A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
75-652: KNIN-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Caldwell, Idaho , United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Boise area. The station is owned by Marquee Broadcasting . KNIN-TV's transmitter is located at the Bogus Basin ski area summit in unincorporated Boise County , with its technical and news operations based out of the studios of Sinclair Broadcast Group –owned KBOI-TV (channel 2) on North 16th Street in Boise under
150-513: A barter in some cases. Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a city in and the county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana , United States. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 census , it is Indiana's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne , the most populous city in Southern Indiana , and the 249th-most populous city in the United States. It is
225-641: A campus in Evansville. Other local educational institutions include the nationally ranked Signature School , the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library , and the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation . There has been a continuous human presence in the area that became Evansville from at least 8,000 BC by Paleo-Indians . Archaeologists have identified several archaic and ancient sites in and near Evansville, with
300-440: A facilities and services agreement. The station signed on at the end of 1992 as KHDT-TV. Originally airing home shopping programming, the station raised its profile by affiliating with UPN in 1995. It then became a full-time general-entertainment station the next year under new KNIN-TV call letters. Journal Broadcast Group , then-owner of ABC affiliate KIVI-TV , acquired KNIN-TV in 2009 after appealing an FCC decision denying
375-703: A fish consumption advisory for fish from the Ohio River based on PCB contamination. The recommended consumption limit for most fish, including carp , striped bass and flathead catfish is no more than 8 oz. per month, but for channel catfish , the recommendation is only 8oz every two months. Six very large coal-fired power plant complexes operate within 30 miles of Evansville: Indiana-Michigan Power 's Rockport Generating Station , near Rockport, Indiana , AES Indiana 's Petersburg Generating Station near Petersburg , and Duke Energy 's Gibson Generating Station near Mount Carmel . Evansville-based Vectren operates
450-408: A maximum temperature of 90 °F (32 °C) or above and 17 days with a maximum at or below freezing; the mean first and last freeze dates are October 26 and April 7, resulting in a frost-free period of 201 days. Extreme temperatures range from −23 °F (−31 °C) on February 2, 1951, up to 111 °F (44 °C) on July 28, 1930; the record cold maximum of −3 °F (−19 °C)
525-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in
600-634: A steady pace of economic diversification and stability. On December 6, 2022, in recognition of the city's massive production efforts during World War II, it was announced that Evansville had been designated Indiana's American World War II Heritage City by the National Park Service . The Evansville metropolitan area , the 142nd largest in the United States, includes three Indiana counties ( Posey , Vanderburgh , and Warrick ) and two Kentucky counties ( Henderson , and Webster ). The metropolitan area does not include Owensboro, Kentucky , which
675-492: A subchannel of CBS affiliate KBOI-TV . On July 30, 2014, the E. W. Scripps Company announced it would acquire Journal Communications in an all-stock transaction and then spin off both companies' print assets. Originally, KNIN-TV, KIVI-TV and five radio stations were not included in the merger; in September, Journal filed to transfer these stations to Journal/Scripps Divestiture Trust (with Kiel Media Group as trustee). The merger
750-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations
825-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,
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#1732852684891900-434: Is also a regional energy hub because of regional energy-related facilities such as BWX Technologies Nuclear Operations Group, coal mines , Global Blade Technology, several large ethanol and biofuel facilities, and a network of gas and oil pipelines. The city of Evansville offers a tax structure for companies locating inside the Evansville urban enterprise zone. Established in 1984 as one of five enterprise zones in
975-427: Is an adjacent metropolitan area about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Evansville. This area is sometimes referred to as " Kentuckiana ", although it is usually referred to as the “tri-state" by the local media. According to the 2010 census, Evansville has an area of 44.622 square miles (115.57 km ), of which 44.15 square miles (114.35 km ) (or 98.94%) is land and 0.472 square miles (1.22 km ) (or 1.06%)
1050-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around
