KTXA
Encyclopedia
KTXA, virtual channel
21 (digital channel 29), is an independent
television station
based in Fort Worth, Texas
, and serving the Dallas
/Fort Worth
designated market area. With its transmitter in Cedar Hill
, KTXA is owned by CBS Corporation
and is the sister station of CBS outlet KTVT
(channel 11).
KTXA was originally an independent station until late 1994. From January 1995 to September 2006, KTXA was an affiliate of the United Paramount Network (UPN)
. On September 16, 2006, following the shut down of UPN
, KTXA returned as an independent station, using the branding tagline TXA 21.
to display KTXA's virtual channel
as "21". Their analog send-off that day was their new sign-off video playing the "Star-Spangled Banner". KTXA was granted permission to move its digital station from channel 18 to channel 19 in response to its 2008 application. However, to accommodate co-owned KTVT
's move back to channel 19 on August 4, 2009, KTXA moved back to channel 18. Prior to August 4, KTXA simulcast KTVT's programming on 21.2.
On September 10, 2009, the FCC issued a Report & Order approving KTXA's channel change from channel 18 to channel 29. On October 21, 2009, KTXA filed a minor change application for their new channel 29 allotment, which the FCC granted them a construction permit on November 19, 2009. On January 20, 2011, KTXA commenced operations on channel 29, and it ceased operations on channel 18 the following day.
(though Fort Worth was always the city of license) near the new Rangers Ballpark
. The station ran a general entertainment format of cartoons and sitcoms during the day, while at night it broadcast ON-TV
, a subscription TV service. By 1983, KTXA became a full-time general entertainment station which also included old movies and off network dramas. The channel 21 frequency had previously been occupied by KFWT, an independent station which went on the air in 1967, but went dark three years later.
Grant Broadcasting signed on a similarly formatted station, KTXH
in Houston
, in 1982. In 1984, both KTXA and KTXH were sold to Gulf Broadcasting, which itself was purchased by the Taft Television and Radio Company
that same year.
Channel 21 was a money loser throughout the 1980s, but Taft kept strong programming on the station (including Hanna-Barbera
cartoons and other programs owned by Taft and distributed by Worldvision Enterprises). In February 1987 Taft sold its independent stations, including KTXA, to the TVX Broadcast Group
. In 1989, Paramount Pictures
purchased a minority stake in TVX; two years later, Paramount acquired the remainder of TVX and renamed the company Paramount Stations Group
, and KTXA adopted the on-air branding Paramount 21 during this period. Viacom bought the stations in 1994 as part of its purchase of Paramount Pictures. In January 1995, the station became a founding affiliate of the United Paramount Network
, changing its branding to UPN 21. KTXA later picked up various syndicated programs from KTVT when that station, a former independent, joined CBS
in July 1995.
From 1985 to 1989, KTXA operated the "Channel 21 Kids' Club." Kids were encouraged in short spots between cartoons to send off for a membership card which would entitle them to discounts at various local businesses and enable them to participate in on-air prize giveaways. The membership cards were made of a thin plastic, blue on the front side and white on the back. A "KTXA Channel 21 Kids' Club" Logo appeared on the front in red and white along with the line "I turned 21." The hostess of these shorts, K.D. Fox, was later featured in many other local promotions for various businesses in the DFW area.
In the late 1990s, more first run syndicated talk and reality shows, such as Forgive or Forget
and Ricki Lake
began moving onto KTXA while the amount of sitcoms, such as The Jeffersons
, Good Times
, All in the Family
, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
, The Beverly Hillbillies
, Amen
, Step by Step, Sister, Sister
, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
, Living Single
, Mad About You
, Coach
, Martin
, and cartoons, such as Street Sharks
, Mighty Max
, Monster Rancher
, Brand Spanking New Doug, The Wacky World of Tex Avery
, Mummies Alive!
, Pocket Dragon Adventures
, Extreme Ghostbusters
, Jumanji
, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
, Pokémon
, DuckTales
, and Hercules were reduced. Viacom purchased CBS in 2000, making channel 21 a sister station to its former rival KTVT. KTXA was then moved from the Paramount Building in downtown Dallas to share studios with KTVT in Fort Worth (both are two of three stations licensed to Fort Worth, the other being NBC-owned KXAS-TV
).
