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KTXS-TV is the ABC television affiliate for the Abilenemarker/Sweetwater, Texasmarker market. The station is licensed to Sweetwater, and broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 20 (Suddenlink cable 4 in Abilene) from a broadcasting tower near Trent, Texasmarker.

KTXS also has a low powered repeater, KTXE-LP channel 38 in San Angelo, Texasmarker (called "KTXE 12", reflecting its cable slot on Suddenlink channel 12 in San Angelo).

History

KTXS signed on as KPAR-TV on January 2, 1956. It was part of the West Texas Television Network, based at KDUB-TV (now KLBK-TVmarker) in Lubbockmarker, and was a primary CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network. The station's first studio was built on the east edge of Sweetwater; broadcasts from this location included a newscast at 6 pm.

Grayson Enterprises bought the West Texas Television Network stations in 1961. Grayson opened a satellite studio in Abilene in the early 1960s, and soon moved most of KPAR's operations there. This resulted in the first of many fines from the FCC for violating "main studio" regulations. In 1966, the station moved most of its operations to a new studio in north Abilene and the call letters were changed to KTXS. The station became a sole ABC affiliate when KTAB-TVmarker signed on in 1979 and took over as Abilene's CBS affiliate.

In the late fifties or early sixties, auxiliary studios were built at a former auto dealer building in Abilene. In 1962 or later, the Abilene studios were moved to a new shopping mall (Westgate Shopping center)on the west edge of Abilene. These were used until 1966 when the studios were moved to the highway bypass at the north edge of town, straddling the city of Abilene, the county, and a small town called Impactmarker (founded to allow liquor in otherwise dry west Texas).

Grayson nearly lost its stations, including KTXS, four times between 1968 and 1971 due to licensing issues. In 1977, their renewals were deferred pending a hearing. Grayson was accused of fraudulent billing, program and transmitter log fabrication, main studio violations, failure to make required technical tests, etc.

The case was settled in what was then described as a "distress sale" where the stations were sold to a minority controlled group (nowadays known as a historically underutilized group) at a reduced price. The company break up actually help define the parameters of such a sale. KLBK and KTXS were sold to Prima, Inc., who was granted a permanent waiver of the main studio rule. It shut down the Sweetwater studio, but still identifies as "Sweetwater/Abilene."

In 1979, the station dropped CBS and became a full ABC affiliate after KTAB-TVmarker signed on.

On December 31st 2008 KTXS began broadcasting in High Definition on Suddenlink cable. On Friday June 12th, 2009 KTXS TV shut off their analog. KTXS Chief Engineer Leland Ohlhausen turned the off the KTXS Analog signal.

Coverage Area

  • KTXS-TV serves as the ABC affiliate for 17 counties in West Central Texas that are part of the Abilene television market area.
    • (Taylor, Nolan, Callahan, Comanche, Coleman, Brown, Runnels, Stephens, Shackelford, Jones, Eastland, Fisher, Scurry, Mitchell, Haskell, Stonewall, & Knox County)


  • KTXS also provides coverage for five other counties that are on the fringe of the actual viewing market.
    • (Throckmorton, Concho, Tom Green, Coke, & McCulloch County).
    • [Throckmorton County was reassigned to the Wichita Falls/Lawton DMA from the Abilene DMA as of September 2008]


The CW

Beginning in September 2006, KTXS started broadcasting the shows of the new CW Television Network on its digital channel 20.

New Ownership

Bluestone Television sold KTXS to Bonten Media Group in 2007. Bonten Media also owns station WCYBmarker and manages several others.

On-Air Talent

Current personalities

News
  • Wayne McCormick: 6 and 10 pm Anchor
  • George Levesque: News Director/5 pm Anchor
  • Chrissie Mouton: 6 and 10pm Anchor
  • Laura Madison: 5 pm Anchor/Managing Editor
  • Mari Cockerell: Morning Anchor
  • Jacqueline LaCroix: Weekend Anchor/Education Reporter
  • Mike Skow: Weekend Anchor/City Reporter
  • Melissa Garcia:KTES Anchor/Crime and Courts Reporter
  • Brittiny Barber: reporter
  • Laura Labay: reporter
  • Trishna Begam: reporter
  • Jocelyn Tovar: reporter


Weather
  • Mark Rowlett Chief Meteorologist (seen weekday evenings)
  • Danielle Dozier: Meteorologist (seen weekend evenings)
  • Chad Garneau: Meteorologist (seen weekday mornings)


Sports
  • Bryan Keating: Sports Director/Anchor
  • Ron Snyder: Weekend Anchor/Reporter
  • Brian Holland: Reporter


