KXII
Overview
CBS
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-affiliated television station
Television station
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for the Texoma
Texoma
Texoma, a portmanteau of the words Texas and Oklahoma, is used to describe the area on either side of the border between these two states along the Red River valley, in particular the area around Lake Texoma, a popular recreation area...
region of Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
and Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
. It is licensed to Sherman, Texas
Sherman, Texas
Sherman is a city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas, United States. The city's estimated population as of 2009 was 38,407. It is also one of two principal cities in the Sherman-Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
. Its transmitter is located southwest of Madill, Oklahoma
Madill, Oklahoma
Madill is a city in Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States. The city was founded in 1901 and is named for George Alexander Madill, an attorney for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, popularly known as the Frisco. The 2009 population estimate was 3,781...
. Owned by Gray Television
Gray Television
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, the station has studios on Texoma Parkway in Sherman.
KXII-DT operates two network-affiliated digital subchannels: KXII-DT 12.2
KXII-DT2
KXII-DT2 is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Texoma region of Texas and Oklahoma. The station is a second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate KXII that is owned by Gray Television. Over-the-air, it broadcasts a digital signal on VHF channel 12.2 from KXII's transmitter located...
formerly aired UPN programming and switched to its current MyNetworkTV affiliation in September 2006 when UPN merged with The WB to form The CW (whose affiliation went to KTEN for its second digital subchannel), while KXII-DT 12.3
KXII-DT3
KXII-DT3 is a subchannel of KXII known on-air as "Fox Texoma" and has been in operation since 2006. It is the first full time local Fox station for the Sherman-Ada DMA and broadcasts in 720p High Definition...
airs Fox primetime, sports and Saturday late night programming and both subchannels air syndicated programming during non-network programming hours.
The station was launched on August 12, 1956 from Ardmore, Oklahoma as KVSO-TV.
