| Laredo, Texas | |
|---|---|
| Branding | Pro 8 News |
| Channels | Digital: 8 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 8.1 NBC 8.2 The CW 8.3 Telemundo |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | SagamoreHill Broadcasting, LLC (SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Texas, LLC) |
| First air date | January 7, 1956 |
| Call letters' meaning | Good Neighbor Station |
| Former callsigns | KHAD-TV (1956-1958) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 8 (VHF, 1956-2009) Digital: 15 (UHF, 2004-2009) |
| Former affiliations | Both secondary: CBS (1956-1973) ABC (1956-1985) |
| Transmitter power | 20 kW |
| Height | 312 m |
| Facility ID | 10061 |
| Website | www.pro8news.com |
KGNS-TV is the NBC television affiliate for Laredo, Texas as well as surrounding areas in both Texas and Mexico. The station is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting. KGNS also operates digital subchannels offering KGNS-DT2 (The CW) and KGNS-DT3 (Telemundo), both also available on Time Warner Cable channels 19 and 25, respectively. Syndicated programming on KGNS includes: Entertainment Tonight, Oprah, and Ellen.
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KGNS originally went on air January 7, 1956, as KHAD-TV. Donrey Media Group (now Stephens Media Group bought the station on September 1, 1958. One of its first moves was to change the call letters to KGNS-TV. The new calls, standing for "Good Neighbor Station", came from the winning entry of a contest among students on both sides of the Rio Grande to rename the station. On April 8, 2004, KGNS-TV started broadcasting in digital.
KGNS was part of Century Development Corporation from 1987 until 2004, when the station was purchased by SagamoreHill Broadcasting.
KGNS-TV began broadcasting in HDTV on channel 8.1, and carries CW programming on sub-channel 8.2 and Telemundo programming on digital sub-channel 8.3 in October 2008.[1]
KGNS 8.1 signs off during overnight hours, generally from 1:35AM to 5:30AM; however, 8.2 and 8.3 remain on the air during late-night hours.[2]
| DT | Callsign | Network |
| 8.1 (1080i) | KGNS | NBC-HD |
| 8.2 (480i) | KGNS-DT2 | The CW |
| 8.3 (480i) | KGNS-DT3 | Telemundo |
Since KVTV shut down its news department in 2006, KGNS has operated the only English-language news department in the market. It currently airs three hours of news every weekday and one hour per day on weekends. The station employs a number of recent college graduates.
According to Nielsen Media Research, KGNS competes closely with Spanish-language station KLDO.
Since 2008, KGNS produces "Laredo's First News at 9" for KGNS-DT2 (The CW) on its subchannel 8.2, airing weeknights at 9PM. Produced by KGNS's news staff, the half-hour news program is anchored by Brenda Medina and Ryan Bailey, who also covers the weather. The target audience for this news program is viewers between the ages of 21 through 34, which is the largest growing demographic in the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area. The newscast debuted June 21, 2008.[3]
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