asked of her male colleagues. She was hired a year later by KXLY-TV as one of the hosts of its morning news and a talk show host for KXLY radio;<ref name="Spok100613">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-selling-nadine-kxl/160048302/|date=June 13, 2010|pages=E1, |first=Tom|last=Sowa|title=Selling Nadine: KXLY's marketing blitz of newscaster Woodward is unprecedented in the local media|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --> in 2019, she was elected the mayor of Spokane.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/nov/05/stuckart-concedes-to-woodward-in-race-for-mayor/|title=Woodward claims victory in race for mayor|date=November 5, 2019|first1=Kip|last1=Hill|first2=Nicholas|last2=Deshais|first3=Adam|last3=Shanks|work=The Spokesman-Review|access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref> In the early 2010s, KHQ and KREM were neck-and-neck in most local news ratings and revenue metrics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Malone |first=Michael |date=2011-09-19 |title=Market Eye: KREM of the Crop |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/market-eye-krem-crop-43094 |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Broadcasting & Cable |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Malone |first=Michael |date=2014-02-25 |title=February Has Been Super, March Will Be Madness |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/february-has-been-super-march-will-be-madness-129352 |access-date=2024-12-08 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |language=en}}</ref>
⚫ On October 17, 2021, the station had to apologize for showing a moving image from a pornographic video on a weather center monitor during that evening's 6 p.m. newscast, and the origin of the video's appearance on an internal station monitor, be it internally or from another source, is under police and corporate investigation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/oct/18/police-investigate-pornographic-video-shown-on-kre/|title=Pornographic video shown on KREM's evening newscast; police investigating|last=Epperly|first=Emma|date=October 18, 2021|work=]|access-date=October 19, 2021}}</ref>


⚫ On October 17, 2021, the station apologized for showing a moving image from a pornographic video on a weather center monitor during that evening's 6 p.m. newscast. The origin of the video's appearance on an internal station monitor, be it internally or from another source, was under police and corporate investigation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/oct/18/police-investigate-pornographic-video-shown-on-kre/|title=Pornographic video shown on KREM's evening newscast; police investigating|last=Epperly|first=Emma|date=October 18, 2021|work=]|access-date=October 19, 2021}}</ref>
⚫ ====Notable former on-air staff====

⚫ * ] – anchor/meteorologist (1997–1999); now chief meteorologist for ] in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/09/27/meteorologist-paul-deanno-two-others-leaving-kpix/|title=KPIX's Paul Deanno, two others leaving station |date=September 27, 2019 |publisher=EastBayTimes.com|access-date=October 18, 2019}}</ref>
===Sports programming===
* ] – sports director (1987–1989); now weeknight news anchor for ] in Seattle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://komonews.com/station/people/eric-johnson|title=Eric Johnson|work=KOMOnews.com|date=November 20, 2015|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
{{see|List of Seattle Kraken broadcasters}}
⚫ * ] – sports anchor, then sports director (September 2006–March 2012)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/sports-anchor-tim-lewis-leaving-spokane-to-join-his-dad-at-seattles-komo/46921/|title=Sports Anchor Tim Lewis Leaving Spokane to Join His Dad at Seattle's KOMO |date=April 19, 2012 |work=Adweek|access-date=July 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://komonews.com/news/videos/dan-lewis-tim-lewis-share-anchor-desk-for-first-time|title=Dan Lewis, Tim Lewis share anchor desk for first time |date=July 18, 2012 |publisher=KOMONews.com|access-date=July 3, 2019}}</ref>
KREM shares the rights to non-national ] games with sister station KSKN.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.krem.com/article/sports/hockey/krem-2-seattle-kraken-broadcast-more-than-70-games-starting-in-2024/293-a77f885d-479a-4923-bfe4-da856144ab76 |title=KREM 2 partners with Seattle Kraken to broadcast more than 70 games starting in 2024 |publisher=KREM|access-date=September 16, 2024|date=April 25, 2024 }}</ref>
* ] – anchor (1986–1990); formerly weeknight news anchor at ] in ]. Now retired.

