KSAT-TV
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HAAT | 449 m (1,473 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 29°16′11″N 98°15′31″W / 29.26972°N 98.25861°W |
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KSAT-TV (channel 12) is a
History
KONO-TV
Channel 12 was the last commercial VHF allocation in San Antonio to be awarded. The first applicant for the allocation came in June 1952, from
Sunshine would later withdraw its application, although another player would throw their hat into the ring in January 1954: the Walmac Corporation, owners of KMAC radio.[6] In an attempt to avoid long, drawn-out hearings for a license, Walmac and Mission met in May 1954 to work out an agreement between the two parties.[7] On March 12, 1956, the FCC heard final oral arguments between Walmac and Mission, with an FCC examiner having already favored Mission's application the previous year.[8] In May 1956, the FCC granted a license to Mission and denied Walmac's bid.[9] Mission officials proceeded to construct a new, 16,000-square-foot (1,486 m2) studio building and 574-foot (175 m) tower on North St. Mary's Street, adjacent to the studios for KONO radio.[9]
Originally targeting a sign on date of December 1, 1956, Mission announced on July 31, 1967, that it had sold channel 12 to Providence, Rhode Island–based The Outlet Company for $10.5 million.[12] Eugene Roth, Mission chairman, said that the reason he decided to sell the station was because of the increasing costs needed to keep pace with the rapidly growing television industry.[12]
Outlet took control of the station in January 1968 and announced that the call letters would be changing to the present KSAT-TV on February 1.[13] The change was necessitated by an FCC regulation at the time in which stations that were not co-owned could not share the same base call sign.
Outlet was taken KSAT-TV
KSAT was nearly sold to Young Broadcasting in 1992, but the sale was cancelled due to Young's failure to obtain financing.[16][17] On April 22, 1994,[18] H&C sold KSAT and Houston sister station KPRC-TV to The Washington Post Company (now Graham Holdings Company), which placed the two stations within its Post-Newsweek Stations subsidiary.
In the early 2000s, Post-Newsweek adopted a unified "Local" brand for most of its television stations. KSAT briefly rebranded as "Local 12" in 2004, before reverting to the station's previous branding of "KSAT 12" (the call letters are pronounced syllabically as "K-Sat"). Although the station does not follow this brand standardization, the "Local" wording is periodically visible in the
In March 2014, KSAT relocated from its longtime St. Mary's Street studios to a new, state-of-the-art two-story facility that was built in an area that was formerly part of the station's parking lot. The building houses a large newsroom, numerous offices and meeting spaces, a convenience store-style breakroom for staff and a courtyard with outdoor seating as well as a grill and garden area. Demolition began on the former KSAT studio building shortly after the station relocated; by May 2014, that space will be transformed into a new parking lot for station employees and news vehicles.[19]
Programming
Newscasts
KSAT-TV presently broadcasts 43 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday, 4+1⁄2 hours on Saturdays and 3+1⁄2 hours on Sundays).
In 2002, weeknight co-anchor
On February 5, 2009, KSAT became the second television station in the San Antonio market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in
On May 26, 2011, KSAT debuted a half-hour late afternoon newscast at 4 p.m., titled First News At Four; the program (along with its lead-out Inside Edition) replaced The Oprah Winfrey Show, which ended its syndication run on May 25, 2011. First News At Four ended its run on September 5, 2014.
On September 12, 2011, in a move announced in May 2011, KSAT-TV became the first station in San Antonio to expand its 10 p.m. newscast to one hour; as a result, it is one of the few television stations affiliated with the
In March 2012, KSAT expanded its weekday morning newscast Good Morning San Antonio to 2+1⁄2 hours, becoming the third station (behind WOAI and later KENS) to expand its morning newscast to the 4:30 a.m. timeslot. That month, the station also added Saturday and Sunday editions of Good Morning San Antonio, in the form of one-hour blocks (with the second half of the Saturday edition running two hours) surrounding the weekend editions of Good Morning America.
