KTVT

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KTVT
Fort Worth / Dallas, Texas
Branding	CBS 11
Slogan	CBS 11 is Always On, Coverage You Can Count On
Channels	11 (VHF) analog, 19 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS (Since 1995)
Owner	CBS Corporation
Founded	1955
Call letters meaning	K Television for Texans
Former callsigns	KFJZ-TV (1955-1960)
Former affiliations	Independent (1955-1995)
Transmitter Power	316 kW/520.5 m (analog) 565 kW/500 m (digital)
Website	www.cbs11tv.com

KTVT, channel 11, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station based in Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth designated market area. The station is co-owned with independent station KTXA (channel 21), and the two stations share facilities in Fort Worth and Dallas. Prior to joining CBS in 1995, KTVT was the leading independent station in the Dallas-Fort Worth market.

KTVT has two buildings in the Metroplex: one is located in North Dallas, and is sometimes used for filming; the other, which houses its main news studio, is located in Fort Worth. The station's transmitter is located in Cedar Hill.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Logos 2 Newscasts 2.1 Anchor Lineups 2.2 Reporters 3 Newscast Titles 4 Station Slogans 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

The station signed on in 1955 as KFJZ-TV, the Metroplex's first independent station. In 1960, the station's original owners sold channel 11 to NAFI Corporation (who also owned Chris-Craft Industries at the time), who changed the call letters to the current KTVT.

The Oklahoma City-based WKY Television System, a subsidiary of Oklahoma Publishing Company, purchased KTVT in 1971. Oklahoma Publishing would later rename its broadcasting arm Gaylord Broadcasting. Under Gaylord's watch, channel 11 became the leading independent station, carrying a broad range of cartoons, off-network sitcoms and westerns, drama shows, movies, and public affairs programming. KTVT was further aided in its status as it was a VHF station, whereas its future competitiors were UHF stations. KTVT's main competitor in the 1970s was KXTX-TV (channel 39), which was owned by the Christian Broadcasting Network and ran a number of religious shows. While the station gained three additional competitors in the 1980s, KTVT was the only independent station that was profitable. It was also the first station in Dallas to offer a primetime newscast, airing at 9:00 p.m.

KTVT's popularity also spread outside of the Metroplex, as the station became one of the first superstations. Following in the footsteps of Atlanta's WTBS, Chicago's WGN-TV, and WOR-TV in New York City, KTVT broadcast its signal via satellite to many rural areas and urban cable providers across the country, specifically throughout the southwestern United States.

Channel 11 was also the flagship station of World Class Championship Wrestling, a highly-popular Dallas pro wrestling organization, and aired a two-hour Saturday night wrestling program titled Championship Sports.

In July 1995, New World Communications acquired CBS affiliate KDFW-TV (channel 4), which then took the Fox affiliation. CBS found itself without an affiliate in the Metroplex, and as a result approached Gaylord for an affiliation. The two parties came to an agreement, and KTVT became the market's new CBS affiliate. As such, CBS was able to remain on VHF in the Metroplex. In many markets where New World owned the CBS affiliate, CBS had to affiliate with (and in the case of Detroit, purchase) a UHF station -- and the same thing happened with NBC in Kansas City, Missouri (see KSHB-TV) and ABC in 3 other markets: St. Louis (see KDNL-TV), the Piedmont Triad (see WXLV-TV), and Birmingham (see WBMA-LP); although in the latter 2 markets, Fox bought the former ABC affiliate directly.

By the time KTVT got used to being the new CBS affiliate, the superstation status was a thing of the past. KTVT added more newscasts and began acquiring local rights to first-run talk and reality shows for its broadcast schedule. Now it carries a high profile syndication lineup with shows such as King World-produced Inside Edition, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune - the latter two formerly aired on WFAA-TV. The station was bought by CBS (also the parent of King World) in 1999, making it a network owned-and-operated station. And at the same time KTXA was picked up by CBS network for ownership, KTVT began to share its studios with KTXA after the latter relocated there from the previous studios in downtown Dallas. (The original KTXA studios were at 1712 Randall Mill Road in Arlington, roughly somewhere in the parking lot of the current Ballpark at Arington).

Of note, KTVT (and sister stations KCBS-TV Los Angeles and WBBM-TV Chicago) is one of few CBS affiliates in the Central, Mountain or Pacific Time Zones to air The Young and the Restless at 11:30 AM instead of 11 AM like most affiliates. This is really the recommended time slot for the soap opera by the network because this reflects the 12:30 PM timeslot that most affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone air the show.

