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KGNS-TV (channel 8) is a
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in
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, United States, affiliated with
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and ABC. It is owned by
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alongside low-power dual CBS/ CW+ affiliate KYLX-LD (channel 13) and
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affiliate KXNU-LD (channel 10). The stations share studios on Del Mar Boulevard (near
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) in northern Laredo, while KGNS-TV's transmitter is located northwest of the city.


History

KGNS originally went on air January 7, 1956 as KHAD-TV, it has been a primary NBC affiliate since its sign on, but the station initially held secondary affiliations with CBS and ABC. CBS programming moved to KVTV in December 1973 (it went dark in 2015) and ABC programming moved to present-day
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affiliate
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in December 1984, effectively making KGNS an exclusive NBC affiliate. Donrey Media Group (now Stephens Media Group) bought the station on September 1, 1958. One of its first moves under Donrey ownership was to change the station's call letters, Donrey management held a contest in which elementary and middle school students from both the United States and Mexico sides of the
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region to choose a new callsign; the winning entry resulted in the station changing its callsign to the current KGNS-TV (standing for "Good Neighbor Station"). In 1985, KGNS was purchased by Century Development Corporation. In 1990 the station began a Spanish language newscast. By 1998, KGNS gained a secondary affiliation with the United Paramount Network ( UPN) lasting at least until 2000 while definitively off the station by 2004. then move to cable only on Time Warner Cable Channel 16. In 2000, the WB affiliate in the market was cable-only KTXW, and its successor network, the CW was carried on the .2 subchannel, which now carries ABC. In April 2002, the Spanish news staff resigned from their jobs, forcing the station to initially run a sitcom, then replacing it with English language news. In 2004, the station was purchased by SagamoreHill Broadcasting. The sale to SagamoreHill was approved by the
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on December 1, 2005. On January 24, 2006,
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and
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-owned UPN announced that the two networks would cease broadcasting and merge into a new broadcast network called
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. On September 18, 2006, KGNS-TV rebranded "KTXW" Time Warner Cable channel 19 as The CW Laredo starting its CW programming. With the subsequent sign-on of digital subchannel 8.2, the subchannel began broadcasting "KTXW" bringing the channel over-the-air coverage throughout the market. In 2010, local Spanish language news returned to the station on Telemundo affiliated subchannel 3. In May 2013, SagamoreHill Broadcasting reached a deal to sell KGNS, along with
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in
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and KSTF in
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, to Yellowstone Holdings, a subsidiary of Frontier Radio Management. On November 4, 2013,
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announced a deal to acquire Yellowstone Holdings for $23 million. The sale was completed on December 31. On November 6, 2013, KGNS-TV reached an agreement with the ABC television network to add the ABC affiliation, originally slated to launch February 2014 on channel 8.2.Gray to Air ABC on KGNS Subchannel
''TVNewsCheck'', November 6, 2013.
The ABC affiliation began on July 1, 2014, making The CW available in Laredo exclusively on
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via the national feed of
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; ABC network programming had been provided on cable via KSAT-TV or Corpus Christi affiliate KIII since KLDO-TV lost its ABC affiliation in 1988. The CW programming wouldn't be seen over the air in Laredo area until October 2015, as KYLX-LP picked up the affiliation.


Programming

Unlike most NBC stations in the
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, KGNS-TV has aired ''
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'' at 11:00 a.m. rather than the network's recommended 1:00 p.m. timeslot. Syndicated programming currently broadcast (as of September 2022) on KGNS includes ''
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'', '' The Drew Barrymore Show'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' The Kelly Clarkson Show'', ''
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'' and ''
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'', usually paired with ''Wheel'', instead airs on sister station KYLX-LD.) KGNS-TV's second subchannel airs the rebroadcast of its 5:00 p.m. newscast at 5:30 p.m. As a result, it airs an alternate live feed of ''
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'' at 6:00 p.m. unlike most ABC stations in the
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. Syndicated programming currently broadcast (as of September 2021) on KGNS-DT2 includes ''
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'', '' 25 Words or Less'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Funny You Should Ask'', ''
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'' and ''
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''.


News operation

Since CBS affiliate KVTV shut down its news department in 2006, KGNS has operated the only English-language news department in the market. It currently airs three hours of newscasts every weekday and one hour per day on weekends. The station employs a number of recent college graduates. According to
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, KGNS competes closely with Spanish-language station KLDO. In 1990, the station began a Spanish language newscast at 5 p.m. called ''Noticias en Español'' with news anchor Hector Lerma. On April 29, 2002, the Spanish news staff resigned from the station forcing them to run a sitcom in that time slot. KGNS eventually replaced the Spanish news broadcast with English language news on March 1 of the following year. In 2010, local Spanish language news returned to the station on Telemundo affiliated subchannel 3. Initially, there was a Sunday morning show, ''Telemundo Laredo...En tu Casa'' then expanded on November 18, 2010 with a week night 10 PM show. On June 21, 2008, KGNS-TV began producing a weeknight, 9 o'clock newscast on its CW-affiliated second
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titled ''Laredo's First News at 9''. This program was the only prime time newscast in the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo market until Fox affiliate KXOF-CA launched a competing 9 p.m. newscast on April 9, 2012. The half-hour newscast is anchored by Brenda Medina and Ryan Bailey. This newscast was targeted at young adults between the ages of 21 and 34 years old.


Technical information


Subchannels

The station's digital signal is
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Analog-to-digital conversion

On April 8, 2004, KGNS-TV launched its digital signal on
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channel 15, becoming the first television station in the Laredo market to operate a digital broadcast television signal. KGNS-TV discontinued Its analog signal and began broadcasting exclusively on a digital-only signal on June 12, 2009. The station vacated its pre-transition digital channel 15, and moved its digital channel allocation to its former analog VHF channel 8. KGNS-TV began broadcasting high-definition programming on its digital signal in October 2008.KGNS , About Us


See also

*
Channel 8 digital TV stations in the United States The following television stations broadcast on digital channel 8 in the United States: * K08AK-D in Port Orford, etc., Oregon * K08AP-D in Pateros/Mansfield, Washington * K08AY-D in Winthrop-Twisp, Washington * K08BO-D in Virgin, Utah * K08CB ...
* Channel 8 virtual TV stations in the United States


References


External links

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