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KBTX-TV
Bryan / College Station, Texas
Branding	News 3 CW Texas
Slogan	The People You Know. The News You Trust.
Channels	Analog: 3 (VHF) Digital: 50 (UHF)
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 www.cwbcs.com

KBTX-TV is the CBS television network affiliate located in Bryan/College Station, Texas. It airs on VHF Channel 3 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, 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 debuted on May 22, 1957 as the first commercial station in the Brazos Valley. It is the only station airing a full schedule of local news for the Bryan/College Station side of the Waco-Temple-Bryan market, airing five live newscasts each weekday from its studios in Bryan. Though ABC affiliate KRHD 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 and has a low-power relay in Bryan, KMAY, 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.

Covering portions of the Waco and Houston markets, KBTX actively covers Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Milam, Montgomery, Robertson, Walker and Washington Counties. Texas A&M University, Sam Houston State University and Blinn College are in its coverage area.

Contents 1 Operations 2 News Personalities 3 Former Personalities 4 Weather Personalities 5 Sports Personalities 6 Trivia 7 Logos 8 See also 9 External links

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).

• 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" and "News 3 at 5"; Reporter
• Crystal Galny - Anchor, "News 3 at Six" and "10 at Ten"
• Joe Brown - Anchor, "News 3 at Six" and "10 at Ten"
• Carmen Izzo - Weekend Anchor
• Steve Fullhart - Reporter
• Pachatta Pope - Reporter
• Kristen Ross - Reporter
• Chace Murphy - News Director

As of August 2007

• Amanda Humes - Bryan ISD
• Kandace Krueger - HDNet
• Eric Watson - Texas A&M
• Roger Barry - TXCN
• Aimee Wilmoth - St. Louis
• Rick Davenport - Texas Transportation Institute
• Jenni Lee - FOX7 Austin
• Sherry Williams - KHCW Houston
• Tony Cornett
• Laura Cornett
• Aaron Tuttle - KOCO Oklahoma City
• Charlie Haldeman -News Director/Anchor, KXII Sherman, Texas
• Johanna Henry
• Aaron Drawhorn - KLAS Las Vegas, NV
• Michelle Peltier
• Dave Taylor - Attorney
• Mark Schnieder
• Teresa Woodard
• John Oakey - Omaha, Neb Sports
• David Reed - Sports Director, KXII Sherman, Texas
• Casey Flinn - Bryan High Media Tech/Volleyball Coach
• Krystle Kaliszewski Gutierrez- Reporter, KDFW, Dallas

• Bob French - Chief Meteorologist (5, 6, 10)
• Shane Motley - Brazos Valley This Morning and Noon
• Rodney Harris - Weekends
• Mark Edwards - Fill-in

As of August 2007

• Darryl Bruffett - Sports Director
• Dwayne Parsons - Weekends
• John Wilson - Reporter

As of August 2007

• Nine on-air personalities list that they attended Texas A&M University (Smith, Galny, Murphy, Ross, French, Motley, Harris, Parsons, Izzo). Another area university, Sam Houston State University, 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, 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]

KBTX DT2 UPN logo until September 2006.

• KWTX-TV

• Station Website
• CW BCS Station Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KBTX

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Waco market  (Nielsen DMA #95)

Waco / Temple / Killeen: KCEN 6 (NBC) - KWTX 10 (CBS, The CW on DT2) - KXXV 25 (ABC, Telemundo on DT2, 25 Weather Now on DT3) - KPLE-LP 31 (TBN) - KWBU 34 (PBS) - KWKO-LP 38 (Ind) - KWKT 44 (FOX/MNTV) - KNCT 46 (PBS) - KAKW 62 (UNI) Bryan / College Station: KBTX 3 (CBS, The CW on DT2) - KSCM-LP 12 (A1) - KAMU 15 (PBS) - KMAY-LP 23 (NBC) - KYLE 28 (FOX/MNTV) - KRHD-LP 40 (ABC) - K47ED 47 (TBN) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location KUHT 8 (PBS, Houston) - WFAA 8 (ABC, Dallas)

v • d • e Broadcast Television in the Houston market (Nielsen DMA #10)

Local television stations serving Greater Houston/Galveston/Sugar Land/Baytown KPRC 2 (NBC, WX+ on DT2, LATV on DT3) - KJIB-LP 5 (Ind) - KUHT 8 (PBS, PBS-X on DT2, V-me on DT3) - KHOU 11 (CBS, HD Doppler on DT2) - KTRK 13 (ABC, news on DT2, AccuWX TV on DT3) - KETH 14 (TBN, The Church Channel on DT2, JCTV on DT3, TBN Enlace on DT4, Smile of a Child on DT5) - KTXH 20 (MNTV) - KVQT 21 (Span. Rel.) - KLTJ 22 (DS) - KRIV 26 (Fox) - KCVH 30 (LAT TV) - KUVM 34 (AZA) - KHCW 39 (The CW) - KHLM 43 (Multimedios) - KXLN 45 (UNI) - KTMD 47 (TEL) - KPXB 49 / KBPX 33 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) - KNWS 51 (Ind) - KTBU 55 (A1) - KAZH 57 / KHMV 28 / KVVV 53 (TuV) - KZJL 61 (Ind) - KFTH 67 (TFU) Defunct television stations KVVV 16 (Ind) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location KBTX 3 (CBS, Bryan)

v • d • e CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Texas
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)
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Religious, Other English and Other Spanish stations in Texas

v • d • e CW Network Affiliates in the state of Texas
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) KVII-DT 7.2 (Amarillo) - KTEN-DT 10.2 (Ada, OK/Sherman) - KWTX-DT 10.2 / KBTX-DT 3.2 (Waco/Bryan) - KTXS-DT 12.2 (Abilene) "KWSA" 14 (San Angelo, cable-only) - KGNS-DT 15.2 (Laredo) - KLCW 22 (Lubbock) - KWWT 30 (Odessa) - KDAF 33 (Dallas) - KHCW 39 (Houston) - KCEB 54 (Longview) - KNVA 54 (Austin) - KSFE-LP 67 (McAllen)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Religious, Other English and Other Spanish stations in Texas

v • d • e Gray Television, Inc.
ABC Network Affiliate: KAKE · KOLO · WBKO · WHSV · WTOK · WVAW · TV3 Winchester (WHSV-DT3) (cable only) CBS Network Affiliates: KBTX · KKTV · KOLN/KGIN · KWTX · KXII · WCAV · WCTV · WIBW · WIFR · WKYT · WRDW · WSAW · WSWG · WTVY · WVLT · WYMT The CW Network Affiliates1: KBTX · KKCO · KWTX · WBKO · WJHG · WKYT · WTOK · WYMT Fox Network Affiliates: KXII1 · WAHU · WBKO1 · WHSV1 · WSYM2 · WTOK1 · WTAP1 Independent Television Station1: WOWT MyNetworkTV Affiliates1: KKTV (KKTV-DT2) · KOLN/KGIN · KXII · WAHU · WCTV · WHSV · WIBW · WJHG · WRDW · WSAW · WSAZ · WSWG · WTOK · WTVY · WTAP · WVLT NBC Network Affiliates: KKCO · WEAU · WILX · WITN · WJHG · WMTV · WNDU · WOWT · WSAZ · WTAP 1These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. 2Gray and Journal Broadcast Group entered into a "news share" agreement.
Annual Revenue: $332.1 USD (2006) · Employees: N/A · Stock Symbol: NYSE: GTN · Website: www.graycommunications.com