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Features Featured article KNXV-TV studios in Phoenix KNXV-TV (channel 15) is a television station affiliated with the ABC network in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. The station launched on September 9, 1979, as an independent station with evening pay subscription television service from ON TV. It was acquired by Scripps in 1985 and served as Phoenix's first affiliate of the then-new Fox network in 1986, becoming one of its strongest affiliates nationally. A multi-market affiliation realignment caused the station to switch from Fox to ABC between 1994 and 1995, in spite of the latter network's reluctance, as part of a deal between ABC and Scripps. During this time, KNXV-TV launched local newscasts, which met with early success before a downturn in the late 1990s and early 2000s; the news department has since recovered, winning a total of three George Foster Peabody Awards. In 2019, Scripps acquired a second Phoenix station, KASW. (Full article...) Recently featured: Jersey Act Wolverton Viaduct Frye Fire Selected anniversaries September 9 John Lennon AD 9 – Germanic Wars: An alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius engaged Roman forces at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, defeating three legions within a few days. 1141 – Yelü Dashi, the Liao general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeated Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan, near Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan. 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: A naval engagement between French and British fleets off the coast of Sumatra ended inconclusively. 1954 – A magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck near Chlef, killing over 1,200 people and forcing the Algerian government to implement comprehensive reforms in building codes. 1971 – Imagine, the second solo album by John Lennon (pictured), was released. Honorius (b. 384) James Clark (d. 1885) Gan Eng Seng (d. 1899) Soňa Červená (b. 1925) More anniversaries: September 8 September 9 September 10 In the news Typhoon Yagi over the South China Sea Typhoon Yagi (satellite image shown) leaves at least 85 people dead in China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 129 people dead. A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, killing all 22 people on board. The Summer Paralympics close in Paris, France. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Pete Wade Cathy Merrick Rich Homie Quan Rebecca Cheptegei Hvaldimir Linda Deutsch Did you know... Pizza served in North Korea ... that Kim Jong Il had Italian chefs flown into Pyongyang to introduce pizza to North Korea (example pictured)? ... that the Church of St John of the Collachium was said to contain the hand of John the Baptist, a bowl used by Jesus, and a piece of the True Cross? ... that LA LOM named many of their songs after various locations in Los Angeles? ... that the Nuwhaha people, despite sometimes being erroneously known as the "Upper Samish", do not speak the Samish language? ... that Betty Hanley, originally a Michigander, was appointed lampshade designer to the British royal family? ... that the spin-off episode of the live-action adaptation of Motokare Retry was written to portray "conversations between men" and "male friendship"? ... that during the 1964 New York World's Fair, police officers used computers at the United States Pavilion to help arrest people? ... that Greenlandic content creator Qupanuk Olsen petitioned the Inatsisartut to move Greenland's time zone to UTC−03:00? ... that many an Xplorer has traversed the rails in Canberra?

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