For a brief period in the early 2000's, KTXA served as the de-facto UPN affiliate for the Waco
/Killeen
/Temple
television market when former affiliate KAKW became a Univision station for that market and Austin
market as well.
In September 2006, the UPN and WB networks were merged into The CW
, and former WB affiliate KDAF
and Fox-owned KDFI
became the CW and MyNetworkTV
affiliates in Dallas/Fort Worth, respectively. Having been reverted to independent status, KTXA joined KCAL-TV
in Los Angeles
and WSBK-TV
in Boston
(another former UPN outlet) as CBS-owned independents (WSBK has since joined MyNetworkTV).
Channel 21's new branding was announced in two parts, starting with the introduction of the TXA 21 slogan on May 5, 2006. KTXA then launched a promotional ad campaign called "What Could it Mean?" in which a distinctive star-shaped logo showed up on buildings, sidewalks, and billboards around the Metroplex. The new KTXA logo (seen above) was unveiled on July 4. The station's website also revealed that the station plans to begin covering high school football games in the fall.
KTXA is the only station among the six originally owned by Paramount Stations Group to be owned by CBS today. The others were sold off between 1994 and 2001, now owned either by News Corporation
or Sinclair Broadcast Group
.
when situations warrant. In other situations, KTXA airs CBS programming when KTVT cannot do so, such as during the National Football League
preseason during which KTVT airs Dallas Cowboys
preseason games.
Until September 2011, KTXA also carried The Daily Buzz
, a syndicated morning program which airs weekdays. KTXA previously had its own local anchor, Christina McLarty, now with The Insider
, who appeared during local cut-ins during the show that featured local news, weather, and entertainment highlights; the local cut-ins were branded as Buzzed into DFW. The Daily Buzz has now been replaced by a simulcast of KLUV's "Jody Dean and the Morning Team". KTXA may also air CBS programming on occasions when KTVT cannot, such as emergencies or coverage of sporting events.
The station is one of the few television stations in the United States that continues to signing off during the overnight hours, the station signs off the air on Sunday night/early Monday mornings from 2 to 5 a.m. Central Time.
As of 2011, KTXA is the current Dallas-area Love Network station for the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon, an annual event to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association
(KTXA replaces NBC station KXAS-TV
as the area's Love Network station, which dropped the telethon in 2011, citing issues regarding the new scheduling format for the telethon that had it air during primetime). The station's first broadcast of the telethon aired on September 4, 2011, from 5 p.m. to midnight, which was also the first year of the telethon in its shorter six-hour format.
's Dallas Mavericks
and as of 2010
, the Texas Rangers
and Dallas Stars
. KTXA will broadcast 25 Rangers games a season (usually Friday games) through the 2014 season. Rangers
games shown on KTXA are produced by Fox Sports Southwest. KTXA has been the over-the-air home for Dallas Cowboys
football team when they are broadcast on ESPN
and NFL Network
during the regular season. This satisfies the NFL's requirement of making games available on an over-the-air television station to each team's local market for people who don't have access to the aforementioned networks. KTXA also carried the 2010 NCAA Tournament
game between Baylor and Sam Houston State while KTVT aired North Texas and Kansas State (such arrangements are no longer possible due to new TV contracts). The station will air 17 Dallas Stars
games starting with the 2010–11 NHL season
. The station also airs football games from the SEC Network
and men's basketball games from the Big 12 Network.
with sister station KTVT being third respectively. On September 12, 2011, KTXA cut back their newscasts to just one half-hour with local news at 7 p.m. and a half-hour sports program at 7:30 p.m., followed by America's Funniest Home Videos
at 8 p.m.
TXA 21 News: First in Prime (Weeknights 7 to 7:30 P.M.)
TXA 21 News: The FAN (Weeknights 7:30 to 8 P.M.)
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....
21 (digital channel 29), is an independent
Independent station
An independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....
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...
based in Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
, and serving the Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
/Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
designated market area. With its transmitter in Cedar Hill
Cedar Hill, Texas
Cedar Hill is a city in Dallas and Ellis Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located approximately sixteen miles southwest of downtown Dallas and is situated along the eastern shore of Joe Pool Lake and Cedar Hill State Park. The population was 32,093 at the 2000 census...