1125-686: Is dug up from each yard then dumped in a nearby landfill. The work has many more years to go. The U.S. Census accounts for race by two methodologies. "Race alone" and "Race alone less Hispanics" where Hispanics are delineated separately as if a separate race. According to the 2020 U.S. Census , the racial makeup (including Hispanics in the racial counts) was 75.34% (88,374) White alone , 13.65% (16,006) Black alone , 0.31% (362) Native American alone , 1.24% (1,455) Asian alone , 0.51% (596) Pacific Islander alone , 1.97% (2,315) Other Race alone , and 6.98% (8,190) Multiracial or Mixed Race . The racial and ethnic makeup (where Hispanics are excluded from
1200-528: Is home to Bally's Evansville , the state's first casino; Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden , one of the state's oldest and largest zoos; and sports tourism industry . The city has several notable educational institutions. The University of Evansville is a private school on the city's east side, while the University of Southern Indiana is a larger public institution just outside the city's westside limits. The Indiana University School of Medicine also maintains
1275-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually
1350-480: Is water. The city's southern boundary lies on an oxbow in the Ohio River. Most of the city lies in a shallow valley surrounded by low rolling hills. The city's west side is built on these rolling hills and is home to Burdette Park , Mesker Amphitheatre , and Mesker Park Zoo . The eastern portion developed in the valley and is protected by a series of levees that closely follow the path of I-69 . Notable landmarks on
1425-904: The NFL season when Fox has a doubleheader. Marquee retained control over the station's advertising sales and retransmission consent , along with its web presences. The station's signal is multiplexed : KNIN-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 9, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 10, using virtual channel 9. Repeater of KXLY-TV , Spokane, WA Repeater of KREM , Spokane, WA Repeater of KAYU-TV , Spokane, WA Repeater of KHQ-TV , Spokane, WA Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany ,
1500-848: The National Register of Historic Places . Evansville lies within the northern limits of the humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), and straddles the border between USDA plant hardiness zones 6b and 7a. Summers are hot and humid, winters are cold to cool. Average temperatures range from 32.5 °F (0.3 °C) in January to 78.0 °F (25.6 °C) in July. Annual precipitation averages 45.3 inches (1,150 mm), including an average seasonal snowfall of 11.8 inches (30 cm). Evansville winters can range from just 0.5 in (1.3 cm) of snowfall in 2011–12, up to 37.9 in (96 cm) in 1969–70. On average, there are 41 days annually with
1575-461: The Ohio River , the city is often referred to as the "Crescent Valley" or "River City". Early French explorers named it La Belle Rivière ("The Beautiful River"). The area has been inhabited by various indigenous cultures for millennia, dating back at least 10,000 years. Angel Mounds was a permanent settlement of the Mississippian culture from AD 1000 to around AD 1400. The European-American city
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#17328526848911650-401: The Ohio River flood of 1937 covered 500 city blocks in Evansville, resulting in a major crisis. With steamboats less necessary to the local economy, city and federal officials responded to the flood and its destruction by constructing more and higher levees: construction that penned and hid the Ohio River behind a barrier of earthen berms and concrete walls. During World War II , Evansville
1725-481: The University of Southern Indiana also contribute thousands of jobs to the tri-state annually. Evansville's strategic location on the Ohio River , strong rail and highway infrastructure, and its designation as a U.S. Customs Port of Entry , make it an ideal location for the transfer of cargo, including internationally. Chemicals make up 64% of international exports from the metro area, followed by transportation equipment (18%) and food manufacturing (5%). Evansville
1800-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station
1875-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has
1950-573: The tri-state 's major center for the healthcare and medical sciences industries. Deaconess Health System and St. Vincent Evansville (formerly St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center ), including the Deaconess Gateway and Women's Hospital just outside city limits, provide the anchors for a health care system that are among the region's largest employers. Educational institutions such as Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation , Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana , University of Evansville and
