KWTX-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KWTX-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = The News and Weather Authority
station_branding = News 10
CW Texas
analog = 10 (VHF)
digital = 10 (VHF)
digital_temporary = 53 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = CBS
The CW (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = April 3, 1955
location = Waco/Temple, Texas
callsign_meaning = Waco, TeXas
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Gray Television, Inc.
licensee = Gray Television Licensee, Inc.
sister_stations = KBTX-TV
former_affiliations = ABC(until September 1983), UPN (DT2 until 2006)
effective_radiated_power = 209 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
13800 watts (after 2009)
HAAT = 552 m (analog)
515.3 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 35903
coordinates = coord|31|19|19.1|N|97|19|3.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kwtx.com/ www.kwtx.com]

KWTX-TV "News 10" is a full-power television station in Waco, Texas, serving Central Texas as a CBS affiliate. It is owned by Gray Television. It is broadcast on cable channel 2 in the immediate part of the market.

KWTX also offers The CW programming on its digital feed, branded as "CW Texas." Prior to September 2006, KWTX offered UPN programming (UPN Waco) on digital.

Current On-Air Personalities

Anchors
* [http://www.kwtx.com/station/bios/news/481667.html Gordon Collier] - News 10 at 5, 6, and 10
* [http://www.kwtx.com/station/bios/news/481597.html Julie Hays ] - News 10 at 5, 6, and 10
* [http://www.kwtx.com/station/bios/news/800392.html Bill Young] - News 10 This Morning; News 10 at Noon
* [http://www.kwtx.com/station/bios/news/7539342.html Emily Matthews] - News 10 This Morning
* [http://www.kwtx.com/station/bios/news/481642.html Christopher Heath] - News 10 Saturday at 6 and 10; News 10 Sunday at 5:30 and 10

Weather
* Rusty Garrett - News 10 at 6 and 10 Weeknights
* Lon Curtis - News 10 at Noon; News 10 live at 5
* Brady Taylor - News 10 This Morning
* [http://www.kwtx.com/station/bios/weather/7985397.html Keith Cavey] - News 10 Saturday at 6 and 10; News 10 Sunday at 5:30 and 10

Sports
* Dan Ingham - Sports Director (News 10 at 6, and 10)
* Adam Winker - Sports Anchor/Reporter

Reporters
* Dallas Cook

* Matt Felder (Killeen Bureau)
* Megan Fleetwood
* Stephanie Franks
* Eli Ross
* Gus Elliot

