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KBTX and KWTX experimented with a jointly-run noon newscast in early 2009. News stories for both viewing areas were read from KWTX's Waco studios for the first half of the show, with KBTX running live weather and additional local content from its studios for the remainder of the show airing in the Brazos Valley. KWTX aired its own live weather and content in its part of the market during that time. However, in late March 2009, the two stations returned to running separate newscasts, with KBTX citing "an overwhelming request from viewers for the show to be based out of the Twin Cities again."<ref>[http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/41570712.html] KBTX.com, "News 3 at Noon Returns to KBTX Studios in Bryan Monday" (March 20, 2009)</ref> | KBTX and KWTX experimented with a jointly-run noon newscast in early 2009. News stories for both viewing areas were read from KWTX's Waco studios for the first half of the show, with KBTX running live weather and additional local content from its studios for the remainder of the show airing in the Brazos Valley. KWTX aired its own live weather and content in its part of the market during that time. However, in late March 2009, the two stations returned to running separate newscasts, with KBTX citing "an overwhelming request from viewers for the show to be based out of the Twin Cities again."<ref>[http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/41570712.html] KBTX.com, "News 3 at Noon Returns to KBTX Studios in Bryan Monday" (March 20, 2009)</ref> | ||
In 2009, KBTX reached agreements with the nation's two major satellite providers. For years, Dish Network had refused to offer KBTX to the Bryan/College Station area and had simply carried KWTX. However, in 2009, Dish relented.<ref>[http://www.kbtx.com/station/misc/38536837.html KBTX on Dish Network] KBTX.com</ref> On April 23 of that year, KBTX was made available in the Waco/Temple/Bryan market area.<ref>http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-uplink-center/172698-4-23-2009-6-46pm-uplink-activity-report-2-changes.html</ref> In May 2009, after years of carrying KBTX to the market, DirecTV announced it would be dropping KBTX from its service. In June 2009, an agreement was reached to keep the station available to customers of the satellite provider.<ref>[http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/46006452.html KBTX Responds to DirecTV Notice] KBTX.com</ref> | In 2009, KBTX reached agreements with the nation's two major satellite providers. For years, Dish Network had refused to offer KBTX to the Bryan/College Station area and had simply carried KWTX. However, in 2009, Dish relented.<ref>[http://www.kbtx.com/station/misc/38536837.html KBTX on Dish Network] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305031307/http://www.kbtx.com/station/misc/38536837.html |date=2009-03-05 }} KBTX.com</ref> On April 23 of that year, KBTX was made available in the Waco/Temple/Bryan market area.<ref>http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-uplink-center/172698-4-23-2009-6-46pm-uplink-activity-report-2-changes.html</ref> In May 2009, after years of carrying KBTX to the market, DirecTV announced it would be dropping KBTX from its service. In June 2009, an agreement was reached to keep the station available to customers of the satellite provider.<ref>[http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/46006452.html KBTX Responds to DirecTV Notice] KBTX.com</ref> | ||
On September 12, 2011, KBTX launched a 4 p.m. newscast, titled ''First News at Four''. It and ''[[Inside Edition]]'' at 4:30 replaced ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''. | On September 12, 2011, KBTX launched a 4 p.m. newscast, titled ''First News at Four''. It and ''[[Inside Edition]]'' at 4:30 replaced ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''. | ||
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KBTX-TV is aCBS-affiliatedtelevision stationlicensed toBryan,Texas,United States, serving theBrazos Valley. It broadcasts ahigh definitiondigital signal onUHF channel 50 (orvirtual channel 3 viaPSIP) from a transmitter located inCarlos, Texas. Owned byGray Television, KBTX-TV maintains studios on East 29th Street in Bryan.Master control and some internal operations are handled at the studios ofsister stationKWTX-TV on American Plaza inWaco.
Oncable, KBTX is carried onSuddenlink channel 5; it is also available onDirecTV andDish Network.
KBTX also offersCW programming on its digital feed. Prior to the September 2006 merger of The WB and UPN, KBTX offeredUPN programming on digital. Following the merger, CW Texas was launched as a joint effort between KBTX and KWTX. On August 8, 2012, CW Texas became CW8 Aggieland, which carries programming from The CW, as well as a variety of local sports offerings and many syndicated shows.
KBTX-TV falls under the "KBTX Media" banner, which also includesCW8 Aggieland andKBTX.com
KBTX was the first television station in the Brazos Valley, first going on the air on May 22, 1957. It has broadcast from the same studio for its entire history, though that building has been added on to multiple times. Originally airing both CBS andABC programming, KBTX became an exclusive CBS affiliate in 1984.
On October 14, 1983, KBTX flipped the switch on a new transmitter in theGrimes County community of Carlos. The 1,700-foot (518 m) tower nearly doubled the number of homes the station reached.
