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KBTX-TV 3 is the CBS television network affiliate located in Bryan/College Station, Texas, and has the only television news organization based in the Brazos Valley. It airs on digital UHF Channel 50 and is owned by Gray Television. It is a sister station to KWTX-TV in Waco. Its transmitter is located in Carlos, Texas.

In its own market, KBTX broadcasts on cable systems -- including on Suddenlink channel 5 -- and on DirecTV and Dish Network.

KBTX also offers The CW programming on its digital feed. Prior to the September 2006 merger of The WB and UPN, KBTX offered UPN programming on digital. The CW Texas is a joint effort between KBTX and KWTX.

KBTX-TV falls under the "KBTX Media" banner, which also includes CW Texas, KBTX.com and MobileKBTX.com.

History

KBTX was the first television station in the Brazos Valley. It has broadcasted from the same building on East 29th Street in Bryan since it went on the air on May 22, 1957, though that building has been added on to multiple times. Originally airing both CBS and ABC programming, KBTX became an exclusive CBS affiliate in 1984.

On October 14, 1983, KBTX flipped the switch on a new transmitter in the Grimes County community of Carlos. The 1,700-foot tower nearly doubled the number of homes the station reached.

Perhaps the most noteworthy coverage from KBTX was on November 18, 1999. Early that morning, the Aggie Bonfire stack collapsed, killing 12 and injuring 27. The station provided non-stop coverage of the event, and served as a major source of information locally and nationally in the hours that followed.

KBTX began celebrating its 50th anniversary in May 2007. Many former personalities returned for the celebration, including some who guest-anchored newscasts.

In accordance with the original February 2009 date mandated by the federal government, KBTX permanently shut down its analog signal effective January 20, 2009 as it made the transition to digital television.

On February 28, 2009, KBTX began broadcasting at full power digital from the enhanced Carlos tower, again expanding its signal dramatically. The station had been broadcasting on low power digital between its analog signal shutdown and the full power activation, in addition to being carried on cable systems and DirecTV.

KBTX and KWTX experimented with a jointly-run noon show in early 2009. News stories for both viewing areas were read from KWTX's Waco studios for the first half of the show, with KBTX running live weather and additional local content from its studios for the remainder of the show airing in the Brazos Valley. KWTX aired its own live weather and content in its part of the market during that time. However, in late March 2009, the two stations returned to running their own, separate shows, with KBTX citing "an overwhelming request from viewers for the show to be based out of the Twin Cities again."

In 2009, KBTX reached agreements with the nation's two major satellite providers. For years, Dish Network had refused to offer KBTX to the Bryan/College Station area, instead just carrying KWTX. However, in 2009, Dish relented, and on April 23 of that year, KBTX was made available in the Waco/Temple/Bryan market area. In May 2009, after years of carrying KBTX to the market, DirecTV announced it would be dropping KBTX from its service. DirecTV and KBTX were said to be bombarded with calls from frustrated customers, this as negotiations were said to be underway to keep KBTX on DirecTV. In June 2009, an agreement was reached to keep the station available to customers of the satellite provider.

Operations

Though identifying as a station in its own right, KBTX is technically considered a semi-satellite of KWTX. It has most of its internal operations run alongside KWTX, and clears all of KWTX's syndicated programming (although it has some shows not seen on KWTX).

It is the only station airing a full schedule of live, local news for the Bryan/College Station side of the Waco/Temple/Bryan market, airing five newscasts each weekday from its studios in Bryan, along with weekend newscasts.

Coverage Area

KBTX serves Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Milam, Montgomery, Robertson, Walker and Washington counties, some of which are also in the Houston market, but receive KBTX. Texas A&M University, Sam Houston State University and Blinn College are in its coverage area.

With its full power digital signal transmitting at the maximum power allowed by law as of early 2009, the KBTX signal also reaches Houston county in the Tyler/Longview market; Trinity, San Jacinto, Austin, Harris and Waller counties in the Houston market; and Lee County in the Austin market. The News 3 Weather team monitors those counties and provides forecasts and updates, including during severe weather events.