, KTXA is owned by CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation is an American media conglomerate focused on commercial broadcasting, publishing, billboards and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. The President and CEO of the company is Leslie Moonves. Sumner Redstone, owner of National Amusements, is CBS's...
and is the sister station of CBS outlet KTVT
KTVT
KTVT, virtual channel 11, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth designated market area. The station is co-owned with independent station KTXA , and the two stations share facilities in Dallas and Fort Worth...
(channel 11).
KTXA was originally an independent station until late 1994. From January 1995 to September 2006, KTXA was an affiliate of the United Paramount Network (UPN)
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
. On September 16, 2006, following the shut down of UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
, KTXA returned as an independent station, using the branding tagline TXA 21.
Analog-to-digital conversion
On June 12, 2009 KTXA shut down its analog signal and moved its digital station from channel 18 to channel 19 to complete its analog to digital conversion using PSIPProgram and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...
to display KTXA's virtual channel
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....
as "21". Their analog send-off that day was their new sign-off video playing the "Star-Spangled Banner". KTXA was granted permission to move its digital station from channel 18 to channel 19 in response to its 2008 application. However, to accommodate co-owned KTVT
KTVT
KTVT, virtual channel 11, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth designated market area. The station is co-owned with independent station KTXA , and the two stations share facilities in Dallas and Fort Worth...
's move back to channel 19 on August 4, 2009, KTXA moved back to channel 18. Prior to August 4, KTXA simulcast KTVT's programming on 21.2.
On September 10, 2009, the FCC issued a Report & Order approving KTXA's channel change from channel 18 to channel 29. On October 21, 2009, KTXA filed a minor change application for their new channel 29 allotment, which the FCC granted them a construction permit on November 19, 2009. On January 20, 2011, KTXA commenced operations on channel 29, and it ceased operations on channel 18 the following day.
History
KTXA began broadcasting on January 4, 1981, and was owned by Grant Broadcasting, with its original studios based in Arlington, TexasArlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...
(though Fort Worth was always the city of license) near the new Rangers Ballpark
Arlington Stadium
Arlington Stadium was a baseball stadium located in Arlington, Texas, United States, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. It served as the home for the Texas Rangers from 1972 until 1993, when the team moved into The Ballpark in Arlington .-1960s:The stadium was built in 1965 as Turnpike...
. The station ran a general entertainment format of cartoons and sitcoms during the day, while at night it broadcast ON-TV
ON-TV
ON-TV, also known as National Subscription Television, was a subscription television service launched in 1977 by Oak Industries, Norman Lear's Chartwell Enterprises and Jerry Perenchio. Oak was a manufacturer of satellite and pay-TV decoders and equipment...
, a subscription TV service. By 1983, KTXA became a full-time general entertainment station which also included old movies and off network dramas. The channel 21 frequency had previously been occupied by KFWT, an independent station which went on the air in 1967, but went dark three years later.
Grant Broadcasting signed on a similarly formatted station, KTXH
KTXH
KTXH, digital channel 19 , is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by the Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, and is one-half of a duopoly with Fox network station KRIV .Along with programming from MyNetworkTV, the station also airs...
in Houston
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
, in 1982. In 1984, both KTXA and KTXH were sold to Gulf Broadcasting, which itself was purchased by the Taft Television and Radio Company
Taft Broadcasting
The Taft Broadcasting Company, also known as Taft Television and Radio Company, Incorporated, was an American media conglomerate based in Cincinnati, Ohio....
that same year.
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...
cartoons and other programs owned by Taft and distributed by Worldvision Enterprises). In February 1987 Taft sold its independent stations, including KTXA, to the TVX Broadcast Group
TVX Broadcast Group
The TVX Broadcast Group was an American media company that owned a group of UHF television stations during the 1980s. Originally known as the Television Corporation, the company was headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, and was founded by a group of Norfolk-area businessmen led by Timothy McDonald...
. In 1989, Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
purchased a minority stake in TVX; two years later, Paramount acquired the remainder of TVX and renamed the company Paramount Stations Group
Paramount Stations Group
Paramount Stations Group was a television broadcasting company that was renamed from the TVX Broadcast Group in 1991 after Paramount Pictures gained full ownership of the group. At the time, it owned several Fox affiliates and independent stations...