[edit] Logos

KTVT's 1975 logo

KTVT logo from 1999 to 2004. The numeric logo had been in use since KTVT joined CBS in 1995 and during sister KSTW's brief CBS affiliation circa 1996.

KTVT's current news logo

[edit] Newscasts

Since KTVT and KEYE in Austin are the only two CBS-owned stations in Texas, the end of the newscast taglines read "CBS Stations Group of Texas, Ltd. Partnership."

Currently, KTVT battles WFAA-TV for second place in the Metroplex's newscast ratings, behind KXAS-TV.

[edit] Anchor Lineups

Weekdays

• CBS11 News This Morning - 5-7AM
  • anchored by Doug Dunbar and Shannon Hori, with Julie Bologna on weather and Teresa Frosini with traffic
• CBS11 News at 4PM - 4-4:30PM
  • anchored by Jody Dean and Maria Arita, with Jeff Jamison (Monday and Tuesday) and Kristine Kahanek (Wednesday thru Friday) on weather
• CBS11 News at 5PM - 5-5:30PM
  • anchored by Tracy Rowlett and Karen Borta, with Kristine Kahanek on weather
• CBS11 News at 6PM - 6-6:30PM
  • anchored by Tracy Rowlett and Karen Borta, with Kristine Kahanek on weather and Babe Laufenberg with sports
• CBS11 News at 10PM - 10-10:35PM
  • anchored by Tracy Rowlett and Karen Borta, with Kristine Kahanek on weather and Babe Laufenberg with sports

Saturday

• CBS11 News This Morning - 8-9AM
  • anchored by Sarah Dodd with Jeff Jamison on weather
• CBS11 News at 6PM - 6-6:30PM
  • anchored by Clif Caldwell and Ginger Allen (The Investigators), with Mike Burger on weather and Derek Harper with sports
• CBS11 News at 10PM - 10-10:35PM
  • anchored by Clif Caldwell and Ginger Allen, with Mike Burger on weather and Derek Harper with sports

Sunday

• CBS11 News This Morning - 7-8AM & 10-11AM
  • anchored by Sarah Dodd with Jeff Jamison on weather
• CBS11 News at 5:30PM - 5:30-6PM
  • anchored by Clif Caldwell and Ginger Allen, with Mike Burger on weather and Derek Harper with sports
• CBS11 News at 10PM - 10-10:30PM
  • anchored by Clif Caldwell and Ginger Allen, with Mike Burger on weather and Derek Harper with sports
• The Score with Babe Laufenberg - 10:30-11:00PM
• Blitz: Cowboys/Desperados Report - 11-11:30PM
  • hosted by Babe Laufenberg

[edit] Reporters

• Bennett Cunningham, The Investigators (5, 6, and 10PM)
• Charmaine Blanchard, Fill-In Meteorologist
• Steve Dennis, Sports (6 and 10PM)
• Raquel Eatmon, seen at 4, 5, and 6PM
• Jack Fink, seen evenings
• Bud Gillett
• Eileen Gonzales
• Jay Gormley, seen at 5, 6, and 10PM
• Pam Harris, seen Thursday and Friday evenings
• Mark Johnson
• Bill Jones, Sports
• Tiani Jones
• Dr. Mona Khanna, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Editor
• Stephanie Lucero, seen evenings
• J.D. Miles, seen evenings
• Gina Miller, Sports
• Sandie Newton, Entertainment Reporter (an original anchor on E! as well as host of USA's Hollywood Insider)
• Robbie Owens, seen mornings
• Stella Payne
• Steve Pickett, seen evenings
• Brooke Richie, seen at 5, 6, and 10PM
• Robert Riggs, The Investigators (10PM)
• Mary Stewart
• Joel Thomas
• Beth Wagner, seen mornings

[edit] Newscast Titles

Newswatch Eleven (1990)

The Seven O' Clock News (1990)

The Nine O' Clock News (1992)

11 News (1995-1999 as CBS affiliate)

11 on Eleven at Ten (1995-1998)

CBS 11 News (2000-present)

[edit] Station Slogans

• Channel 11, The Super-Ones (1980's-1995)
• 11News, The Eye of Texas (1995-2000)
• 11News, Looking Out For You (1997-1999)
• CBS 11, The Eye of Texas (2000-2004)
• CBS 11, Reporting the News (2002-2004)
• CBS 11 News, Coverage You Can Count On (2004-present)

[edit] References

• Shannon, Mike (January, 2004). Dallas-Fort Worth TV Station History. The History of Dallas-Fort Worth Radio and Television.

[edit] External links

• KTVT official website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTVT