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KBTX-TV 3 is the CBS television network affiliate located in Bryan/College Station, Texas. It airs on digital UHF Channel 50 and is owned by Gray Television. It is a sister station to KWTX-TV in Waco. The station's studios are located on East 29th Street in Bryan, and its transmitter is located in Carlos, Texas. Some internal operations are handled at KWTX-TV's studios on American Plaza in Waco. 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. Following the merger, CW Texas was launched as a joint effort between KBTX and KWTX. On August 8, 2012, CW Texas became CW8 Aggieland, which carries programming from The CW, as well as a variety of local sports offerings and many syndicated shows. KBTX-TV falls under the "KBTX Media" banner, which also includes (CW8 Aggieland ), (KBTX.com ), (MyCW8.com ) and (MobileKBTX.com ). == History == KBTX was the first television station in the Brazos Valley, first going on the air on May 22, 1957. It has broadcast from the same studio for its entire history, 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 on-air staff returned for the celebration, including some who guest-anchored newscasts.〔(KBTX Media History ) KBTX.com, KBTX Media History〕 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.〔(KBTX Digital Transition Underway ), Mike Wright, KBTX TV, Jan 20, 2009〕 On February 28, 2009, KBTX began broadcasting at full power digital from the enhanced Carlos tower, again expanding its signal dramatically.〔(KBTX Now Broadcasting at Full Power Digital ), KBTX.com, Feb 28, 2009〕 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 separate shows, with KBTX citing "an overwhelming request from viewers for the show to be based out of the Twin Cities again."〔() KBTX.com, "News 3 at Noon Returns to KBTX Studios in Bryan Monday" (March 20, 2009)〕 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 and had simply carried KWTX. However, in 2009, Dish relented.〔(KBTX on Dish Network ) KBTX.com〕 On April 23 of that year, KBTX was made available in the Waco/Temple/Bryan market area.〔http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-uplink-center/172698-4-23-2009-6-46pm-uplink-activity-report-2-changes.html〕 In May 2009, after years of carrying KBTX to the market, DirecTV announced it would be dropping KBTX from its service. In June 2009, an agreement was reached to keep the station available to customers of the satellite provider.〔(KBTX Responds to DirecTV Notice ) KBTX.com〕 On September 12, 2011, KBTX launched a 4 p.m. newscast, titled First News at Four. It and Inside Edition at 4:30 replaced The Oprah Winfrey Show. On October 10, 2011, KBTX began broadcasting its newscasts in high definition, making it the first live and local broadcaster in the Brazos Valley to have HD news.〔() KBTX.com, "KBTX Broadcasts News in High Definition" (October 10, 2011)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KBTX-TV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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