KBTX-TV
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| Bryan / College Station, Texas | |
| Branding | News 3 |
| Slogan | The People You Know. The News You Trust. |
| Channels | 3 (VHF) analog, 50 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | CBS The CW (on digital) |
| Owner | Gray Television |
| Founded | May 22, 1957 |
| Call letters meaning | K Bryan TeXas |
| Former affiliations | UPN (on digital, to 9/2006) |
| Website | www.kbtx.com |
KBTX-TV is the CBS television network affiliate located in Bryan/College Station, Texas. It airs on VHF Channel 3. Its transmitter is located in Carlos, Texas. In its own market, it broadcasts on cable channel 5.
KBTX also offers The CW programming on its digital feed. Prior to September 2006, KBTX offered UPN programming on digital.
KBTX is the only commercial station broadcasting out of Bryan/College Station, airing five live newscasts each weekday from its studios in Bryan. Though ABC affiliate KRHD-LP produces two local newscasts each weekday, its shows are taped at KXXV in Waco, with only a small studio in Bryan. NBC affiliate KCEN-TV airs its newscasts in the area, but rarely covers the Brazos Valley. And Fox affiliate KYLE has its own studios, but is a fulltime satellite of KWKT in Waco, and has no newscasts.
In the heart of Brazos County, Texas, KBTX also actively covers Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Milam, Montgomery, Robertson, Walker and Washington Counties. Texas A&M University, Sam Houston State University and Blinn College are in their coverage area.
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[edit] Operations
Though identifying as a station in its own right, KBTX is 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).
[edit] News Personalities
- Barbara Smith - Anchor, "Brazos Valley This Morning"
- Jon Boaz - Anchor, "Brazos Valley This Morning"
- Brenda Sims - Host, "News 3 at Noon"
- Meredith Stancik - Anchor, "News 3 at Noon"; Reporter
- Crystal Galny - Anchor, "News 3 at Five"
- Joe Brown - Anchor, "News 3 at Six" and "10 at Ten"
- Michelle Peltier - Anchor, "News 3 at Six" and "10 at Ten"
- Chace Murphy - Weekend Anchor
- Steve Fullhart - Reporter
- Pachatta Pope - Reporter
- Kristen Ross - Reporter
As of October 2006
[edit] Meteorologists
- Bob French - Chief Meteorologist
- Shane Motley - Mornings and Noon
- Rodney Harris - Weekends
- Mark Edwards - Fill-in
As of October 2006
[edit] Sports Personalities
- Darryl Bruffett - Sports Director
- Dwayne Parsons - Weekends
- John Wilson - Reporter
As of October 2006
[edit] Trivia
- Eight on-air personalities list that they attended Texas A&M University (Smith, Peltier, Galny, Murphy, French, Motley, Harris, Parsons). Another area university, Sam Houston State, has three graduates on air at KBTX (Boaz, Bruffett, Wilson).
- Of those who listed the university they attended, only Steve Fullhart and Shane Motley attended school outside the state of Texas. Fullhart got his BA from Indiana University Bloomington, while Motley attended the University of California, Davis for his BA. Motley did attend A&M for his graduate studies.
- Barbara Smith and Joe Brown both worked at KBTX, left to work for the City of Bryan (as well as other jobs), then came back to the station.
- Joe Brown, Crystal Galny, Jon Boaz and Dwayne Parsons grew up in KBTX's viewing area. Brown is from Iola and Bedias. Galny is a Bryan native. Boaz was raised in Huntsville. Parsons grew up in Wellborn.
- Brenda Sims is married to Brazos County's judge, Randy Sims.
From biographies listed at the station's website, [1]
[edit] Logos
 KBTX DT2 UPN logo until September 2006. |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the Waco market (Nielsen DMA #95) | ||
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KDBC 4 (El Paso) - KGBT 4 (Harlingen) - KENS 5 (San Antonio) - KAUZ 6 (Wichita Falls) - KFDM 6 (Beaumont) - KOSA 7 (Odessa) - KLST 8 (San Angelo) - KFDA 10 (Amarillo) - KWTX 10 / KBTX 3 (Waco / Bryan) - KZTV 10 (Corpus Christi) - KHOU 11 (Houston) - KTVT 11 (Fort Worth) - KXII 12 (Sherman) - KLBK 13 (Lubbock) - KVTV 13 (Laredo) - KYTX 19 (Nacogdoches) - KTAB 32 (Abilene) - KEYE 42 (Austin) |
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KCWX 2 (Fredericksburg/San Antonio) - KFDM-DT 6.2 (Beaumont) - KAUZ-DT 6.2 (Wichita Falls) - KRIS-DT 6.2 (Corpus Christi) - KVIA-DT 7.2 (El Paso) |
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