KLST

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KLST
San Angelo, Texas
Slogan	The First Choice For News
Channels	8 (VHF) analog, 11 (VHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Founded	June 26, 1953
Call letters meaning	Lone Star Texas reference to state flag used in logo
Former callsigns	KCTV (1953-1983)
Transmitter Power	316 kW Analog 18.8 kW Digital (CP) 0.76 kW Digital (STA)
Website	http://www.klst.tv/

KLST-TV is the CBS affiliate serving San Angelo, Texas, in the United States. It is owned by the Irving, TX based Nexstar Broadcasting Group. KLST was purchased by Nexstar Broadcasting in 2004 from the Jewell Television Corporation.

Through a Local Sales Agreement KLST and its parent company Nexstar Broadcasting operate KSAN-TV, the NBC affiliate in San Angelo which is owned by Mission Broadcasting.

Contents 1 Technical information 2 History 3 Newscasts 3.1 Weekdays 3.2 Saturdays 3.3 Sundays 4 News personalities 5 News Staff 6 Past personalities 7 2005 cable conflict 8 External links

[edit] Technical information

KLST broadcasts on analog VHF Channel 8 and digital VHF Channel 11. Its NTSC transmitter is located near Eola, Texas.

[edit] History

KLST was the first television station in San Angelo, signing on the air on June 26, 1953. The station began as KCTV, which is now the call letters of the CBS network affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri since 1983 at the time when the station became KLST.

[edit] Newscasts

[edit] Weekdays

• Top of the Morning; 5:30 a.m.-7:00 a.m.
• KLST News Midday; 12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m.
• KLST News Live at Five; 5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
• KLST News Live at Six; 6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
• KLST News Live at Ten; 10:00 p.m.-10:35 p.m.

[edit] Saturdays

• KLST News Live Weekend; 6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m., 10:00 p.m.-10:35 p.m.

[edit] Sundays

• KLST News Live Weekend; 5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m., 10:00 p.m.-10:35 p.m.

[edit] News personalities

• Kathy Munoz - News Director
• David Wagner - Weeknight Anchor
• Carolyn McEnrue - Weeknight Anchor
• Joel Fox - Morning Anchor/Reporter
• Kristen Clark - Morning and Midday Anchor
• Patt Attebery - Midday Host and Interviewer
• Jennifer Jackson - Weekend Anchor/Reporter
• Sam Vincent - Chief Meteorolgist
• Mike Moritz - Weekend Weather Anchor/Reporter
• John Tarrant - Sports Director/Weeknight Sports Anchor
• Andy Scholes - Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter

[edit] News Staff

• Cody Rodriguez - Executive Producer/ Top of the Morning and Live at 6 Producer
• Amy Zetzman - Live at 10 Producer
• Rashda Khan - Top of The Morning Assistant Producer

[edit] Past personalities

• Bob Koob - Anchor (deceased)
• Jerry Lackey - Farm Reporter (now with the San Angelo Standard-Times)
• Dan Garrity - Anchor/Reporter
• Lisa Mozer - Meteorologist (was last seen on The Weather Channel)
• Scott Grayson - Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter (currently on WBOY-TV in Clarksburg, West Virginia)
• Heather Hope - Weekend Meteorologist/Reporter
• Sonta Henderson - Reporter (currently on KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas)
• Billy Churchwell - Reporter (currently on KRNV-TV in Reno, Nevada)
• Tom Nurre - Sports Director (now with Angelo State University in San Angelo)
• Ray Green - Chief Meteorologist
• Clement Townsend - Sports Director (currently on WPMI-TV in Mobile, Alabama)
• Hector Ledesma - Sports Director (currently on KABB-TV in San Antonio, Texas)
• Sterling Riggs - Weekend Anchor/Reporter
• Cole Wright - Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter (currently on WVLA-TV in Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
• Heather Moore - Weekend Meteorologist/Reporter (now a high school teacher in San Angelo)
• Angela Taylor - Weekend Anchor/Reporter (currently weeknight anchor at KTAB-TV in Abilene, Texas)
• Chris Whited - Weekend Meteorologist/Reporter (now morning meteorologist/reporter on WTOK-TV/DT in Meridian, Mississippi)

[edit] 2005 cable conflict

The new year began with KLST leaving the largest cable system in San Angelo. Cox Communications, now Suddenlink Communications, pulled KLST's signal over compensation disputes on January 1, 2005 at 12:00 AM. In accordance with FCC regulation, KLST and its owner Nexstar Broadcasting tried to make an agreement with the cable system to continue carrying KLST's CBS programming. Cox Communications claimed KLST wanted its cable system to pay for its transmission. The disagreement began with KLST/Nexstar requesting 10 cents per subscriber for KLST to be carried on the Cox Cable system in San Angelo. The basic argument was that satellite providers pay for the right to rebroadcast local affiliates' signals, and that cable operators should, as well. Due to the dispute, Cox eventually dropped KLST from their system, which caused many city (and some areas of Tom Green County serviced by Cox's cable system) residents to purchase an antenna for their homes to pick up the KLST signal on VHF Channel 8 for CBS programming. Later in the year, KLST and the other local television stations were picked up by Dish Network in a local channel package, which was strongly supported and promoted by KLST/Nexstar. During the time KLST was off the cable system, Cox replaced what was KLST's spot on cable channel 5 with family oriented cable stations from its digital line-up (such as HBO Family and Noogin). The cable system also added several temporary channels to its lineup off its digital cable lineup to preview and to give disgruntled customers several new channels. After nine and a half months of negotiations between Nexstar and Cox Communications, the KLST signal was returned to the Cox lineup in San Angelo on October 20, 2005.

[edit] External links

• KLST Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KLST