, and KTXA adopted the on-air branding Paramount 21 during this period. Viacom bought the stations in 1994 as part of its purchase of Paramount Pictures. In January 1995, the station became a founding affiliate of the United Paramount Network
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
, changing its branding to UPN 21. KTXA later picked up various syndicated programs from KTVT when that station, a former independent, joined 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...
in July 1995.
From 1985 to 1989, KTXA operated the "Channel 21 Kids' Club." Kids were encouraged in short spots between cartoons to send off for a membership card which would entitle them to discounts at various local businesses and enable them to participate in on-air prize giveaways. The membership cards were made of a thin plastic, blue on the front side and white on the back. A "KTXA Channel 21 Kids' Club" Logo appeared on the front in red and white along with the line "I turned 21." The hostess of these shorts, K.D. Fox, was later featured in many other local promotions for various businesses in the DFW area.
In the late 1990s, more first run syndicated talk and reality shows, such as Forgive or Forget
Forgive or Forget
Forgive or Forget is an American talk show aired in national syndication from June 1998 to May 2000. The original host of the show was Mother Love, but she was replaced with former Head of the Class actress Robin Givens for the series' third and last season.The premise of the show involved people...
and Ricki Lake
Ricki Lake
Ricki Pamela Lake is an American actress, producer, and television host. She is best known for her starring role as Tracy Turnblad in the original Hairspray, her ground-breaking documentary film The Business of Being Born, and her talk show which was broadcasted internationally from...
began moving onto KTXA while the amount of sitcoms, such as The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975–1982 and by Embassy Television from 1982-1985...
, Good Times
Good Times
Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Michael Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer...
, All in the Family
All in the Family
All in the Family is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. In September 1979, a new show, Archie Bunker's Place, picked up where All in the Family had ended...
, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.The show renders the title as Gomer Pyle - USMC. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy...
, The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr....
, Amen
Amen (TV series)
Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen starred Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s...
, Step by Step, Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister may refer to:* Sister, Sister , a TV movie starring Diahann Carroll* Sister, Sister , a thriller starring Eric Stoltz* Sister, Sister , by Andrew Neiderman...
, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from 1992 to 1997, starring Mark Curry and Holly Robinson. The show took place in Curry's hometown of Oakland, California. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper was produced by Jeff Franklin Productions, in association with...
, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his aunt and uncle in their...
, Living Single
Living Single
Living Single is an American television sitcom which aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 29, 1993 to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who share personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone.Throughout its run, Living...
, Mad About You
Mad About You
Mad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992 to May 24, 1999. The show starred Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a newly married couple in New York City. Reiser played Paul Buchman, a documentary film maker. Hunt played Jamie Stemple Buchman, a public relations specialist...
, Coach
Coach (TV series)
Coach is an American television sitcom that aired for nine seasons on ABC from 1989 to 1997. The series starred Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of the fictional Division I-A college football team, the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles...
, Martin
Martin (TV series)
Martin is an American sitcom produced by HBO Independent Productions that aired for five seasons, from August 27, 1992 to May 1, 1997 on Fox...
, and cartoons, such as Street Sharks
Street Sharks
Street Sharks is an American animated television series about crime-fighting half-man/half-sharks. It was produced by DIC Entertainment and aired from 1994 to 1995, originally as a part of the Amazin' Adventures lineup. Later, in 1996, the Street Sharks teamed up with the Dino Vengers and the...
, Mighty Max
Mighty Max
Mighty Max may refer to:* Mighty Max , a series of toys from Bluebird Toys** Mighty Max , a television series based on the toys* Max Weinberg, an American drummer and television personality...
, Monster Rancher
Monster Rancher (anime)
Monster Rancher, known in Japan as , is a 73-episode anime series based on the Monster Rancher series of video games made by Tecmo. It originally aired on Japanese television on TBS from April 17, 1999 to September 30, 2000...
, Brand Spanking New Doug, The Wacky World of Tex Avery
The Wacky World of Tex Avery
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, Mummies Alive!
Mummies Alive!
Mummies Alive! is an American animated series from DIC Entertainment. It originally aired for one season in 1997.In ancient Egypt, an evil sorcerer named, Scarab, kills the pharaoh's son, Prince Rapses, so he can become pharaoh immortal...