KBTX is part of a rare American television market. Designated Market Area #94 in the U.S. is "Waco/Temple/Bryan." Only a handful of DMAs in the country have multiple stations under the same network affiliation serving viewers (KBTX serving the Bryan/College Station area, KWTX serving the Waco/Temple/Killeen area).

Personalities

Current On-Air Talent

Anchors

• Joe Brown - News 3 at 6 and 10 at Ten
• Steve Fullhart - Brazos Valley This Morning
• Crystal Galny - News 3 at Noon
• Barbara Smith - Brazos Valley This Morning
• Meredith Stancik - News 3 at 5 , News 3 at 6 and 10 at Ten

Reporters

• Karla Castillo
• Shannon Dillon
• Shane McAuliffe
• Ashlea Sigman

Hosts

• Brenda Sims - Names and Faces segment
• Tom Turbiville - Voices of Veterans segment

Weather Team

• Ashley Batey - Weekend Meteorologist
• Mark Edwards - Fill in Weather Anchor
• Bob French - Chief Meteorologist, News 3 at 5 , News 3 at 6 and 10 at Ten
• Shel Winkley - Morning Meteorologist

Sports Team

• Darryl Bruffett - Sports Director, News 3 at 5 , News 3 at 6 and 10 at Ten
• Dwayne Parsons - Sports Anchor, Weekends
• John Wilson - Sports Reporter

As of October 2009

Former On-Air Personalities

• Roger Barry - TXCN
• Polly Bell
• Jon Boaz - Still at KBTX as General Sales Manager (Former 5 PM, Morning Show Anchor)
• Jeff Braun
• Josh Byerly - Public Affairs Officer for NASA
• Laura Cornett
• Tony Cornett
• Cree Craig
• Ron Crozier - Twin City Mission, Bryan, TX
• Rick Davenport - Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M
• Aaron Drawhorn - KLAS, Las Vegas, NV
• Mike Fleming - Sports Anchor 1973-1979, Retired 3M Corp., Still doing freelance radio, Bryan-College Station, TX
• Casey Flinn - Bryan High Media Tech/Volleyball Coach
• Mike George - Still at KBTX as News Director (Former Anchor/Reporter)
• Krystle (Kaliszewski) Gutierrez - KDFW, Dallas, TX
• Charlie Haldeman - KXII, Sherman, TX
• Rodney Harris - WGCL, Atlanta, GA
• Toni Harrison
• Johanna Henry
• Travis Herzog - KTRK, Houston, TX
• Chip Howard - KZNE (radio), College Station, TX
• Matt Iazzetti
• Conley Isom - KXXV/KRHD, Waco, TX
• Carmen Izzo
• Jeff Jamison - KTVT, Dallas, TX
• Carly Kennelly - KOIN, Portland, OR
• Lisa Keyes
• Troy Kimmel - KEYE, Austin, TX
• Kandace Krueger
• Lindsay Liepman - WINK, Ft. Myers, FL
• Jenni Lee - KTBC, Austin, TX
• Blake Mathews
• Jeff McShan - KHOU, Houston, TX
• Shane Motley
• Chace Murphy - WTAW (radio), College Station, TX
• Amanda (Humes) O'Neal
• John Oakey - KETV, Omaha, NE
• Kimberly Olsen
• Michelle Peltier
• Pachatta Pope - KSAN, San Angelo, TX
• David Reed - KXII, Sherman, TX
• Halie Richardson - KETK, Tyler, TX
• Steve Ring - WRBL, Columbus, GA
• Russ Roberts
• Mike Rockwood - WALA, Mobile, AL
• Kristen Ross
• Mark Schnieder
• Derek Shore - KFOX, El Paso, TX
• Dave Taylor - Attorney
• Aaron Tuttle
• Eric Watson - Texas A&M
• Sherry Williams - KHOU, Houston, TX
• Aimee Wilmoth - KXII, Sherman, TX

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