please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message kviq eureka california united states branding cbs 17 channels digital 17 uhf virtual 17 psip subchannels 17.1 cbs affiliations cbs 1987 present owner northwest broadcasting redwood television partners llc first air date april 1 1958 ; 58 years ago 1958 04 01 call letters meaning vi roman numeral 6 q former callsigns kviq tv 1958 1981 former channel number s analog 6 vhf 1958 2008 former affiliations primary nbc 1958 1987 secondary abc 1958 1987 transmitter power 30 kw height 550 m facility id 42640 transmitter coordinates 40 43 41.9 n 123 58 21.4 w 40.728306 n 123.972611 w 40.728306 ; 123.972611 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website kviqcbs17.com kviq is a broadcast television station which broadcasts as a cbs affiliate on uhf channel 17 from a transmitter in eureka california . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 news operation 4 programs 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit kviq signed on the air on vhf channel 6 as eureka s second television station on april 1 1958 . it was owned by shasta telecasting as a satellite station of kvip tv now krcr tv in redding california ; shasta telecasting sold the station to california northwest broadcasting in 1960 . california oregon broadcasting contradictory subsequently acquired kiem tv channel 3 which it operated separately from krcr . kviq initially broadcast from studios located on humboldt hill road in eureka . since the eureka market only had two television stations in those early days kviq offered programs from several networks . the station later relocated its studios to a new facility located on broadway street in eureka . by the 1980s the station was the area s primary nbc affiliate but it also carried some abc programs until kaef channel 23 went on the air in 1987 . the mcconnells clarification needed sold the station to miller broadcasting in 1986 . miller broadcasting sold kviq to the ackerley group in 1998 . ackerley invested quite a bit of money into its news operations . ackerley merged with corporate giant clear channel communications in 2002 . not long after this merger the news operation at kviq was quickly abandoned . the station was managed by david silverbrand with its engineering function performed by james mixon . providing operational and sales staff was sainte partners ii l.p. . sainte partners sold the station in 2014 . logo as cbs 6 used until 2009 logo as cbs 17 used until 2015 kviq was also available on the radio at 87.7 fm until they ceased the analog channel 6 signal . the eureka television market dma 195 1 was the only tv market in california not available on dish network until june 3 2010 at which time it became available . 2 the eureka local channels are not yet available on directv . in december 2013 sainte partners ii reached a deal to sell kviq to redwood television partners 3 a subsidiary of frontier radio management . 4 the sale was completed on june 30 2014 . 5 on january 29 2016 frontier radio management sold redwood broadcast partners to nbi holdings llc 6 which owns northwest broadcasting . the sale was completed on march 24 . 7 digital television edit digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 8 17.1 1080i 16 9 kviq dt main kviq programming cbs kviq was the second station in eureka to broadcast in high definition . analog to digital conversion edit kviq shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 6 on november 28 2008 . the station s digital signal broadcasts on its pre transition uhf channel 17 . 9 news operation edit kviq had during the early 1980s a news operation entitled newswest . the newscasts were broadcast in the early morning late night and evenings along with two midday newsbreaks . a regular feature of these newscasts was segment 6 . 2 throughout most of the 1990s kviq presented channel 6 news weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m. action news 6 logo . was able to be seen at former studios on the corner of broadway & wabash avenue in eureka until it was destroyed in 2013 for a holiday inn plant area . after being purchased by ackerley kviq fielded a news operation called action news 6 . these newscasts aired weekdays at 6 a.m. and noon and weeknights at 5 6 6 30 and 11 p.m. kviq also aired weekend newscasts at 6 30 and 11 p.m. shortly after clear channel s acquisition of ackerley kviq discontinued its news and began importing the morning and 10pm rebroadcasts of newscasts from then sister station kfty in santa rosa . after kviq was sold off in 2005 the kfty rebroadcasts ceased and the station replaced the newscasts in its schedule with syndicated programming . kviq is currently the only cbs affiliate in california not to offer any local news . programs edit when local news ended on kviq the noon spot was replaced with infomercials . as of 2013 frasier now airs in this slot . the evening newscasts were replaced with everybody loves raymond at 5pm and 6 30pm frasier at 5 30pm now at 5pm and noon and inside edition at 11pm . however as of 2013 according to jim airs at 6 30 on kviq . kviq formerly aired the oprah winfrey show at 7pm one of very few stations in the country to air the show in prime time . oprah returned to kiem until the show ended in may 2011 . see also edit channel 17 digital tv stations in the united states channel 17 virtual tv stations in the united states references edit inside tv ratings nielsen media research 1 dish network to become first pay tv provider to offer local broadcast channels in all 210 local television markets in the united states malone michael january 2 2014 . redwood television to buy kviq eureka . broadcasting & cable . retrieved january 3 2014 . station trading roundup 3 deals 1.4 m . tvnewscheck . january 2 2014 . retrieved january 3 2014 . consummation notice cdbs public access federal communications commission retrieved 2 july 2014 application for consent to assignment of broadcast station construction permit or license cdbs public access federal communications commission 29 january 2016 . retrieved 25 march 2016 . consummation notice cdbs public access federal communications commission retrieved 25 march 2016 . rabbitears tv query for kviq dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit query the fcc s tv station database for kviq biafn s media web database information on kviq tv program information for kviq at titantv.com v t e broadcast television on california s north coast including arcata eureka and fortuna reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television . local stations kiem 3.1 nbc keet 13.1 pbs 13.2 world 13.3 create kviq 17.1 cbs kaef k12jj d 23.1 7.1 abc 23.2 7.2 metv . 23.3 7.3 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