Perhaps the most noteworthy coverage from KBTX was on November 18, 1999. Early that morning, theAggie Bonfire stack collapsed, killing 12 and injuring 27. The station provided non-stop coverage of the event, and served as a major source of information locally and nationally in the hours that followed.
KBTX began celebrating its 50th anniversary in May 2007. Many former on-air staff returned for the celebration, including some who guest-anchored newscasts.[1]
In accordance with the original February 2009 date mandated by the federal government, KBTX permanently shut down its analog signal effective January 20, 2009 as it made the transition to digital television.[2] On February 28, 2009, KBTX began broadcasting at full power digital from the enhanced Carlos tower, again expanding its signal dramatically.[3] The station had been broadcasting on low power digital between its analog signal shutdown and the full power activation, in addition to being carried on cable systems and DirecTV.
KBTX and KWTX experimented with a jointly-run noon newscast in early 2009. News stories for both viewing areas were read from KWTX's Waco studios for the first half of the show, with KBTX running live weather and additional local content from its studios for the remainder of the show airing in the Brazos Valley. KWTX aired its own live weather and content in its part of the market during that time. However, in late March 2009, the two stations returned to running separate newscasts, with KBTX citing "an overwhelming request from viewers for the show to be based out of the Twin Cities again."[4]
In 2009, KBTX reached agreements with the nation's two major satellite providers. For years, Dish Network had refused to offer KBTX to the Bryan/College Station area and had simply carried KWTX. However, in 2009, Dish relented.[5] On April 23 of that year, KBTX was made available in the Waco/Temple/Bryan market area.[6] In May 2009, after years of carrying KBTX to the market, DirecTV announced it would be dropping KBTX from its service. In June 2009, an agreement was reached to keep the station available to customers of the satellite provider.[7]
On September 12, 2011, KBTX launched a 4 p.m. newscast, titledFirst News at Four. It andInside Edition at 4:30 replacedThe Oprah Winfrey Show.
On October 10, 2011, KBTX began broadcasting its newscasts in high definition, making it the first live and local broadcaster in the Brazos Valley to have HD news.[8]
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP short name | Programming |
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| 3.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KBTX-DT | Main KBTX-TV programming /CBS |
| 3.2 | 720p | CW | CW Texas |
KBTX servesBrazos,Burleson,Grimes,Leon,Madison,Milam,Montgomery,Robertson,Walker andWashington counties, some of which are also in theHouston market, but receive KBTX.Texas A&M University,Sam Houston State University andBlinn College are in its coverage area.
With its digital signal transmitting at the maximum power allowed by law as of early 2009, the KBTX signal also reachesHouston County in theTyler–Longview market;Trinity,San Jacinto,Austin,Harris andWaller counties in the Houston market; andLee County in theAustin market. KBTX's weather team monitors those counties and provides forecasts and updates, including during severe weather events. High school sports teams in those counties will also often be covered in KBTX's sports segments.
KBTX previously served as thede facto CBS station in Houston County in the Tyler market until KYTX signed on in 2004.
KBTX is part of a rare American television market, the Waco, Temple, BryanDesignated Market Area.[9] Only a handful of DMAs in the country have multiple stations under the same network affiliation serving viewers (KBTX serving the Bryan/College Station area, KWTX serving the Waco/Temple/Killeen area), even though in this case, both stations are associated with each other.
KBTX earned a state-high 23 honors from the TexasAssociated Press Broadcasters in March 2013, with the possibility of more to come in April 2013.[10] Eight of the 23 were first place awards.
In November 2012, KBTX was honored with a Lone StarEmmy for outstanding evening newscast in a smaller market. This was the second Lone Star Emmy win for KBTX. In 2011, the seriesTo Avery with Love won the award for health/science feature.
KBTX earned 19 honors from Texas Associated Press Broadcasters in its 2009-2010 awards, as announced in March 2010.[11] Nine of those 19 were first place awards.
Only two other stations in the state earned more honors in the 2009-2010 awards than KBTX. News 3 also finished third in the entire state in first place wins.
In the previous year's TAPB awards, KBTX won 13 honors (four First Places, three Second Places, six Honorable Mentions), as announced in February 2009.[12] Again, News 3 was among the most honored stations in the state.
KBTX competes in Division 3, which includes the next biggest Texas markets after the four major metro areas (Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston,San Antonio andAustin).[13]
KBTX also won an AP award for "Best Spot News Reporting" for its coverage of theAggie Bonfire collapse in 1999.[14]
Aggie Game Day, News 3 Sports' pregame show beforeTexas A&M home football games, is a multi-time recipient of honors from the nationalTelly Awards for outstanding local programming.[15]
Also awarded a Telly was News 3's special,All the Best: 10 Years of the George Bush Presidential Library, which aired the day before the grand reopening of the41st president's library and museum on the Texas A&M campus. The main exhibit of the museum was closed for months during an $8.5 million renovation that coincided with the facility's anniversary.
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