* ] – anchor (1990–2009); Mayor of Spokane.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shanks |first1=Adam |title=Spokane's Next Mayor |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/oct/18/27-questions-your-2019-spokane-mayoral-candidates/ |access-date=November 20, 2019 |publisher=The Spokesman-Review}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/nov/05/stuckart-concedes-to-woodward-in-race-for-mayor/|title=Woodward claims victory in race for mayor {{!}} The Spokesman-Review|website=www.spokesman.com|access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref>
⚫ ===Notable former on-air staff===
⚫ * ] – anchor/meteorologist, 1997–1999<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/09/27/meteorologist-paul-deanno-two-others-leaving-kpix/|title=KPIX's Paul Deanno, two others leaving station |date=September 27, 2019 |work=]|access-date=October 18, 2019}}</ref>
⚫ * ] – sports anchor and later sports director, 2006–2012<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/sports-anchor-tim-lewis-leaving-spokane-to-join-his-dad-at-seattles-komo/46921/|title=Sports Anchor Tim Lewis Leaving Spokane to Join His Dad at Seattle's KOMO |date=April 19, 2012 |work=]|access-date=July 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://komonews.com/news/videos/dan-lewis-tim-lewis-share-anchor-desk-for-first-time|title=Dan Lewis, Tim Lewis share anchor desk for first time |date=July 18, 2012 |publisher=]|access-date=July 3, 2019}}</ref>
* ] – anchor, 1986–1988<ref name="Spok880714">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-oboyle-to-leave-kr/160505517/|date=July 14, 1988|page=B2|title=O'Boyle to leave KREM for new job|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu -->


==Technical information== ==Technical information==
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|+Subchannels of KREM<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KREM|title=RabbitEars.Info|website=]}}</ref> |+Subchannels of KREM<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KREM|title=TV Query for KREM|website=]|access-date=January 1, 2025}}</ref>
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| |ShopLC
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|- |-
! scope = "row" | 2.6 ! scope = "row" | 2.6
| rowspan=4|] | | ] || || ]
| || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 2.7 ! scope = "row" | 2.7
| QVC2 || ] | rowspan=3|] || QVC2 || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 2.8 ! scope = "row" | 2.8
| |Comet| ] | || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 2.9 ! scope = "row" | 2.9
| || ]
| |

| ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cozitv.com/get-cozi-tv/|title = Get Cozi TV}}</ref><!-- Spokane is marked on the map on "Get Cozi TV" page with KREM-DT 2.9 as affiliate. -->
|} |}


===Analog-to-digital conversion=== ===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KREM discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over ] channel 2, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States ] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition ] channel 20,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="FCCForm387">{{Cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101232462&formid=387&fac_num=34868|title=CDBS Print}}</ref> using ] 2. KREM discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over ] channel 2, on June 12, 2009, the official ]; it was the only major network affiliate in Spokane not to switch in February, the original transition date.<ref name="Spok090610">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-messy-dtv-transitio/160511956/|date=June 10, 2009|page=A10|first=Tom|last=Sowa|title=Messy DTV transition will conclude Friday|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition ] channel 20.<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2006 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |access-date=August 29, 2021 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref>


===Translators=== ===Translators===
KREM's signal is rebroadcast over the following translators:<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 23, 2021|title=List of TV Translator Input Channels|url=https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/tv-translator-input-channels-07232021.xlsx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209195336/https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/tv-translator-input-channels-07232021.xlsx|archive-date=December 9, 2021|access-date=December 17, 2021|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref><!--cross-referenced with license renewal authorizations-->
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|6531|3=K26OO-D}}''' ]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|6534|3=K35IC-D}}''' Bonners Ferry, ID
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|68503|3=K12AV-D}}''' ] & ]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|190313|3=K07ZP-D}}''' ]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|34861|3=K30OA-D}}''' ]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|53507|3=K09XY-D}}''' ]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|53511|3=K32OA-D}}''' Coolin, ID
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|69506|3=K08JP-D}}''' ]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|32921|3=K07NL-D}}''' ]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|5807|3=K28OG-D}}''' ] & ]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|187542|3=K07ZL-D}}''' ]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|50532|3=K21CC-D}}''' ]
* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|68514|3=K36PH-D}}''' ]
⚫ * '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|68512|3=K10BD-D}}''' ]–]


