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KTEN-DT3

KTEN-DT3 is the ABC-affiliated television station serving North Texas, Southcentral and Southeastern Oklahoma. It is a third digital subchannel of NBC affiliate KTEN (digital channel 26, virtual channel 10.1), which is owned by the Lockwood Broadcasting Group.

Over-the-air, KTEN-DT3 broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 26.3 from a transmitter north of Milburn, Oklahoma along OK 7 and near Wapanucka, Oklahoma. It is known on-air as ABC Texoma, KTEN-DT3's parent station has its studios located on High Point Circle in Denison, Texas.

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History

This channel's history began on September 18, 2006 when the main station created this subchannel to air a NOAA weather radar map. Prior to KTEN-DT3 becoming an ABC affiliate, KTEN was a primary ABC affiliate from its 1954 sign-on until the early 1990s when the station began taking on a larger proportion of NBC programming on its schedule and became a secondary ABC affiliate, later adding Fox as an additional secondary affiliation in 1994.

KTEN became an exclusive NBC affiliate in 1998, leaving the Sherman-Ada market as one of the only markets in the United States with affiliates of five of the six major broadcast networks (NBC, CBS, Fox, The CW and MyNetworkTV) but lacking an ABC affiliate by 2006, when KTEN and KXII added subchannels with affiliations with The CW and Fox and MyNetworkTV, respectively. WFAA for example, can be seen on cable and satellite subscriptions but not over-the-air because it is a VHF station that can rarely be seen over-the-air, even with amplified outdoor antennas.

Newscasts

ABC Texoma airs all national news broadcasts from ABC. It has also launched local newscasts with segments from ABC News. KTEN gets news clips from NBC, CNN, and ABC and it generally mixes its national news segments with all of its channels, regardless of affiliation. Currently, KTEN produces two half-hour local news broadcasts for KTEN-DT3; the subchannel airs these separate newscasts on weekdays at 4 p.m. and weekends at 5:30 p.m., while the main KTEN channel simulcast its newscasts on digital subchannel 10.3 on weekdays at 11 a.m., weeknights at 5 and every night at 10 p.m. All newscasts airing on KTEN-DT3 use the ABC Texoma News branding, which is separate from that of KTEN's primary channel; and the weekend newscasts can be delayed or preempted on one or both channels due to network programming obligations such as a sporting event or other program overrunning its end time. KTEN does not yet broadcast its local news in high definition.

ABC Texoma News Midday (weekday mornings 11 a.m.-12 p.m.)

ABC Texoma News at 4 (weekdays 4-4:30 p.m.) ABC Texoma News at 5 (weeknights 5-5:30 p.m.) ABC Texoma News at 10 (weeknights 10-10:30 p.m.)

ABC Texoma Weekend News at 5:30 (weekends 5:30-6 p.m.) ABC Texoma Weekend News at 10 (weekends 10-10:30 p.m.)

KTEN-DT3 features news personnel from KTEN. See that article for a complete listing.

Station presentation

Newscast titles

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v • d • Television stations in Sherman, Texas and Ada & Ardmore, Oklahoma
Sherman, Texas

KXII (12.1 CBS, 12.2 MNTV, 12.3 Fox) • KADY-LP 34 (IND)
Ada, Oklahoma

KTEN (10.1 NBC, 10.2 The CW, 10.3 ABC) • K15AA / K28AC / K46AI (PBS) • K17FB / K45EJ (IND) • KOKT-LP 20 (UNI)
Distant signals available in region

Dallas-Fort Worth: KDFW 4 (Fox) • WFAA 8 (ABC) • KERA 13 (PBS) Oklahoma City: KFOR 4 (NBC) • KOCO 5 (ABC) • KWTV 9 (CBS) • KOKH 25 (Fox)
Texas Broadcast television areas by city:

Abilene/Sweetwater • Amarillo (Texas Panhandle) • Austin • Beaumont/Port Arthur • Corpus Christi • Dallas-Fort Worth • Del Rio, TX • El Paso • Houston • Laredo • Lubbock • Midland-Odessa (Permian Basin) • 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

Oklahoma Broadcast television areas by city: Ada/Sherman, TX • Amarillo, TX • Fort Smith, AR (Eastern OK) • Joplin, MO (Northeast OK) • Lawton/Wichita Falls, TX • Oklahoma City Metro • Texarkana, TX-AR/Shreveport, LA • Tulsa (East Central OK)
v ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Oklahoma

KOCO 5 (Oklahoma City) • KSWO 7 (Lawton) • KTUL 8 (Tulsa) • KTEN-DT 10.3 (Ada)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Oklahoma
v • d • ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

KMID 2 (Midland) - KIII 3 (Corpus Christi) - KRGV 5 (Weslaco) - KLTV 7 / KTRE 9 (Tyler / Lufkin) - KVIA 7 (El Paso) - KVII 7 (Amarillo) - WFAA 8 (Dallas) - KBMT 12 (Beaumont) - KSAT 12 (San Antonio) - KTXS 12 / KTXE 38 (Sweetwater / San Angelo) - KTRK 13 (Houston) - KVUE 24 (Austin) - KAVU 25 (Victoria) - KXXV 25 / KRHD 40 (Waco / Bryan) - ABC Texoma 26.3 (Sherman) - KAMC 28 (Lubbock)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Texas

Categories: ABC network affiliates | Lockwood Broadcasting Group | Television stations in Oklahoma | Television stations in Texas

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