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KPNX

KPNX (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Mesa, Arizona, United States, serving the Phoenix area as an affiliate of NBC. The station is owned by Tegna Inc., and maintains studios at the Republic Media building on Van Buren Street in downtown Phoenix (which also houses formerly co-owned newspaper The Arizona Republic); its transmitter is located atop South Mountain on the city's south side.

Mesa, Arizona

12News

May 2, 1953 (1953-05-02)

  • KTYL-TV (1953–1954)
  • KVAR (1955–1961)
  • KTAR-TV (1961–1979)

  • Analog: 12 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 36 (UHF, 2000–2009), 12 (VHF, 2009–2021)

DuMont (secondary, 1953–1956)

"Phoenix"

FCC

35486

1,000 kW

535.1 m (1,756 ft)

33°20′0″N 112°3′51″W / 33.33333°N 112.06417°W / 33.33333; -112.06417

www.12news.com

KPNX is also broadcast on satellite station KNAZ-TV (channel 2) in Flagstaff, which formerly was a separate NBC affiliate, and a network of low-power translators across northern and central Arizona.


Channel 12 was the second TV station on the air in the Phoenix area, starting in 1953. Originally established in Mesa itself, it was acquired by Phoenix radio station KTAR (620 AM) in 1954 in a maneuver that ended a contest over channel 3 in Phoenix and was co-owned with that outlet for 25 years. It has been owned by Tegna and its predecessor, Gannett, since 1979, when it became KPNX.

– weathercaster and host of Finn & Friends, 1983–1985[56][57]

Pat Finn

– anchor, 1991–2007[58]

Jineane Ford

– anchor, 1994–1998[59][60]

Kari Lake

– anchor, 1978–1979[61]

Mike Hambrick

– chief meteorologist, 1992–2004[62]

Sean McLaughlin

– sports anchor, 1979–1980[63][64]

Fred Roggin

– investigative reporter, 1980s[65]

Ric Romero

– reporter, 1993–2005[66]

Mary Kim Titla

– reporter, 1978–2009[67]

Rick DeBruhl

Technical information[edit]

Subchannels[edit]

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Official website