KTRE
 
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Lufkin/Nacogdoches, Texas United States |
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| Branding | KTRE 9 (general) East Texas News (newscasts) Telemundo La Vida (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Caring, Committed, Proud |
| Channels |
Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 9 () |
| Subchannels | 9.1 ABC 9.2 Telemundo |
| Owner |
Raycom Media (KLTV/KTRE License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | August 31, 1955 |
| Call letters' meaning | TREes, a reference to the heavily forested geography of the Lufkin area |
| Sister station(s) | KLTV |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 9 (VHF, 1955–2009) Digital: 11 (VHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
NBC (primary, 1955–1964; joint primary with ABC and CBS, 1964–1984; secondary, 1984–1987) CBS (secondary, 1955–1964; joint primary with ABC and NBC, 1964–1984) |
| Transmitter power | 25 kW |
| Height | 204 m (669 ft) |
| Facility ID | 68541 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 31°25′9.3″N 94°48′4.2″W / 31.419250°N 94.801167°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
(semi-satellite of KLTV/Tyler, Texas) Profile (semi-satellite of KLTV/Tyler, Texas) CDBS |
| Website | www.ktre.com |
KTRE, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Lufkin, Texas, United States. The station is owned by Raycom Media. KTRE maintains studio and transmitter facilities located on TV Road (near U.S. 69) in the unincorporated community of Pollok.
Although considered a separate station in its own right, it is a semi-satellite of KLTV in Tyler. It clears all of that station's syndicated programming but produces separate weeknight newscasts and airs its own commercials, station identifications and Sunday morning religious programs. On cable, KTRE is available on Suddenlink and Consolidated Communications in the area, as well as Dish Network. On satellite, the station is not currently carried by DirecTV, which instead carries KLTV in the area.
The station first signed on the air on August 31, 1955; it was founded by the owners of now-defunct radio station KTRE-AM (1420), and originally operated as a satellite of Houston NBC affiliate KPRC-TV. However, it occasionally deviated from the KPRC schedule to air programming from ABC and CBS. In 1964, the Federal Communications Commission collapsed Lufkin and Nacogdoches into the Tyler-Longview market. Soon afterward, the Buford family, owners of KLTV, bought KTRE and converted it into a semi-satellite of that station.
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