KABB
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| KABB | |
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| San Antonio, Texas | |
| Branding | FOX29 FOX San Antonio |
| Channels | 29 (UHF) analog, 30 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | Fox (since 1995) |
| Owner | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Founded | December 16, 1987 |
| Call letters meaning | K Alamo Broadcasting B |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1987-1995) |
| Website | www.kabb.com |
KABB is the FOX Network affiliate in San Antonio, Texas. It is co-owned with KMYS (My 35) by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. KABB's transmitter is located in Elmendorf, Texas.
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[edit] History
KABB was launched as an independent station on December 16, 1987 — the same year that now sister KMYS (then KRRT) became a charter Fox affiliate. KABB was initially owned by the Alamo Broadcasting Corporation before it was sold to River City Broadcasting in 1989. In 1995, after KRRT gave up Fox for UPN affiliation, KABB picked up the Fox affiliation and has been a Fox station ever since. River City merged with Sinclair in 1996.
Sinclair and Fox cut a six-year affiliation contract extension for Sinclair's 19 Fox affiliates; thus, Fox will remain on KABB at least through March 2012.
Logowise, the station is currently known as FOX 29, but on-air it is known as "FOX San Antonio."
In late 2006, 4Kids TV programming moved to sister station KMYS to accommodate an expansion of the morning newscast "FOX News First." This follows part of a 12-year trend of FOX affiliates pre-empting network Kids programming from its days as Fox Kids.
[edit] Newscasts
On January 2, 2006, FOX News First was launched. FOX News First airs from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. each weekday morning, in addition to the already existing 9 p.m. hourly newscast (FOX News at Nine) that was launched in 1993.
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 KABB in 1987 upon taking to the air. |
 KABB's transition into a Fox affiliate in 1995. |
 KABB's logo from 1999-2006. |
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the San Antonio market (Nielsen DMA #37) | ||
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KCWX 2 (The CW) - WOAI 4 (NBC) - KENS 5 (CBS) - KLRN 9 (PBS) - KSAT 12 (ABC) - K14LM 14 (3ABN) - KNIC 17 (TFU) - KHCE 23 (TBN) - KPXL 26 (ION) - KABB 29 (Fox) - KVDF-CA 31 (AZA) - KNIC-CA 34 (Silent) - KMYS 35 (MNTV) (The Tube on DT2) - KWEX 41 (UNI) - KQVE-LP 46 (DS) - K52EA 52 (Multimedios) - KVDA 60 (TEL) |
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| See also, Broadcast television in Del Rio / Eagle Pass | ||
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XHRIO 2 (Matamoros / Brownsville)* - KDFW 4 (Dallas) - KIDY 6 (San Angelo) - KTBC 7 (Austin) - KCIT 14 (Amarillo) - KFOX 14 (El Paso) - KXVA 15 (Abilene) - |
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*XHRIO is licensed in Matamoros, Mexico, but primarily serves viewers on the US side of the Rio Grande. |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Religious, Other English and Other Spanish stations in Texas | |
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Corporate Staff: David D. Smith (COB and President & CEO) | Frederick G. Smith | J. Duncan Smith | Robert E. Smnith | Daniel C. Keith | Martin R. Leader | Lawrence E. McCanna | Basil A. Thomas | David B. Amy | Lucy A. Rutishauser | Barry M. Faber | David R. Bochenek | Nat S. Ostroff | Donald H. Thompson | Thomas I. Waters III | Darren Shapiro | Gregg Siegel | Jeff Sleete | M. William Butler | Steven M. Marks | Delbert R. Parks III | Joe DeFeo |
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ABC Network Affiliates: KDNL | WCHS | WEAR | WGGB | WICD | WICS | WKEF | WLOS | WSYX | WXLV |
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The CW Network Affiliates: KOCB | KVCW7 | WLFL8 | WNAB1 | WNUV2 | WTTO / WDBB | WUCW | WVTV |
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Fox Network Affiliates: KABB | KBSI | KDSM | KOKH | WBFF | WDKY | WMSN | WPGH3 | WRGT2 | WRLH | WSMH6 | WSYT | WTAT2 | WTTE2 | WUHF4 | WUTV | WVAH2 | WYZZ4 | WZTV |
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MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KMYS | KVMY | WABM | WCGV | WDKA5 | WFGX5 | WMMP | WMYA2 | WMYV | WNYO9 | WNYS5 | WPMY | WRDC | WRLH | WSTR | WSYX | WTTA5 | WTVZ | WUXP |
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1Sinclair operates this station owned by Tennessee Broadcasting under an outsourcing agreement. Sinclair is looking to acquire the station outright. |
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2These stations are nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under local marketing agreements. However, Sinclair effectively owns Cunningham because it controls nearly all of Cunningham's stock. |
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3This station is involved in a "news-share" agreement with Cox Enterprises-owned WPXI. |
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4Sinclair has ownership interests in these stations, but management capabilities belong to Nexstar Broadcasting Group. |
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5Sinclair operates these stations, which are owned by local independent or private companies, with the execption of WTTA where Sinclair CEO David Smith is the station's majority owner. |
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6This station is involved in a "news share" with Meredith Corporation-owned WNEM-TV |
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7This station is involved in a "news share" with Sunbelt Communications Company-owned KVBC |
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8This station is involved in a "news share" with Disney/ABC-owned WTVD. |
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9This station is involved in a "news share" with Gannett-owned WGRZ. |
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Annual Revenue: $1.24 billion USD (2004) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: SBGI | Website: www.sbgi.net |
