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'KJRH' is the NBC affiliate in Tulsa, Oklahoma, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. KJRH broadcasts from its studios in the Brookside district in midtown Tulsa on South Peoria Avenue and its transmitter is located in Oneta, Oklahoma. The station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 2, and its digital signal on UHF channel 56. On cable, KJRH-TV is the only VHF station in the market not to have a matching cable channel number for the analog, so instead it can be seen on channel 9 on Cox Tulsa.
It has the unique characteristic of being only one of two stations in the state with two Doppler radars (the other is KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City, also an NBC affiliate), the southwest Oklahoma City Doppler, owned by KFOR being the most powerful at 1 million watts of power.

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History

Ratings

Controversies

Personalities

Current On-Air Talent

Former Personalities

Logos

News/Station Presentation

Newscast titles

Station slogans

External links

History

Channel 2 signed on as 'KVOO-TV' in December of 1954. It was owned by oilman W.G. Skelly along with KVOO radio (1170 AM, now KFAQ; and 98.5 FM). It was Tulsa's third television station, behind behind KOTV and KTVX (now KTUL). It has always been an NBC affiliate, owing to its radio sister's long affiliation with NBC Radio.
The E. W. Scripps Company bought the station in 1971 and changed its call letters to 'KTEW-TV' (for 'T'ulsa 'E.W.' Scripps).
The station adopted its present-day calls, 'KJRH' (in honor of the longtime chairman of Scripps Howard Broadcasting, 'J'ack 'R'. 'H'oward) on July 14, 1980.
Because KOTV and KJRH's digital channels are currently on a band of UHF which will be no longer in use after the February 17, 2009 cutoff date for analog television broadcasting (channels 52 to 69), it seemed likely that both stations will move their digital signals to their current analog channel assignments. However, their current analog channel assignments are in the low band of VHF (channels 2 to 6), which are more prone to interference from atmospheric conditions than are higher channel numbers. For this reason, KOTV and KJRH may use currently unused channel numbers instead of their current analog assignments.

Ratings

In the local Nielsen ratings for February 2007, ''Channel 2 News'' ranked third place in the 5-7AM time period, and its evening newscasts ranked fourth place overall behind KOTV, KTUL, and KOKI. Channel 2, however, ranked second in the Local Access time period (6:30pm Weeknights) with ''Wheel of Fortune''. [1]

Controversies

KJRH has the dubious distinction of earning the 'WeatheRate seal of most accurate weather' WeatheRate has been coined a 'kingmaker' in other markets such as Nashville http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/News/2004/05/06/Fair_Weather_Friends/index.shtml Weatherate's statistics only take into account the 10pm forecast and do not account for weather changes that may occur during the day/late afternoon, which occurs often in Oklahoma.

Personalities

Current On-Air Talent

'KJRH ANCHORS'

★ 'Deana Goll:' Weekend Morning Anchor/Reporter

★ 'Erin Christy:' Weekday Morning and Midday Anchor/Reporter

★ 'Scott Jones:' Weekday Morning and Midday Anchor/Reporter

★ 'Karen Larsen:' Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter

★ 'Russ McCaskey:' Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter

★ 'Lindsay Patterson:' Weekend Evening Anchor/Reporter
'KJRH REPORTERS'

★ 'Marla Carter:' General Assignment Reporter

★ 'Krista Flasch:' General Assignment Reporter

★ 'Glenn McEntyre:' General Assigment Reporter

★ 'Casey Roebuck:' General Assignment Reporter

★ 'Natalie Sentz:' General Assignment Reporter

★ 'Rick Tillery:' General Assignment Reporter
'CHANNEL 2 PROBLEM SOLVERS'

★ 'Beth Burnett:' "Problem Solvers" Investigative Reporter

★ 'Pete Knutson:' "Problem Solvers" Investigative Reporter

★ 'Michelle Lowery:' "Problem Solvers" Investigative Reporter
'WORKS FOR YOU WEATHER TEAM'

