KTBS-TV

KTBS-TV

Shreveport, Louisiana Texarkana, Texas–Arkansas United States
City	Shreveport, Louisiana
Channels	Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 3
Branding	KTBS 3 (general) KTBS 3 News (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations	3.1: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Wray Properties Trust (KTBS, LLC)
Sister stations	KPXJ
History
First air date	September 3, 1955 (69 years ago) (1955-09-03)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 3 (VHF, 1955–2009)
Former affiliations	NBC (1955–1961) ABC (secondary, 1955–1961)
Call sign meaning	Tri-State Broadcasting System or Texarkana, Bossier, Shreveport
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	35652
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	563 m (1,847 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	32°41′8.5″N 93°56′0.6″W / 32.685694°N 93.933500°W / 32.685694; -93.933500
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.ktbs.com

KTBS-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with ABC. The station is owned by the locally based KTBS, LLC (owned by the Wray Properties Trust, which is managed by Betty Wray Anderson, John D. Wray, and Edwin N. Wray, Jr.), alongside Minden-licensed CW affiliate KPXJ (channel 21). The two stations share studios on East Kings Highway on the eastern side of Shreveport; KTBS-TV's transmitter is located near St. Johns Baptist Church Road (southeast of Mooringsport and Caddo Lake) in rural northern Caddo Parish. Currently, KTBS-TV is one of a handful of American television stations to have locally based ownership.