KATC (TV)
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| KATC | |
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| Lafayette, Louisiana | |
| Branding | KATC TV 3, Acadiana's News Channel |
| Slogan | News That Gets to the Point. |
| Channels | 3 (VHF) analog, 28 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | Evening Post Publishing Company |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Call letters meaning | Acadian Television Corporation (former owner) |
| Website | www.katc.com |
KATC is a television station licensed to Lafayette, Louisiana. The station is owned by Cordillera Communications and is an affiliate of ABC. It began operation in 1962. Its transmitter is located south of Crowley, Louisiana.
[edit] Newscasts
The station produces local news and talk programming, with such shows as Good Morning Acadiana, Triple Overtime and "hard-news" newscasts that air (on weekdays) at 5, 6, and 10 p.m. On Saturdays, the newscasts at 6 and 10 p.m., and on Sundays they air at 5:30 and 10 p.m. The primary news anchors are Hoyt Harris, Julie Kelley, and Marcelle Fontenot. KATC's weather coverage is manned by Chief Meteorologist Rob Perillo and also by Dave Baker and Kari Hall.
[edit] Trivia
The term Acadiana, used to describe the area of South Louisiana that is home to many Cajuns, was coined at this station due to a mistyped invoice which replaced Acadian with Acadiana. (The word actually had been created in the mid-1950s by a Crowley, Louisiana, newspaper that used it solely in reference to Acadia Parish, Louisiana; however, KATC independently coined "Acadiana" in the early 1960s, gave it a new, broader meaning, and popularized it throughout south Louisiana.)
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the Lafayette, LA market (Nielsen DMA #124) | ||
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KATC 3 (ABC) - KPLC 7 (NBC) (NBC Weather Plus on DT2, the Tube on DT3) - KLFY 10 (CBS) - KADN 15 (FOX) - KLFT-CA 21 (TSC) - KDCG-CA 22 (America One/TSC) - KLPB 24 (PBS/LPB) - KAJN-LP 40 / KAGN-LP 31 (Ind) - KLWB 50 (The CW) - KLAF-LP 62 (MNTV) |
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Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations |
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| Local cable television channels | ||
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Cox 4 - Acadiana Open Channel |
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| See also: Broadcast television stations in the Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Alexandria, and New Orleans, Louisiana Markets | ||
| Broadcast television in the Lake Charles market (Nielsen DMA #175) | |||
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KATC 3 (ABC) - KPLC 7 (NBC) - KLFY 10 (CBS) - KFAM-LP 14 (Ind) - KLTL 18 (PBS/LPB) - KVHP 29 (FOX) |
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WBLC (The CW Plus) |
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WBRZ 2 (Baton Rouge) - KATC 3 (Lafayette) - KTBS 3 (Shreveport) - KAQY 11 (Columbia) - WGNO 26 (New Orleans) - KLAX 31 (Alexandria) |
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| See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other Stations in Louisiana | |
