KCBD
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| Lubbock, Texas | |
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| Branding | KCBD 11 (general) KCBD NewsChannel 11 (newscasts) This TV Lubbock (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels | Digital: 11 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 11.1 NBC 11.2 This TV |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | Raycom Media, Inc. (KCBD License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | May 10, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | Caprock BroaDcasting Company (original owners of station) |
| Former callsigns | KCBD-TV (x-2003) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 11 (VHF, 1953-2009) Digital: 9 (VHF) |
| Former affiliations | Secondary: ABC (1953-1969) |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Height | 232 m |
| Facility ID | 27507 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°32′32.1″N 101°50′15.3″W / 33.542250°N 101.837583°W |
| Website | www.kcbd.com |
KCBD, NewsChannel 11, is the NBC-affiliated television station serving the Lubbock, Texas metropolitan area, owned and operated by Raycom Media. Syndicated programming on KCBD includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Inside Edition, Anderson, and America Now. The studios and transmitter are co-located in South Lubbock near the interchange of I-27 and Slaton Highway.
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[edit] History
KCBD signed on in 1953 as the second television station in Lubbock, after KDUB-TV (now KLBK-TV). For a short time thereafter, Jim Reese was a broadcaster on KCBD.[1]KCBD was a primary NBC affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. KCBD became a sole NBC affiliate in 1969 when KSEL (now KAMC) signed on and took the ABC affiliation. KCBD was also the first station in Lubbock to broadcast in color.
KCBD was founded by a company controlled by Joe Bryant of Caprock Broadcasting Company (owner of 1590 KCBD (AM) in Lubbock, and new shareholders consisting of local business owners. KCBD was spun off in 1971, changing names to KEND (at the then "END" of the dial. It is now known as KDAV Radio.
From 1968 to 1983, KCBD-TV also operated KSWS-TV, Channel 8 in Roswell, New Mexico as a repeater or satellite station. The Roswell station now operates as KOBR-TV, owned by Albuquerque NBC affiliate, KOB-TV.
Caprock Broadcasting was purchased by the Holsum bakery in 1983. Holsum sold KCBD to Cosmos Broadcasting, the broadcasting arm of South Carolina-based insurer The Liberty Corporation, in 2000. Liberty exited the insurance business later that year, bringing the Cosmos stations directly under the Liberty banner. Liberty merged with Raycom Media in 2006.
In May 2002, KCBD became the first station in the Lubbock market to begin broadcasting a digital signal. Later that year, the station became the first to broadcast network programming in true High-Definition. Today, KCBD is one of only three true HD broadcasts in the Lubbock market (including KJTV-TV and KTTZ-TV).
Since 2002, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune have aired on KCBD. Prior to that, they both aired on KLBK, although in late 1999, Wheel moved to KAMC. Live with Regis & Kelly had also aired on KAMC before moving to KCBD in 2004, though that show has returned to KAMC.
[edit] Digital television
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 11.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Main KCBD programming / NBC |
| 11.2 | 480i | 4:3 | This TV |
KCBD's broadcasts are digital-only, effective June 12, 2009.[2]
[edit] News operation
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This section requires expansion with: further information on KCBD's newscast history. (July 2011) |
On April 10, 2011, KCBD began broadcasting their newscasts in high-definition.
KCBD has the tenured anchor staff in Lubbock. Abner Euretsi has been at the station since the mid seventies when he anchored with Jane Prince. Euresti was paired with Karin McKay in 1980 under news director Carl Skip Watson (guiding light of the Lubbock food bank initiative) and have worked together since. Sharon Hibner Maines was the main anchor at cross town KLBK-TV in 1979 until she left for a public relations job at Furr's Supermarkets. She resurfaced at KAMC and later came to KCBD.
One time weather anchor Clyde Robert "Bob" Stephens was founder of 99.5 FM KWGN in Abernathy, Texas. It was later called KWGO and is nowadays Lubbock's KQBR. Former sports anchor Bob Howell was a co founder of a Texas oriented sports channel for cable that is now at the heart of the present day Fox Sports Southwest network.
[edit] News team[3]
Anchors
- Abner Euresti - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.; also managing editor
- Karin McCay - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.; also health reporter
- Sharon Maines - weekday mornings Daybreak Today and noon
- Christy Hartin - Monday-Fridays "KCBD@4" and 5 p.m.
- Abby Reed - weekday mornings "DayBreak Today" and Saturdays at 6 and 10 p.m.
- Natasha Sweatte - Investigative Reporter and "KCBD NewsChannel 11 Sunday"
First Alert Forecast Team
- John Robison (AMS Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
- Cary Allen - meteorologist; Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5 and weekends at 10 p.m.
- Steve Divine - weather anchor; weekday mornings Daybreak Today and noon
Sports team
- Pete Christy - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
- Chris Curtis - weekend sports anchor/reporter
- Blake Brodie - sports anchor/reporter
Reporters
- Tiffany Pelt - general assignment reporter
- Sarah-Blake Morgan - general assignment reporter
- Alex Zielinksi - general assignment reporter
[edit] References
- ^ "Mayor Jim Reese of Odessa and the Republican Party in the Permian Basin", The West Texas Historical Association Year Book, Vol. LXXXVII (October 2011), p. 128
- ^ http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=9803356
- ^ KCBD Staff, KCBD.com.
[edit] External links
- KCBD web site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KCBD
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KCBD-TV
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