verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message kvvu tv henderson las vegas nevada united states city henderson branding fox 5 general fox 5 news newscasts slogan local . las vegas . channels digital 9 vhf virtual 5 psip subchannels 5.1 fox 5.2 fox 5 weather 24 7 5.3 escape affiliations fox 1986 present owner meredith corporation kvvu broadcasting corporation first air date september 10 1967 ; 49 years ago 1967 09 10 former callsigns khbv tv 1967 1971 former channel number s analog 5 vhf 1967 2009 former affiliations independent 1967 1986 transmitter power 86 kw height 384.5 m facility id 35870 transmitter coordinates 36 0 26 n 115 0 22 w 36.00722 n 115.00611 w 36.00722 ; 115.00611 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.fox5vegas.com kvvu tv virtual channel 5 and vhf digital channel 9 is a fox affiliated television station serving the las vegas nevada united states . the station is owned by the meredith corporation . kvvu s studios and transmitter are both separately located in henderson nevada kvvu s city of license the station s studios are located at the broadcast center on west sunset road using the 25 tv 5 drive street address while its transmitter is located on black mountain just southwest of the city . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 local programming 3.1 notable former on air staff 3.2 other locally produced programming 4 repeater stations 5 references 6 external links history edit kvvu signed on the air on september 10 1967 1 as nevada s first independent station under the callsign khbv tv . the station originally operated from a converted flying a gas station along boulder highway near sunset road while its offices were housed in a modern office building on flamingo road . the station was on the air originally from 11 a.m. to midnight and ran a schedule of movies from the 30 s through the 50 s some cartoons westerns and a few sitcoms . in 1979 the station was sold to carson broadcasting a company owned by talk show host and entertainer johnny carson see fccinfo.com balct 19790515ke 314 p kvvu tv 35870 tv granted 05 25 1979 info application who visited the station fairly often . 2 it was at that time that the station adopted its current kvvu tv call letters . by 1975 the station was on the air by 7 a.m. and ran a large amount of movies cartoons more off network sitcoms drama shows and some westerns . at the time las vegas was not in the top 100 tv markets and was at one point number 150 out of a little over 200 markets . las vegas was the smallest market to have four commercial television stations ; there were higher ranked markets that only had two stations and lacked programming from either abc nbc or cbs as a result . under carson s ownership the station often ran r rated theatrical films uncut during the late night and early morning hours . while the afternoon 1 00 p.m. and evening 9 00 p.m. movies would always be different the same film would be run uncut in the evening and aired in its censored form in the afternoon but not on the same day . the evening movie generally reran at 1 a.m. almost every day . films with questionable content were sometimes prefaced by a pre recorded warning from carson . the station s announcer from 1973 to 2001 ralph menard would identify channel 5 in station ids with the catch phrase henderson and laaassss vegas ; menard died in 2003 . meredith corporation bought the station from carson broadcasting in 1985 . 3 upon meredith taking control of the station kvvu adopted a stylized tv 5 logo borrowed from its new sister stations kpho tv in phoenix ; wnem tv in bay city michigan ; kctv in kansas city ; and wtvh in syracuse new york . channel 5 remained an independent station until october 9 1986 when it became one of the charter affiliates of the newly launched fox network . however by the time fox expanded its programming from late nights into evenings in april 1987 network primetime programming initially ran only two days a week so kvvu continued to be essentially programmed as an independent station . in the 1980s more talk shows were added to the schedule and movies were cut back slightly . in 1990 the station introduced an on air mascot named rusty the fox apparently named after both the station s then general manager rusty durante . 4 the mascot an anthropomorphic fox in actuality a person in a fox costume is used for community events and at one time was used for announcements for family oriented information the block of children s programming called fox 5 kids club . 5 6 the station moved into its present studio facilities on sunset way in the green valley subdivision of henderson in 1991 . the station remained a fox affiliate during an affiliation deal that was struck between meredith and cbs in 1994 because that network had a long term affiliation contract with its existing affiliate klas tv however kpho and wnem would both change their network affiliations to cbs through the deal ; kctv was already affiliated with that network . it was one of only five stations not counting satellites or semi satellites under meredith ownership the company having recently sold off wtvh at the time of the deal . in june 2006 the station s website was redesigned along with those of four of meredith s other stations . the old website was operated by the local media network division of worldnow . internet broadcasting operated the site until 2011 when worldnow began a group deal with all of meredith s stations . digital television edit digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 5.1 720p 16 9 kvvu hd main kvvu tv programming fox 5.2 480i 4 3 kvvu dt fox 5 weather 24 7 5.3 480i 4 3 kvvu dt2 escape analog to digital conversion edit kvvu tv shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 5 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandated . 