KSAT-TV

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KSAT-TV
San Antonio, Texas
Branding	KSAT 12
Slogan	Live. Local. Latebreaking.
Channels	12 (VHF) analog, 48 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Post-Newsweek Stations
Founded	1957
Call letters meaning	San Antonio 'Texas
Former callsigns	KONO-TV (1957-69)
Former affiliations	None
Website	www.ksat.com

KSAT-TV, "KSAT 12" (pronounced "K-Sat") is the local ABC affiliate on Channel 12 in the greater San Antonio area. Its transmitter is located in Elmendorf, Texas.

Contents 1 History 2 Local news 2.1 Weekdays 2.2 Weekends 3 Station Branding 4 Former Newscasters 5 Previous Logos 6 Trivia 7 External links

[edit] History

KSAT first went on the air as KONO-TV in February 1957, as part of KONO-AM/FM/TV. It has been an ABC affiliate since its launch.

The station was purchased by The Outlet Company of Providence, R.I., in 1968, who changed its call letters to the present day KSAT-TV shortly thereafter. After a buyout of Outlet in 1986, it was sold to H&C Communications. In 1994, it was sold with KPRC-TV in Houston to current owner Post-Newsweek Stations, a subsidiary of the Washington Post Company.

[edit] Local news

As of the November 2006 ratings period, KSAT is in a spirited battle with KENS-TV for first place at 10:00 p.m. KSAT is first place at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., however, the station is quickly catching up with KENS in the 10 p.m. newscast ratings. Rival WOAI-TV is at third place in all time slots.

KSAT broadcasts local news at the following time slots (in Central Time):

[edit] Weekdays

• Good Morning San Antonio - 5-7am
  • Mark Austin and Nancy Gonzalez - Anchors
  • Mike Osterhage - Weather
  • Officer Trujillo/Officer Dart - Traffic

• KSAT 12 News at Noon - noon-1 p.m.
  • Mark Austin and Leslie Mouton - Anchor
  • Mike Osterhage - Weather
  • Larry Ramirez - Sports

• KSAT 12: The Five O'Clock News - (5-5:30 p.m.)
  • Steve Spriester & Leslie Mouton - Anchors
  • Steve Browne - Chief Meteorologist
  • Greg Simmons - Sports

(including Healthbeat segment with Angela Vierville)

• KSAT 12: The Six O'Clock News - (6-6:30 p.m.)
  • Steve Spriester & Leslie Mouton - Anchors
  • Steve Browne - Chief Meteorologist
  • Greg Simmons - Sports Director

(including 12 On Your Side segment with Marilyn Moritz)

• KSAT 12 News Nightbeat - (10-10:35 p.m.)
  • Steve Spriester & Ursula Pari - Anchors
  • Steve Browne - Chief Meteorologist
  • Greg Simmons - Sports Director

[edit] Weekends

• KSAT 12 Weekend - 5:00 and 10:00
  • Erik Barajas - Anchor
  • John Honore - Weather
  • David Sears - Sports

[edit] Station Branding

Post-Newsweek adopted a "Local Mandate" meaning that all its stations carry the "Local" branding. KSAT 12 was briefly called "Local12" in 2004 before reverting back to the current brand used before. This means that KSAT does not follow this station standardization, but Local is mentioned in the station's slogan: "Live, Local, Latebreaking", and peridocally during newscasts the station bug does cycle between both names (mimicing a simliar behavior at sister station WDIV, cycling between WDIV 4 and Local 4 on the animated bug).

[edit] Former Newscasters

• Lydia Allegria (Weather)
• Steve Andrews (Anchor) (Notable for using an artificial right hand, now at WFLA-TV)
• Jud Ashmore (Weatherman) (Known for saying "Hug somebody; it will make you feel good.")
• Ana Azcuy (anchor with Rick Benjamin; had been popular in Miami but bombed in San Antonio)
• Rick Benjamin (anchor, now does play-by-play in broadcasts of auto racing, oftentimes on Speed Channel)
• Mario Bosquez (General news reporter and co-host of the local "PM Magazine" in the '80s; is now a news personality in New York City)
• Jeff Brady (Anchor, now on WFAA-TV in Dallas/Ft. Worth)
• Don Colson (Anchor)
• Kelly Craig (Anchor)
• Deborah Daniels (Anchor throughout the '80s; transferred to the NBC affiliate WOAI in the early '90s)
• Jim Dawson (Weatherman)
• Jerry Desmond (Sports) (Died August 17, 2003)
• Joe Fowler (Sports)
• Karen Gallagher (Anchor)
• Michelle Lima (Anchor) (Died March 27, 1999 on report)
• Tony Lopez (Anchor) (Later moved to KCNC now at KOVR in Sacramento)
• Michele Marsh (Anchor)
• Rich Mello (Sports)
• Tiffany Mock (Anchor)
• Johnny Moore (Sports) (no relation to former San Antonio Spurs player Johnny Moore)
• Bob Salter (Anchor)
• Dow Sherry (Weatherman) (Signed off each forecast with "otherwise hot and dusty.")
• Gene Tuck (anchor, moved to Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas, after being replaced by Rick Benjamin)
• Maury Vasquez (News Reporter)
• Ricci Ware (Weatherman)
• Gerry Grant (Anchor) (Was arrested for buying pictures of child porn on his dinner break between the 6 o'clock and 10 o'clock newscast)
• Jenny Davis

[edit] Previous Logos

Station logo, June 1974.

Current station logo.

[edit] Trivia

• Current (as of 2007) news anchor Leslie Mouton was interviewed on Oprah Winfrey's talk show program, talking about her battle with breast cancer and her decision to anchor the news without a wig, when she was going through chemotherapy. The talk show featured clips of Mouton's first anchoring appearance after she became bald, including the explanation she gave on-air of what she was going through at the time. Mouton chronicled her treatment and recovery on KSAT, earning accolades from local oncologists and cancer patients.
• Current (as of 2007) news anchor Ursula Pari is married to Randy Beamer, anchor at the competing WOAI.

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KSAT-TV
• YouTube footage of a February 2003 weather broadcast, featuring Ursula Pari, Steve Spriester, and meteorologist Steve Browne. This has an overall feel similar to current (as of September 2006) KSAT news broadcasts.

Broadcast television in the San Antonio market  (Nielsen DMA #37)
KCWX 2 (The CW) - WOAI 4 (NBC) - KENS 5 (CBS) - KLRN 9 (PBS) - KSAT 12 (ABC) - K14LM 14 (3ABN) - KNIC 17 (TFU) - KHCE 23 (TBN) - KPXL 26 (ION) - KABB 29 (Fox) - KVDF-CA 31 (AZA) - KNIC-CA 34 (Silent) - KMYS 35 (MNTV) (The Tube on DT2) - KWEX 41 (UNI) - KQVE-LP 46 (DS) - K52EA 52 (Multimedios) - KVDA 60 (TEL)
See also, Broadcast television in Del Rio / Eagle Pass