, Pocket Dragon Adventures
Pocket Dragon Adventures
Pocket Dragon Adventures was a short-lived 1998 syndicated cartoon series, based on the Pocket Dragon character created by artist Real Musgrave, best known from Pocket Dragons figurines also based on his work. The cartoon was about the Pocket Dragons who live with a kindly old wizard, and their...
, Extreme Ghostbusters
Extreme Ghostbusters
Extreme Ghostbusters is an animated television series and a follow-up to the animated series Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters. It is a part of the film/TV Ghostbusters franchise...
, Jumanji
Jumanji (TV series)
Jumanji is an American animated television series that was inspired by the movie based on the book of the same name. The series ran for three seasons from 1996 to 1999. In 1996, it was carried by the UPN Kids network, but later seasons were syndicated by BKN. The series was also shown by CITV in...
, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles was a CGI animated television series based on both the novel by Robert A. Heinlein and the 1997 film adaptation directed by Paul Verhoeven...
, Pokémon
Pokémon (anime)
, abbreviated from , is a children's TV anime series, which has since been adapted for the North and South American, Australian and European television markets...
, DuckTales
DuckTales
DuckTales is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Based on Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge comic book series, it premiered on September 18, 1987 and ended on November 28, 1990 with a total of four seasons and 100 episodes...
, and Hercules were reduced. Viacom purchased CBS in 2000, making channel 21 a sister station to its former rival KTVT. KTXA was then moved from the Paramount Building in downtown Dallas to share studios with KTVT in Fort Worth (both are two of three stations licensed to Fort Worth, the other being NBC-owned KXAS-TV
KXAS-TV
KXAS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is the NBC television station for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station was Texas' first television station when the station made its debut on September 28, 1948. Its transmitter is located in Cedar Hill...
).
For a brief period in the early 2000's, KTXA served as the de-facto UPN affiliate for the Waco
Waco, Texas
Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. Situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin, it is the economic, cultural, and academic center of the 'Heart of Texas' region....
/Killeen
Killeen, Texas
Killeen is a city in Bell County, Texas, The United States. The population was 86,911 at the 2000 census. As of 2009, Killeen had 119,510 people. In 2010 Killeen's population shot to 127,921...
/Temple
Temple, Texas
Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. Located near the county seat of Belton, Temple lies in the region referred to as Central Texas. Located off Interstate 35, Temple is 65 miles north of Austin and 34 miles south of Waco. In the 2010 Census, Temple's population was 66,102, an...
television market when former affiliate KAKW became a Univision station for that market and 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...
market as well.
In September 2006, the UPN and WB networks were merged into The CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
, and former WB affiliate KDAF
KDAF
KDAF, virtual channel 33 , is a CW-affiliated television station serving the Dallas-Fort Worth television market area. The station is licensed to Dallas and owned by the Tribune Company with its studios located off the John W. Carpenter Freeway in northwest Dallas. The station's transmitter is...
and Fox-owned KDFI
KDFI
KDFI-TV, virtual channel 27, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated station serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The station is licensed to Dallas and owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, and is a sister station to Fox network outlet KDFW . Its transmitter is located in Cedar...
became the CW and MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
affiliates in Dallas/Fort Worth, respectively. Having been reverted to independent status, KTXA joined KCAL-TV
KCAL-TV
KCAL-TV, channel 9, is an independent television station in Los Angeles, California, USA, owned by the CBS Corporation. KCAL-TV shares its studio facilities with KCBS-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.-Digital...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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and WSBK-TV
WSBK-TV
WSBK-TV is a MyNetworkTV television station for eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire that is licensed to Boston. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter along the Needham and Wellesley town line southwest of the MA 9 and I-95 / MA 128...
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
(another former UPN outlet) as CBS-owned independents (WSBK has since joined MyNetworkTV).
Channel 21's new branding was announced in two parts, starting with the introduction of the TXA 21 slogan on May 5, 2006. KTXA then launched a promotional ad campaign called "What Could it Mean?" in which a distinctive star-shaped logo showed up on buildings, sidewalks, and billboards around the Metroplex. The new KTXA logo (seen above) was unveiled on July 4. The station's website also revealed that the station plans to begin covering high school football games in the fall.
