KAGS-LD (channel 23) is a
low-power television station licensed to
Bryan, Texas
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, United States, serving the
Brazos Valley
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as an affiliate of
NBC
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. The station is owned by
Tegna Inc.
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, and maintains studios on South Texas Avenue in Bryan and a transmitter on North Harvey Mitchell Parkway west of the city.
Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, KAGS-LD is considered a
semi-satellite
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of
Temple
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-licensed
KCEN-TV
KCEN-TV (channel 6) is a television station licensed to Temple, Texas, United States, serving Central Texas as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains studios on North 3rd Street in downtown Temple, with a news bureau and ...
(channel 6). As such, it
simulcast
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s all network and
syndicated programming as provided through its parent station but airs separate local newscasts, commercial inserts and
legal identifications, and has its own website. KAGS-LD serves the eastern half of the
Waco
Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the st ...
–Temple–Bryan
market
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*Market economy
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while KCEN-TV serves the western portion. The two stations are counted as a single unit for
ratings purposes. Although KAGS-LD maintains its own facilities,
master control
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and some internal operations are based at KCEN-TV's studios on North 3rd Street in downtown Temple.
History
KAGS debuted on January 20, 2003 as KMAY-LP. The call letters were selected in honor of Frank W. Mayborn, who had founded KCEN in 1953. Previously, KCEN had operated a low-powered
translator
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in the Brazos Valley on channel 62 for many years. Like its predecessor, KMAY was a straight simulcast of KCEN, with no local programming; it was only mentioned during KCEN's legal IDs. It was upgraded to digital as KMAY-LD in 2009 and shortly afterward was sold to London Broadcasting along with KCEN.
In July 2011, then-owner London Broadcasting announced that KMAY would relaunch in the fall as KAGS, a locally focused NBC affiliate for the Brazos Valley. The station had changed its calls to KAGS-LD in May, but continued to operate under the KMAY calls until October. Newscasts are broadcast in high definition on virtual sets created with
chroma key
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technology. On its first day as a locally focused station, it replaced KCEN on most Brazos Valley cable systems. In 2013, KAGS rolled out its first full-fledged website. Since its 2011 relaunch, its website had been a section of KCEN's website. In 2013, KAGS rolled out its first full-fledged website.
KAGS-LD was included
in Gannett Company's purchase of parent station KCEN-TV and several other London Broadcasting stations,
which was completed on July 8, 2014.
On June 29, 2015, the Gannett Company split in two, with one side specializing in print media and the other side specializing in broadcast and digital media. KAGS was retained by the latter company, named
Tegna
Tegna Inc. (stylized in all caps as TEGNA) is an American publicly traded broadcast, digital media and marketing services company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia. It was created on June 29, 2015, when the Gannett Company split into tw ...
.
News operation
In October 2011, the station launched its local news operations. It was the second full-fledged newscast airing at that time in the Brazos Valley, after
CBS
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affiliate
KBTX-TV
KBTX-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed in Bryan, Texas, United States, serving the Brazos Valley as an affiliate of CBS. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains studios on East 29th Street in Bryan, and its transmitter is ...
(channel 3).
ABC
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affiliate KRHD-CD, a semi-satellite of
KXXV-TV
KXXV (channel 25) is a television station in Waco, Texas, United States, serving Central Texas as an affiliate of ABC. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, the station maintains studios on South New Road in Waco, and its transmitter is located nea ...
(channel 25), carried a pre-taped newscast for several years, but ended programming in 2015.
On March 23, 2015, KAGS, along with sister station KCEN, launched the
Gannett
Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.[Steven Romo
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Early life
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– 10 p.m. anchor (2011-2013); now a correspondent and anchor with
NBC News
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and
MSNBC
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“Steven Romo joins NBC News”
''Mike McGuff TV News'', October 2021
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed
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:
References
External links
KAGSTV.com
- KAGS-TV official website
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Television channels and stations established in 2003
Television stations in Texas
NBC network affiliates
Antenna TV affiliates
MeTV affiliates
Cozi TV affiliates
Ion Television affiliates
Bryan, Texas
Tegna Inc.
Low-power television stations in the United States
Former Gannett subsidiaries
2003 establishments in Texas