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==Notes==
* ]: K26OO-D
{{notelist}}
* ]: K07ZP-D
* ] and ]; K08AP-D <!--RE says K12AV-D but the renewal authorization says this is a translator for KHQ-TV.-->
* ]: K30OA-D
* ]: K09XY-D (Lakeview Mountain), K32OA-D (Cavanaugh Bay/Kinner Point)
* ] and ]: K02RJ-D
* ]: K07ZL-D
* ]: K21CC-D
* ]: K36PH-D
* ]: K35LB-D
⚫ * ]–], Washington: K10BD-D
{{div col end}}


==References== ==References==
{{Reflist}} {{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.krem.com/}}
* {{URL|https://www.krem.com/meet-the-team|KREM 2 News Team Bios}}


{{Spokane TV}} {{Spokane TV}}

Latest revision as of 21:45, 3 January 2025

TV station in Spokane, Washington

This article is about the CBS affiliate in Spokane, Washington. For the cable television station in Belize, see Krem Television. Not to be confused with KREN-TV.

KREM
A red arrow next to the black letters K R E M in a sans serif, with a large yellow 2 to the right and the CBS eye in gray in the lower right corner
CitySpokane, Washington
Channels
BrandingKREM 2
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
Sister stationsKSKN
History
First air dateOctober 31, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-10-31)
Former call signsKREM-TV (1954–2009)
Former channel number(s)Analog: 2 (VHF, 1954–2009)
Former affiliations
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID34868
ERP893 kW
HAAT641 m (2,103 ft)
Transmitter coordinates47°35′41″N 117°17′57″W / 47.59472°N 117.29917°W / 47.59472; -117.29917
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.krem.com

KREM (channel 2) is a television station in Spokane, Washington, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside CW affiliate KSKN (channel 22). The two stations share studios on South Regal Street in the Southgate neighborhood of Spokane; KREM's transmitter is on Krell Hill to the southeast, covering eastern Washington state and northern Idaho.

KREM-TV began broadcasting on October 31, 1954, as Spokane's third station. It was owned with KREM (970 AM) by Louis Wasmer, who had identified KREM's facilities as ideal for television expansion and bought the radio station at the same time he applied for the permit. KREM-TV became an ABC affiliate within two months of signing on and was purchased by King Broadcasting in 1963. In 1976, CBS induced an affiliation switch to abandon its previous Spokane affiliate, KXLY-TV (channel 4), and moved its programs to channel 2. Under the successive ownerships of the Providence Journal Company, Belo Corporation, and Gannett (whose television stations were split as Tegna in 2015), KREM has competed closely with KHQ-TV for local news ratings and revenue leadership in the Spokane TV market.

History

Construction and early years

After the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lifted its years-long freeze on television station allocations in 1952, Spokane was allotted three commercial TV channels—2, 4, and 6. In June 1952, radio station owner Louis Wasmer applied to the FCC for channel 2. At the time, Wasmer was in the process of selling one Spokane radio station, KSPO, to buy another, KREM (970 AM), from Cole Wylie in a deal approved by the FCC in July 1952; Wasmer found KREM's facilities, on the Moran Prairie, well-suited for television transmission. A second group, Spokane radio station KNEW (as Television Spokane, Inc.), applied for channel 2; this came after their filing for channel 4 came the same day the commission awarded KXLY-TV's construction permit.

The multiple applications threw the case to a comparative hearing, which opened in May 1953 after multiple delays. Wasmer was criticized by Television Spokane for buying and selling radio stations, while Wasmer unsuccessfully impugned Television Spokane's financial capacity to build the proposed station. Several participants had medical problems during the hearing process. KNEW's chief engineer collapsed on the witness stand during questioning; Wasmer suffered from food poisoning; and the wife of Burl Hagadone, a 40-percent owner of Television Spokane, was hospitalized in Montana, prompting the entire proceeding to be recessed. It never resumed, as the Television Spokane bid was withdrawn on March 1, 1954, in exchange for reimbursement of permit expenses by Wasmer and a right of first refusal should KREM-TV come up for sale.

Following Television Spokane's withdrawal, an FCC hearing examiner recommended Wasmer be granted channel 2, and within two weeks he began construction on KREM-TV, including a studio expansion to KREM's existing radio facilities. By the end of August, a 747-foot (228 m) tower had been erected for use by KREM AM, a new KREM-FM 92.9, and channel 2. KREM-TV signed on October 31, 1954, with an "inaugural program" at 6:30 p.m. It was briefly an independent station until December 6, 1954, when it affiliated with ABC.