Past On-Air Personalities

* Rich Adams (now COO and Executive Vice President of Hoak Media Corporation)
* [http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Detail?contentId=536300&version=5&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=5.3.1 Mark Alford] (now anchor for WDAF-TV, Kansas City)
* Mike Barger (now AT&T Spokesperson for San Antonio and South Texas)
* Harley Berg (deceased; hosted "The Harley Berg Show" from 1955 to 1979)
* Anita Blanton (now reporter for WRIC-TV, Richmond, Virginia)
* Ellen Bordelon Derrick (now with ExtraCo Banks in Waco)
* [http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bios&id=3251468 Doug Brown] (now weathercaster for KTRK-TV, Houston)
* [http://www2.mysanantonio.com/aboutus/kens/newsteam/bio.cfm?ID=69 Vicki Buffalino] (now anchor for KENS-TV, San Antonio)
* [http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/carey.richelle.html Richelle Carey] (now anchor for CNN Headline News)
* [http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4742177 Bianca Castro] (now anchor for KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi, Texas)
* [http://www.wfaa.com/mojo Aaron Chimbel] (now mobile journalist for WFAA-TV, Dallas)
* Wayne Claiborne
* Sherry Claypool Kuehl
* Jerry Clemens
* Reid Collins
* Adam Colpack (now evening meteorologist KMVT-TV, Twin Falls, Idaho)
* Roy Cook (weatherman from 1972 to 1989)
* Theresa Cook
* Dan Corbett, Meteorologist (now weather forecaster for the BBC in London)
* Glenda Crater
* [http://www.keyetv.com/content/aboutus/newsteam/story.aspx?content_id=c056f5a4-1518-49bf-9914-ee0babf0791b Bettie Cross] (now reporter for KEYE-TV, Austin, Texas)
* Aimee Delaine Deputy (now Marketing Manager for TEXAS MONTHLY [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Monthly]
* Kathryn Dettman [http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=11677] (murdered on her next to last day of employment at KWTX)
* Larry Dingmore
* Kristen Drew (now reporter at WSTM-TV, Syracuse)
* [http://www.wfaa.com/tdungan Troy Dungan] (Chief Weather Anchor for WFAA-TV, Dallas; now retired)
* Tim Edwards
* [http://www.espnaustin.com/program_bio_texasroundup.html Robert Flores] (now anchor for ESPN SportsCenter)
* Frank Fallon (deceased)
* Steve Fallon (Now with Texas Sports Hall of Fame)
* Tyler Garret (now sports anchor at KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi)
* [http://www.nbc15.com/station/bios/weather/1319681.html David George] (now Chief Meteorologist for WMTV-TV, Madison, Wisconsin)
* Annette Gonzales-Taylor (later Communications Director for the Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston)
* [http://www.turnerstrategies.com/staff.htm Lisa Hanna] (now Project Director for Turner Strategies in Washington, D.C.)
* Bill Herring (deceased)
* [http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=1758955 Sonta Henderson] (now reporter for KXAN-TV, Austin)
* ShaVonne Herndon (now with KCEN-TV, Waco)
* [http://www.kvue.com/aboutkvue/newsteam/hu.html Elise Hu] (now reporter for KVUE-TV, Austin)
* [http://cbs11tv.com/bios/local_bio_301181746.html Jeff Jamison] (now Meteorologist for KTVT-TV, Dallas)
* Matt Iazzetti (Now in sales for Baylor University)
* Kandice Kelly (now a freelance reporter in California)
* [http://www.newsnet5.com/whoswho/13413124/detail.html Pete Kenworthy] (now anchor for WEWS-TV, Cleveland)
* [http://www.kvii.com/about/bio.aspx?id=101 Steve Kersh] (now Chief Meteorologist for KVII-TV, Amarillo)
* Bill Kilgore
* Robyn Kriel (now free lancing with NPR)
* [http://msn.foxsports.com/id/1531067 Dana Larson] (now anchor for FOX Sports Southwest)
* Josh Larson (now producer at KSAT-TV, San Antonio)
* Sharon Mayo-Parker (now public relations manager for Six Flags Over Texas Amusement Park)
* [http://www.krqe.com/expandedfeature.asp?RECORD_KEY%5BFeature%5D=ID&ID%5BFeature%5D=366 Annie McCormick] (now reporter for KRQE-TV, Albuquerque)
* John McLemore [http://www.waco93.com/dallasobserver.htm] (Now Senior Public Affairs officer ConocoPhillips / Houston, Texas)
* Amy Montalvo (now reporter for KAMC-TV, Lubbock)
* Angela Montoya (now with Wilkens Weather Technologies in Houston)
* [http://www.geocities.com/alcus2/chipmoody.html Chip Moody]
* [http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=5686653&nav=menu108_10_4 Elise Morgan] (now anchor for WHNT-TV, Huntsville, Alabama)
* John Morris (now Director of Broadcasting for Baylor University)
* Betty Nguyen (now anchor for CNN)
* Oma Owens (deceased; appeared on "Better Livng" show)
* [http://cbs11tv.com/bios/local_bio_098192730.html Robbie Owens] (now reporter for KTVT-TV, Dallas)
* [http://www.nwcn.com/about/bios/stories/NWCNbios-Sandoval.ea173bcc.html Erik Rinderle] (now anchor for NorthWest Cable News, as Erik Sandoval NWCN)
* [http://www2.mysanantonio.com/aboutus/kens/newsteam/bio.cfm?ID=65 Wendy Rigby] (now reporter for KENS-TV, San Antonio)
* Rachel Roark (now a producer for CBS News in New York)
* Marvel Russell (deceased; hosted "Better Living" from 1955 to 1977)
* [http://www.cbs46.com/newsteam/13422088/detail.html Wendy Saltzman] (now reporter for WGCL-TV Atlanta)
* Dave Scott
* Lori Scott-Fogleman (now Director of Media Relations for Baylor University)
* [http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=6028873&nav=menu73_1_1 Stephanie Serna] (now reporter for KXAN-TV, Austin)
* Dave South
* Angela Spears (now anchor for WTLV, Jacksonville)
* Johnny Watkins (deceased; hosted "Ten Acres" from 1955 to 1980)
* Ralph Webb (deceased;longtime on-air personality and program director)
* Chuck Williams (deceased; anchored sports from the 60s to 1975; was with the station until the mid 1980s)
*Dan Gresham (now anchor / producer at KFDM-TV, Beaumont)