★ 'Dan Threlkeld (NWA Certified):' Chief Meteorologist

★ 'George Waldenberger (AMS Certified):' Weekend Evening Meteorologist

★ 'Julie Chin (AMS Certified):' Weekday Morning Meteorologist

★ 'George Flickinger (AMS Certified):' Weekend Morning Meteorologist
'SPORTS ANCHORS/REPORTERS'

★ 'Big Al Jerkens', Sports Director/Weekday Evening Sports Anchor

★ 'Jason Shackelford', Weekend Sports Anchor/Sports Reporter

★ 'Mike Olmstead', Sports Reporter/Fill-in Anchor

Former Personalities

★ 'Mike Anderson', Weekend/Morning Meteorologist

★ 'David Bernard', Morning Meteorologist (Now at WFOR in Miami, FL)

★ 'Denise Brewer', Evening Anchor (Now Spokesperson for Hillcrest Healthcare System)

★ 'Debbie Denmon', Weekend Anchor (Now at WFAA in Dallas, TX)

★ 'Stephanie Dukes', Fill-In Anchor (Now at WPEC in West Palm Beach, FL)

★ 'Lis Exon', Anchor (Now at OETA)

★ 'Nancy Herr', Evening Co-Anchor, Early 1980s

★ 'John Hudson', Co-Anchor and Reporter (Deceased)

★ 'Keith Isbell', Sports Anchor/ Morning Anchor (Now with Broken Arrow Public Schools)

★ 'Sam Jones', Main Anchor 1981-1986

★ 'Amy Kaufeldt', Weekend Anchor (Now at WOFL in Orlando, FL)

★ 'Karen Keith', Anchor (Now Working as Press Secretary for Tulsa Mayor)

★ 'Dean Lewis', Main Anchor 1979-1981

★ 'Anthony Mason', Reporter (Now at CBS News)

★ 'Bill Mitchell', Reporter (Now at KTUL in Tulsa)

★ 'Nicole Mitchell', Meteorologist (Now at The Weather Channel)

★ 'Mike Morgan', Meteorologist (Now at KFOR in Oklahoma City)

★ 'Jack Morris', Main Anchor 1970-1979 (Now Retired)

★ 'Jay Rickerts', Main Anchor (Now at WFMY in Greensboro, NC)

★ 'Sara Scott', Midday and Weekend News Anchor 1975-1980

★ 'Gary Shore', Chief Meteorologist (Now at KCAU in Sioux City, Iowa)

★ 'Vince Sims', Weekend Anchor (Now at WPXI in Pittsburgh, PA)

★ 'Stephanie Stanton', Weekend Anchor (Now Correspondent for MSNBC

★ 'Jamison Uhler', Reporter (Now at WCAU in Philadelphia, PA)

★ 'Alan Winfield', Meteorologist (Now at Bay News 9 in Tampa, FL)

★ 'John Walls', Main Anchor(Now works for CTIA with Steve Largent)

★ 'Jerry Webber', Sports Director, later News Anchor (Deceased)

Logos

News/Station Presentation

Newscast titles

★ ''Scene 2 News'' (1970s)

★ ''NewsCenter 2'' (Early 1980s-Early 1990s)

★ ''2 News NBC'' (1995-1999)

★ ''Channel 2 News'' (Early 1990s-1995; 1999-present)
'NOTE:' Although the newscasts are currently known as "Channel 2 News", reporters identify at the end of reports as "Channel 2 Works For You".

Station slogans

★ ''Two's Company You Can Depend On" (Early 1970s)

★ ''You're in 2 Country!'' (Mid 1970s)

★ ''Two's Family is You'' (Mid 1970s)

★ ''Turn on 2'' (Late 1970s)

★ ''Hello, Tulsa'' (Early 1980s)

★ ''Hello, Oklahoma'' (Mid 1980s)

★ ''Making a Difference for Oklahoma'' (Mid '80s-1991)

★ ''Oklahoma's Hometeam'' (1991-2001)

★ ''2 Works for You'' (2001-present)

External links

★ KJRH Homepage

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