KBTX-TV

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KBTX-TV
Bryan / College Station, Texas
Branding	News 3 CW Bryan/College Station
Slogan	The People You Know. The News You Trust.
Channels	3 (VHF) analog, 50 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS The CW (on digital)
Owner	Gray Television
Founded	May 22, 1957
Call letters meaning	K Bryan TeXas
Former affiliations	UPN (on digital, to 9/2006)
Website	www.kbtx.com

KBTX-TV is the CBS television network affiliate located in Bryan/College Station, Texas. It airs on VHF Channel 3 and is owned by Gray Television. It is a sister station to KWTX-TV in Waco. Its transmitter is located in Carlos, Texas. In its own market, it broadcasts on cable channel 5.

KBTX also offers The CW programming on its digital feed. Prior to September 2006, KBTX offered UPN programming on digital.

KBTX debuted on May 22, 1957 as the first commercial station in the Brazos Valley. It is the only station airing a full schedule of local news for the Bryan/College Station side of the Waco-Temple-Bryan market, airing five live newscasts each weekday from its studios in Bryan. Though ABC affiliate KRHD produces two local newscasts each weekday, its shows are taped at KXXV in Waco, with only a small studio in Bryan. NBC affiliate KCEN-TV airs its newscasts in the area and has a low-power relay in Bryan, KMAY, but rarely covers the Brazos Valley. And Fox affiliate KYLE has its own studios, but is a fulltime satellite of KWKT in Waco, and has no newscasts.

KBTX actively covers Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Milam, Montgomery, Robertson, Walker and Washington Counties. Texas A&M University, Sam Houston State University and Blinn College are in its coverage area.

Contents 1 Operations 2 News Personalities 3 Meteorologists 4 Sports Personalities 5 Trivia 6 Logos 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] Operations

Though identifying as a station in its own right, KBTX is considered a semi-satellite of KWTX. It has most of its internal operations run alongside KWTX, and clears all of KWTX's syndicated programming (although it has some shows not seen on KWTX).

[edit] News Personalities

• Barbara Smith - Anchor, "Brazos Valley This Morning"
• Jon Boaz - Anchor, "Brazos Valley This Morning"
• Brenda Sims - Host, "News 3 at Noon"
• Meredith Stancik - Anchor, "News 3 at Noon"; Reporter
• Crystal Galny - Anchor, "News 3 at Five"
• Joe Brown - Anchor, "News 3 at Six" and "10 at Ten"
• Michelle Peltier - Anchor, "News 3 at Six" and "10 at Ten"
• Chace Murphy - Weekend Anchor
• Steve Fullhart - Reporter
• Pachatta Pope - Reporter
• Kristen Ross - Reporter

As of October 2006

[edit] Meteorologists

• Bob French - Chief Meteorologist
• Shane Motley - Mornings and Noon
• Rodney Harris - Weekends
• Mark Edwards - Fill-in

As of October 2006

[edit] Sports Personalities

• Darryl Bruffett - Sports Director
• Dwayne Parsons - Weekends
• John Wilson - Reporter

As of October 2006

[edit] Trivia

• Eight on-air personalities list that they attended Texas A&M University (Smith, Peltier, Galny, Murphy, French, Motley, Harris, Parsons). Another area university, Sam Houston State University, has three graduates on air at KBTX (Boaz, Bruffett, Wilson).
• Of those who listed the university they attended, only Steve Fullhart and Shane Motley attended school outside the state of Texas. Fullhart got his BA from Indiana University Bloomington, while Motley attended the University of California, Davis for his BA. Motley did attend A&M for his graduate studies.
• Barbara Smith and Joe Brown both worked at KBTX, left to work for the City of Bryan (as well as other jobs), then came back to the station.
• Joe Brown, Crystal Galny, Jon Boaz and Dwayne Parsons grew up in KBTX's viewing area. Brown is from Iola and Bedias. Galny is a Bryan native. Boaz was raised in Huntsville. Parsons grew up in Wellborn.
• Brenda Sims is married to Brazos County's judge, Randy Sims.

From biographies listed at the station's website, [1]

[edit] Logos

KBTX DT2 UPN logo until September 2006.

[edit] See also

• KWTX-TV

[edit] External links

• Station Website
• CW BCS Station Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KBTX

Broadcast television in the Waco market  (Nielsen DMA #95)
Waco / Temple / Killeen: KCEN 6 (NBC) - KWTX 10 (CBS, The CW on DT2) - KXXV 25 (ABC) - KPLE-LP 31 (TBN) - KWBU 34 (PBS) - K38FN 38 (TBN) - KWKT 44 (FOX/MNTV) - KNCT 46 (PBS) - KAKW 62 (UNI)
Bryan / College Station: KBTX 3 (CBS, The CW on DT2) - KSCM-LP 12 (A1) - KAMU 15 (PBS) - KMAY-LP 23 (NBC) - KYLE 28 (FOX/MNTV) - KRHD-LP 40 (ABC) - K47ED 47 (TBN)