KXTS-LD

{{Short description|Television station in Victoria, Texas}}

{{distinguish|KTXS-TV}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox television station

| callsign = KXTS-LD

| logo = KXTS CBS 41 Victoria.png

| logo_size = 200px

| branding = {{ubl|CBS 41; CBS Victoria|25 News Now (during KAVU newscast replays)}}

| analog =

| digital = 26 (UHF)

| virtual = 41

| translators = KAVU-TV 25.3 Victoria

| subchannels =

| affiliations = {{ubl|41.1: CBS|for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}}}

| airdate = {{start date and age|1994|12|30|p=y}}

| location = Victoria, Texas

| country = United States

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|K64EQ (1994–2000)|KXTS-LP (2000–2012)}}

| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 41 (UHF, 1997–2012)|Digital: 19 (UHF, 2012–2020)}}

| owner = Morgan Murphy Media

| licensee = QueenB Television of Texas, LLC

| sister_stations = KMOL-LD, KVCT, KUNU-LD, KAVU-TV, KQZY-LD, KVTX-LD

| former_affiliations = {{ubl|NBC (1994–1995)|UPN (1995–2006)|MyNetworkTV (2006–2011)}}

| erp = 15 kW

| haat = {{convert|312.3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| class = LD

| facility_id = 31516

| coordinates = {{coord|28|50|43.4|N|97|7|34|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}

| licensing_authority = FCC

| website = {{URL|https://www.crossroadstoday.com/}}

}}

KXTS-LD (channel 41) is a low-power television station in Victoria, Texas, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Morgan Murphy Media alongside ABC affiliate KAVU-TV (channel 25) and four other low-power stations: NBC affiliate KMOL-LD (channel 17), Univision affiliate KUNU-LD (channel 21), Cozi TV affiliate KQZY-LD (channel 33), and Telemundo affiliate KVTX-LD (channel 45). Morgan Murphy Media also provides certain services to Fox affiliate KVCT (channel 19) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with SagamoreHill Broadcasting. All of the stations share studios on North Navarro Street in Victoria and transmitter facilities on Farm to Market Road 236 west of the city.

History

KXTS-LP signed on in 1994 as an NBC affiliate and later flipped to UPN. It then broadcast MyNetworkTV from September 2006 until September 2011 after UPN and The WB merged into The CW.

On September 12, 2011, KXTS-LP dropped MyNetworkTV completely (after it became a programming service in 2009 instead of a full TV network) and became the first CBS affiliate in the Victoria area.{{cite web|last=Malone|first=Michael|title=CBS, Saga Launch New Affiliate in Victoria, Texas|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/472549-CBS_Saga_Launch_New_Affiliate_in_Victoria_Texas.php?rssid=20065|work=Broadcasting & Cable|accessdate=August 18, 2011|date=August 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007225653/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/472549-CBS_Saga_Launch_New_Affiliate_in_Victoria_Texas.php?rssid=20065|archive-date=October 7, 2012}}

The station converted to digital operations on January 5, 2012, and its call sign was changed to KXTS-LD.{{cite web | url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1479895 | title=Application Search Details }} It also added a second digital subchannel to carry classic programming from Antenna TV.[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KXTS-LD#station KXTS-LD Channels from Rabbitears.info] KXTS is also carried along with two sister stations as a digital subchannel of KAVU-TV.[http://myvictoriaonline.com/HDTV#subchannel myvictoriaonline.com/HDTV#subchannel]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

class="wikitable"

|+ Subchannels of KXTS-LD{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KXTS#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KXTS|access-date=February 16, 2025|website=RabbitEars}}

! scope = "col" | Channel

! scope = "col" | Res.

! scope = "col" | Aspect

! scope = "col" | Short name

! scope = "col" | Programming

scope = "row" | 41.1

| 1080i || 16:9 || rowspan=2| KXTS-DT || CBS

scope = "row" | 41.2

| rowspan=2|480i || 4:3 || Antenna TV

scope = "row" | 41.3

| 16:9 || KXTSHSN || HSN

References