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KTXW

KTXW is a local cable channel affiliated with The CW which can also seen on KGNS digital subchannel 8.2.[1]. The channel is on Laredo's Time Warner Cable channel 19. Most of its programming comes from The CW Plus, a group of CW affiliates in small to medium markets. KTXW is managed by Laredo's KGNS-TV, which handles programming and advertising.

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History

KTXW launched as a cable-only The WB affiliate in 1998 programmed by The WB 100+ Station Group, a predecessor to The CW Plus. WB 100+ was made to get The WB on cable screens in small and medium TV markets, and let a local cable TV company or another TV station operate a cable channel carrying The WB network with imaginary call letters and WB 100+ programming up all non-network slots on the schedule, and let the operator of the cable channel air local commercial inserts and have a unique local branding (like "Laredo's WB19").

In September 2006, The WB and UPN networks closed down in order to launch The CW. The website of The CW referred to a "Laredo CW" coming to the Laredo market. [1] weeks before the launch. TV listings show that KTXW would carry CW programming after the launch on September 18, 2006; KTXW has since been confirmed as a CW affiliate.

In October 2008, KGNS began to air KTXW on digital subchannel 8.2 making it free to all homes in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo.

Laredo's First News at 9

KGNS produces a 9PM newscast, Laredo's First News at 9, for KTXW. The half-hour news program is anchored by KGNS's Max Fernandez and Victoria Marshall. The target audience for this news program is viewers between the ages of 21 through 34, which is the largest growing demographic in the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area. Laredo's First News at 9 has been airing since June 21, 2008.[2]

External links

References

  1. ^ KGNS | About Us
  2. ^ Laredo Morning Times article; New news show begins Monday on CW, ch. 19
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American stations

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.)
Mexican stations

XEFE 2 (Televisa XHGC/XHTV) • XHBR 11 (Televisa XEW) • XHLNA 21 (TV Azteca 13) • XHLAT 33 (TV Azteca 7) • XHNAT 45 (Multimedios) • XHNAN 55 (TVNL, Anahuac) • XHLAR 57 (Televisa local)
San Antonio stations available on cable

KENS 5 (CBS) • KLRN 9 (PBS) • KSAT 12 (ABC)
Texas Broadcast television areas by city:

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v CW Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

KCWX 2 (Fredericksburg/San Antonio) - KFDM-DT 6.2 (Beaumont) - KAUZ-DT 6.2 (Wichita Falls) - KVIA-DT 7.2 (El Paso) KVII-DT 7.2 (Amarillo) - KTEN-DT 10.2 (Ada, OK/Sherman) - KWTX-DT 10.2 / KBTX-DT 3.2 (Waco/Bryan) - KTXS-DT 12.2 (Abilene) KRIS-DT 13.2 (Corpus Christi) - "KWSA" 14 (San Angelo, cable-only) - KTXW-DT 15.2 (Laredo) - KLCW 22 (Lubbock) - KWWT 30 (Odessa) KDAF 33 (Dallas) - KIAH 39 (Houston) - KCEB 54 (Longview) - KNVA 54/KBVO-CA 51 (Austin) - KSFE-LP 67 (McAllen)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Texas

Categories: CW network affiliates | Television stations in Texas

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