2025-523: The 2010 census, there were 117,429 people, 50,588 households, and 28,085 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,659.8 inhabitants per square mile (1,027.0/km ). There were 57,799 housing units at an average density of 1,309.2 per square mile (505.5/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 82.0% White , 12.6% African American , 0.3% Native American , 1.0% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 1.3% from other races , and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.6% of
2100-657: The FCC reversed its decision, allowing the deal to go through. The purchase closed on April 24; some KNIN-TV employees were laid off after the sale. After a dispute involving affiliation fees, Fox announced in May 2011 that it would discontinue its affiliation with KTRV-TV (channel 12) and move its programming to KNIN-TV in September. It was one of two affiliation changes for the same reason made by Fox at that time, along with another in Evansville, Indiana . CW Plus programming moved to KYUU-LP and
2175-511: The South, Catholic Irish coming for canal or railroad work, New England businessmen, Germans fleeing Europe after the 1848 revolutions, and freedmen from western Kentucky. By the 1890 census , Evansville ranked as the 56th-largest urban area in the United States, but it was surpassed in population by other cities in the early 1900s. As the new century began, the city continued to develop to its eastern areas. Manufacturing also took off, particularly in
2250-557: The Treasure Valley, be assured K9-TV will miss it!" The station was operated by Banks Broadcasting by 2000; Banks then purchased the station in 2001. In the wake of the 2006 merger of UPN and The WB into The CW , KNIN-TV became the network's Boise affiliate. On July 1, 2008, Banks Broadcasting announced that it had agreed to sell KNIN to Journal Communications (owner of KIVI and four FM and two AM radio stations), creating Boise's first television duopoly and marking Banks's exit from
2325-627: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in
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2400-573: The air in Vanderburgh County were almost as high as in Manhattan , New York City . A large portion of the downtown and north side areas were declared contaminated by lead and arsenic because of factory dumping dating back to the Civil War. Contractors have been working for more than 20 years to dig up the lawns of residents to make them safe for children to play. About 18 inches of contaminated dirt
2475-531: The air. It was originally owned by William Schuyler, who had put several television stations on the air in California, and was affiliated with the Home Shopping Network ( HSN ). On January 16, 1995, it became a charter UPN affiliate while continuing to air HSN from midnight to 6 p.m. Schuyler sold KHDT-TV in 1996 to Boise Broadcasting, a division of Las Vegas-based Lambert Television. On September 2, 1996,
2550-484: The automobile and refrigeration industries. The Graham brothers, Ray, Robert, and Joseph, got their start with a successful glass factory in Evansville. After they sold it in 1907, the glass factory became Libbey-Owens-Ford. In 1916, seeing the need for a dependable truck, the Graham brothers entered the truck chassis business. Evansville was home to Graham Brothers Trucks from then until 1929. The dependability of Graham trucks
2625-711: The billions," and many other companies switched over to the manufacture of war material. In 1942, an aircraft factory was constructed adjacent to the airport north of the city for the manufacture of the Republic P-47D fighter aircraft, the legendary P-47 Thunderbolt . Evansville produced a total of 6,242 P-47s, almost half of the P-47s made nationally during the war. After the war, Evansville's manufacturing base of automobiles, household appliances, and farm equipment benefited from growing post-war demand. A growing housing demand also caused residential development to leap north and east of
2700-524: The cardinal points, due north–south, and east–west. Thus, anyone entering or leaving downtown finds the street makes a confusing oblique-angle turn in one direction or another. In the 1970s, the city suffered from problems such as decreased economic activity and suburban flight, but city-sponsored revitalization has improved downtown conditions. The business district and riverfront feature land-based casino gambling, restaurants, bars, and shops that attract tens of thousands of visitors each year. Although much of
2775-494: The central city of the Evansville metropolitan area , a hub of commercial, medical, and cultural activity of southwestern Indiana and the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area , which is home to over 911,000 people. The 38th parallel north crosses the north side of the city and is marked on Interstate 69 immediately north of its junction with Indiana 62 within the city's east side. Situated on an oxbow in
