KAUZ-TV

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KAUZ-TV

Wichita Falls, Texas Lawton, Oklahoma United States
City	Wichita Falls, Texas
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF) Virtual: 6
Branding	NewsChannel 6
Programming
Affiliations	6.1: CBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	American Spirit Media (KAUZ License Subsidiary, LLC)
Operator	Gray Television
Sister stations	KSWO-TV
History
First air date	March 1, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-03-01)
Former call signs	KWFT-TV (1953–1956) KSYD-TV (1956–1963)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 6 (VHF, 1953–2009)
Former affiliations	Secondary: DuMont (1953–1956) NTA (1956–1961)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6864
ERP	433 kW
HAAT	311 m (1,020 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°54′4″N 98°32′22″W / 33.90111°N 98.53944°W / 33.90111; -98.53944
Translator(s)	K29FR-D Quanah, TX
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.newschannel6now.com

KAUZ-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Wichita Falls, Texas, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the western Texoma area. It is owned by American Spirit Media, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Gray Television, owner of Lawton, Oklahoma–licensed dual ABC/Telemundo affiliate KSWO-TV (channel 7), for the provision of certain services. KAUZ-TV's studios and transmitter are located near Seymour Highway (US 277) and West Wenonah Boulevard in western Wichita Falls.

The station also operates a translator station, K29FR-D in Quanah, Texas, to relay its programming to areas of western north Texas and extreme southwestern Oklahoma that are located outside its primary signal coverage area.