KBTX-TV
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| KBTX-TV (semi-satellite of KWTX-TV, Waco, Texas) |
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| Bryan/College Station, Texas | |
| Branding | News 3 CW Texas |
| Slogan | The People You Know. The News You Trust. |
| Channels | Analog: 3 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | CBS The CW (DT2) |
| Owner | Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, Inc.) |
| First air date | May 22, 1957 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Bryan, TeXas |
| Former affiliations | UPN (DT2, until 2006) |
| Transmitter Power | 69.2 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 515 m (analog) 477 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 6669 |
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| Website | www.kbtx.com www.cwbcs.com |
KBTX-TV is the CBS television network affiliate located in Bryan/College Station, Texas. It airs on VHF Channel 3 and is owned by Gray Television. It is a sister station to KWTX-TV in Waco. Its transmitter is located in Carlos, Texas. In its own market, it broadcasts on cable channel 5.
KBTX also offers The CW programming on its digital feed. Prior to September 2006, KBTX offered UPN programming on digital.
KBTX debuted on May 22, 1957 as the first commercial station in the Brazos Valley. It is the only station airing a full schedule of local news for the Bryan/College Station side of the Waco-Temple-Bryan market, airing five live newscasts each weekday from its studios in Bryan. Though ABC affiliate KRHD produces two local newscasts each weekday, its shows are taped at KXXV in Waco, with only a small studio in Bryan. NBC affiliate KCEN-TV airs its newscasts in the area and has a low-power relay in Bryan, KMAY, but rarely covers the Brazos Valley. And Fox affiliate KYLE has its own studios, but is a fulltime satellite of KWKT in Waco, who presents a pre-taped newscast produced by its sister station in Longview, Texas, KFXK.
Covering portions of the Waco and Houston markets, KBTX actively covers Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Milam, Montgomery, Robertson, Walker and Washington Counties. Texas A&M University, Sam Houston State University and Blinn College are in its coverage area.
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[edit] Operations
Though identifying as a station in its own right, KBTX is considered a semi-satellite of KWTX. It has most of its internal operations run alongside KWTX, and clears all of KWTX's syndicated programming (although it has some shows not seen on KWTX).
[edit] News Personalities
- Joe Brown - Anchor, News 3 at Six and 10 at Ten
- Steve Fullhart - Assistant News Director; Reporter
- Crystal Galny - Anchor, News 3 at Six and 10 at Ten
- Carmen Izzo - Weekend Anchor
- Kristen Ross - Reporter
- Ashlea Sigman - Reporter
- Brenda Sims - Host, News 3 at Noon
- Barbara Smith - Anchor, Brazos Valley This Morning
- Meredith Stancik - Anchor, News 3 at Five; Reporter
As of May 2008
[edit] Weather Personalities
- Mark Edwards
- Bob French - Chief Meteorologist (5, 6, 10)
- Rodney Harris - Brazos Valley This Morning and News 3 at Noon
- Blake Mathews - Weekends
As of May 2008
[edit] Sports Personalities
- Darryl Bruffett - Sports Director
- Andy Conner
- Dwayne Parsons - Weekends
- John Wilson - Reporter
As of May 2008
[edit] Trivia
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- KBTX began celebrating its 50th anniversary in May 2007. Many former personalities returned for the celebration, including some who guest-anchored newscasts.
- Former KBTX anchor/reporter Mike George returned to News 3 in March 2008 to become the station's news director. George was originally at KBTX in the late 80s to the early 90s.
- George is not the only former on-air talent working behind the scenes at KBTX. Former morning show anchor Mike Wright is the station's general manager. Jon Boaz, also a former morning show anchor, is the station's general sales manager.
- Barbara Smith and Joe Brown both worked at KBTX, left to work for the City of Bryan (as well as other jobs), then came back to the station.
- Carmen Izzo worked at KBTX in the late 90s, then reported in Louisiana and Houston before returning to News 3.
- Brown, Crystal Galny and Dwayne Parsons grew up in KBTX's viewing area. Brown is from Iola and Bedias. Galny is a Bryan native. Parsons grew up in Wellborn.
- Brenda Sims is married to Brazos County Judge Randy Sims.
From information at the station's website, [1]
[edit] Former On-Air Personalities
- Roger Barry - TXCN
- Polly Bell
- Jon Boaz - Still at KBTX as General Sales Manager
- Jeff Braun
- Josh Byerly - Public Affairs Officer for NASA
- Laura Cornett
- Tony Cornett
- Ron Crozier - Twin City Mission, Bryan, TX
- Rick Davenport - Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M
- Aaron Drawhorn - KLAS, Las Vegas, NV
- Casey Flinn - Bryan High Media Tech/Volleyball Coach
- Mike George - Still at KBTX as News Director
- Krystle (Kaliszewski) Gutierrez - KDFW, Dallas, TX
- Charlie Haldeman - KXII, Sherman, TX
- Johanna Henry
- Travis Herzog - KTRK, Houston, TX
- Chip Howard - KZNE (radio), College Station, TX
- Matt Iazzetti
- Conley Isom - KTRE, Lufkin, TX
- Jeff Jamison - KTVT, Dallas, TX
- Carly Kennelly - KOIN, Portland, OR
- Lisa Keyes
- Troy Kimmel - KVET/KASE/KFMK (radio), Austin, TX
- Kandace Krueger - HDNet
- Lindsay Liepman - WINK, Ft. Myers, FL
- Jenni Lee - KTBC, Austin, TX
- Jeff McShan - KHOU, Houston, TX
- Shane Motley
- Chace Murphy - WTAW (radio), College Station, TX
- Amanda (Humes) O'Neal
- John Oakey - KETV, Omaha, NE
- Kimberly Olsen
- Michelle Peltier
- David Reed - KXII, Sherman, TX
- Halie Richardson - KETK, Tyler, TX
- Steve Ring - WRBL, Columbus, GA
- Russ Roberts
- Mike Rockwood - WALA, Mobile, AL
- Mark Schnieder
- Derek Shore
- Dave Taylor - Attorney
- Aaron Tuttle
- Eric Watson - Texas A&M
- Sherry Williams - KHCW, Houston, TX
- Aimee Wilmoth
- Teresa Woodard
- Mike Wright - Still at KBTX as General Manager
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Station Website
- CW BCS Station Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KBTX
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KBTX-TV
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