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{{Short description|Television station in Yakima, Washington}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{redirect-distinguish|KVEW|KVUE}}
{{other uses|Kapp (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox television station dual
| name1 = KAPP
| city1 = [[Yakima, Washington]]
| logo = KAPP-KVEW AVNN 2023.svg
| logo_upright = 1
| branding = {{ubl|''Apple Valley News Now''|MeTV Tri-Cities/Yakima (35.2/42.2)}}
| digital1 = 14 ([[UHF]])
| virtual1 = 35
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''35.1/42.1:''' [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| airdate1 = {{start date and age|1970|9|21|p=y|br=yes}}
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning1 = [[Apple]] Valley (market is in the heart of [[Washington Apple Commission|Washington's apple industry]])
| former_channel_numbers1 = '''Analog:''' 35 (UHF, 1970–2009)
| owner = [[Morgan Murphy Media]]
| licensee = Apple Valley Broadcasting, Inc.
| erp1 = 160 [[kW]]
| haat1 = {{convert|287|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id1 = 2506
| coordinates1 = {{coord|46|31|56.4|N|120|30|46.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{url|https://www.applevalleynewsnow.com/}}
| name2 = KVEW
| city2 = [[Kennewick]]–[[Pasco, Washington|Pasco]]–[[Richland, Washington]]
| digital2 = 27 ([[UHF]])
| virtual2 = 42
| airdate2 = {{start date and age|1970|10|p=y}}{{efn|The ''Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook'' says October 30, while the ''Television and Cable Factbook'' says October 29.}}
| callsign_meaning2 = K-View
| former_channel_numbers2 = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 42 (UHF, 1970–2009)|'''Digital:''' 44 (UHF, 2009–2018)}}
| erp2 = 160 [[kW]]
| haat2 = {{convert|405|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id2 = 2495
| coordinates2 = {{coord|46|6|11.4|N|119|8|0.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
}}

'''KAPP''' (channel 35) and '''KVEW''' (channel 42) are [[television station]]s licensed respectively to [[Yakima]] and [[Kennewick, Washington]], United States, affiliated with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and owned by [[Morgan Murphy Media]]. KAPP's studios are located in the Liberty Building on North 3rd Street in downtown Yakima, and its transmitter is atop [[Ahtanum Ridge]]; KVEW maintains its own studios on North Edison Street in Kennewick, with transmitter on [[Jump Off Joe (Washington)|Jump Off Joe]] Butte.

KVEW operates as a [[semi-satellite]] of KAPP, serving the [[Tri-Cities, Washington|Tri-Cities]] area. It [[simulcast]]s all network and [[broadcast syndication|syndicated]] programming as provided through its parent, and the two stations share a website. However, KVEW airs separate commercial inserts and [[station identification|legal identifications]]. Local newscasts are simulcast on both stations. KAPP serves the western half of the Yakima–Tri-Cities [[media market|market]] while KVEW serves the eastern portion. The two stations are counted as a single unit for [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]] purposes. [[Master control]] and some internal operations are based at the studios of [[sister station]] and fellow ABC affiliate [[KXLY-TV]] on West Boone Avenue in [[Spokane]].

On [[satellite television|satellite]], KAPP is only available on [[DirecTV]], while [[Dish Network]] carries KVEW instead.

==History==
Before KAPP signed on, [[CBS]] affiliate [[KIMA-TV]] (channel 29) had carried ABC as a secondary affiliation until [[KNDO]] (channel 23) signed on in 1959. KNDO became the area's primary ABC affiliate until 1965, when it switched its primary affiliation to [[NBC]]. Both KNDO and KIMA-TV shared ABC's programming from that point until KAPP signed on the air on September 21, 1970, and all ABC programming moved to KAPP.<ref>[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=84379 FCC History Cards for KAPP]. [[Federal Communications Commission]].</ref> The most notable ABC program shown on the station's first day was the first-ever ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' game between the [[1970 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]] and [[1970 New York Jets season|New York Jets]].

KVEW began serving the Tri-Cities region in October 1970, a month after KAPP signed on. Before KVEW's existence, [[KEPR-TV]] (channel 19) had carried ABC as a secondary affiliation until 1959; [[KNBS-TV]] (channel 22) operated briefly in nearby [[Walla Walla, Washington]], as an ABC affiliate in 1960; KNDU (channel 25) signed on in 1961 and became the area's primary ABC affiliate until 1965. Both KEPR-TV and KNDU shared ABC programming from that point until KVEW signed on.

