KTVT

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KTVT ("CBS11") is a CBS owned and operated television station (O&O) in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas designated market area. The station is co-owned with UPN affiliate KTXA-TV channel 21.

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

For most of its existence, the station served as an independent station. It was owned by NAFI Corporation from 1960 to 1971 and Gaylord Broadcasting from 1971 to 1999. It was the leading independent station as competitors came and stayed around from the 1970s on. As an independent station, it ran a broad range of cartoons, off-network sitcoms and westerns, drama shows, movies, and public affairs programming. It was also the first station in Dallas to offer a 9pm newscast. Its only competitor in the 1970s was KXTX channel 39, which 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.

KTVT was also one of the first true superstations. Much like TBS, WGN, and WWOR-TV, KTVT broadcast its signal via satellite to many rural areas and urban cable providers across the country.

Channel 11 was also the flagship station of World Class Championship Wrestling, a highly-popular Dallas pro wrestling organization, and aired a two-hour Saturday night wrestling program titled Championship Sports.

In July 1995, New World Communications acquired CBS affiliate KDFW, 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 3 other markets: St. Louis (see KDNL-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.

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. 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 original studios in downtown Dallas.

Logos

Newscasts

References

• Shannon, Mike (January, 2004). [Dallas-Fort Worth TV Station History. ''The History of Dallas-Fort Worth Radio and Television].

• CBS11 News This Morning - 5-7AM
• *anchored by Doug Dunbar and Shannon Hori, with Julie Bologna on weather and Teresa Frosini with traffic
• CBS11 News at 9AM - 9-10AM
• *anchored by Doug Dunbar and Shannon Hori, with Julie Bologna on weather and Teresa Frosini with traffic
• CBS11 News at 4PM - 4-4:30PM
• *anchored by Jody Dean and Maria Arita, with Kristine Kahanek on weather
• CBS11 News at 5PM - 5-5:30PM
• *anchored by Tracy Rowlett and Karen Borta, with Kristine Kahanek on weather
• CBS11 News at 6PM - 6-6:30PM
• *anchored by Tracy Rowlett and Karen Borta, with Kristine Kahanek on weather and Babe Laufenberg with sports
• CBS11 News at 10PM - 10-10:35PM
• *anchored by Tracy Rowlett and Karen Borta, with Kristine Kahanek on weather and Babe Laufenberg with sports

• CBS11 News This Morning - 8-9AM
• *anchored by Sarah Dodd with Jeff Jamison on weather
• CBS11 News at 6PM - 6-6:30PM
• *anchored by Clif Caldwell and Ginger Allen, with Mike Burger on weather and Derek Harper with sports
• CBS11 News at 10PM - 10-10:35PM
• *anchored by Clif Caldwell and Ginger Allen, with Mike Burger on weather and Derek Harper with sports

• CBS11 News This Morning - 7-8AM & 10-11AM
• *anchored by Sarah Dodd with Jeff Jamison on weather
• CBS11 News at 5:30PM - 5:30-6PM
• *anchored by Clif Caldwell and Ginger Allen, with Mike Burger on weather and Derek Harper with sports
• CBS11 News at 10PM - 10-10:30PM
• *anchored by Clif Caldwell and Ginger Allen, with Mike Burger on weather and Derek Harper with sports
• The Score with Babe Laufenberg - 10:30-11:00PM
• Blitz: Cowboys/Desperados Report - 11-11:30PM
• *hosted by Babe Laufenberg

Newscast Titles

Newswatch Eleven (1992)

The Seven O' Clock News (1990)

The Nine O' Clock News (1990)

11 News (1990s as CBS affiliate)

11 on Eleven at Ten (1990s)

CBS 11 News (2000-present)

Station Slogans

Channel 11, The Super-Ones (1980's-1995)

11News, The Eye of Texas (1995-2000)

11News, Looking Our For You (1997-1999)

CBS 11, The Eye of Texas (2000-2004)

CBS 11, Reporting the News (2004)

CBS 11 News, Coverage You Can Count On (2004-present)

External links

• [KTVT official website]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for KTVT]

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