KLTV
  
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Tyler/Longview, Texas United States |
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| Branding | KLTV 7 (general) KLTV 7 News (newscasts) Telemundo La Vida (on DT3) |
| Slogan |
Caring. Committed. Proud of East Texas. (general) Your East Texas News Leader (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 7 () |
| Subchannels | 7.1 ABC 7.2 Bounce TV 7.3 Telemundo |
| Owner |
Raycom Media (KLTV/KTRE License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | October 14, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | "L" - Lucille Buford, a member of the station's founding family |
| Sister station(s) | KTRE |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 7 (VHF, 1954–2009) Digital: 10 (VHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: CBS / NBC (joint primary, 1954–1984) Secondary: DuMont (1954–1955) NBC (1984-1987) DT2: local weather (2006–2009) This TV (2009–2011) |
| Transmitter power | 66 kW |
| Height | 300 meters (980 ft) |
| Facility ID | 68540 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°32′23″N 95°13′11″W / 32.53972°N 95.21972°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.kltv.com |
KLTV, virtual and VHF digital channel 7, is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Tyler, Texas, United States. The station is owned by Raycom Media. KLTV maintains studio facilities located on West Ferguson Street in Downtown Tyler (located between the Smith County and the United States courthouses), and its transmitter is located in rural northern Smith County (near the Wood County line). On cable, the station is available on Suddenlink Communications channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 720.
KTRE (virtual and VHF channel 9) in Lufkin operates as a semi-satellite of KLTV; it clears all of KLTV's syndicated programming, but produces separate weeknight 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. newscasts, airs its own station identifications and Sunday morning religious programs, and maintains its own advertising sales department for commercials seen on KTRE.
The station first signed on the air on October 14, 1954; it was founded by the locally based company Buford Television, which was owned by Lucille Buford. KLTV has been an ABC affiliate since its debut, however it initially carried the network as a shared primary affiliation with CBS and NBC; the station also aired programming from the DuMont Television Network on a secondary basis until 1955. The station originally operated from studio facilities on Texas Loop 323 on the east side of Tyler. In 1964, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) collapsed Lufkin and Nacogdoches into the Tyler market. Soon afterward, the Buford family bought KTRE and converted it into a semi-satellite of KLTV.
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