KYTX

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KYTX
Nacogdoches / Tyler / Longview, Texas
Branding	CBS 19
Slogan	The EYE of East Texas and Your Local News Leader!
Channels	19 (UHF) analog, 18 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS/IND (Independent "MyTexasTV" on DTV Channel 19.2)
Owner	Max Media of East Texas, LLC.
Founded	2004
Call letters meaning	TYler, TeXas or EYE of East TeXas
Former affiliations	NBC
Website	www.cbs19.tv

KYTX (CBS 19) is a television station based in Tyler, Texas, operating on analog UHF channel 19 and digital UHF 18. The CBS affiliate, owned by Max Media of East Texas LLC, serves a swath of East Texas, including Tyler, Jacksonville, Lufkin and Nacogdoches. It is the first East Texas station to broadcast in high-definition.

Contents 1 History 2 Newscasts 2.1 Stormy, the Weather Dog 3 My Texas TV 4 New Reality Show Pitch 5 Station slogans 6 External links

[edit] History

The station began broadcasting in 1991 as KLSB, a Lufkin/Nacogdoches NBC affiliate simulcasting programming from Tyler sister station KETK. Max Media purchased the station in 2003, relocating its offices to Tyler and signing an affiliation agreement with CBS. KLSB moved to a low-powered transmitter broadcasting on channel 53.

On April 12, 2004, KYTX signed on from the KLSB tower. The station began broadcasting from its new tower near New Summerfield in July 2004.

In most of the Tyler/Longview/Nacogdoches market's cable systems, KYTX replaced Dallas-area CBS affiliate KTVT. For its first few months, KYTX simulcast KTVT's nightly news while building its own local news department.

[edit] Newscasts

In August 2004, KYTX began airing a local newscast, "CBS 19 Eyewitness News." The station started with weekday newscasts at 6 a.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., and weekend newscasts at 10 p.m.; the "Eye at 5" 5 p.m. newscast was added in 2005.

CBS 19 has recently launched a new 6:30 - 7:00pm show: "CBS 19 Eyewitness News: Longview/Kilgore Edition". The newscast is similar to a previously attempted Longview-centered newscast on KFXK Fox 51.

[edit] Stormy, the Weather Dog

Stormy, a dog adopted from the Humane Society of Smith County in late 2005, serves as the station's de facto mascot, "assisting" Chief Meteorologist Doc Deason with his weekday weather forecasts. The idea was inspired by a similar mascot at Houston station KPRC. Viewers named the dog in a poll, and Stormy made his first appearance on November 3, 2005. Sales of "Stormy's Dog-gone Goodwill Dog Cookies" featuring the dog benefit area humane societies and Goodwill Industries chapters.

[edit] My Texas TV

On January 1, 2006, KYTX assumed the UPN affiliation from KCEB and began carrying the UPN network signal for the Tyler/Longview market as a subchannel on channel 18.2 of its DTV signal.

After UPN and The WB announced their merger in January 2006, KCEB was awarded affiliation for the new CW network.

In September 2006, UPN 18 became "MYTX: My Texas TV", not to be confused with My Network TV. This station launched as being an independent station for Sports, Comedy, and Entertainment. The schedule currently consists of simulcasts of their newscasts, along with the CBS programs The Price is Right and The Young and the Restless. In addition, the reruns carried prior to the switch have been shuffled around on the schedule.

[edit] New Reality Show Pitch

KYTX pitched a new reality show with a former International model coming to town to anchor the news in the Spring of 2006. Apparently, the networks had some interest and the pitch reel was available online, but later removed. After the clip surfaced on famed YouTube and word spread in Tyler, there has been no mention of the new reality show. Rumors were that it was to air in the Fall, but the show was never announced on the network fall lineups, and as of the present, has not been announced for midseason, either.

[edit] Station slogans

• The EYE of East Texas (2004-present)
• Your Local News Leader! (2005-Present)

[edit] External links

• www.cbs19.tv
• Pictures of Ch. 19's news set at SetStudio.com
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KYTX

UPN Network Affiliates in the state of Texas
KCWX 2 (Fredericksburg / Austin / San Antonio) - KFDA-DT 9.2 (Amarillo) - KMYL-LP 14 (Lubbock) - KYTX-DT 18.2 (Nacogdoches) - KTXH 20 (Houston) - KXII-DT 20.2 (Sherman) - KTOV-LP 21 (Corpus Christi) - KTXA 21 (Fort Worth) - KOSA-DT 31.2 (Odessa) - KJBO-LP 35 (Wichita Falls) - KXTS-LP 41 (Victoria) - KWTX-DT 53.2 / KBTX-DT 50.2 (Waco / Bryan) - KIDZ-LP 54 (Abilene) - KUIL-LP 64 (Beaumont)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, PBS, WB, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, i, Religious, Independent and Other Spanish stations in Texas