In February 2017, KSAT announced the launch of a new hour of programming in the 9 a.m. block, Good Morning San Antonio at 9.[20] In September 2018, the station launched a 9 p.m. newscast, though unusually, the program is exclusive to the station's app on the three major digital media player platforms.[21]
Death of Michelle Lima
Tragedy struck the station on March 26, 1999, when anchor/reporter and rising star Michelle Lima was killed while reporting live during a newscast from the scene of a search for a 9-year-old boy. As she was helping pack up for a future assignment, Lima was hit by a truck on a dark rural frontage road in southern Bexar County. Lima was airlifted to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead two days later. She was 30 years old.[22]
Sports programming
KSAT airs select San Antonio Spurs games through the network's contract with the NBA; the station aired four of the team's five NBA Finals victories in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014, as well as the team's 2013 NBA Finals appearance.
Local programming
KSAT produces a one-hour lifestyle and variety show, SA Live, weekdays at 1 p.m.[23] In addition, the station produces the hour-long sports highlight and discussion program Instant Replay, which airs Sundays at 11 p.m.
In popular culture
The 2000 comedy film
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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12.1 | 720p | 16:9
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KSAT-HD | Main KSAT-TV programming / ABC |
12.2 | 480i | MeTV | MeTV | |
12.3 | Movies! | Movies! | ||
12.4 | H&I | Heroes & Icons | ||
12.5 | StartTV | Start TV | ||
12.6 | QVC | QVC | ||
12.7 | QVC2 | QVC2
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Analog-to-digital conversion
KSAT-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSAT-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b c d "KONO-TV Channel 12 Makes Debut Monday". San Antonio Light. January 20, 1957. p. 2-G.
- ^ a b "TV License Asked by KABC". San Antonio Light. June 30, 1952. p. B-1.
- ^ "Two Firms Jockey for TV". San Antonio Light. July 1, 1952. p. 5-B.
- ^ "2 Applicants Remain In TV Race". San Antonio Light. November 25, 1953. p. 19.
- ^ "New TV Applicant". San Antonio Light. January 28, 1954. p. 3.
- ^ "TV Applicants Ready to Agree". San Antonio Light. May 16, 1954. p. 8-A.
- ^ "Date Set On S. A. TV". San Antonio Light. February 19, 1956. p. 21-A.
- ^ a b "Third TV Station Licensed". San Antonio Light. May 26, 1956. p. 3.
- ^ "Completion Date Set On KONO-TV". San Antonio Light. September 16, 1956. p. 18-A.
- ^ a b "Channel 12 Test Pattern Goes on Air". San Antonio Light. January 15, 1957. p. 13.
- ^ a b "KONO-TV Sold for $10 Million". San Antonio Light. July 31, 1967. p. 1.
- ^ Willson, Morris (January 31, 1968). "Bexar Facts". San Antonio Light. p. 27.
- ^ Wynne, Robert (July 31, 1990). "KENS-TV has its eye on ABC". San Antonio Light. pp. A1, A6.
- ^ Wynne, Robert (August 16, 1990). "Talks with ABC fold; KENS-TV keeps CBS". San Antonio Light. p. G10.
- ^ "Hobby family sells most of media empire". UPI. May 20, 1992. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ Burnett, Richard (February 19, 1993). "PULITZER PUBLISHING PLANS TO BUY WESH-CHANNEL 2". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "SEC Filing | Graham Holdings Company". www.ghco.com.
- ^ KSAT anchors thrilled about new TV digs, San Antonio Express-News, October 22, 2013.
- ^ "KSAT 12 to Shuffle Daytime Lineup for 9 a.m. Newscast". KSAT-TV. February 2, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ "KSAT12 launches "KSAT NEWS AT 9" in San Antonio" (Press release). August 21, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ "KSAT 12 remembers anchor Michelle Lima". KSAT-TV. April 5, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "KSAT12 set to launch new local variety show". Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KSAT
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ CDBS Print
External links
- Official website
- MeTVSanAntonio.com - KSAT-DT2 ("MeTV San Antonio") official website