2850-752: The city include Alcoa in Newburgh , AK Steel in Rockport , SABIC in Mount Vernon , and Toyota in Princeton . Other major employers with workforces of 500 or more in the area include AT&T , Bristol-Myers Squibb , SRG Global , Industrial Contractors , Mead Johnson , Peabody Energy , PGW Pittsburgh Glass, T.J. Maxx , and Bally's Evansville . Evansville was the headquarters of natural gas and electric utility Vectren from its 2000 founding to its 2019 merger into CenterPoint Energy . Evansville has emerged as
2925-812: The city was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. Evansville is the regional center for a large trade area in Indiana , Kentucky , and Illinois . The largest industry sectors in size in Evansville are healthcare, finance, education, and manufacturing. Other major industries by employment are energy, warehousing and distribution, and retail. Corporate headquarters in Evansville include Accuride , Ameriqual Group, Anchor Industries, Atlas Van Lines , Berry Global , Evana Tool & Engineering, Karges Furniture , Koch Enterprises, Lewis Bakeries, Metronet, Old National Bank , Red Spot Paint & Varnish, Shoe Carnival , OneMain Financial , and Traylor Brothers. Major manufacturing operations near
3000-412: The city. However, between 1955 and 1963, a nationwide recession hit Evansville. Among other closures, Servel (which produced refrigerators) went out of business and Chrysler ended its local operations. The economy was saved from near total collapse by 28 businesses that moved into the area, including Whirlpool , Alcoa , and General Electric . During the final third of the 20th century, Evansville became
3075-553: The creek an industrial corridor. The land comprising the former town of Lamasco was platted in 1837 and was annexed in 1870. Evansville's economy received a boost in the early 1830s when Indiana unveiled plans to build the longest canal in the world , a 400-mile ditch to connect the Great Lakes at Toledo, Ohio with the inland rivers at Evansville. The project was intended to open Indiana to commerce and improve transportation from New Orleans to New York City . The project bankrupted
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3150-542: The early twentieth century with the production of lumber and the manufacturing of furniture. By 1920, Evansville had more than two dozen furniture companies. In the decades of the 1920s and 1930s, city leaders attempted to improve Evansville's transportation position and successfully lobbied to be on the Chicago-to-Miami "Dixie Bee Highway" ( U.S. Highway 41 ). A bridge was built across the Ohio River in 1932 and in that same decade steps were taken to develop an airport. But
3225-592: The east side are the 240-acre (1.0 km ) Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve and the Angel Mounds State Historic Site, just southeast of Evansville, between Evansville and Newburgh . For more details on this topic, see List of tallest buildings in Evansville Evansville's original downtown plat was made on about 200 acres, with streets running parallel to the river from northwest to southeast. Other streets nearby were later laid out on
3300-528: The first Europeans to come to the area, using Vincennes as a base of operations for fur trading. As a testament to the Ohio River's grandeur, early French explorers named it La Belle Rivière ("The Beautiful River"). The land encompassing Evansville was formally relinquished by the Delaware in 1805 to General William Henry Harrison , then governor of the Indiana Territory . The city of Evansville, Indiana
3375-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of
3450-403: The hub of the tri-state region's commercial, medical, and service industries. A 1990s economic spurt was fueled by the growth of the University of Southern Indiana . The arrival of giant Toyota and AK Steel manufacturing plants, as well as Casino Aztar (now Bally's), Indiana's first gaming boat, also contributed to the growth of jobs. As the twenty-first century began, Evansville continued in
3525-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at
3600-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on
3675-416: The most complex at Angel Mounds . This was built and occupied from about AD 900 to about AD 1600, just before the arrival of Europeans to North America. Following the abandonment of Angel Mounds between the years 1400 and 1450, tribes of the historic Miami , Shawnee , Piankeshaw , Wyandot , Delaware and other Native American peoples were known to be in the area. French hunters and trappers were among
3750-443: The other two; the A. B. Brown Generating Station , located just west of Evansville, and Warrick County Generating Station / F. B. Culley Generating Station complex, east of Newburgh , largely owned by Alcoa . In addition, another coal fired power plant complex, The R.D. Green Station, operated by Touchstone Energy 's Big Rivers Electric, exists 20 miles south of Evansville, near Sebree, Kentucky . The levels of fine particles in