KAPP and KVEW began airing Spokane's [[MeTV]] affiliate [[KXMN-LD]] on a digital subchannel in September 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6335167.html?display%3DBreaking+News |title=MyNetworkTV Signs 13 More Affils - 5/15/2006 7:41:00 PM - Broadcasting & Cable |access-date=May 16, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312091402/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6335167.html?display=Breaking+News |archive-date=March 12, 2007 }}</ref> They were two of the remaining stations to sign-off every night, but that practice ended in 2012 when ''[[World News Now]]'' was added to the programming lineup.

On December 22, 2008, KAPP and KVEW discontinued their 6 p.m. and weekend newscasts. The 11 p.m. newscast was reduced to a five-minute broadcast before ''[[Nightline]]'', and post-January 2013, ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' In addition to this move, 17 employees from KAPP and KVEW were [[laid off]]<!--[http://www.tri-cityherald.com/915/story/376215.html], now 404--><ref>{{cite web|url=http://yakima-herald.com/stories/2008/11/07/kapp-tv-to-cut-6-p-m-broadcast-lay-off-news-positions |title=KAPP-TV to cut 6 p.m. Broadcast, 17 jobs &#124; Yakima Herald-Republic |access-date=November 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718141041/http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2008/11/07/kapp-tv-to-cut-6-p-m-broadcast-lay-off-news-positions |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref> and KAPP's studio, formerly located on South 24th Avenue, was sold off and its operations were relocated downtown.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2008/12/31/kapp-television-building-for-sale-as-station-cuts-back |title=KAPP Television building for sale as station cuts back &#124; Yakima Herald-Republic |website=www.yakima-herald.com |access-date=February 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110522190222/http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2008/12/31/kapp-television-building-for-sale-as-station-cuts-back |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

While weather came from KXLY for several years, local weather reports have returned as of 2016, with meteorologist Jason Valentine at 5 and 6:30 p.m., and Kristen Walls during their ''Good Morning Northwest'' newscast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kapptv.com/staff/|title=Staff interacted with Las Vegas shooter 10-plus times before massacre|date=January 6, 2018}}</ref> With the cancellation of ''[[The Insider (TV program)|The Insider]]'' and ''[[Extra (American TV program)|Extra]]'' moving from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on September 11, 2017, KAPP/KVEW began airing local news at 6 p.m., for the first time in almost a decade.

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The stations' signals are [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KAPP<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KAPP#station|title = RabbitEars TV Query for KAPP|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=April 6, 2024}}</ref> and KVEW<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KVEW#station|title = RabbitEars TV Query for KVEW|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=April 6, 2024}}</ref>
! scope = "col" colspan="2"|[[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" rowspan="2"|[[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" rowspan="2"|[[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" colspan="2"|Short name
! scope = "col" rowspan="2"|Programming
|-
! scope = "col" | {{small|KAPP}}||{{small|KVEW}} || scope = "col" | {{small|KAPP}}||{{small|KVEW}} 
|-
! scope = "row" | 35.1 || 42.1
| [[720p]] || rowspan="7" |[[16:9]] || KAPP-HD || KVEW-HD || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 35.2 || 42.2
| rowspan="6" |[[480i]] || KAPP-SD || KVEW-DT || [[MeTV]] (via [[KXLY-TV|KXLY-DT2]])
|-
! scope = "row" | 35.3 || 42.3
| colspan=2; align="center"|H&I || [[Heroes & Icons]]<ref name=kappkvewsubs>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Mark K. |date=November 11, 2019 |title=KAPP-KVEW Yakima Adds New Subchannels |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/more-news/241086/kapp-kvew-yakima-adds-new-subchannels/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |work=TVNewsCheck |publisher=NewsCheckMedia}}</ref>
|-
! scope = "row" | 35.4 || 42.4
| colspan=2; align="center"|START || [[Start TV]]<ref name=kappkvewsubs/>
|-
! scope = "row" | 35.5 || 42.5
| colspan=2; align="center"|DABL || [[Dabl]]<ref name=kappkvewsubs/>
|-
! scope = "row" | 35.6 || 42.6
| colspan=2; align="center"|QVC || [[QVC]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 35.7 || 42.7
| colspan=2; align="center"|HSN || [[HSN]]
|}

KAPP and KVEW have been digital-only since February 17, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-288530A2.pdf |title=ALL FULL-POWER TELEVISION STATIONS BY DMA, INDICATING THOSE TERMINATING ANALOG SERVICE BEFORE OR ON FEBRUARY 17, 2009. |website=Hraunfoss.fcc.gov |access-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018073839/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-288530A2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Translators===
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|168150|3=K20JL-D}}''' [[Ellensburg]] (translates KAPP)
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|2511|3=K14HT-D}}''' [[Walla Walla, Washington|Walla Walla]] (translates KVEW)

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.applevalleynewsnow.com/ Official website]

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{{Oregon TV}}
{{Morgan Murphy}}

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