KTBS-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KTBS-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan = On Your Side
The Calm During The Storm (Weather Promo)
station_branding = KTBS 3
KTBS 3 News
analog = 3 (VHF)
digital = 28 (UHF)
affiliations = ABC
network =
founded =
airdate = September 3, 1955
location = Shreveport, Louisiana
callsign_meaning = Tri-State Broadcasting System
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Wray family
licensee = KTBS, Inc.
sister_stations = KPXJ
former_affiliations = Primary
NBC (1955-1960)
Secondary
ABC (1955-1960)
effective_radiated_power = 100 kW (analog)
1,000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 541 m (analog)
563 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 35652
coordinates = coord|32|41|7.6|N|93|56|0.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.ktbs.com/ ktbs.com]

KTBS-TV, channel 3, is the ABC-affiliated television station for Shreveport, Louisiana. Its transmitter is located in Mooringsport. The station is locally-owned by the Wray family as part of a duopoly with CW affiliate KPXJ. The two stations share studios on East Kings Highway in Shreveport.

History

KTBS began broadcasting on September 3 1955 as a primary NBC affiliate, sharing ABC with KSLA-TV. In 1960, Shreveport and Texarkana were collapsed into a single television market and Texarkana's KTAL-TV took over the NBC affiliation leaving KTBS with ABC. Over the years, KTBS has been one of the strongest ABC affiliates in the country. Along with sister station KPXJ, it is one of the only locally owned and operated stations in the area.

yndicated programming on KTBS

* Dr. Phil Weekdays at 3pm
* Live With Regis and Kelly Weekdays at 9am
* Deal or No Deal Weekdays at 4pm
* Extra Weeknights at 1:05am
* Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Weekdays at 11am
* Jeopardy! Weekdays at 4:30pm
* Showtime at the Apollo Saturdays at 11:15pm
* M*A*S*H Saturdays & Sundays at 10:45pm
* Without a Trace Sundays at 11:15pm
* Cold Case Sundays at 12:15am

NOTE: Shreveport is one of a few markets to air Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune on different stations (the latter airing on rival KTAL).

News operation

In 2003, following the Wrays' purchase of KPXJ from Paxson Communications, KTBS began producing a nightly, half-hour 9 o'clock newscast on that station. The broadcast consists of the same format as the 10 o'clock news on KTBS except for different graphics and titles. Additionally, KTBS produces a half-hour, weekday morning newscast at 7 for KPXJ. KTBS had aired rebroadcasts of their 5 and 10 P.M. newscasts on KPXJ before the station switched from i affiliation to UPN. As of the May 2008 ratings period, KTBS is rated number one in several time periods. In addition to their main studios, KTBS operates two news bureaus. The Texarkana Bureau is located on Jefferson Avenue in Texarkana, Arkansas. On weeknights at 6 and 10 o'clock, the station airs news segments from the East Texas area. KTBS operates a 24-hour live signal of its "KTBS Mega 3 Radar" on its second digital subchannel. On its third digital subchannel, KTBS operates a 24-hour news rebroadcast channel known as "KTBS 24 Hour News". It is also offered on Comcast basic channel 30 and digital channel 201.

Digital Television

Post-DTV transition

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is scheduled to take place on February 17 2009http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf] , KTBS will remain on its current digital channel 28 and will stop transmitting on channel 3. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231308&formid=387&fac_num=22201 CDBS Print ] ] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display KTBS's virtual channel as "3.1".

News team

Anchors
*Ed Walsh - weekday mornings
**reporter
*Sonja Bailes - weekday mornings and 11:30 A.M.
**consumer and investigative reporter
*Sherri Talley - weeknights at 5 and 10
**reporter
*Gerry May - weeknights at 5, 6, and 10
**reporter
*Trish Williford - weeknights at 9
*Chrissi Coile - weekend mornings
**reporter
*Jody Lowery - weekend evenings
**health reporter

"Storm Team 3"
*Joe Haynes (AMS Seal of Approval) - weeknights
*Mark Rowlett - weekday mornings and 11:30 A.M.
*Skip Kordas (AMS Seal of Approval) - weekends
**fill-in
*Marcy Novak - fill-in

Sports
*Tim Fletcher - weeknights at 6, 9, and 10
**Sports Director
*Rob Brennen - weekends
**Sports Reporter

Reporters
*Erin Moore
**East Texas Bureau
*Julie Parr
**Texarkana Bureau
*Rick Rowe - weekday mornings
**"Live and On the Scene" segment producer
*Chris Redford
**Crime Team Reporter
*Jim Roberts
*Casey Ferrand
**Education Reporter/ Weekend Reporter

Former personalities

*Ed Baswell - Sports Anchor 1970s-1990s (now with the Bossier Parish Sheriffs Office)
*Ed Borne - Reporter 1970s (later KALB-TV, Alexandria, LA)
*Paul Butler - Sports Reporter
*Gwen Campbell - Reporter (now works for Shreveport mayor Cedric B. Glover)
*Clif Cotton - Sports (2003-2007)
*Paul Devlin - Sports (1997-98)
*Ed Durancyk - Reporter/Meteorologist (now with KSLA, Shreveport)
*Jennifer Gray - Reporter/Meteorologist (now with WTVJ, Miami, FL)
*Charles Hadlock - News Anchor (now with NBC News)
*Dan Harrison - Reporter 1970s (later KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN)
*Brenda Hodge - Reporter 1970s
*Ted Madden - Sports (2000-2003) (now with WFAA, Dallas)
*Will Moses - Education reporter
*Knox Nunnally - Sports 1970s
*Emily Pearce - Producer/Reporter 1970s (later WDSU-TV, New Orleans)
*Al Pierce - News Anchor 1970s-1980s
*John Rasmussen - Weather 1970s
*Fred Rhodes - News Anchor 1970s (later KHOU-TV, Houston, KTVI-TV, St. Louis, and "Houston City Magazine", now an attorney in Houston)
*David Rothman - Sports (1998-2000)
*Liz Swaine - Reporter 1980s-1998
*Harry Wadsworth - Reporter 1970s
*Mary Walker - Reporter 1970s (later with KSAT-TV, San Antonio)
*Laura Wibbenmeyer - Reporter/Meteorologist (now with KFVS, Cape Girardeau, MO)
*Todd Warren - Reporter/Meteorologist (now with KTAL-TV)

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

*"News Final" (1950s)
*"The Night Report" (1960s)
*"Eyewitness News" (1960s-1970s)
*"Action 3 News" (1970s-1982)
*"The News on 3" (1982-1985)
*"Channel 3 News" (1985-1993)
*"Nightcast" (10 PM newscast; 1980s-1993)
*"KTBS 3 News" (1993-present)

tation Slogans

*"On Your Side" (1993-present)
*"The Calm During the Storm" (Weather Promo; 2008-present)

External links

* [http://www.ktbs.com KTBS-TV/DT]
* [http://www.ktbsgo.com/ KTBS wireless weather]
* [http://www.kpxj21.com/ KPXJ "CW 21"]
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