KYBC-TV

KYBC-TV
Broadcast area	Yuma, Arizona/El Centro, California
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 11 (PSIP)
Branding	ABC 11 (general) ABC 11 News (newscasts)
Slogan	The News You Know, The Team You Trust
Programming
Affiliations	11.1 ABC-HD 11.2 Laff 11.3 ABC Weather 24/7 11.4 ABC News Now
Ownership
Owner	Integrity Communications
History
First air date	June 18, 1962
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1962–2009)
Former affiliations	CBS (1962–1969) NBC (1995–2014)

KYBC-TV is an ABC affiliate in Yuma, Arizona and El Centro, California. It broadcasts on Channel 11. Syndicated programming on KYBC includes: The Take, The Dr. Oz Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Inside Edition among others. KYBC is owned by Integrity Communications along with sister stations KRDY, and KDZI. All three stations share studios located on South Avenue A in Yuma, KYBC's transmitter is located in San Luis, Arizona.

History

KYBC signed on the air back on June 18, 1962 and signed on as a CBS affiliate. KYBC remained as an CBS Affiliate for 7 years when KYBC switched affiliations with KYIV and KTGW. KYBC gave the CBS affiliation to to KTGW and received the ABC affiliation from KYIV. KYIV received the NBC affiliation from KGTS. KYBC remained an ABC affiliate for over 25 years until 1995 when KYBC switched affiliations again, this time switching with KYIV and KGTS. KGTS received the ABC affiliation from KYBC and KYBC received the NBC affiliation from KYIV. KYBC remained an NBC affiliate for nearly 20 years up until late 2014 when the fictional tv station realignment occurred. KYBC switched affiliations with KGTS. KYBC has since remained as an ABC affiliate. On May 28, 2017, Disney/ABC sold KYBC to Integrity Communications.

Digital Television

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
11.1	720p	16:9	KYBC-DT	Main KYBC-TV Programming / ABC
11.2	480i	4:3	LAFF	Laff
11.3			ABCWX	ABC Weather 24/7
11.4			NEWS	ABC News Now

Programming Schedule

	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN
7:00 am	Good Morning America					Good Morning America Weekend
7:30 am
8:00 am						Litton's Weekend Adventure Block	This Week with George Stephanopoulos
8:30 am
9:00 am	Live! with Kelly and Ryan						Various Religious Programs
9:30 am
10:00 am	The View
10:30 am
11:00 am	The Take					ABC Saturday Afternoon Schedule (programming varies by season)	ABC Sunday Afternoon Schedule (programming varies by season)
11:30 am
12:00 pm	ABC 11 News at Noon
12:30 pm	25 Words or Less
1:00 pm	GMA3: What You Need to Know?
1:30 pm
2:00 pm	General Hospital
2:30 pm
3:00 pm	The Dr. Oz Show
3:30 pm
4:00 pm	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
4:30 pm
5:00 pm	ABC 11 News at Five
5:30 pm	ABC World News Tonight with David Muir					ABC World News Tonight Weekend
6:00 pm	ABC 11 News at Six						America's Funniest Home Videos
6:30 pm	Entertainment Tonight					Inside Edition
7:00 pm	ABC PrimeTime
7:30 pm
8:00 pm
8:30 pm
9:00 pm
9:30 pm
10:00 pm	ABC 11 News at Ten
10:30/10:35 pm	Jimmy Kimmel Live					Entertainment Tonight
11:00 pm
11:30/11:37 pm	Nightline					Friends
12:00 am	Paid Programming	Nightline					The Beverly Hillbillies
12:07 am		Inside Edition					The Beverly Hillbillies
12:30 am		Paid Programming					The Beverly Hillbillies
12:42 am							The Beverly Hillbillies
1:00 am	World News Now						The Beverly Hillbillies
1:12 am		World News Now				Paid Programming	The Beverly Hillbillies
1:30 am							The Beverly Hillbillies
2:00 am							Paid Programming/Various Religious Programs
2:30 am
3:00 am
3:30 am
4:00 am	America This Morning
4:30 am	ABC 11 News Good Morning
5:00 am
5:30 am
6:00 am
6:30 am

