KWTX-TV

KWTX-TV
CityWaco, Texas
Channels
Branding
  • News 10
  • Telemundo Central Texas (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KNCT, KBTX-TV
History
First air date
April 3, 1955 (69 years ago) (1955-04-03)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 10 (VHF, 1955–2009)
  • Digital: 53 (UHF, 2001–2009)
  • Independent (April–September 1955)
  • ABC (primary, September 1955–1956 and 1977–1983; secondary, 1956–1977)
  • CBS (1956–1977)
  • UPN (DT2, January–September 2006)
  • The CW (DT2, September 2006–2019)
Call sign meaning
Waco, Texas
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35903
ERP39 kW
HAAT554.9 m (1,821 ft)
Transmitter coordinates31°19′19.2″N 97°19′3″W / 31.322000°N 97.31750°W / 31.322000; -97.31750
Links
Public license information
Website

KWTX-TV (channel 10) is a television station in Waco, Texas, United States, serving Central Texas as an affiliate of CBS and Telemundo. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Belton-licensed CW affiliate KNCT (channel 46). The two stations share studios on American Plaza in Waco; KWTX-TV's transmitter is located near Moody, Texas.

KWTX-TV offers Telemundo programming on its second digital subchannel. This subchannel started on January 23, 2006, as an UPN affiliate ("UPN Waco") and changed its branding to "CW 12 Central Texas" on September 15, 2006. The subchannel switched to Telemundo on January 2, 2019, after Gray Television moved its CW affiliation to former PBS member station KNCT, which it had just acquired from Central Texas College.[2]

KBTX-TV (channel 3) in BryanCollege Station operates as a semi-satellite of KWTX-TV. As such, it simulcasts all network and syndicated programming as provided through KWTX-TV but airs separate commercial inserts, legal identifications, local newscasts and Sunday morning religious programs, and has its own website. KWTX-TV serves the western half of the Waco–Temple–Bryan market while KBTX serves the eastern portion. The two stations are counted as a single unit for ratings purposes. Although KBTX-TV maintains its own studios on East 29th Street in Bryan, master control and some internal operations are based at KWTX-TV's facilities.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KWTX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Time to Rescan! New KWTX Channels Coming in 2019". KWTX.com. Gray Television. December 27, 2018. Archived from the original on January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.