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'KTVT', channel 11, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station based in Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth designated market area. The station is co-owned with independent station KTXA (channel 21), and the two stations share facilities in Fort Worth and Dallas. Prior to joining CBS in 1995, KTVT was the leading independent station in the Dallas-Fort Worth market.
KTVT has two buildings in the Metroplex: one is located in North Dallas, and is sometimes used for filming; the other, which houses its main news studio, is located in Fort Worth. The station's transmitter is located in Cedar Hill.
History
The station signed on in 1955 as 'KFJZ-TV', the Metroplex's first independent station. In 1960, the station's original owners sold channel 11 to NAFI Corporation (who also owned Chris-Craft Industries at the time), who changed the call letters to the current 'KTVT'.
The Oklahoma City-based WKY Television System, a subsidiary of Oklahoma Publishing Company, purchased KTVT in 1971. Oklahoma Publishing would later rename its broadcasting arm Gaylord Broadcasting. Under Gaylord's watch, channel 11 became the leading independent station, carrying a broad range of cartoons, off-network sitcoms and westerns, drama shows, movies, and public affairs programming. KTVT was further aided in its status as it was a VHF station, whereas its future competitiors were UHF stations. KTVT's main competitor in the 1970s was KXTX-TV (channel 39), which was owned by the Christian Broadcasting Network and ran a number of religious shows. While the station gained three additional competitors in the 1980s, KTVT was the only independent station that was profitable. It was also the first station in Dallas to offer a primetime newscast, airing at 9:00 p.m.
KTVT's popularity also spread outside of the Metroplex, as the station became one of the first superstations. Following in the footsteps of Atlanta's WTBS, Chicago's WGN-TV, and WOR-TV in New York City, KTVT broadcast its signal via satellite to many rural areas and urban cable providers across the country, specifically throughout the southwestern United States.
Channel 11 was also the flagship station of Saturday Night Wrestling, a highly-popular Dallas pro wrestling show, and aired a two-hour Saturday night wrestling program titled ''Championship Sports''.
In 1994, KTVT first carried CBS shows when The Price Is Right and The Bold and The Beautiful moved to that station. KDFW knocked those shows off to have Donahue and an hour long midday news in its place.
In July 1995, New World Communications acquired CBS affiliate KDFW-TV (channel 4), which then took the Fox affiliation. CBS found itself without an affiliate in the Metroplex, and as a result approached Gaylord for an affiliation. The two parties came to an agreement, and KTVT became the market's new CBS affiliate. As such, CBS was able to remain on VHF in the Metroplex. In many markets where New World owned the CBS affiliate, CBS had to affiliate with (and in the case of Detroit, purchase) a UHF station -- and the same thing happened with NBC in Kansas City, Missouri (see KSHB-TV) and ABC in 4 other markets: St. Louis (see KDNL-TV), Memphis (see WPTY-TV), the Piedmont Triad (see WXLV-TV), and Birmingham (see WBMA-LP); although in the latter 2 markets, Fox bought the former ABC affiliate directly.
By the time KTVT got used to being the new CBS affiliate, the superstation status was a thing of the past. KTVT added more newscasts and began acquiring local rights to first-run talk and reality shows for its broadcast schedule. Now it carries a high profile syndication lineup with shows such as King World-produced Inside Edition, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune - the latter two formerly aired on WFAA-TV. The station was bought by CBS (also the parent of King World) in 1999, making it a network owned-and-operated station. And at the same time KTXA was picked up by CBS network for ownership, KTVT began to share its studios with KTXA after the latter relocated there from the previous studios in downtown Dallas. (The original KTXA studios were at 1712 Randol Mill Road in Arlington, roughly somewhere in the parking lot of the current Rangers Ballpark in Arlington).
Of note, KTVT (and sister stations KCBS-TV Los Angeles and WBBM-TV Chicago) is one of few CBS affiliates in the Central, Mountain or Pacific Time Zones to air ''The Young and the Restless'' at 11:30 AM instead of 11 AM like most affiliates. This is ''really'' the recommended time slot for the soap opera by the network because this reflects the 12:30 PM timeslot that most affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone air the show.
Digital Television
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 11.1 / 19.1 | Main KTVT programming |
In 2009, KTVT will move to digital channel 11 and leave digital channel 19.[1]
News Operations
Since KTVT and KEYE in Austin are the only two CBS-owned stations in Texas, the end of the newscast taglines read "CBS Stations Group of Texas, Ltd. Partnership."
