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KSAT-TV

KSAT-TV, channel 12, is the local ABC affiliate television station in the greater San Antonio area. Its transmitter is located in Elmendorf, Texas. The station calls itself KSAT 12, pronounced as "K-Sat".

The station also serves as the default ABC affiliate for the Laredo market, which does not have an ABC affiliate of its own.

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History

Radio

The Reverend J. Frank Norris was one of the first preachers to use the radio in the United States. Starting in 1922 his sermons were broadcast on radio WPA (833 kHz) out of Fort Worth. When WPA went off the air on 24 May 1923, Norris purchased the transmitting equipment and had it moved to the First Baptist Church of Fort Worth where he was pastor. Norris obtained an Federal Radio Commission (FRC) license and KFQB - Fort Worth (1180 kHz) started broadcasting on 12 May 1924. As Norris frequently said, the new call letters KFQB meant to "Keep Folks Quoting the Bible".[1] Over the next few years KFQB moved around the dial; in May 1925 it moved to 1140 kHz, in June 1927 it moved to 1150 kHz, in September 1927 it moved 900 kHz, and in November 1928 it moved to 1240 kHz.[1]

A.P. Barrett purchased the station from Norris at the end of 1928 and in December changed the call letters to KTAT to match his Texas Air Transport business. The broadcast facilities remained at the First Baptist Church until a disastrous fire in January 1929 destroyed them.[2] Barrett built a new studio at his offices in Birdville and with it changed the call letters to KSAT to match Southern Air Transport, which had acquired his previous company.[1] On 23 April 1930 Barrett changed the call letters back to KTAT.[3] Through these changes the station continued to broadcast Reverend Norris' sermons. KTAT stayed on the air until July 1939 when it was purchased by Elliott and Ruth Roosevelt who owned KFJZ at 1370 kHz and wanted the 1240 kHz frequency.[3]

The call letters KSAT were surrendered to the FRC on 23 April 1930. KSAT an FM station at 107.5 MHz out of Kyle, Texas currently has the call letters.[4]

TV

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KSAT first went on the air as KONO-TV in January 1957, owned by the Roth family with KONO-AM-FM. It has been an ABC affiliate since its launch.

The station was purchased by The Outlet Company of Providence, Rhode Island, in 1968, who changed its call letters to the present day KSAT-TV shortly thereafter. After a buyout of Outlet in 1986, it was sold to H&C Communications. In 1994, it was sold with KPRC-TV in Houston to current owner Post-Newsweek Stations, a subsidiary of the Washington Post Company.

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

KSAT-DT

KSAT-DT broadcasts on digital channel 12.

Digital Channel

Channel Name Programming
12.1 KSAT-DT main KSAT-TV/ABC programming
12.2 KSAT-DT2 LATV
12.3 KSAT-DT3 .2 Net

Analog-to-digital conversion

KSAT-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 12, on June 12, 2009 [5], as part of the DTV transition in the United States. The station had been broadcasting its pre-transition digital signal over UHF channel 48, but returned to channel 12 for its post-transition operations.[6]

News operation

KSAT broadcasts a total of 24.5 hours of local news per week (with 4½ hours on weekdays, one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays).

As of the November 2006/May 2007 ratings period, KSAT 12 News is in 1st place in all time slots, with exception of mornings, where it is in second.

Station branding

KSAT-TV logo from 1994

Post-Newsweek adopted a "Local Mandate" meaning that all its stations carry the "Local" branding. KSAT 12 was briefly called "Local 12" in 2004 before reverting back to the current brand used before. This means that KSAT does not follow this station standardization, but Local is mentioned in the station's slogan: "Live, Local, Latebreaking", & periodocally during newscasts the station bug does cycle between both names (mimicking a similar behavior at sister stations KPRC-TV and WDIV, cycling between the station call letters/channel and "Local 4" or "Local 2" on the animated bug).

KSAT 12 HD

On February 5, 2009, KSAT became the second station in San Antonio (behind KENS) to broadcast its newscast in high definition, however KSAT does not currently broadcast in true HD, but rather upconverted widescreen standard definition. Nevertheless, it claim to be broadcasting in high definition.

Leslie Mouton

In 2004, weeknight co-anchor Leslie Mouton was interviewed on The Oprah Winfrey Show (which airs on KSAT), talking about her battle with breast cancer and her decision to anchor the news without a wig while she was going through chemotherapy. The talk show featured clips of Mouton's first anchoring appearance after she lost her hair, including the explanation she gave on-air of what she was going through at the time. Mouton chronicled her treatment and recovery on KSAT, earning accolades from local oncologists and cancer patients.

KSAT 12 Studio on N. St. Mary's

On-air staff

Current on-air staff

Anchors

Reporters

KSAT 12 Weather Team

Sports team

Former on-air staff

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News/station presentation

Newscast titles

Station slogans

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References

  1. ^ a b c “DFW Radio Archives • 1920s”
  2. ^ (12 January 1929) "Frank Norris' Church is Destroyed by Fire: Two Buildings are Completely Razed by Blaze" The Port Arthur News page 1
  3. ^ a b “DFW Radio Archives • 1930s”
  4. ^ "Radio Station KSAT 107.5 FM Kyle TX"
  5. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  6. ^ CDBS Print

External links

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Local stations

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KGNS-TV (8.1 NBC, 8.2 CW, 8.3 TMD) • KVTV (13.1 CBS) • KETF 25 (TFU) • KLDO (27.1 UNI, 27.2 TFU, 27.3 FOX/MNTV, 27.4 LATV) • KXOF 39 (FOX/MNTV/LATV) • KNEX 55 (AZA) • KLMV 68 (Ind.)
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KENS 5 (CBS) • KLRN 9 (PBS) • KSAT 12 (ABC)
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