KXII
  
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Sherman/Denison, Texas/ Ada/Ardmore, Oklahoma United States |
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| City | Sherman, Texas |
| Branding | 12 Media, CBS 12 (general) News 12 (newscasts) My 12 (on DT2) Fox 12 (on DT3) |
| Slogan | The Weather Authority |
| Channels |
Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 12 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 12.1 CBS 12.2 MyNetworkTV 12.3 Fox |
| Translators | KXIP-LD 12 Paris |
| Affiliations | CBS (secondary from 1960–1977) |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | August 12, 1956 |
| Call letters' meaning | XII (Roman numeral 12) |
| Sister station(s) |
KOSA-TV (Odessa/Midland) KWTX-TV (Waco) KBTX-TV (Bryan/College Station) |
| Former callsigns | KVSO-TV (1956–1958) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 12 (VHF, 1956–2009) Digital: 20 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1956–1977) |
| Transmitter power | 36 kW |
| Height | 545.5 meters (1,790 ft) |
| Facility ID | 35954 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°1′57.8″N 96°48′0.3″W / 34.032722°N 96.800083°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | kxii.com |
KXII, VHF digital channel 12, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Sherman, Texas, United States which also serves Ada and Ardmore, Oklahoma, and Denison, Texas. The station is owned by Gray Television. KXII maintains studios located on Texoma Parkway (SH 91) in Sherman, and its transmitter is located southwest of Madill, Oklahoma. The station's signal is relayed on low-power translator station KXIP-LD (channel 12) in Paris, Texas.
The station first signed on the air on August 12, 1956 as KVSO-TV, originally licensed to Ardmore, Oklahoma. The station's original owners also owned local radio station KVSO (1240 AM) and the The Daily Ardmoreite newspaper. Channel 12 originally operated as an NBC affiliate; unable to afford a network feed, station engineers switched to and from the signal of WKY-TV (now KFOR-TV) in Oklahoma City whenever NBC programming was being broadcast. The station often carried some of WKY's non-network programming as well. In late 1958, the station was sold to Texoma Broadcasting and its call letters were changed to KXII (signifying the Roman numeral for 12).
In 1959, a tornado collapsed the station's transmission tower – located north of Ardmore in the Arbuckle Mountains at a site formerly used to transmit KVSO-FM – sparing the life of transmitter engineer Chester Rollins. A new transmitter and tower was later constructed near Madill, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Ardmore in order to provide better reception to viewers in Durant and across the Red River to the Sherman/Denison, Texas area. Beginning in 1960, the station became a primary NBC affiliate, and added a secondary affiliation with CBS. CBS fare on channel 12 consisted mainly of daytime programs and sports coverage (such as NFL football).
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