KTXW is a local cable channel affiliated with The CW which can also seen on KGNS digital subchannel 8.2.. The channel is on Laredo's Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...

 channel 19. Most of its programming comes from The CW Plus

The CW Plus

The CW Plus is a group of primarily digital sub-channels, analog, and non-broadcast cable television outlets for the CW Television Network, for markets below the top 99 television media markets in the United States....

, a group of CW affiliates in small to medium markets. KTXW is managed by Laredo's KGNS-TV

KGNS-TV

KGNS-TV is the NBC television affiliate for Laredo, Texas as well as surrounding areas in both Texas and Mexico. The station is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting. KGNS also operates digital subchannels offering Telemundo and KTXW , both also available on Time Warner Cable channels 25 and 19,...

, which handles programming and advertising.

History

KTXW launched as a cable-only The WB

The WB Television Network

The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...

 affiliate in 1998 programmed by The WB 100+ Station Group

The WB 100+ Station Group

The WB 100+ Station Group was a group of primarily non-broadcast local cable television outlets for The WB Television Network, for markets below the top 100 television media markets in the United States. Dayparts with no WB programming were programmed by the network...

, a predecessor to The CW Plus. WB 100+ was made to get The WB on cable screens in small and medium TV markets, and let a local cable TV company or another TV station operate a cable channel carrying The WB network with imaginary call letters and WB 100+ programming up all non-network slots on the schedule, and let the operator of the cable channel air local commercial inserts and have a unique local branding (like "Laredo's WB19").

In September 2006, The WB and 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...

 networks closed down in order to launch 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...

. The website of The CW referred to a "Laredo CW" coming to the Laredo market. http://www.cwtv.com/stations weeks before the launch. TV listings show that KTXW would carry CW programming after the launch on September 18, 2006; KTXW has since been confirmed as a CW affiliate.

In October 2008, KGNS began to air KTXW on digital subchannel 8.2 making it free to all homes in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo.

KTXW joined the Southland Conference

Southland Conference

The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision...

 Television Network in fall 2011, airing live sporting events from that league.

Laredo's First News at 9

KGNS produces a 9PM newscast, Laredo's First News at 9, for KTXW. The half-hour news program is anchored by KGNS's Max Fernandez and Victoria Marshall. The target audience for this news program is viewers between the ages of 21 through 34, which is the largest growing demographic in the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area

Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area

The Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area is one of six bi-national metropolitan areas along the United States-Mexican border. The city of Laredo is situated in the American state of Texas on the northern bank of the Rio Grande and Nuevo Laredo is located in the Mexican State of Tamaulipas in the...

. Laredo's First News at 9 has been airing since June 21, 2008.