KIDY
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KIDY, virtual channel
6, is a television station
in San Angelo, Texas
, broadcasting locally on digital channel 19 as a Fox
affiliate, and is owned by Bayou City Broadcasting. The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 19, which maps to its former VHF analog channel 6. While the station's over-the-air analog channel number is 6, it is sometimes referred to as FOX 10 because channel 10 is the station's designation on all cable systems in the area. MyNetworkTV programming can be seen on KIDY's digital subchannel 19.2 (virtual channel 6.2) and is branded as My San Angelo.
(channel 29); the newscast airs every night at 9 p.m., except in the case of live television programming run-over. The following year in October 2010, the station began simulcasting KABB's four-hour morning newscast, Fox News First; the newscast airs weekday mornings from 5 to 9 a.m.
In addition to local news headline updates airing during Fox News at Nine and Fox News First, KIDY provides hourly local news updates weekdays between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., with headlines and news information provided by the San Angelo Standard-Times
newspaper.
Fox News First
(weekday mornings 5-9 a.m.)
Fox News at Nine (9 to 10 p.m.)
Weeknights
Weekends
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
6, is a television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in San Angelo, Texas
San Angelo, Texas
San Angelo is a city in the state of Texas. Located in West Central Texas it is the county seat of Tom Green County. As of 2010 according to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total population of 93,200...
, broadcasting locally on digital channel 19 as a Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
affiliate, and is owned by Bayou City Broadcasting. The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 19, which maps to its former VHF analog channel 6. While the station's over-the-air analog channel number is 6, it is sometimes referred to as FOX 10 because channel 10 is the station's designation on all cable systems in the area. MyNetworkTV programming can be seen on KIDY's digital subchannel 19.2 (virtual channel 6.2) and is branded as My San Angelo.
History
KIDY began broadcasting on May 12, 1984 as an independent station. It became a charter affiliate of the Fox television network on April 5, 1987.Newscasts
The station's news department closed in 1988. It did not broadcast a newscast again until 2009, with the addition of a simulcast of Fox News at Nine, an one-hour newscast from San Antonio Fox affiliate KABBKABB
KABB is the Fox Network affiliate television station in San Antonio, Texas. It is co-owned with The CW Television Network affiliate KMYS by the Sinclair Broadcast Group...
(channel 29); the newscast airs every night at 9 p.m., except in the case of live television programming run-over. The following year in October 2010, the station began simulcasting KABB's four-hour morning newscast, Fox News First; the newscast airs weekday mornings from 5 to 9 a.m.
In addition to local news headline updates airing during Fox News at Nine and Fox News First, KIDY provides hourly local news updates weekdays between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., with headlines and news information provided by the San Angelo Standard-Times
San Angelo Standard-Times
San Angelo Standard-Times is a daily newspaper based in San Angelo, Texas, USA, since 1884. It is owned by the newspaper group, The E.W. Scripps Company....
newspaper.
Fox News First
(weekday mornings 5-9 a.m.)
- Anchors:
- Monica Taylor
- Ernie Zuniga
- Weather:
- Shaun Stevens
- Traffic:
- Miriam Zamorano
Fox News at Nine (9 to 10 p.m.)
Weeknights
- Anchors:
- Karen Martinez
- Michael Valdes
- Weather:
- Alex Garcia
- Sports:
- Darren Haynes (Mondays)
- Chuck Miketinac (Tuesday-Fridays)
Weekends
- Anchor:
- Ted Garcia
- Mileka Lincoln
- Weather:
- TBD
- Sports:
- Hector Ledesma
Newscast titles
- Channel 6 News (1984–1987)
- Action 6 News (1987–1988)
- FOX News at Nine (2009–present; during simulcasts of KABB 9 p.m. newscast)
- FOX News First (2010–present; during simulcasts of KABB morning newscast)