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KTXS-TV
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Sweetwater / Abilene, Texas
Branding KTXS 12
Slogan The News Leader
Channels 12 (VHF) analog,
20 (UHF) digital
Translators KTXE-LP (38, UHF) San Angelo, Texas
Affiliations ABC
Owner Bluestone Television
Founded
Call letters meaning K Texas
Website ktxs.com

KTXS-TV is the ABC television affiliate service the Abilene and Sweetwater, Texas viewing area. The station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 12 (or channel 4 on Cable, Sattelite, and Digital Cable) from a broadcasting tower near Trent, Texas.

KTXS also has a low powered repeater, KTXE-LP channel 38 in San Angelo, Texas.

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[edit] History

KTXS began as a CBS affiliate with the call letters KPAR in January of 1956. The station's first studio was built in Sweetwater; broadcasts from this location included a six o'clock newscast. Ten years later, the station was moved to its current location in north Abilene. Subsequently, the call letters were changed to KTXS. The station became Abilene's primary ABC affiliate in 1979 when KTAB Channel 32 signed on the air and took over as Abilene's CBS affiliate.

[edit] The News Leader

According to Nielsen Media Research, KTXS has been a perennial ratings leader for morning and weekend newscasts; however, for ratings-period February 2006, the station's ten o'clock news broadcast was top-rated for the first time in the program's history.

The KTXS news team is led by longtime 6 & 10 anchor Wayne McCormick.

[edit] The CW

Beginning in September of 2006, KTXS started broadcasting the shows of the new CW Television Network on its digital channel 20.

[edit] News Staff

News
News Director, Iain Munro
Assignments Editor, George Levesque
News Anchor, Wayne McCormick
News Anchor, Braid Sharp
News Anchor/Reporter, Lacie Lowry
Morning Anchor, Laura Madison
Weekend Anchor/Reporter,Melissa Newton
Weekend Anchor/Reporter, Cam Tran
Reporter, Gilbert Corsey
Reporter KTES (Telemundo) Anchor, Gabriella Gonzales
Exec. Producer, Kristina Cooke
Reporter/Producer, Jessica Weber
Nightside Producer, Patricia Sauceda
Morning Producer, Johnathan Eaves
Chief Photographer, Scott Martin
Photographer, Joe Fry
Photographer, Bryan Clemmer
Studio Crew, Nick Hester
Studio Crew, Brandi Martinez

Storm Team 12
Chief Meteorologist, Damon Lane
Meteorologist, Andrew LaFavers
Meteorologist, Chad Garneau

Sports Department
Sports Director, Mark Rogers
Weekend Sports, Lesley Floyd
Sports Reporter, Ruben Gonzalez

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Broadcast television in the Abilene / Sweetwater market (Nielsen DMA #164)

K07UF 7 (Ind) - KRBC 9 (NBC) - KTXS 12 (ABC, The CW on DT2) - KXVA 15 (FOX) - KPCB 17 (GLC) - KTAB 32 (CBS) - KTES-LP 40 (TMD) - KIDZ-LP 42 (MNTV) - KPTC-LP 58 (TBN)
Broadcast television available on cable only:

KERA 13 (PBS)


Broadcast television in the San Angelo market (Nielsen DMA #197)

KSAN 3 (NBC) - KIDY 6 (FOX) - KLST 8 (CBS) - KEUS-LP 31 (UNI) - KTXE-LP 38 (ABC) - KANG-CA 41 (Telefutura) - K45HW 45 (Multimedios) - KKCP-LP 50 (GLC)
Local cable television channels

KWSA Cable 14 (The CW)
Widely available broadcast signals from other markets:

Dallas/Fort Worth: WFAA 8 (ABC) - KERA 13 (PBS)
ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

KMID 2 (Midland) - KIII 3 (Corpus Christi) - KRGV 5 (Weslaco) - KLTV 7 / KTRE 9 (Tyler / Lufkin) - KVIA 7 (El Paso) - KVII 7 (Amarillo) - WFAA 8 (Dallas) - KBMT 12 (Beaumont) - KSAT 12 (San Antonio) - KTXS 12 / KTXE 38 (Sweetwater / San Angelo) - KTRK 13 (Houston) - KVUE 24 (Austin) -
KAVU 25 (Victoria) - KXXV 25 / KRHD 40 (Waco / Bryan) - KAMC 28 (Lubbock)
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, i, Religious, Independent, Home Shopping and Other Spanish stations in Texas
CW Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

KCWX 2 (Fredericksburg/San Antonio) - KFDM-DT 6.2 (Beaumont) - KAUZ-DT 6.2 (Wichita Falls) - KRIS-DT 6.2 (Corpus Christi) - KVIA-DT 7.2 (El Paso)
KVII-DT 7.2 (Amarillo) - KTEN-DT 10.2 (Ada, OK/Sherman) - KWTX-DT 10.2 / KBTX-DT 3.2 (Waco/Bryan) - KTXS-DT 12.2 (Abilene)
"KWSA" 14 (San Angelo, cable-only) - KLCW 22 (Lubbock) - KWWT 30 (Odessa) - KDAF 33 (Dallas) - KHCW 39 (Houston) - KCEB 54 (Longview) - KNVA 54 (Austin)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, i, Religious, Independent, Home Shopping and Other Spanish stations in Texas
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