KWKT-TV

KWKT-TV / KYLE-TV
KWKT: Waco/Killeen/Temple, Texas
KYLE: Bryan/College Station, Texas
Branding KWKT Fox 44 Central Texas (general)
Fox 44 News (news)
Slogan So Fox 44 (general)
The Most Powerful Name in Local News (news)
Channels Digital:
KWKT: 44 (UHF)
KYLE: 28 (UHF)
Affiliations Fox (primary)
MyNetworkTV (secondary)
Owner Communications Corporation of America
(KWKT: Comcorp of Texas License Corporation)
(KYLE: Comcorp of Bryan License Corporation)
First air date KWKT: March 13, 1988
KYLE: October 31, 1994
Call letters' meaning KWKT: Waco-Killeen-Temple
KYLE: KYLE Field at Texas A&M
Former channel number(s) Analog:
KWKT:
44 (UHF, 1988-2009)
KYLE:
28 (UHF, 1994-2009)
Former affiliations Secondary:
The WB (2003-2006)
Transmitter power KWKT: 100 kW
KYLE: 50 kW
Height KWKT: 557.6 m
KYLE: 220 m
Facility ID KWKT: 12522
KYLE: 60384
Transmitter coordinates KWKT:

KYLE:
Website kwkt.com
kyle28.com

KWKT-TV channel 44 and KYLE-TV channel 28 are Fox affiliates in Central Texas and are owned by Communications Corporation of America. KWKT serves the Waco/Killeen/Temple area. KYLE serves the Bryan-College Station area.

Programming on both stations are identical, except for idents and local ads. Besides local news programming, the two stations carry Fox News reports when necessary.

KWKT broadcasts on cable 14 in its respective part of the market, while KYLE broadcasts on cable 7 in its part as well.

Contents

History

KWKT signed on the air on March 13, 1988, KYLE signed on as a satellite of KWKT on October 31, 1994. The two stations started as exclusive Fox affiliates, but in 2003 they added a secondary affiliation with The WB. KWKT and KYLE aired Fox as a primary affiliate from 7-9 PM, with WB shows airing from 1-3 AM. Following the merger of UPN and The WB into The CW in 2006, KWKT and KYLE added a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV.

Both stations aired Fox Kids from 2-4 PM from 1990 to 2001 (1994-2001 for KYLE), and then continued on Saturday mornings until 2002, when it was replaced by 4KidsTV. Syndicated shows replaced the weekday block until 2003, when Kids' WB moved into the time slot, and was also aired on Sunday mornings. This block lasted until 2006 and was replaced by Daytime WB. As the two were not chosen to join The CW, Kids' WB was dropped in 2006, then eventually 4Kids after Fox ended the block in December 2008. E/I programming now airs for a half-hour each Monday-Saturday at 7am, consisting solely of syndicated low-profile E/I syndicated programming.

Newscast

On January 28, 2008, KWKT premiered Fox News Central Texas at 9 PM. The pre-taped newscast is produced by sister station KFXK in Longview, Texas. [1][2]

Fox News Central Texas (Weeknights 9 to 9:30P.M.)

KWKT and KYLE use additional news personnel from KETK in Longview, Texas, see that article for a complete listing

References

  1. ^ Waco Tribune, 1/28/2008 (article 1)
  2. ^ Waco Tribune, 1/28/2008 (article 2) Ali "the Tractor" Cerrato is a radio personality often utilized by KWKT-TV.

External links

Waco/Temple/Killeen

KCEN (6.1 NBC, 6.2 MyTX) • KWTX (10.1 CBS, 10.2 The CW) • KXXV (25.1 ABC, 25.2 TMD, 25.3 Weather Now) • KPLE 31 (TBN) • KDYW 34 (silent; to be Daystar) • KWKO 38 (Ind.) • KWKT (44.1 Fox/MNTV) • KNCT (46.1 PBS, 46.2 Pentagon, 46.3 Create) • KAKW (62.1 UNI)
Bryan/College Station

KYLE (28.1 Fox/MNTV) • KBTX (3.1 CBS, 3.2 The CW) • KAMU (12.1 PBS, 12.2 Weather, 12.3 PBS Kids) • KSCM 18 (A1) • KAGS (23.1 NBC) • KRHD (40.1 ABC) • K47ED 47 (TBN)
Adjacent locals
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Houston: KUHT (8.1 PBS)
Dallas: WFAA (8.1 ABC) • KERA (13.1 PBS)

Texas Broadcast television areas by city: Abilene/Sweetwater • Amarillo (Texas Panhandle) • Austin • Beaumont/Port Arthur • Corpus Christi • Dallas-Fort Worth • Del Rio • Eagle Pass • El Paso • Houston • Laredo • Lubbock • Midland-Odessa (Permian Basin) • Presidio • Rio Grande Valley • San Angelo • San Antonio • Sherman/Ada, OK • Texarkana/Shreveport, LA  • Tyler/Longview (East Texas) • Victoria • Waco/Bryan (Brazos Valley) • Wichita Falls/Lawton, OK
Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

XHRIO 2 (Matamoros / Brownsville)* - KBTV 4 (Beaumont) - 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)
*XHRIO is licensed in Matamoros, Mexico, but primarily serves viewers on the US side of the Rio Grande Valley.
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Texas
MyNetworkTV Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

KCWX 2 (Fredericksburg) - XHRIO-TV 2 (Matamoros, TAM/Brownsville/McAllen) - KDBC-DT 4.2 (El Paso) - KIDY 6.2 (San Angelo) - KOSA-DT 7.2 (Odessa) - KXII-DT 12.2 (Sherman) - KMYL-LP 14 (Lubbock) - KBVO 14 (Llano/Austin) - KTXH 20 (Houston) - KTOV 21 (Corpus Christi) - KXOF-CA 39 (Laredo) - KUMY-LP 22 (Beaumont) - KDFI 27 (Dallas) - KCPN-LP 33 (Amarillo) - KJBO-LP 35 (Wichita Falls) - KIDZ-LP 42 (Abilene) - KWKT 44 / KYLE 28 (Waco/Bryan) - KLPN-LP 58 (Longview) - KUIL 64 (Beaumont)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Texas

Corporate Staff: D. Wayne Elmore, CEO, President and Secretary; Timothy M. Lynch, COO; Thomas R. Galloway, Sr., Chairman of the Board and Treasurer
CBS network affiliate: WEVV-TV
CW network affiliates: WBRL-CD · WGMB-DT2
Fox network affiliates: KADN · KMSS-TV · KPEJ · KWKT/KYLE · WEVV-DT2 · WGMB · WNTZ
MyNetworkTV affiliates: KLAF-LP · KWKT/KYLE · WEVV-DT2 · WNTZ
NBC network affiliates: KETK-TV · KTSM-TV · KVEO-TV
See also:White Knight Broadcasting
Annual Revenue: $27.6m · Employees: 345 · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: comcorpusa.com