KTXA is the only station among the six originally owned by Paramount Stations Group to be owned by CBS today. The others were sold off between 1994 and 2001, now owned either by News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
or Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group
The Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American telecommunications company that operates the largest number of local television stations in the United States. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, it owns a total of 57 stations across the country in 35 primarily small and medium markets, many of...
.
Programming
Today, KTXA broadcasts a lineup of off-network sitcoms, talk shows and sports. Additionally, the station shows reality shows, court shows, and a one-hour block of news during early primetime called TXA 21 News: First in Prime, which was launched on September 18, 2006, and was split into a news program during the first half-hour and a sports talk program during the second half-hour in September 2011; the program draws on resources from KTVT's news department. The station will pre-empt its programming for news coverage from either KTVT or CBS NewsCBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
when situations warrant. In other situations, KTXA airs CBS programming when KTVT cannot do so, such as during the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
preseason during which KTVT airs Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
preseason games.
Until September 2011, KTXA also carried The Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz is a nationally syndicated breakfast television news and infotainment program. The show is produced by Fisher Communications and is owned and distributed by ACME Communications; it is broadcast every weekday morning from studios at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida...
, a syndicated morning program which airs weekdays. KTXA previously had its own local anchor, Christina McLarty, now with The Insider
The Insider (TV series)
The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...
, who appeared during local cut-ins during the show that featured local news, weather, and entertainment highlights; the local cut-ins were branded as Buzzed into DFW. The Daily Buzz has now been replaced by a simulcast of KLUV's "Jody Dean and the Morning Team". KTXA may also air CBS programming on occasions when KTVT cannot, such as emergencies or coverage of sporting events.
The station is one of the few television stations in the United States that continues to signing off during the overnight hours, the station signs off the air on Sunday night/early Monday mornings from 2 to 5 a.m. Central Time.
As of 2011, KTXA is the current Dallas-area Love Network station for the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon, an annual event to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is an American organization which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the general public...
(KTXA replaces NBC station KXAS-TV
KXAS-TV
KXAS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is the NBC television station for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station was Texas' first television station when the station made its debut on September 28, 1948. Its transmitter is located in Cedar Hill...
as the area's Love Network station, which dropped the telethon in 2011, citing issues regarding the new scheduling format for the telethon that had it air during primetime). The station's first broadcast of the telethon aired on September 4, 2011, from 5 p.m. to midnight, which was also the first year of the telethon in its shorter six-hour format.
Sports programming
The station is the over-the-air broadcast outlet for the NBANational Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
's Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association , and the reigning NBA champions, having defeated the Miami Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals.According to a 2011...
and as of 2010
2010 Major League Baseball season
The 2010 Major League Baseball season began Sunday, April 4, when the Boston Red Sox defeated their long-time rivals, the 2009 World Series champion New York Yankees at Fenway Park, 9–7; the regular season ended on October 3. The 2010 All-Star Game was played on July 13 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim...
, the Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers (baseball)
The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
and Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...
. KTXA will broadcast 25 Rangers games a season (usually Friday games) through the 2014 season. Rangers
Texas Rangers (baseball)
The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
games shown on KTXA are produced by Fox Sports Southwest. KTXA has been the over-the-air home for Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
football team when they are broadcast on ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
and NFL Network
NFL Network
NFL Network is an American television specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League . It was launched November 4, 2003, only eight months after the league's 32 team owners voted unanimously to approve its formation...
during the regular season. This satisfies the NFL's requirement of making games available on an over-the-air television station to each team's local market for people who don't have access to the aforementioned networks. KTXA also carried the 2010 NCAA Tournament
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The first and second round games were played at the following sites:*March 18 / 20*March 25 / 27*March 26 / 28Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held on April 3 and 5 in Indianapolis, Indiana at Lucas Oil Stadium, hosted by the Horizon League and Butler University, as per the NCAA's...
game between Baylor and Sam Houston State while KTVT aired North Texas and Kansas State (such arrangements are no longer possible due to new TV contracts). The station will air 17 Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...
games starting with the 2010–11 NHL season
2010–11 NHL season
The 2010–11 NHL season was the 94th season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the fourth consecutive season that opened in Europe with NHL Premiere . A record three events were scheduled, all in previous NHL Premiere cities: Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; and Prague, Czech...