3825-694: The outer city's architecture is typical suburban design, the city's downtown district retains early twentieth-century architecture. A few blocks east of the main business district is the Riverside district , featuring tree-lined brick streets full of turn of the twentieth-century homes. The Reitz Home Museum is one of the finest examples of French second empire architecture in the United States. Other homes nearby feature similar character and design and include Italianate , Colonial Revival , and Renaissance Revival styles. Evansville has thirteen neighborhoods that have qualified as historic districts and are listed on
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#17328526848913900-443: The population. There were 50,588 households, of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.8% were married couples living together, 15.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.5% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
3975-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be
4050-456: The purchase. Two years later, in the wake of a dispute between Fox and its then-affiliate, KTRV-TV , KNIN-TV replaced it as Boise's Fox affiliate. When the E. W. Scripps Company merged with Journal in 2015, it could not acquire the KNIN-TV license, which was transferred to Raycom Media and later Gray Television while Scripps continued to provide services and local news programming. Gray traded
4125-450: The racial counts and placed in their own category) was 74.18% (87,008) White alone (non-Hispanic) , 13.50% (15,834) Black alone (non-Hispanic) , 0.23% (273) Native American alone (non-Hispanic) , 1.23% (1,438) Asian alone (non-Hispanic) , 0.50% (590) Pacific Islander alone (non-Hispanic) , 0.48% (558) Other Race alone (non-Hispanic) , 5.62% (6,589) Multiracial or Mixed Race (non-Hispanic) , and 4.27% (5,008) Hispanic or Latino . As of
4200-482: The site of a new courthouse in 1891. The era of Evansville's greatest growth occurred in the second half of the 19th century, following the disruptions of the Civil War . The city was a major stop for steamboats along the Ohio River, and it was the home port for a number of companies engaged in trade via the river. Coal mining, manufacturing, and hardwood lumber was a major source of economic activity. By 1900, Evansville
4275-474: The state and was so poorly engineered that it would not hold water. By the time the Wabash and Erie Canal was finished in 1853, Evansville's first railroad, Evansville & Crawfordsville Railroad , was opened to Terre Haute. The expansion of railroads in this territory had made the canal obsolete. Only two flat barges ever made the entire trip. The canal basin at Fifth and Court street in downtown Evansville became
4350-558: The state, the 2.1-square-mile (5.4 km ) area offers inventory tax credits and other tax credits to eligible businesses. Historic Bosse Field , a 7,180-seat baseball stadium in Garvin Park, was built in 1915 and is the third-oldest ballpark still in regular use in the United States. It is surpassed only by Fenway Park (1912) in Boston and Wrigley Field (1914) in Chicago. The Ford Center
4425-412: The station dropped most of its home shopping programming for a general-entertainment independent lineup and became a dual affiliate of UPN and The WB . In commercials, the station's mascot was Boise DJ Brad Rowen under the alias "Rot Wyler", fitting with the "canine" pronunciation of the call sign; the station's website called him "Idaho's most misunderstood no news anchor" and promised, "If there's news in
4500-410: The station to Marquee Broadcasting in exchange for television properties serving Macon, Georgia , in 2023. KIVI ceased to provide the newscasts at that time, with Marquee contracting with KBOI-TV to provide its news output and technical services. The station signed on December 28, 1992, as KHDT-TV, airing an analog signal on VHF channel 9. The launch allowed KHDT-TV to beat a year-end deadline to get on
4575-480: The television business. However, it was unclear how Journal was going to justify the purchase to the FCC because Boise had too few unique station owners to permit a duopoly. While the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) initially rejected the application on November 10, 2008, stating Journal had not successfully shown that KNIN-TV was a "failing station" that could be rolled into a duopoly, shortly afterward, Banks Broadcasting filed an appeal, and on January 16, 2009,
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#17328526848914650-399: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines
4725-411: Was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.91. Median household income was $ 36,330 (2016), with the per capita income being $ 21,368 (2016). Poverty level was 21.7%. The median age in the city was 36.5 years. 22.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 11.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26% were from 25 to 44; 25.8% were from 45 to 64, and 14.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of
4800-478: Was a major center of industrial production which helped revive the regional economy after the Great Depression . A huge, 45-acre shipyard complex was constructed on the riverfront east of St. Joseph Avenue for the production of oceangoing LSTs ( Landing Ship-Tanks ). The Evansville Shipyard was the nation's largest inland producer of LSTs. The Plymouth factory was converted into a plant which turned out "bullets by
