KLST

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KLST
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = The First Choice For News
analog = 8 (VHF)
digital = 11 (VHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = CBS
network =
founded =
airdate = June 1953 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says June 23, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says June 26.]
location = San Angelo, Texas
callsign_meaning = Lone
Star
Texas
(reference to state flag used in logo)
former_callsigns = KTXL-TV (1953-1957)
KCTV (1957-1983)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
licensee = Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
sister_stations = KSAN-TV
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
18.8 kW (digital)
HAAT = 442 m (analog)
427.1 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 31114
coordinates = coord|31|22|1.5|N|100|2|50|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/ www.conchovalleyhomepage.com]

KLST is the CBS affiliate serving San Angelo, Texas, in the United States. It is owned by the Irving, TX based Nexstar Broadcasting Group. KLST was purchased by Nexstar Broadcasting in 2004 from the Jewell Television Corporation.

Through a Local Sales Agreement KLST and its parent company Nexstar Broadcasting operate KSAN-TV, the NBC affiliate in San Angelo which is owned by Mission Broadcasting.

Technical information

KLST broadcasts on analog VHF Channel 8 and digital VHF Channel 11. Its transmitter is located near Eola.

History

KLST was the first television station in San Angelo, signing on the air in June 1953 as KTXL-TV. In 1957, the station changed its call sign to KCTV, which is now the call letters of the CBS network affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri since 1983 at the time when the station became KLST.

News personalities

*Carolyn McEnrue - Weeknight Anchor
*Joel Fox- Weeknight Anchor
*Sean Major - Morning Anchor/Reporter/Weather Anchor
*Pat Attebery - Midday Host and Interviewer
*Jennifer Jackson - Weekend Anchor/Reporter
*Sam Vincent - Chief Meteorologist
*Nick Kraynok - Weekend Weather Anchor/Reporter
*Ryan Salinas - Sports Director/Weeknight Sports Anchor
*Judson Richards - Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter
*Kathy Munoz - News Director

News Staff

*Cody Rodriguez - Executive Producer

KLST Management

*Tom Stovall - General Manager
*Kathy Munoz - News Director
*Albert Gutierrez - Director of Sales

Past personalities

*Bob Koob - Anchor (deceased)
*Jerry Lackey - Farm Reporter (now with the San Angelo Standard-Times)
*Renay San Miguel - now weekend anchor on CNN Headline News)
*Dan Garrity - Anchor/Reporter
*Dayna Devon - Reporter/10pm Anchor - 1995
*Bob Lenertz - Sports Director - Oct. 1993 - May 1997
*Tres Hood - Sports Anchor - April 1993 - April 1995
*Lisa Mozer - Meteorologist (was last seen on The Weather Channel)
*Scott Grayson - Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter (currently on WBOY-TV in Clarksburg, West Virginia)
*Heather Hope - Weekend Meteorologist/Reporter
*Josh Garber - Morning News/Weather Anchor and Reporter (now Chief Operating Officer for Gourmet Curriculum Press, Inc. d.b.a. Gourmet Learning [http://www.gourmetlearning.com] in New Braunfels, Texas)
*Sonta Henderson - Reporter (currently on KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas)
*Linda Stratton - Reporter/10pm Anchor 1995-96
*Billy Churchwell - Reporter (currently on KIII-TV in Corpus Christi, Texas)
*Tom Nurre - Sports Director (now with Angelo State University in San Angelo)
*Ray Green - Chief Meteorologist
*Clement Townsend - Sports Director (currently on WPMI-TV in Mobile, Alabama)
*Hector Ledesma - Sports Director (currently on KABB-TV in San Antonio, Texas)
*Sterling Riggs - Weekend Anchor/Reporter
*Heather Moore - Weekend Meteorologist/Reporter (now a high school teacher in San Angelo)
*Angela Taylor - Weekend Anchor & Reporter (currently weeknight anchor at KTAB-TV in Abilene, Texas)
*Cole Wright - Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter (currently on WVLA-TV in Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
*Chris Whited - Weekend Meteorologist & Reporter (currently morning meteorologist/environmental reporter with KRBC-TV/DT in Abilene, Texas)
*Mike Moritz - Weekend Weather Anchor/Reporter (currently weekend meteorologist at KOSA-TV in Odessa, Texas)
*John Tarrant - Sports Director/Weeknight Sports Anchor (now a teacher in Fort Worth, Texas)
*David Wagner - Weeknight Anchor (now working with West Texas Rehab Center in San Angelo, Texas)
*Andy Scholes - Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter (currently Weekend Sports Anchor at KAMC-TV in Lubbock, Texas)
*Kristen Clark - Morning/Noon Co-Anchor (now a teacher in Granbury, Texas)

2005 cable conflict

The new year began with KLST leaving the largest cable system in San Angelo. Cox Communications, now Suddenlink Communications, pulled KLST's signal over compensation disputes on January 1, 2005 at 12:00 AM. In accordance with FCC regulation, KLST and its owner Nexstar Broadcasting tried to make an agreement with the cable system to continue carrying KLST's CBS programming. Cox Communications claimed KLST wanted its cable system to pay for its transmission. The disagreement began with KLST/Nexstar requesting 10 cents per subscriber for KLST to be carried on the Cox Cable system in San Angelo. The basic argument was that satellite providers pay for the right to rebroadcast local affiliates' signals, and that cable operators should, as well. Due to the dispute, Cox eventually dropped KLST from their system, which caused many city (and some areas of Tom Green County serviced by Cox's cable system) residents to purchase an antenna for their homes to pick up the KLST signal on VHF Channel 8 for CBS programming. Later in the year, KLST and the other local television stations were picked up by Dish Network in a local channel package, which was strongly supported and promoted by KLST/Nexstar. During the time KLST was off the cable system, Cox replaced what was KLST's spot on cable channel 5 with family oriented cable stations from its digital line-up (such as HBO Family and Noggin). The cable system also added several temporary channels to its lineup off its digital cable lineup to preview and to give disgruntled customers several new channels. After nine and a half months of negotiations between Nexstar and Cox Communications, the KLST signal was returned to the Cox lineup in San Angelo on October 20, 2005.

External links

* [http://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/ KLST Website]
*TVQ|KLST
*BIA|KLST|TV|TV

References