Media in Austin, Texas - Austin American-Statesman People, Radio Stations in Austin, Texas, Television Stations in Austin, Texas (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Austin American-Statesman people, Radio stations in Austin, Texas, Television stations in Austin, Texas, Texas Student Media, KTBC, KXAN-TV, KEYE-TV, The Real World: Austin, The Rag, KUT, KNVA, The Dudley & Bob Show, KOOP, KHFI-FM, KVRX, KVUE, The Texas Tribune, The Daily Texan, KAMX, KVET, KVET-FM, KTXX-FM, The Texas Observer, KLRU, KLQB, Community Impact Newspaper, KFMK, KBPA, Austin Stories, KASE-FM, KLBJ-FM, Da Bomb Internet Radio, KPEZ, The Austin Chronicle, Billy Lee Brammer, Texas Travesty, K29HW-D, KKMJ-FM, KGSR, KELG, KROX-FM, Richard Oppel, Ozii Obiyo, KJCE, KTXZ, Oak Hill Gazette, The Lone Star Report, KMFA, KWNX, KNLE-FM, KLGO, KOKE, KZNX, KFON, KAZI, KXXS, KRXT. Excerpt: KTBC, channel 7, is the Fox owned-and-operated television station in Austin, Texas. Its studios are located in downtown Austin at the corner of Tenth and Brazos Streets (a block away from the Texas State Capitol Building), and its transmitter is located in the city. Although KTBC's digital signal is on channel 7 over-the-air, it airs on cable channel 2 on most cable systems in Austin. This is because when the Johnson family established the first cable system in Austin, interference from the strong KTBC broadcast signal overpowered the signal carried on the analog cable channel 7. KTBC signed on the air on November 27, 1952. It was originally owned by the Texas Broadcasting Company (hence the call letters) which was in turn owned by then-Senator Lyndon Johnson and his wife Lady Bird, alongside KTBC radio (AM 590). As the first television station launched in Austin and Central Texas, it carried all four major networks at the time: ABC, CBS, NBC and the now-defunct DuMont Network. KTBC was primarily a CBS affiliate until 1995, with roughly 65% of its programming being carried by the station in its early history. NBC and ABC roughly split t...