KZTV
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Corpus Christi, Texas United States |
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| Branding | Action 10 News 6 News (during simulcasted KRIS-TV shows) |
| Slogan | The station with the most local news in South Texas. (during simulcasted KRIS-TV shows) |
| Channels |
Digital: 10 (VHF) Virtual: 10 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 10.1 CBS 10.2 Telemundo |
| Affiliations | CBS (Secondary through 1964) |
| Owner |
SagamoreHill Broadcasting (SagamoreHill of Corpus Christi Licenses, LLC) |
| Operator | Cordillera Communications |
| First air date | September 30, 1956 |
| Call letters' meaning | Television |
| Sister station(s) | KRIS-TV, K22JA-D, K47DF-D |
| Former callsigns | KSIX-TV (1956–1957) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 10 (VHF, 1956–2009) Digital: 18 (UHF, 2002–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Secondary: ABC (1956–1964) |
| Transmitter power | 39 kW |
| Height | 289.8 m |
| Facility ID | 33079 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 27°42′28.9″N 97°37′59.9″W / 27.708028°N 97.633306°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KZTV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Corpus Christi area of South Texas. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter between Petronila and Robstown. Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting, the station is operated through a shared services agreement (SSA) by Cordillera Communications (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Evening Post Industries). This makes it sister to NBC affiliate KRIS-TV, low-power Independent K22JA-D, and low-power Telemundo affiliate K68DJ. All four stations share studios on Artesian Street in Downtown Corpus Christi.
KZTV signed-on September 30, 1956 as KSIX-TV, the second VHF television station in the area behind former rival KRIS-TV by four months. It aired an analog signal on VHF channel 10 and was co-owned with KSIX radio. The station's call letters changed to the current KZTV on December 31, 1957. The channel has always been a CBS affiliate but shared secondary ABC status with KRIS-TV until KIII launched on May 4, 1964.
It was founded by Corpus Christi businessman Vann Kennedy, who also owned KVTV in Laredo. Kennedy ran the station on a shoestring budget. He believed in giving anyone who wanted to learn the principles of good television journalism the chance to train on the job. As a result, over the years the station served as a training ground for recent college graduates. The station's most famous alumnus was Walter Cronkite.
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