KTRE

KTRE
Semi-satellite of KLTV, Tyler, Texas
CityLufkin, Texas
Channels
Branding
  • KTRE 9; East Texas News
  • Telemundo Este de Texas (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KLTV
History
First air date
August 31, 1955 (69 years ago) (1955-08-31)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 9 (VHF, 1955–2009)
  • Digital: 11 (VHF, until 2009)
  • NBC (primary 1955–1964, joint primary 1964–1984, secondary 1984–1987)
  • CBS (secondary 1955–1964, joint primary 1964–1984)
  • ABC (joint primary, 1964–1984)
Call sign meaning
Trees, a reference to the heavily forested geography of the Lufkin area
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID68541
ERP
HAAT
  • 204 m (669 ft)
  • 140 m (459 ft) (CP)[1]
Transmitter coordinates
Links
Public license information
Website

KTRE (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Lufkin, Texas, United States, affiliated with ABC and Telemundo. The station is owned by Gray Television, and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on TV Road (near US 69) in the unincorporated community of Pollok.

Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, KTRE is considered a semi-satellite of KLTV (channel 7) in Tyler. As such, it simulcasts all network and syndicated programming as provided through its parent station but airs separate commercial inserts, legal identifications, weeknight newscasts and Sunday morning religious programs, and has its own website. KTRE serves the southern half of the Tyler–Longview–Lufkin–Nacogdoches market while KLTV serves the northern portion. The two stations are counted as a single unit for ratings purposes. Although KTRE maintains its own facilities, master control and some internal operations are based at KLTV's studios on West Ferguson Street in downtown Tyler.

  1. ^ a b c d "Channel Substitution/Community of License Change". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Report & Order", Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, March 3, 2023, Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KTRE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.