KETV Owned Hearst Argyle

Presently, owned by Hearst-Argyle Television, KETV, channel 7 is the ABC affiliate in Omaha, Nebraska. The stations studios are located near 27th and Douglas in downtown Omaha while the transmitter tower is located on a tower farm near North 72nd and Crown Point.

Its origin dates back to 1957 as Omahas third television station. Although it was founded by construction mogul Peter Kiewit, Jr, from 1963-76, it was co-owned with the Omaha World-Herald. In 1976, KETV sold the station to Pulitzer Broadcasting Company who ultimately sold its entire broadcasting division to Hearst-Argyle Television.

Since 2000, KETV has newscasts have been known as News watch 7. In November 2006, KETV toppled WOWT (a Gray Television station) to become numero uno for local news in Omaha, after the two stations fought keenly for supremacy. From the early 80s KETV NewsWatch 7 has been popular for its weekly Crimestoppers segments and has been responsible for the arrest and conviction of more than 1000 criminals.

KETV also runs a webpage called 7 Can Help that is engaged in social service to the community through financial grants, high utility bill relief, and services for area children. In October 1996, KETV started telecasting all its local newscasts from a working newsroom called The Newsplex whose multi-million dollar broadcast facility can boast of state-of-the-art standards.

In February 2006, KETV decided to reformat its investigative unit in an endeavor to include more in-dept stories and re-launched it as the NewsWatch 7 I Team. KETV was the pioneer in having live weather radar at its station as well as having a full time meteorologist in the 70s. In July, 2006, it started its 24-hours local weather channel.

A prominent KETV alumnus includes John Coleman and Charlie Martin (Known as Charlie Levy outside of Omaha) both of whom worked as chief meteorologists during different times.

It was Coleman who later launched The Weather Channel in 1982. Around that same time, Charlie Martin left KETV for TWC to become one of the cable channel's first on camera meteorologists. In July, 2003, KETVs transmitter tower collapsed while adding a digital television antenna. Although none was injured as the incident took place late at night, the station was compelled to broadcast from their shorter auxiliary tower for over a year. A new transmitter was erected in 2004 at the site where the old transmitter had been.

Popular shows on KETV include The Rachael Ray Show, Access Hollywood, The Montel Williams Show, Judge Judy, and Wheel of Fortune among others. KETV's nearest sister stations are CBS affiliate KCCI-TV channel 8 in Des Moines, Iowa, and fellow ABC affiliate KMBC-TV channel 9 in Kansas City, Missouri. The logo of KETV is their variation of a widely prevalent Circle 7 logo. Wikipedia

KETV Owned Hearst Argyle

I am Legend Movie By Frank Lawrence

The original story of the grand movie I am Legend was written by Richard Matheson and was published in 1954. It was adapted to screen twice in the form of The Last Man on Earth and The Omega Man. Now the novel which is described by some as the best science fiction story ever gets adapted to a film of the same name starring Will Smith and will be released on 14th December. It has been directed by Frank Lawrence.

Expectations set on the movie I am Legend will be high and it will be keenly watched by critics worldwide as both of the earlier adaptations could not be up to the mark. Producer and co-writer Avika Goldsman says that the movie is a hybrid between the original story and the 1971 screen adaptation of the story The Omega Man. The film hit the news recently this November when as late as November 18th it was reported that the ending of the movie is being re-shot.

I am Legend adapts the main theme from the original story. It depicts Will Smith as the lone human survivor on Earth in the year 2012. The rest of humanity has been converted to vampire bats by strange plague that gets spread by a germ borne on dust storms resulting from an apparent nuclear war. Will Smith plays the character of Robert Neville who is a brilliant scientist and is immune to the disease due to the bite of a Panamanian vampire bat years before. Now his immune blood is the only hope for humanity and its survival.

There are chilling moments in I am Legend when Smith rides through an abandoned and empty city of New York alone in a fancy car along with his only companion, a German-shepherd dog. We find him speaking to himself and wandering through the city. The film cuts back and forth between the beginning of the plague in the year 2012 and works nicely to build the tension at the time of apocalypse and in the post apocalyptic period.

The real put down to the movie is the horrible CGI visual effects and graphics that have designed the monsters into non believable ones and that does not at all look real. The next let down is the ending. In Franks adaptation of I am Legend, the end was first wrapped up in an unconvincing manner and then the studio decided to re shoot it with more action packed adventure. Shocktillyoudrop

I am Legend Movie By Frank Lawrence