Personalities
Current On-Air Talent
CBS 11 News Anchors
★ 'Ginger Allen': CBS 11 News This Morning Anchor/Reporter
★ 'Maria Arita': CBS 11 News at 4:00 Anchor/Reporter
★ 'Karen Borta': CBS 11 News at 5:00, 6:00, 10:00 Anchor/Reporter
★ 'Doug Dunbar': CBS 11 News at 4:00, 10:00 Anchor/Reporter
★ 'Nerissa Knight': CBS 11 News Saturday/Sunday Morning Anchor/Reporter
★ 'Tracy Rowlett': CBS 11 News at 5:00, 6:00 Anchor/Reporter
★ 'Kaushal Patel': CBS 11 News at 6:00 (Saturday), CBS 11 News at 5:30 (Sunday), CBS 11 News at 10:00 (weekend) Anchor/Reporter
★ 'Chris Salcedo': CBS 11 News at 6:00 (Saturday), CBS 11 News at 5:30 (Sunday), CBS 11 News at 10:00 (weekend) Anchor/Reporter
★ 'Scott Sams': CBS 11 News This Morning Anchor/Reporter
★ 'Joel Thomas': CBS 11 News Saturday/Sunday Morning Anchor/Reporter
CBS 11 News Reporters
★ 'Rance Adams': Entertainment Reporter/On-Air Personality
★ 'Kimberly Ball': Reporter
★ 'Clif Caldwell': Reporter
★ 'Jack Fink': Reporter
★ 'Teresa Frosini': Traffic Reporter
★ 'Bud Gillett': Senior Reporter
★ 'Jay Gormley': Reporter
★ 'Mark Johnson': Reporter
★ 'Tiani Jones': Reporter
★ 'Stephanie Lucero': Senior Reporter
★ 'J.D. Miles': Reporter
★ 'Sandie Newton': Entertainment Reporter
★ 'Robbie Owens': CBS 11 News This Morining Reporter
★ 'Steve Pickett': Reporter
★ 'Brooke Richie': Reporter
'The Investigators'
★ 'Robert Riggs': Investigative Reporter
★ 'Ginger Allen': Investigative Reporter
★ 'Bennett Cunningham': Consumer Investigative Reporter
CBS 11 Stormteam
★ 'Kristine Kahanek': CBS 11 News at 4:00 (Wednesday-Friday), CBS 11 News at 5:00, CBS 11 News at 6:00, CBS 11 News at 10:00 Chief Meteorologist
★ 'Mike Burger': CBS 11 News at 6:00 (Saturday), CBS 11 News at 5:30 (Sunday), CBS 11 News at 10:00 (weekend) Meteorologist
★ 'Jeff Jamison': CBS 11 News at 4:00 (Monday-Tuesday), CBS 11 News This Morning (weekend) Meteorologist
★ 'Julie Bologna': CBS 11 News This Morning Meteorologist
★ 'Charmaine Blanchard': Fill-In Meteorologist, Weather Producer
CBS 11 Sports (shared with TXA 21)
★ 'Babe Laufenberg': CBS 11 News at 6:00, CBS 11 News at 10:00 Sports Director, Host of ''The Score'' and ''Blitz''
★ 'Bill Jones': CBS 11 News at 6:00, CBS 11 News at 10:00 (weekend) Sports Anchor
★ 'Steve Dennis': Reporter
★ 'Chuck Fisher': Reporter
★ 'Derek Harper': Sports Reporter
★ 'Gina Miller': Sports Reporter
News/Station Presentation
Newscast Titles
★ ''Newswatch Eleven'' (1990)
★ ''The Seven O' Clock News'' (1990)
★ ''The Nine O' Clock News'' (1992)
★ ''11 News'' (1995-1999 as CBS affiliate)
★ ''11 on Eleven at Ten'' (1995-1998)
★ ''CBS 11 News'' (2000-present)
Station Slogans
★ ''Channel 11, The Super-Ones'' (1980s-1995)
★ ''11News, The Eye of Texas'' (1995-2000)
★ ''11News, Looking Out For You'' (1997-1999)
★ ''CBS 11, The Eye of Texas'' (2000-2004)
★ ''CBS 11, Reporting the News'' (2002-2004)
★ ''CBS 11 News, Coverage You Can Count On'' (2004-present)
Logos
References
1. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
★ Shannon, Mike (January, 2004). Dallas-Fort Worth TV Station History. ''The History of Dallas-Fort Worth Radio and Television.
External links
★ KTVT official website
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