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| The station's most well known slogan is "Proud of East Texas", a slogan it has carried since 1985. The slogan is also used by its sister station ]. | The station's most well known slogan is "Proud of East Texas", a slogan it has carried since 1985. The slogan is also used by its sister station ]. | ||
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| KLTV installed their digital tower on September 23, 2005, and started broadcasting in high-definition over-the-air (ch. 10) and on ] cable channel 720 on December 14, 2005. KLTV is the second East Texas station to broadcast in HD. They also started airing the "StormTracker 24/7 Weather Channel" -- running 24-hour temperatures, weather conditions, and the StormTracker 7 Live Doppler Network for all of East Texas with two digital doppler radars. (available on SuddenLink cable channel 247). | KLTV installed their digital tower on September 23, 2005, and started broadcasting in high-definition over-the-air (ch. 10) and on ] cable channel 720 on December 14, 2005. KLTV is the second East Texas station to broadcast in HD. They also started airing the "StormTracker 24/7 Weather Channel" -- running 24-hour temperatures, weather conditions, and the StormTracker 7 Live Doppler Network for all of East Texas with two digital doppler radars. (available on SuddenLink cable channel 247). | ||
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KLTV is a television station in Tyler, Texas, USA. It is an ABC network affiliate, and it broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 7 and digital signal on channel 10. It has been the dominant station in the market for most of its history, and news broadcasts on the station routinely garner several times the number of viewers of its nearest competitor.
The station's studios were located near Highway 31 and Loop 323 going towards Interstate 20 in Tyler, until the late 1990s, when they moved their studio facilities to downtown Tyler, near the Smith County Courthouse.
History
KLTV went on the air on October 15, 1954, and shared affiliation time with ABC, CBS, and NBC until the late 1980s. It was owned originally by Buford Television, which was owned by Lucille Buford. Buford owned the station until the early 1990s, when it was sold to Civic Commuications of Jackson, Mississippi. Civic merged with The Liberty Corporation in 2002. In 2005, Liberty merged with the station's current owner, Raycom Media.
The station's most well known slogan is "Proud of East Texas", a slogan it has carried since 1985. The slogan is also used by its sister station KTRE-TV.
Its northeast Texas coverage area includes Longview, Jacksonville, Tyler,Palestine,Carthage, and Henderson, Texas. Owned by Raycom Media, the station also operates and produces newscasts for KTRE, a satellite station in Lufkin.
KLTV installed their digital tower on September 23, 2005, and started broadcasting in high-definition over-the-air (ch. 10) and on SuddenLink cable channel 720 on December 14, 2005. KLTV is the second East Texas station to broadcast in HD. They also started airing the "StormTracker 24/7 Weather Channel" -- running 24-hour temperatures, weather conditions, and the StormTracker 7 Live Doppler Network for all of East Texas with two digital doppler radars. (available on SuddenLink cable channel 247).
Former On-Air Personalities
- Wes Sims, anchor --- 1986 (to KLMG-TV amd other places)
- Lorri Vaughter, a very lovely reporter.
Digital Channels
KLTV currently carries the following channels on DTV Channel 7:
- KLTV-DT 7.1 (10) ABC-HD 720p DD5.1 (Suddenlink Cable Channel 720, Longview/Kilgore Cable Channel 246)
- KLTV-WX 7.2 (10) Stormtracker 24/7 Weather (Suddenlink Cable Channel 247, Longview/Kilgore Cable Channel 247)
Tower Collapse
At approximately 7:30 am on Friday, February 3, 2006, KLTV's 1,078 ft. broadcast transmitter tower at Red Springs, about ten miles north of Tyler, near the city of Hawkins, collapsed, taking both KLTV's analog and digital over-the-air signals off the air, leaving cable customers of Cox Cable Communications as the only customers who could receive the station. The outage also affected the feed of the station to DirecTV and Dish Network.
Within 13 hours of the collapse, KLTV re-established analog broadcasts at reduced power from its former station and transmitter location in eastern Tyler. A new Harris transmitter was brought in the day after the collapse, allowing resumption of high-power broadcasts from the Tyler site, though from a tower slightly less than half the height of the destroyed tower. This allowed the viewing area to see Super Bowl XL on analog channel 7.
Digital broadcasts resumed from the Tyler site several days later.
In addition, Tyler Christian radio station KVNE-FM was also knocked off as a result of the collapse. The station is broadcasting at 500 watts from a temporary location. On February 7, KVNE held a one-day fundraiser to raise a goal of $70,000 to put the station back on at high-power. The station raised more than $80,000 in their 15-hour campaign.
No injuries were reported. No cause for the collapse has been disclosed to date.
Recovery After the Collapse
KLTV has restored their analog OTA signal from their original tower at Highway 31 and Loop 323 in Tyler, near their original studio site, along with their signals to DirecTV and Dish Network and the feeds to all Tyler-Longview area cable companies. Their analog transmitter equipment was undamaged, and was supplemented at the original tower site with a newer transmitter, however their Over-the-Air High Definition and Digital TV transmission equipment was a total loss. The HD signal has been fully restored from the Tyler location as of February 10, 2006.
KLTV is estimating, as of February 4, 2006, that it will take between three and six months to restore full service to all viewers.
In an article, published in the Longview News-Journal, on January 6, 2007, KLTV reported that the new tower has been constructed, but at this time is awaiting installation of transmitter components.
In March and April of 2007, KLTV ran a "Flip The Switch" promotion to promote the completion of the new Red Springs tower. Viewers were urged to submit 30 second videos to show why they should be selected to Flip The Switch. Winners were selected by popular vote on kltv.com. The winner was Jeff Heimer, and on April 17, 2007, at approximately 6:58 PM, he officially flipped the switch to turn on the new transmitter and tower.
"Your East Texas News Leader!!"
In a June 2006 article, the Longview News-Journal reported, "In the May ratings from Nielsen Media Research, KLTV continued its dominance of the area television market, with an estimated 70,000 East Texas households tuning in to its 10 p.m. newscast, "KLTV 7 News @ 10." KETK was second with about 12,000 viewers, and KYTX was watched by an estimated 9,000 viewers."
News/Station Presentation
Newscast Titles
- KLTV 7 News (1990s-present)
Station Slogans
- Caring. Committed. Proud of East Texas. (2003-present)
- Your East Texas News Leader! (2006-present)
See also
External links
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