. The station also airs football games from the SEC Network
SEC Network
The SEC Network, or SECN is a syndication package featuring college football and basketball events from the Southeastern Conference. The package is owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television and is shown in more than 50 percent of households in the United States, mostly Southeastern United...
and men's basketball games from the Big 12 Network.
Sports broadcasters
Current- Mark Followill - Dallas Mavericks play-by-play
- Jeff "Skin" Wade - Dallas Mavericks analyst
- Laura Greene - Dallas Mavericks sideline reporter
- Emily Jones - Dallas Mavericks sideline reporter
- Dave BarnettDave BarnettDavid Lane "Dave" Barnett is a former ESPN personality who currently works for the Texas Rangers. Before working for ESPN, Barnett served as the announcer for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs from 1988 to 1996, the Dallas Mavericks from 1981 to 1988, the 1990 Texas Rangers games, and Southwest...
- Texas Rangers play-by-play - Tom GrieveTom GrieveThomas Alan Grieve was a Major League Baseball player from 1970-1979 for the Washington Senators, Texas Rangers, New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals...
- Texas Rangers analyst - Jim Knox - Texas Rangers sideline reporter
- Ralph StrangisRalph StrangisRalph Strangis is a play-by-play commentator, who has covered a variety of sports, but most notably has been the commentator for the Dallas Stars ice hockey franchise of the National Hockey League since the team's move to Dallas in 1993....
- Dallas Stars play-by-play - Daryl ReaughDaryl ReaughDaryl "Razor" Reaugh , is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender, now a color commentator for the Dallas Stars of the NHL, the The NHL on Versus and Hockey Night in Canada.-Playing career:...
- Dallas Stars analyst - Bobby RhineBobby RhineBobby Rhine was an American soccer player who last played for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer.Rhine played college soccer at the University of Connecticut, where he was a second-team All-American in 1998. He was drafted by the then-Dallas Burn sixth overall in the 1999 MLS College Draft...
- FC Dallas play-by-play - Steve JolleySteve JolleySteve Jolley is a retired American soccer defender, who spent ten seasons in Major League Soccer and one in the USL Premier Development League....
- FC Dallas color commentator - Aaron Goldsmith - Frisco RoughRiders play-by-play
- Jason Cole - Frisco RoughRiders color commentator
News programming
On September 18, 2006, KTXA began producing a nightly primetime newscast, "TXA 21 News: First In Prime", airing from 7-9 p.m. On September 24, 2007, KTXA was the fourth station in Dallas-Fort Worth area to start broadcasting local news in high definitionHigh-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
with sister station KTVT being third respectively. On September 12, 2011, KTXA cut back their newscasts to just one half-hour with local news at 7 p.m. and a half-hour sports program at 7:30 p.m., followed by America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos
America's Funniest Home Videos is an American reality television program on ABC in which viewers are able to send in humorous homemade videotapes. The most common videos usually feature slapstick physical comedy arising from incidents, accidents and mishaps...
at 8 p.m.
TXA 21 News: First in Prime (Weeknights 7 to 7:30 P.M.)
- Anchor:
- Keith Garvin
- Weather:
- Jeff Jamison
TXA 21 News: The FAN (Weeknights 7:30 to 8 P.M.)
- Sports:
- Gina Miller
Newscast titles
- TXA 21 News: First In Prime (2006–2010 and 2011–present)
- TXA 21 News: Local Edition (7 and 8 p.m. newscasts; 2010–present)
- TXA 21 News: Texas & U.S. Edition (7:30 p.m. newscast; 2010–2011)
- TXA 21 News: The FAN (7:30 p.m. sportscast; 2010–present)
Station slogans
- "Texas Turns Us On" (mid-late 1980s)
- "21 and Only KTXA" (early 1990s)
- "TV With Attitude" (2000–2002)
- "Turn It Up" (2002–2004; also a UPN network slogan during the same time period)
- "Made You Look" (2004–2006)
- "As Independent As Texas" (2006–2009; general slogan)
- "First In Prime" (2006–present; newscast slogan)
- "Must Be 21" (2009–present; a reference to the phrase "Must be 21 or Older")
- "It's On 21" (2011–present; first seen with promos relating to the upcoming signal boost)