KTAB
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Abilene, Texas United States |
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| Branding | KTAB News |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels |
Digital: 24 (UHF) Virtual: 32 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 32.1 CBS 32.2 Telemundo 32.3 Escape |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | October 6, 1979 |
| Call letters' meaning | Keeping Tab on Abilene and the Big country" |
| Sister station(s) | KRBC-TV |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 32 (UHF, 1979–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 258 m |
| Facility ID | 59988 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°16′38″N 99°35′51″W / 32.27722°N 99.59750°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | KTAB/KRBC |
KTAB-TV is the CBS affiliate television station serving Abilene, Texas. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group and broadcasts on digital channel 24. KTAB is licensed to Abilene and broadcasts on a High Definition digital signal on UHF Channel 24. KTAB shares studios with NBC affiliated KRBC-TV located on South 14th Street in western Abilene, and also shares a transmitter facility with KRBC along Texas State Highway 36 in rural southwestern Callahan County.
KTAB began broadcasting on October 6, 1979 and transmits from a transmitter/tower facility located on a hilltop southeast of the city along Texas Highway 36 in neighboring Callahan County (about 15 miles from the studio). The tower structure is approximately 700 feet tall with an average height of about 950 feet above the city of Abilene. This made Abilene one of the last markets in the country to get full service from the Big Three networks.
Upon signing-on, it took over the CBS affiliation from KTXS-TV, which became a full ABC affiliate. The station was founded by William "Bill" Terry (55% owner) and a large contingent of partners, investors, and department heads. Terry had worked for many years at established station KRBC-TV and was well known in the Abilene area. Terry sold the station to International Broadcasting, owned by stockholder Thomas Scallen in 1984.
Shamrock Broadcasting, Roy E. Disney's broadcasting company, bought the station in 1986. Shamrock then sold KTAB to Shooting Star Broadcasting in 1997. Current owner Nexstar Broadcasting bought the station from Shooting Star Broadcasting in 1999.
In 2005, Nexstar Broadcasting completed the consolidation of the KTAB operations into the older, larger KRBC building at 4510 South 14th Street in Abilene. Nexstar had already taken over KRBC's operations a year earlier under a joint sales agreement with KTAB as the senior partner. The original KTAB building was sold and has subsequently been converted into an office building. The computerized and automated master control facility not only operates KTAB and KRBC n Abilene, but also sister Nexstar/Mission stations KLST and KSAN in San Angelo. All syndicated programming and local commercial advertising for the four stations is delivered via Harris/Leitch Nexio servers with Avid/Sundance FastBreak automation providing all switching and playback operations.
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