KGUN-TV

KGUN-TV
In a blue box, a large white "9" in a sans serif font next to the ABC logo (a round disk with the lettering "abc" in lowercase type). The letters KGUN sit below in a large sans serif.
Channels
BrandingKGUN 9
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KWBA-TV
History
First air date
June 3, 1956
(68 years ago) (1956-06-03)
Former call signs
  • KDWI-TV (1956–1957)
  • KGUN-TV (1957–1987)
  • KGUN (1987–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 9 (VHF, 1956–2009)
  • Digital: 35 (UHF, 2005–2009)
Independent (1956–1957)
Call sign meaning
Former owner's interest in gun collecting and the Westerns that were filmed in Tucson
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID36918
ERP36.5 kW
HAAT1,140 m (3,740 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°24′55.6″N 110°42′53.1″W / 32.415444°N 110.714750°W / 32.415444; -110.714750
Translator(s)K27OP-D Oro Valley–Tucson
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.kgun9.com

KGUN-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Tucson, Arizona, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Sierra Vista–licensed KWBA-TV (channel 58), an independent station. The two stations share studios on East Rosewood Street in east Tucson; KGUN-TV's transmitter is located atop Mount Bigelow, northeast of the city.

KGUN-TV went on the air as KDWI-TV, Tucson's third commercial station, in 1956. Within a year, it was sold by its founding owner and took its present call sign and ABC affiliation. The station has generally run second or third in local news throughout its history.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KGUN-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.