Role During Branch Davidian Raid

Just before the Mount Carmel raid on February 28, 1993, Davidians learned that they were facing not a service of warrants, but a shootout. KWTX-TV cameraman James Peeler asked directions of Davidian David Jones, who was driving his postal truck. David Koresh's attorney Dick DeGuerin told reporters that Peeler told Jones, "Well, you better get out of here because there's a United States National Guard helicopter over at TSTC (Texas State Technical College) and they're going to have a big shootout with the religious nuts. Peeler was distressed to see Jones immediately drive to Mount Carmel Center and left the area to call his superiors.

According to the Treasury report, Jones told DeGuerin that "Peeler warned him not to go near the Compound as there were going to be `60 to 70 TABC (Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission) guys in helicopters and a shoot-out would occur'." And Peeler himself confessed to the Treasury review team that he had told Jones there would be "some type of law enforcement action" and that "the action was likely to be a raid of some type and that there might be shooting."KWTX-TV cameraman Dan Mulloney testified that KWTX-TV's initial information came from law enforcement agents he refused to name--something the Treasury report failed to reveal--as well as from a private ambulance driver working with BATF. (Similarly, BATF agent Ballesteros admitted that it was non-BATF law enforcement that tipped off the Waco Tribune-Herald.) Therefore, BATF agents' expectations of a shootout were directly transmitted to the Davidians.

Mulloney, Peeler, and reporter John McLemore were the only non-combatants at Mount Carmel that fateful day. And the three became the only independent witnesses in the subsequent trials that attempted to assess blame for the botched raid as well as the subsequent federal assault and fire on April 19, 1993, that left about 80 people dead. Mulloney shot the TV footage that was shown around the world, of agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms storming the Davidians’ home. Mulloney and McLemore, later used their vehicle to transport injured ATF agents away from the shootout. [http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/19/waco/print.html] McLemore received letter of commendation from ATF Director for his bravery that day.

HD History

KWTX was the first station in the Central Texas area to be broadcasting in High Definition Television (HDTV). KWTX-DT first went on the air on Friday, May 11th, 2001 at 5:10 PM. It began regular programming on Tuesday, May 15th, 2001 on Digital Channel 53. Because KWTX's digital channels are currently on a band of UHF which will be no longer in use after the February 17, 2009 cutoff date for analog television broadcasting (channels 52 to 69), it seems likely that KWTX will move its digital signals from Channel 53 to Channel 10 after 2009.

Local Trivia

KWTX shares the callsign with radio station 97.5 FM, a Top 40 Pop station and 1230 AM, a News/Talk station both owned by Clear Channel Communications. In 1997 the radio stations were sold to GulfStar and later Clear Channel. As part of the deal, the radio stations moved out of the building at American Plaza and into their own building. Today KWTX-TV uses the area once occupied by the radio stations for offices and edit bays.

Operations

Though identifying as a station in its own right, KBTX-TV in Bryan / College Station 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).

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

*"KWTX-TV News" (1955-1957)
*"TX News" (1957-1975)
*"TX News 10" (1975)
*"Area 10 News" (1975)
*"Region 10 News" (1975-1989)
*"Channel 10 News" (1989-1990)
*"NewsChannel 10" (1990-1997)
*"News 10" (1997-present)

tation Slogans

* "The Number One Professionals" (1983-85)
* "Always A Step Ahead" (late 1980s)
* "The News You Know, The People You Trust" (1995-1997)
*"Central Texas' News Leader" (1997-2005)
*"First, Fast and Accurate" (2005-2007)
*"The News and Weather Authority" (2008-Present)

Logos

ee also

*KBTX-TV

External links

* [http://www.kwtx.com/ Station Website]
* [http://www.kwtx.com/cw/ CW Texas Station Website]
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