KSAT-TV
 
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San Antonio, Texas United States |
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| Branding | KSAT 12 (general) KSAT 12 News (newscasts) (pronounced "K-Sat") |
| Slogan | Expect more. |
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Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 12 () |
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Graham Media Group (Graham Media Group, San Antonio, Inc.) |
| First air date | January 21, 1957 |
| Call letters' meaning | San Antonio, Texas; also the ICAO code for San Antonio International Airport |
| Former callsigns | KONO-TV (1957–1969) |
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| Transmitter power | 65 kW |
| Height | 455 m |
| Facility ID | 53118 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°16′11″N 98°15′31″W / 29.26972°N 98.25861°WCoordinates: 29°16′11″N 98°15′31″W / 29.26972°N 98.25861°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.ksat.com |
KSAT-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 12, is an ABC-affiliated television station located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The station is owned by the Graham Media Group subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company. KSAT maintains studio facilities located on North St. Mary's Street on the northern edge of downtown, and its transmitter is located off of Route 181 in northwest Wilson County (northeast of Elmendorf).
The station first signed on the air on January 21, 1957, as KONO-TV; it was founded by the Roth family, owners of KONO radio (860 AM and 101.1 FM). Channel 12 has been an ABC affiliate since its debut, taking the affiliation from WOAI-TV (channel 4) and KENS (channel 5), which each carried select programs from the network on a secondary basis (WOAI began carrying ABC programming when it signed on in December 1949, followed by KENS, when it signed on two months later in February 1950). The station originally operated from studio facilities located at 1408 North St. Mary's Street in downtown San Antonio.
The Roths sold channel 12 to Providence, Rhode Island-based The Outlet Company in 1968 (the Roths later sold the KONO radio stations to Duffy Broadcasting in 1985, both stations are now owned by Cox Radio); the following year, in 1969, the station changed its call letters to KSAT-TV (in reference to the station's city of license). Outlet was taken private in 1986 and the company's new owners sold KSAT to H&C Communications. In 1994, H&C sold KSAT and Houston sister station KPRC-TV to The Washington Post Company (now Graham Holdings Company), which placed the two stations within its Post-Newsweek Stations subsidiary.
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