In July 1957, the King Broadcasting Company and its owner, Seattle businesswoman Dorothy Bullitt, agreed to buy the KREM radio and TV stations for $2 million (equivalent to $16.6 million in 2023 dollars). The FCC granted the sale in September only to stay its approval when Television Spokane protested that its right of first refusal had not been respected. To resolve the dispute, Wasmer acquired Television Spokane, clearing the way for the sale to be reapproved by the commission. Wasmer continued as president of the KREM stations until he departed in 1963, marking his retirement.

The FCC approved an application by a community translator organization to set up rebroadcasters of KREM-TV and KHQ-TV in Lewiston, Idaho, in 1958. Though Lewiston's local station, KLEW-TV (channel 3), objected, at the time KREM was with ABC and KLEW was a CBS affiliate. The translator operated from 1958 to 1959 and again beginning in 1963. In 1972, cable subscribers in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, began receiving KREM in their lineups; the cable systems in Edmonton followed suit in May 1975 after the Canadian Radio and Television Commission previously had ordered a delay. By the time Fort McMurray cable subscribers received KREM in 1977, the station reached half as many homes on cable in Canada as it did in the United States.

1976 affiliation switch

On February 19, 1976, CBS sent a notice of termination to its Spokane affiliate, KXLY-TV. Cited in the network's decision was its "judgment that we could get wider exposure for our programs with another station"; one source noted that a high rate of program preemptions prompted the disaffiliation. It was the first time CBS had disaffiliated from a station since 1971. This put CBS in the position of choosing between KHQ-TV (channel 6), the NBC affiliate, and KREM-TV for its new Spokane-area outlet. Some speculation indicated KREM was interested in affiliating with NBC, thereby aligning it with its King Broadcasting sister stations in Seattle (KING-TV) and Portland (KGW-TV), and CBS approached both stations. However, KHQ-TV opted to continue with NBC, and KREM agreed to affiliate with CBS. The switch took place on August 8, 1976, with KXLY becoming the new ABC affiliate.

Providence Journal, Belo, and Gannett/Tegna ownership

King Broadcasting Company put itself up for sale in 1990, citing the age of its majority owners, Patsy Bullitt Collins and Harriet Stimson Bullitt, the daughters of the late Dorothy Bullitt. It accepted an offer from the Providence Journal Company in 1991, and the transaction closed the following year. Under Providence Journal, KREM became a contributor to the new Northwest Cable News (NWCN) regional service when it launched in 1995, with one reporter dedicated to NWCN based in Spokane. The Belo Corporation purchased the Providence Journal Company in 1996.

In July 1996, KREM began programming KSKN (channel 22), an independent station, under a local marketing agreement. The next year, that station joined UPN and began airing a 10 p.m. newscast produced by KREM. After the 1999 legalization of duopolies, Belo purchased KSKN for $5 million (equivalent to $8.22 million in 2023 dollars) in 2001.

On June 13, 2013, the Gannett Company announced that it would acquire Belo. The sale was completed on December 23. Gannett's TV stations and newspapers split into separate companies in 2015, the former being named Tegna.

Local programming

News operation

KREM-TV had local news from the start; newscaster Dick Hoover delivered a three-minute local newscast during channel 2's first day on air. Hoover remained with KREM until 1955 and returned from 1957 to 1966, becoming the most well-known face of the station. From 1968 to 1979, KREM's main anchor was Jeff Wasson, described by Deborah McBride of The Spokesman-Review as "the Walter Cronkite of Spokane's television media". By that time, however, KHQ was the leader in the local news audience, with KREM running a consistent second. KREM made its first market-leading showing ever in the November 1984 Arbitron ratings period, though this was brief, and KHQ quickly took back first place overall in the next ratings survey.