Programming Schedule from 1995-1996

	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN
5:00 am	CNN Headline News					Paid Programming
5:30 am	NBC News at Sunrise
6:00 am	11 News Today					Ebert & Roeper	Paid Programming
6:30 am						Alice
7:00 am	Today					Weekend Today	Crefio Dollar
7:30 am							Alice
8:00 am						Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Meet the Press
8:30 am						Hang Time
9:00 am	Leeza					The Andy Griffith Show	Various Religious Programming
9:30 am						California Dreams
10:00 am	George & Alana					NBA Inside Stuff
10:30 am						Petticoat Junction
11:00 am	Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee					Roseanne	WKRP in Cincinnati
11:30 am						The Beverly Hillbillies	The Facts of Life
12:00 pm	Jeopardy!					Full House	Flo
12:30 pm	The Jeffersons					The Facts of Life	Full House
1:00 pm	Days of Our Lives					Gimme a Break!	Amen
1:30 pm						Diff’rent Strokes	Gimme a Break!
2:00 pm	Another World					Happy Days	The Jeffersons
2:30 pm						Laverne and Shirley	Mama’s Family
3:00 pm	Gabrielle					Mork & Mindy	Bewitched
3:30 pm						Rosie	I Dream of Jeannie
4:00 pm	The Phil Donahue Show					Mama’s Family	Family Matters
4:30 pm						Family Matters	Rosie
5:00 pm	Home Improvement						11 News Weekend
5:30 pm	NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw					NBC Nightly News Weekend
6:00 pm	11 News at Six						Brotherly Love
6:30 pm	Wheel of Fortune						Minor Adjustments
7:00 pm	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Wings	seaQuest 2032	Friends	Unsolved Mysteries	JAG	Mad About You
7:30 pm	In the House	NewsRadio		The Single Guy			Hope and Gloria
8:00 pm	NBC Monday Night Movie	Frasier	The Landry Sisters	Seinfeld	Dateline Friday	The John Larroquette Show	NBC Sunday Night Movie
8:30 pm		The Pursuit of Happiness	Rocko’s Modern Life	Caroline in the City		The Home Court
9:00 pm		Dateline Tuesday	Law & Order	ER	Homicide: Life on the Street	Sisters
9:30 pm
10:00 pm	11 News at Ten
10:30/10:35 pm	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno					Saturday Night Live	Roseanne
11:00 pm	Roseanne	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno					Home Improvement
11:30/11:37 pm	HBO Comedy Showcase	Late Night with Conan O'Brien					Mork & Mindy
12:00 am							Saturday Night Live
12:30/12:37 am	The Beverly Hillbillies	Later				Friday Night Videos
1:00/1:07 am	NBC News Nightside	The Beverly Hillbillies					CNN Headline News
1:30/1:37 am	NBC News Nightside					The Beverly Hillbillies
2:00/2:07 am						NBC News Nightside
2:30/2:37 am
3:00 am							NBC News Nightside
3:30 am
4:00 am	AgDay
4:30 am	NBC News at Sunrise

Website History

• www.kybc.com (1996-2007)
• www.nbc11kybc.com (2007-2015)
• www.kybcabc11.com (2015–present)

News/Station Presentation

Current On-Air Staff

Paul Ruiz - News Director

• Melissa Young - anchor; weekday mornings "ABC 11 News Good Morning" and "ABC 11 News at Noon" (1992)
• Daniel Fish - anchor; weekday mornings "ABC 11 News Good Morning" (2000)
• Jenna Gilbert - anchor; weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 (2012)
• Steve Marquez - anchor; weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 (1980)
• Amanda Nichols - anchor; weekend evenings (2001)