Past Personalities

  • LeAnn Allison: meteorologist/chief meteorologist (mid-1990s-2002, now with KRDO-TVmarker in Colorado Springs, CO)
  • Rick Bentley: sports anchor/reporter (early 2000s), now a police officer.
  • Kim Betton: anchor/reporter/photojournalist (now with KARK-TVmarker in Little Rock, AR)
  • Anita Blanton: reporter (early 2000s, now morning anchor at KOCO-TVmarker in Oklahoma City, OK)
  • Jennifer Bordelon: anchor/reporter (early 2000s, now with KLTV-TVmarker in Tyler, TX)
  • Aaron Burtch: sports/weather anchor (now an admissions counselor at Abilene Christian Universitymarker)
  • Jennifer Bray: anchor, assignments editor, and news director (1990s-2004, now an instructor at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christimarker)
  • Paul Brown: anchor and news director (1993-2003, now with News 8 Austin in Austin, TX)
  • Nelly Carreno: anchor/reporter (early 2000s, now main weather anchor at WSNS-TVmarker in Chicago, IL)
  • Michelle Casas: anchor/reporter (early-mid 1990s)
  • Lenore Castro: reporter (late 1990s, deceased)
  • Andy Cerota: Reporter (1994-95, now at KTRK-TVmarker in Houston)
  • Ty Chandler: anchor/reporter (early 2000s, now with NY1)
  • Christy Cheves: sports anchor/reporter (1996-1997, now owns an Austin-based PR Shop)
  • Keyla Concepción: anchor/reporter (early 2000s, now public information officer with the Broward County Sheriff's Office in Florida)
  • Gilbert Corsey: Reporter (2006-2008, now with WCHS-TVmarker in Charleston, WV)
  • Mike Costa: reporter (mid 1990s)
  • Kris Davis-Jones: anchor/reporter (now an attorney in Austin, TX)
  • Hollani Davis: anchor/reporter (early 2000s-2006, now with WDBJ-TVmarker in Roanoke, VA)
  • Jerry Eckhart: chief meteorologist
  • Nina Edwards: anchor/reporter (1990s)
  • Gabriella Gonzales: telemundo anchor/Reporter (2005-2008)
  • Janet Gregg: (now president of Gregg Communications)
  • George Flickinger: meteorologist/chief meteorologist (late 1990s-2001, now with KJRH-TVmarker in Tulsa, OK)
  • Lesley Floyd: sports reporter/anchor (early 2000s-2007, now Lesley McCaslin with News 8 Austin in Austin, TX)
  • Brooke Hart: anchor/reporter (early 1990s, now with NBC Newschannel in Washington, DC)
  • Reba Hollingsworth: anchor/reporter (mid 1990s-2000, now freelance reporter in Washington, DC)
  • Chance Horner: photographer/producer (late 2006-2008, now with Fox in Little Rock
  • Bob Izzard: weather anchor
  • Nate Johnson: meteorologist/chief meteorologist (2000-2006, now with WRAL-TVmarker in Raleigh, NC)
  • Charlie Jordan: meteorologist (late 1990s-2000, retired)
  • Steve Kersh: meteorologist/chief meteorologist (1990s, now with KVII-TVmarker in Amarillo, TX)
  • Janet Kwak 5 pm anchor/reporter (2006 - 2009) now reporter at WOAI-TVmarker in San Antonio, TX
  • Andrew LaFavers: meteorologist (2001-2007, now an instructor with Dallas Baptist University)
  • Damon Lane: morning meteorologist, then later chief meteorologist (2005-2009, now with KOCO-TVmarker in Oklahoma City, OK)
  • Mike Licquia: reporter (1990s-early 2000s, now with WCTI-TVmarker in New Bern, NC)
  • Lacie Lowry: anchor/repoter (2005-2007, now morning anchor with KGBT-TVmarker in Harlingen, TX)
  • Kyle McAlister: Morning Anchor (1989-1990 and 1991-1994), now with Aflac in Abilene, TX
  • Sharla McBride: sports reporter (2007-2008) now weekend sports anchor at WNEP in Scranton, PA
  • Rupal Meta: reporter (1980s)
  • Harvey Mireles: reporter (mid-2000s, last seen at KVII-TVmarker in Amarillo, TX)
  • Iain Munro: news director (2004-2007, now news director with KRQE-TVmarker in Albuquerque, NM)
  • Melissa Newton: reporter (2001-early 2007, later moved to KOCO 5marker in Oklahoma City, now reporter at CBS 11marker in Dallas/Fort Worth)
  • Jimmy Parker: farm and ranch reporter (deceased)
  • Lauren Przybyl: anchor/reporter (early 2000s, now with KDFW-TVmarker in Dallas, TX)
  • Kim Ponis: sports anchor/reporter (1990s)
  • Ted Price: anchor/reporter (1990s)
  • Vanessa Reyes: anchor/reporter (early 2000s, now with KFOX-TVmarker in El Paso, TX/Las Cruces, NM)
  • Roxanne Rodriguez: anchor/reporter (early 1990s)
  • Mark Rogers: sports anchor/director (early-mid 2000s), Currently Physician Recruiter at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene.
  • Paula Rowland: morning weather (1990s)
  • Elizabeth Salinas: reporter (1996-1997; now Elizabeth Salinas-Strittmatter, Attorney in Austin, TX)
  • Jennifer Saucedo: Reporter 2005-2008
  • Braid Sharp: anchor/reporter (early 2000s-2008, now the Development Director at TSTC in Abilene)
  • Matt Smith: Farm & Ranch Reporter
  • Dean Staley:reporter (early 1990s)
  • Cam Tran weekend anchor/city reporter (2006 - 2009) now reporter at WMTW, Portland Maine
  • Tim Vasquez: meteorologist (1994-95; now author and designer of Digital Atmosphere weather analysis software, founder of WeatherGraphics)
  • Amy Wallis: anchor/reporter (mid 1990s-early 2000s, last seen as host of Hot On! Dallas/Ft. Worth in Dallas, TX)
  • Matt Waterwall: anchor/reporter (mid 1990s-early 2000s, now with CLTV in Chicago, IL)
  • Karen Wilkison: anchor and political reporter (1990s-mid 2000s)
  • Crystal Wolf: anchor


News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

  • Action News 12 (early 1980s)
  • KTXS Action News (mid 1980s-mid 1990s)
  • KTXS News 12 (mid 1990s-present)


Station Slogans

  • The News Leader (early 2000s-2008)
  • Earning Your Trust (2008-present)
  • The Station That Tracks Storms (weather slogan; 2008-present)


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