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KZTV

KZTV is the CBS-affiliated television station for South Texas that is licensed to Corpus Christi. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a trnamsitter north of Petronila. Owned by Eagle Creek Broadcasting, the station is operated by Cordillera Communications (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Evening Post Publishing Company) through a shared services agreement. This makes it sister to NBC affiliate KRIS-TV, low-power Independent K47DF, and low-power Telemundo affiliate K68DJ. All four stations share studios on Artesian Street in Downtown Corpus Christi. Syndicated programming on KZTV includes: Entertainment Tonight, The Doctors, Dr. Phil, and Martha.

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History

This station was home to Walter Furley, the Guinness Book of World Records holder for longest duration newscaster. He was at the station for 45 years before retiring on May 31, 2002. Vann Kennedy, original owner and operator of KZTV and KVTV in Laredo, also has the distinguishment of giving legendary broadcaster Walter Cronkite his first job in journalism. Throughout the years, the station's resources were divided between the studios in Corpus Christi and transmitter north of Petronila. In 1985, a modern production facility was built on Artesian Street in Downtown Corpus Christi. In 2002, Eagle Creek Broadcasting bought the station and later in the year debuted a new and more polished product. Most on-air staff hired before the buyout were forced out. During this time, KZTV went by the brands of "CBS 10" and finally "Action 10 News". News Directors included Judith Cutright (2002-2003), Kent Harrell (2003-2006), and Hollis Grizzard Jr. (2006-2009).

On July 23, 2008, Eagle Creek Broadcasting announced that it had sold KZTV to Cordillera Communications. The application to sell the station was opposed by McKinnon Broadcasting, the owner of ABC affiliate KIII. This objection held up the deal until August 24, 2009 when Eagle Creek announced a shared services agreement with KRIS-TV. Cordillera now owns all station assets with Eagle Creek owning KZTV's broadcast license. Plans called for the KRIS staff to move into KZTV's current facility in a process that will be completed in May 2010. In 2009, KZTV remained on channel 10 when the analog to digital conversion was completed. [1]

Ratings

In the sweeps period for February 2010, all of KZTV's newscasts ranked last.

Newscasts

News team

Current On-Air Talent

Doppler 10 Weather Team

Action 10 Sports

Newscast Titles

Station slogans

Station alumni

References

  1. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf

External links

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KGNS-TV (NBC) • KGWN-TV (CBS) • KXLT-TV (Fox)1 • KZTV (CBS)3 • WBMM (CW) • WLTZ (NBC) • WLTZ-DT2 (CW, WLTZ-DT 2) • WNCF (ABC) • WWMB (CW) 2

1KXLT-TV is operated by Quincy Newspapers under a Local Marketing Agreement (LMA). 2WWMB is operated by Barrington Broadcasting under an LMA. 3KZTV is operated by Evening Post Publishing Company under an LMA(Sale Pending)
v • d • Broadcast television in coastal South Texas, including Corpus Christi
English channels

KIII 3 (ABC) • KRIS 6 (NBC, 6.2 The CW) • KZTV 10 (CBS) • KXPX 14 (RTV) • KEDT 16 (PBS) • KTOV-LP 21 (MNTV) • KHCC-LP 35 (A1) • KUQI 38 (FOX) • K47DF 47 (Ind) • KCBO 49 (FN) • KCCZ-LP 61 (Ind/Rel) • KADM 63 (TBN)
Spanish channels

KWDT-LP 12 (Ind/Rel) • KCCX-LP 25 (AZA) • KORO 28 (UNI) • KCRP 41 (TFU) • KLAO 43 (Ind/Rel)
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
v • d • CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

KDBC 4 (El Paso) - KGBT 4 (Harlingen) - KENS 5 (San Antonio) - KAUZ 6 (Wichita Falls) - KFDM 6 (Beaumont) - KOSA 7 (Odessa) - KLST 8 (San Angelo) - KFDA 10 (Amarillo) - KWTX 10 / KBTX 3 (Waco / Bryan) - KZTV 10 (Corpus Christi) - KHOU 11 (Houston) - KTVT 11 (Fort Worth / Dallas) - KXII 12 (Sherman) - KLBK 13 (Lubbock) - KVTV 13 (Laredo) - KYTX 19 (Nacogdoches / Tyler) - KTAB 32 (Abilene) - KEYE 42 (Austin)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Texas

Categories: CBS network affiliates | Channel 10 digital TV stations in the United States | Television channels and stations established in 1956 | Television stations in Texas | Media in Corpus Christi, Texas

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