4875-554: Was added in August 2014. Upon acquiring the station from Gray, Marquee initially investigated staffing its own newsroom for KNIN-TV, going as far as to post job openings, but it opted instead to contract with KBOI-TV for technical services and newscasts beginning in October 2023. KBOI retained the 7 a.m. morning newscast on weekdays and the 9 p.m. news hour seven nights a week; the agreement also calls for early evening newscasts on weekends during
4950-491: Was completed on April 1, 2015, and Kiel Media Group assumed the operations of the license; Scripps retained KIVI-TV and the radio stations. On May 7, 2015, Raycom Media agreed to purchase KNIN-TV for $ 14.5 million; Scripps then entered into a shared services agreement to allow KIVI to continue to provide services to KNIN-TV, the second such agreement between Scripps and Raycom after one in West Palm Beach, Florida . The sale
5025-524: Was completed on October 1, 2015. Raycom Media merged with Gray Television in January 2019. Gray Television announced on February 15, 2023, that it would trade KNIN-TV to Marquee Broadcasting in exchange for Marquee's WPGA-TV serving the Macon, Georgia , market. The station swap would complete a key objective for Gray by giving it a full-service station in every market in Georgia, the company's home state. The swap
5100-525: Was consummated on May 1, 2023. Following Journal's acquisition of KNIN-TV, the station began airing a half-hour local newscast at 9 p.m. from the KIVI-TV newsroom. The newscast was extended to a full hour and to seven nights a week when KNIN-TV became the Fox affiliate in September 2011; Journal expanded the KIVI-TV news operation with 10 new staffers. An hour-long extension to KIVI-TV's morning show, Good Morning Idaho ,
5175-515: Was designated as the county seat on January 7, 1818. The county was named for Henry Vanderburgh, a deceased chief judge of the Indiana Territorial Supreme Court. Evansville became a thriving commercial town with a river trade, and the town began to expand outside of its original footprint. Evansville's west side was for many years cut off from the city's main part by Pigeon Creek and the factories that developed along it, making
5250-497: Was due in part to their use of Torbensen internal gear drive rear axles. In 1921, after the death of both Dodge brothers, Graham Brothers started selling 1.5 ton pickups through Dodge dealers. (Dodge did not manufacture trucks at the time). These vehicles had Graham chassis and some Dodge parts. Dodge Brothers bought a controlling interest in Graham Brothers in 1925, picking up the rest in 1926. The city saw exponential growth in
5325-412: Was founded in 1812 and incorporated in 1817. It is situated on an oxbow in the Ohio River , and is often referred to as the "Crescent Valley" or "River City". On March 27, 1812, Hugh McGary Jr. purchased about 441 acres and named it "McGary's Landing". In 1814, to attract more people, McGary renamed his village "Evansville" in honor of Colonel Robert Morgan Evans . Evansville incorporated in 1817 and
5400-493: Was founded in 1812. Evansville anchors a regional economic hub based primarily on trade, transportation, and utilities; professional and business services; education and health services; government; leisure and hospitality; and manufacturing. Two NYSE -listed companies ( Berry Global and OneMain Financial ) are headquartered in Evansville, and three companies traded on NASDAQ ( Escalade , Old National Bank , and Shoe Carnival ) are also headquartered in Evansville. Evansville
5475-599: Was one of the world's largest hardwood furniture centers, with 41 factories employing approximately 2,000 workers. Railroads eventually became more important and in 1887 the L&;N Railroad constructed a bridge across the Ohio River. Along with a major rail yard southwest of Evansville in Howell, which was annexed in 1916 and completed the city's counterclockwise march around the horseshoe bend. Throughout this period, Evansville's main ethnic groups consisted of Protestant Scotch-Irish from
5550-735: Was set on January 20, 1985 and December 22, 1989, while, conversely, the record warm minimum of 82 °F (28 °C) was last reached July 8, 1980. In August 2018, the mayor of Evansville sent a letter to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORVWSO) opposing a proposal to eliminate pollution control standards for the Ohio River. Evansville is located downstream from the river's origin. Sources of pollution that affect water quality include agricultural runoff , raw sewage discharges from combined sewer overflows , and toxic chemicals released by companies with water pollution permits . The state of Indiana issues
5625-674: Was the first regular television service in the world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content
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