KABB

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KABB
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San Antonio, Texas
Branding Fox 29
Fox San Antonio
Channels Analog: 29 (UHF)

Digital: 30 (UHF)
Affiliations Fox
Owner Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
(KABB Licensee, LLC)
First air date December 16, 1987
Call letters’ meaning Alamo Broadcasting
Sister station(s) KMYS
Former affiliations independent (1987-1995)
Transmitter Power 5000 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height 443 m (analog)
441 m (digital)
Facility ID 56528
Transmitter Coordinates 29°17′28.6″N, 98°16′12.8″W
Website www.kabb.com

KABB is the Fox Network affiliate in San Antonio, Texas. It is co-owned with KMYS (My35) by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. KABB's studios are located in Northwest San Antonio off Loop 410 and its transmitter is located in Elmendorf, Texas.

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[edit] History

KABB was launched as an independent station on December 16, 1987 — the same year that now sister KMYS (then KRRT) became a charter Fox affiliate. KABB was initially owned by the Alamo Broadcasting Corporation before it was sold to River City Broadcasting in 1989. In 1995, after KRRT gave up Fox for UPN affiliation, KABB picked up the Fox affiliation and has been a Fox station ever since. River City merged with Sinclair in 1996.

Sinclair and Fox cut a six-year affiliation contract extension for Sinclair's 19 Fox affiliates; thus, Fox will remain on KABB at least through March 2012.

Logowise, the station is currently known as Fox 29, but on-air it is known as "Fox San Antonio."

In late 2006, 4Kids TV programming moved to sister station KMYS to accommodate an expansion of the morning newscast "Fox News First." This follows part of a 12-year trend of Fox affiliates pre-empting network Kids programming from its days as Fox Kids.

[edit] Newscasts

On January 2, 2006, Fox News First was launched. Fox News First airs from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. each weekday morning, in addition to the already existing 9 p.m. hourly newscast (Fox News at Nine) that was launched in 1995.

[edit] Current On-Air Talent

Anchors

  • Michael Valdes: Fox News @ Nine
  • Cynthia Lee: Fox News @ Nine
  • Ernie Zuniga Fox News First
  • Monica Taylor: Fox News First
  • James Keith: Fox News @ Nine Weekend
  • Karen Martinez: Fox News @ Nine Weekend


Meteorologists

  • Alex Garcia: Chief Meteorologist - Fox News @ Nine
  • Shaun Stevens: Meteorologist - Fox News First


Sports Anchors

  • Chuck Miketinac
  • Antony Pittman
  • Hector Ledesma
  • Drea Avent

Reporters

  • Sylvia Rincon: Reporter
  • Andrew McIntosh: Reporter
  • Stephanie Rivas: Reporter
  • Jonathan Martinez: Reporter
  • Yami Virgin: Reporter
  • Mileka Lincoln: Traffic/Reporter
  • Lucas Mack: Night Shift Reporter

[edit] Gallery

KABB in 1987 upon taking to the air.

KABB's logo from 1999-2006.

KABB's Current Logo 2007-.

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in the San Antonio market (Nielsen DMA #37)

KCWX 2 (The CW) - WOAI 4 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - KENS 5 (CBS) - KFLZ-CA 7 (Religious) - KLRN 9 (PBS) - KBNB-LP 10 (Ind) - KSAT 12 (ABC, .2 Net Coming Mid-08) - 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) - KISA-LP 40 (silent) - KWEX 41 (UNI) - KQVE-LP 46 (DS) - K51JF 51 (Multimedios) - KVDA 60 (TEL)
See also, Broadcast television in Del Rio / Eagle Pass
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Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

XHRIO 2 (Matamoros / Brownsville)* - KDFW 4 (Dallas) - KIDY 6 (San Angelo) - KTBC 7 (Austin) - KCIT 14 (Amarillo) - KFOX 14 (El Paso) - KXVA 15 (Abilene) - KJTL 18 (Wichita Falls) - KVCT 19 (Victoria) - KPEJ 24 (Odessa) - KRIV 26 (Houston) - KABB 29 (San Antonio) - KJTV 34 / 32 (Lubbock) - KUQI 38 (Corpus Christi) - KXOF-CA 39 (Laredo) - KWKT 44 / KYLE 28 (Waco / Bryan) - KFXK 51 (Tyler / Longview) - KUIL 64 (Beaumont)
*XHRIO is licensed in Matamoros, Mexico, but primarily serves viewers on the US side of the Rio Grande.
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Religious, Other English and Other Spanish stations in Texas
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Sinclair Broadcast Group
Corporate Staff
David D. Smith (COB and President & CEO) · Frederick G. Smith · J. Duncan Smith · Robert E. Smnith · Daniel C. Keith · Martin R. Leader · Lawrence E. McCanna · Basil A. Thomas · David B. Amy · Lucy A. Rutishauser · Barry M. Faber · David R. Bochenek · Nat S. Ostroff · Donald H. Thompson · Thomas I. Waters III · Darren Shapiro · Gregg Siegel · Jeff Sleete · M. William Butler · Steven M. Marks · Delbert R. Parks III · Joe DeFeo
ABC Network Affiliates
KDNL · WCHS · WEAR · WICD · WICS · WKEF · WLOS · WSYX · WXLV
CBS Network Affiliates
The CW Network Affiliates
KOCB · KVCW · WLFL · WNAB¹ · WNUV² · WTTO / WDBB · WUCW · WVTV
Fox Network Affiliates
KABB · KBSI · KDSM · KOKH · KFXA* · WBFF · WDKY · WMSN · WPGH · WRGT² · WRLH · WSMH · WSYT · WTAT² · WTTE² · WUHF³ · WUTV · WVAH² · WYZZ³ · WZTV
MyNetworkTV Affiliates
KMYS · KVMY · WABM · WCGV · WDKA · WFGX · WMMP · WMYA² · WMYV · WNYO · WNYS · WPMY · WRDC · WRLH · WSTR · WSYX · WTTA · WTVZ · WUXP
NBC Network Affiliate
1: Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting. Sinclair (SBGI) is seeking an FCC "failed station" waiver to purchase this station. — 2: Cunningham Broadcasting station operated under an LMA SBGI. Trusts belonging to members of SBGI's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock. – 3: Operated by Nexstar under an LMA. 4: Sale pending from Second Generaton Ltd.
Annual Revenue: $1.24 billion USD (2004) · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: SBGI · Website: www.sbgi.net