King Broadcasting promoted Phil Wenstrand from the post of news director at KTVB to the same position at KREM in 1986. Under Wenstrand, KTVB had cemented itself as the news leader in Boise. The station went through two male anchors in five months before hiring Charles Rowe, a former anchor in Portland returning to the profession. Wenstrand also brought Eric Johnson from KTVB to KREM to anchor sports. After KHQ moved its early evening news in 1988 from 5 to 5:30 p.m., leaving only KREM and KXLY competing against each other for viewers, the station's early news ratings moved into first ahead of KXLY at 5 and KHQ at 5:30. KHQ soon reverted the change, tightening the early evening news race with KREM ahead. During this time, in 1988, KREM was the first Spokane-area station to air an extended-length morning newscast. By 1990, it almost as many viewers as the 11 p.m. news because neither KXLY nor KHQ had started one yet. Wenstrand was promoted again in 1989 to run KGW in Portland and later hired Johnson from Spokane.

Nadine Woodward joined KREM from KIDK in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in 1990 to anchor channel 2's evening newscasts. For most of the decade, KREM continued to lead in early evening news—helped by the popular lead-in of The Oprah Winfrey Show—while the 11 p.m. news race was much tighter, primarily to the benefit of KHQ. Between 1991 and 1993, the station produced the 10 p.m. news for Fox affiliate KAYU-TV (channel 28); the news share agreement, the first of its kind on the West Coast, provided the station with a newscast very similar to KREM's new format and was ditched for a more Fox-specific newscast produced by KHQ. In 1997, KREM, with its reporter Tom Grant, won an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award for investigative reporting on the Wenatchee child abuse prosecutions. After assuming operations of KSKN, KREM debuted a 10 p.m. newscast for the station in September 1997; at the time, KAYU had no newscast at all. As of 2024, KSKN had a dedicated morning news extension from 7 to 9 a.m. in addition to the 10 p.m. news and simulcasts of a number of KREM newscasts.

Woodward departed KREM in 2009 amid a dispute with the station over a pay cut request that she said was not asked of her male colleagues. She was hired a year later by KXLY-TV as one of the hosts of its morning news and a talk show host for KXLY radio; in 2019, she was elected the mayor of Spokane. In the early 2010s, KHQ and KREM were neck-and-neck in most local news ratings and revenue metrics.

On October 17, 2021, the station apologized for showing a moving image from a pornographic video on a weather center monitor during that evening's 6 p.m. newscast. The origin of the video's appearance on an internal station monitor, be it internally or from another source, was under police and corporate investigation.

Sports programming

Further information: List of Seattle Kraken broadcasters

KREM shares the rights to non-national Seattle Kraken games with sister station KSKN.

Notable former on-air staff

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KREM
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
2.1 1080i 16:9 KREM-HD CBS
2.2 480i Crime True Crime Network
2.3 CourtTV Court TV
2.4 Twist The Nest
2.5 Shop LC
2.6 4:3 Get
2.7 16:9 QVC2 Outlaw
2.8 Comet
2.9 Cozi TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

KREM discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on June 12, 2009, the official digital television transition date; it was the only major network affiliate in Spokane not to switch in February, the original transition date. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 20.

Translators

KREM's signal is rebroadcast over the following translators:

References

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Broadcast television in the Inland Northwest (Spokane Valley Region and Lewis-Clark Valley Region)
This region includes the following cities: Spokane/Pullman/Clarkston, WA
Coeur d'Alene/Moscow/Lewiston, ID
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Spokane/Spokane Valley
(Spokane County)
North Idaho–(Coeur d'Alene/
Dalton Gardens/Post Falls)
Quad Cities
(Lewiston/Clarkston/
Pullman/Moscow)
Defunct
Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of Washington
ABC
CBS
Fox
NBC
The CW
MyNetworkTV
Ion Television
PBS
Other
Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of Idaho
ABC

Repeater of KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA

CBS

Repeater of KREM, Spokane, WA

Fox

Repeater of KAYU-TV, Spokane, WA

NBC

Repeater of KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA

The CW
MyNetworkTV
Ion Television
PBS
Idaho PTV
Out-of-state
members
Other
Defunct
Tegna Inc.
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
ABC
CBS
The CW
Fox
MyNetworkTV
NBC
Other stations
Radio
TV networks
Defunct
Other asset
Acquisitions
  • Owned by Tegna, Gray Television operates KMSB and KTTU-TV through a SSA.
  • Owned by American Spirit Media, Tegna operates WUPW through a SSA.
  • These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels.
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