KRIC

KRIC
Location	Tucson, Arizona
Branding	PBS Tucson
Slogan	Watch, Learn, Be More PBS Tucson
Channel(s)	Digital: 48 (UHF) (to move to 7 (VHF)) Virtual: 7 (PSIP)
subchannel(s)	7.1 PBS-HD 7.2 PBS Kids
Affiliation	PBS
First air date	May 8, 1956
Former call letters	none
Former channel number	Analog: 7 (VHF, 1956–2009)
Former Affiliation	CBS (1956–2014)
Owner	Arizona Public Telecommunications, Inc.

KRIC is a PBS member station that serves the Tucson, AZ market. The station broadcasts on Channel 7.

Logos

KRIC logo from 1995 promoting CBS's You're on CBS campaign

History

KRIC first began in 1956 as a CBS affiliate, it was the third station in Tucson to sign on the air. KRIC was locally owned by Channel 7 of Tucson, Inc. In 1972, the station was purchased by Storer Communications. After 23 years of ownership, KRIC was sold to Cosmos Broadcasting. In 2001, the station was sold again to Gray Television. Gray Television owned KRIC until 2014 when KRIC became a PBS member station and was sold to Arizona Public Telecommunications.

Newscast Titles

• Your Esso Reporter (1956–1968)
• NewsTeam 7 (1968–1977)
• NewsCenter 7 (1977–1983)
• KRIC News (1983–1990)
• KRIC 7 News (1990–1993)
• News 7 (1993–1999)
• Channel 7 News (1999–2003)
• CBS 7 News (2003–2014)
• PBS 7 News Power by. CBS 5

News Themes

• KRIC 1956 News Theme - Unknown (1956–1962)
• KRIC 1962 News Theme - Unknown (1962–1968)
• Beethoven's 5th Symphony Electronic Sounder (1968–1976)
• Home Country - Mayoham Music (1976–1979)
• Tuesday1 - Tuesday Productions (1979–1987)
• Tuesday16 - Tuesday Productions (1987–1991)
• Turn To News - Gari Media (1991–1996)
• Advantage - Gari Media (1996–2000)
• News In Focus - John Heger Music (2000–2007)
• The CBS Enforcer Music Collection - Gari Media (2007–2014)
• CBS(O&O) 2014-

Programming Schedule from 1997-1998 (WIP)

	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN
5:30 am	CBS Morning News
6:00 am	News 7 This Morning
6:30 am
7:00 am	CBS This Morning
7:30 am
8:00 am
8:30 am
9:00 am	Maury
9:30 am
10:00 am	The Price is Right
10:30 am
11:00 am	The Young and the Restless
11:30 am
12:00 pm	News 7 at Noon
12:30 pm	The Bold and the Beautiful
1:00 pm	As the World Turns
1:30 pm
2:00 pm	Guiding Light
2:30 pm
3:00 pm	Ricki Lake
3:30 pm
4:00 pm	Grace Under Fire
4:30 pm	Cheers
5:00 pm	News 7 at Five
5:30 pm	CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
6:00 pm	News 7 at Six
6:30 pm	Frasier
7:00 pm
7:30 pm
8:00 pm
8:30 pm
9:00 pm
9:30 pm
10:00 pm
10:30/10:35 pm
11:00 pm
11:30/11:35 pm
12:00/12:05 am
12:30/12:35 am
1:00/1:07 am
1:30/1:37 am
2:00/2:07 am
2:30 am
3:00/3:07 am
3:30 am
4:00 am
4:30 am
5:00 am

Ownership History

• Channel 7 of Tucson, Inc. (1956–1972)
• Storer Communications (1972–1995)
• Cosmos Broadcasting (1995–2001)
• Gray Television (2001–2014)
• Arizona Public Telecommunications, Inc. (2015–present)

Website History

• www.kric7.com (1996–2003)
• www.cbs7kric.com (2003-2014)
• www.pbstucson.org (2015–present)