7 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition vhf channel 9 . 8 through the use of psip digital television display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 5 . local programming edit notable former on air staff edit al bernstein sports anchor 1998 2002 ; now a boxing analyst for showtime cher calvin weekday morning anchor now weekday anchor and reporter at ktla in los angeles other locally produced programming edit in addition to kvvu s local newscasts the station also produces a locally produced entertainment and lifestyle magazine program called more which takes its name from the magazine aimed at women in their 40s of the same name that is published by meredith corporation the more program format originated at kvvu s portland oregon sister station kptv . the program debuted on september 12 2006 and features stories about las vegas fashion local cuisine and events aimed at women between the ages of 25 and 49 more is broadcast as an hour long extension of the station s weekday morning newscast at 9 00 a.m. and uses the same staff as the newscast s 7 00 9 00 a.m. block . in september 2008 kvvu launched an additional hour of more at 4 00 p.m. weekday afternoons ; one year later the afternoon edition of the lifestyle program was rebranded as more access and was moved two hours to 6 00 p.m. airing after the 5 30 p.m. newscast ; more access later moved to 6 30 p.m. and was reduced to a half hour show on july 9 2012 with the addition of a new 6 00 p.m. newscast . a recap program debuted in january 2013 called best of more a sunday afternoon show that runs feature stories seen on both weekday programs during the previous week a weekend edition of more access debuted around the same time . repeater stations edit kvvu is rebroadcast on the following low power stations list of translators city callsign k43mm d 43 beowawe nevada k02jo d 2 caliente nevada k19im d 19 duckwater nevada k28iz d 28 ely nevada k48mw d 48 ely and mcgill nevada k49lg d 49 eureka nevada k28eu d 28 laughlin nevada k19bu d 19 pahrump nevada k50lg d 50 pahrump nevada k44kn d 44 panaca nevada k13pu d 13 pioche nevada k45hs d 45 lund and preston nevada k43il d 43 ruth nevada k11ow d 11 ursine nevada kvvu is available over air channel 6 in baker california their only translator in california . references edit kvvu on air date . brainy history . retrieved may 16 2007 . fox helps you . welcome home magazine of las vegas . archived from the original on august 12 2007 . retrieved may 16 2007 . meredith acquires carson broadcasting pr newswire via highbeam research december 3 1984 . 1 2 o brien dismisses another meredith gm broadcasting & cable february 19 2002 . http www.fox5vegas.com news 18652580 detail.html dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved march 24 2012 . external links edit fox5vegas.com official website query the fcc s tv station database for kvvu biafn s media web database information on kvvu tv v t e broadcast television in the las vegas valley and southern nevada las vegas english language kpvt ld 2.1 programming guide 2.2 biztv 2.3 youtoo 2.4 shop ksnv 3.1 nbc 3.3 gettv kvvu 5.1 fox 5.2 accuwx 5.3 escape klas 8.1 cbs 8.2 metv 8.3 movies klvx 10.1 pbs 10.2 create ktnv 13.1 abc hd 13.2 laff 13.3 grit khmp ld 18.1 programming guide 18.2 tuff tv 18.3 oldschool87 .7 18.4 shop khsv 21.1 h & i 21.2 decades 21.3 comet 21.4 antenna tv kegs ld 30.4 hsn2 30.5 color bars 30.6 color bars knbx cd 31.1 color bars 31.2 newsmax tv 31.3 ontv4u 31.4 history of television 31.5 the walk kvcw 33.1 cw 33.2 my lv tv 33.3 this tv kblr 39.3 ion 39.4 cozi tv kgng ld 47.1 hsn 47.2 buzzr 47.3 bounce 47.4 retro 47.5 movies the works 47.6 rev n 47.7 qvc over air 47.8 justice network klsv ld 50.1 jewelry 50.2 rfi 50.3 cstv 50.4 liquidation channel cable only kclv 2 city of las vegas television independent community ethnic all in spanish unless specified ksnv 3.2 estrella tv kghd lp 6 analog la primera franken fm klvx 10.3 v me kinc 15.1 uni 15.2 latv khdf cd 19.1 aza 19.2 4 for lease billboard kelv ld 27.1 unim s kegs ld 30.1 grace 30.2 almavision kblr 39.1 tmd 39.2 telexitos k41io d 41.1 tbn enlace k43fo d 43.4 3abn latino 43.6 3abn radio latino kgng ld 47.9 mbcd korean religious keen cd 17.1 lesea klvd ld 23.1 ds 23.2 ds kvpx ld 28.1 sbn kegs ld 30.3 sbn k43fo d 43.1 3abn 43.2 3abn pr 43.3 silent 43.5 3abn radio 43.7 radio 74 outlying areas other areas k34li d k08pg d 10.1 pbs 10.2 create 10.3 v me laughlin nevada kmcc 34.1 mundomax 34.2 the cool tv 34.3 the cool tv pahrump nevada kpvt lp 30 amgtv kpvm lp 41 ion the family channel retro tv prime tv kpvm ld 46.1 ion the family channel retro tv prime tv 46.2 this tv 46.3 the family channel 46.4 vibrant tv ind defunct kbbb ld 14.1 boulder city nv ind. ktud cd 25.1 upn ind. 25.2 ind.