KLST is the CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 affiliate serving 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...

, in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. It is owned by the Irving, TX based Nexstar Broadcasting Group

Nexstar Broadcasting Group

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., is an entity of broadcast television stations headquartered in Irving, Texas. The company consists of 50 television stations across the U.S., ranging from market sizes 9 to 201 . 43 of the stations are broadcasting at full power, with the other 4 broadcasting at...

. KLST was purchased by Nexstar Broadcasting in 2004 from the Jewell Television Corporation.

Through a Local Sales Agreement

Local marketing agreement

In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...

 KLST and its parent company Nexstar Broadcasting operate KSAN-TV

KSAN-TV

KSAN-TV is a television station that is broadcast on digital channel 16. It is the NBC affiliate for the San Angelo, Texas, USA market, owned and operated by Mission Broadcasting....

, the NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 affiliate in San Angelo which is owned by Mission Broadcasting

Mission Broadcasting

Mission Broadcasting, Inc. is a television station group that owns 15 television stations operated by Nexstar Broadcasting. The group's president is David S. Smith, who founded the company in 1998. In most areas where Mission owns a station, its arrangements allow Nexstar to control two of the top...

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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

KCTV

KCTV channel 5 is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Kansas City Metropolitan Area that is licensed to the Missouri side. Owned by the Meredith Corporation, the station is sister to MyNetworkTV affiliate KSMO-TV and the two share facilities on Shawnee Mission Parkway KCTV channel 5 is...

, which is now the call letters

Call sign

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 of the CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 network affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

 since 1983 at the time when the station became KLST.

Technical information

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

Eola, Texas

Eola is an unincorporated town in northwestern Concho County in the U.S. state of Texas, near the larger community of San Angelo. In 1990, Eola had a recorded population of only 218.The town was first known as Jordan, but its name changed to Eola in 1902....

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Coverage area

• KLST serves as the CBS affiliate for 11 counties in West Central Texas that form the San Angelo television market as defined by Nielsen.
  • (Tom Green, Sterling
    Sterling County, Texas
    Sterling County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 1,393. Its county seat is Sterling City. The county is named for W. S. Sterling, an early settler in the area. Sterling County is one of 30 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in...
    
    , Coke, Irion, Concho, McCulloch
    McCulloch County, Texas
    McCulloch County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. The geographical center of Texas lies within the county. In 2000, its population was 8,205. Its county seat is Brady. McCulloch is named for Benjamin McCulloch, a famous Texas Ranger and Confederate...
    
    , Schleicher, Menard, Crockett, Sutton & Kimble
    Kimble County, Texas
    Kimble County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 4,468. Its county seat is Junction. Kimble is named for George C. Kimble, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.-Geography:...
    
    )

• KLST also provides news and weather coverage to four other counties that assigned to other nearby television markets.
  • (Runnels & Coleman in the Abilene
    Abilene, Texas
    Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...
    
    -Sweetwater
    Sweetwater, Texas
    Sweetwater is the county seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,415 at the 2000 census.-History:Sweetwater received a U.S. post office in 1879. The Texas and Pacific Railway started service in 1881, with the first train arriving on March 12 of that year, beginning...
    
     DMA, Reagan
    Reagan County, Texas
    Reagan County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 3,326. The seat of the county is Big Lake. It is named in honor of John Henninger Reagan , who served as postmaster general of the Confederate States of America and also as a U.S....
    
     in the Midland
    Midland, Texas
    Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area. A small portion of the city extends into Martin County. As of 2010, the population of Midland was 111,147. It is the principal city of the Midland, Texas...
    
    -Odessa
    Odessa, Texas
    Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...
    
     DMA, & Mason
    Mason County, Texas
    Mason County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its population was 4, 012. Its county seat is Mason...
    
     in the Austin
    Austin, Texas
    Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
    
     DMA)
  • Note: Runnels County is the adjacent county to San Angelo but the majority of the residents in the county watch local television stations that broadcast out of Abilene. This is why the county is assigned to the Abilene-Sweetwater television market by Nielsen.

News personalities

• Carolyn McEnrue - Weeknight Anchor
• Michael Stafford - Weeknight Anchor
• Nick Kraynok - Chief Meteorologist
• Justin Woodard - Sports Director/Weeknight Sports Anchor
• Pat Attebery - Midday Host and Interviewer
• Melissa Ruiz - Midday Anchor/Weekday 4:00 pm Host
• Lauren Blackwell - Weekday Morning Anchor/Reporter
• Mark Stitz - Weekday Morning/Midday Meteorologist
• Aaryn Valenzuela - Weekend Anchor/Reporter
• Katelynn Zoellner - Weekend Sports Anchor/Sports Reporter
• David Wagner - News Director
• John Cody Rodriguez - Entertainment Reporter

Newscast titles

• Your Esso Reporter (1953-1957)
• TV-8 Total News (1970s)
• NewsCenter 8 (1970s-1980s)
• NewsWatch 8 (1980s)
• News 8 (1990s-2005)
• KLST News (2005-present)

Station slogans

• A Concho Valley Tradition (1990s-2001)
• The Concho Valley's First Choice For News, Weather and Sports (2001-2005)
• The First Choice For News (2005-present)