ABC 11 WeatherCenter Meteorologists

• Brian Mill - meteorologist; weekday mornings "ABC 11 News Good Morning" and "ABC 11 News at Noon" (2006)
• Tom Martinez - chief meteorologist (AMS Seal of Approval); weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 (1988)
• Jacob Sanders - meteorologist; weekend evenings (2008)

ABC 11 Sportsdesk Team

• Rick Fields - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 (2000)
• Walt Lopez - sports reporter; weekend evenings (2007)

Current On-Air Reporters

• Elizabeth Barkfield - general assignment reporter (1995)
• Rachel Washington - general assignment reporter (2011)
• Carlos Saenz - general assignment reporter (2015)
• Melissa Palmer - general assignment reporter (2015)
• Miranda Oakley - general assignment reporter (2009)
• Jennifer Herrera - general assignment reporter (2005)
• Kate Bruckus - Imperial Valley bureau reporter (1994)

Former on-air staff

• Al Wheeling - meteorologist; weekday mornings (1997-2006)
• Teddy Thadium - chief meteorologist (1982-1997); went on medical leave in 1997 and died in 1999.

Newscast Titles

• The Desert Report (1962-1970)
• The NewsScene (1970-1975)
• TV-11 Action News (1975-1984)
• NewsWatch 11 (1984-1990)
• 11 News (1990-1996)
• NBC 11 News (1996-2015)
• ABC 11 News (2015–present)

News Themes

• KYBC 1962 News Theme (1962-1973)
• It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman: Overture - Charles Strouse (1973-1980)
• I Feel Love - Donna Summer (1980-1986)
• Palmer News Package - Shelly Palmer (1986-1989)
• The Hour - Gari Media (1989-1996)
• The One and Only - Gari Media (1996-2002)
• Sinclair News Music Package - Stephen Arnold Music (2002-2006)
• Daily News - Gari Media (2006-2015)
• Eyewitness News - Gari Media (2015-2017)
• Aerial - Stephen Arnold Music (2017–present)

Voice Over History

• Number 1 in Yuma, This is TV-11 Action News. Your News Source. (1977-1984)
• From Yuma's Number One for News. This is NewsWatch 11. The 10 o'Clock Report. (1984-1986)
• You're Watching the Ones to Watch. KYBC. This is NewsWatch 11 at 10. (1986-1991)
• From KYBC-TV. Yuma's Choice For News. 11 News Starts Now. (1991-1995)
• From KYBC. Your New Home for NBC. This is 11 News at 10. (1995-1996)
• First. Live. Local. This is NBC 11 News. (1996-1999)
• Looking Out For Yuma and the Imperial Valley. NBC 11 News Starts Right Now. (1999-2002)
• Serving Yuma, El Centro and all of the Imperial Valley. You're Watching KYBC-TV. NBC 11 News Starts Now. (2002-2006)
• The People You Know. The News You Trust. This is NBC 11 News. (2006-2013)
• NBC 11 News Starts Now. Coverage You Can Count On. (2013-2015)
• From KYBC-TV. Your News Leader. This is ABC 11 News. (2015–present)

Logos

KYBC logo from 1977 as an ABC affiliate; promoting ABC's Still the One campaign

KYBC logo from 1978 promoting ABC's We're the One campaign

KYBC ID bumper from 1981 taken from The Edge of Night

KYBC logo from 1984 as an ABC affiliate promoting ABC's We're With You campaign

KYBC logo from 1985 as an ABC affiliate; promoting ABC's You'll Love It campaign

KYBC ID from 1986 as an ABC affiliate taken from Heart of the City

KYBC ID bumper from 1986 taken from Growing Pains

KYBC ID bumper from 1989 taken from Full House

KYBC logo from 1990 as an ABC affiliate taken from Monopoly

KYBC logo from 1992 promoting ABC's It Must Be ABC campaign when the station was first an ABC affiliate

KYBC logo from 2001-2011

KYBC logo from 2011-2014

KYBC "Wheel of Fortune" promo from 2002.

KYBC "Live! With Regis and Kelly" promo from 2004.

KYBC Promo for ABC's The Bachelorette from 2015

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