KBTX-TV
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Bryan/College Station, Texas United States |
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| Branding | News 3 CW8 Aggieland |
| Slogan | The People You Know. The News You Trust. |
| Channels |
Digital: 50 (UHF) Virtual: 3 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 3.1 CBS 3.2 The CW |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | May 22, 1957 |
| Call letters' meaning | Bryan, TeXas |
| Sister station(s) | KWTX-TV KOSA-TV (Odessa/Midland) KXII (Sherman, TX/Ada, OK) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 3 (VHF, 1957–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
ABC (secondary, 1957–1985) UPN (DT2, until 2006) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 507.2 m (1,664.0 ft) |
| Facility ID | 6669 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°33′16.5″N 96°1′52.4″W / 30.554583°N 96.031222°W |
| Website | www.kbtx.com |
KBTX-TV 3 is the CBS television network affiliate located in Bryan/College Station, Texas. It airs on digital UHF Channel 50 and is owned by Gray Television. It is a sister station to KWTX-TV in Waco. The station's studios are located on East 29th Street in Bryan, and its transmitter is located in Carlos, Texas. Some internal operations are handled at KWTX-TV's studios on American Plaza in Waco.
KBTX broadcasts on cable systems—including on Suddenlink channel 5 -- and on DirecTV and Dish Network.
KBTX also offers The CW programming on its digital feed. Prior to the September 2006 merger of The WB and UPN, KBTX offered UPN programming on digital. Following the merger, CW Texas was launched as a joint effort between KBTX and KWTX. On August 8, 2012, CW Texas became CW8 Aggieland, which carries programming from The CW, as well as a variety of local sports offerings and many syndicated shows.
KBTX-TV falls under the "KBTX Media" banner, which also includes CW8 Aggieland and KBTX.com
KBTX was the first television station in the Brazos Valley, first going on the air on May 22, 1957. It has broadcast from the same studio for its entire history, though that building has been added on to multiple times. Originally airing both CBS and ABC programming, KBTX became an exclusive CBS affiliate in 1984.
On October 14, 1983, KBTX flipped the switch on a new transmitter in the Grimes County community of Carlos. The 1,700-foot tower nearly doubled the number of homes the station reached.
Perhaps the most noteworthy coverage from KBTX was on November 18, 1999. Early that morning, the Aggie Bonfire stack collapsed, killing 12 and injuring 27. The station provided non-stop coverage of the event, and served as a major source of information locally and nationally in the hours that followed.
KBTX began celebrating its 50th anniversary in May 2007. Many former on-air staff returned for the celebration, including some who guest-anchored newscasts.
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