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| KTBC
FOX (7) |
| ."7
On Your Side / First At Nine" |
| KTBC first signed on the air
in 1952, and has been instrumental in informing and
entertaining the Central Texas Area.
Originally a radio station, KTBC-TV had
the unique opportunity to choose programming from each of the
four major networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and (soon to be defunct) DuMont.
CBS eventually became KTBC's sole affiliation in the mid-60s,
following the debut of KXAN (then KHFI). |
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| Channel 7 actively covered
the UT tower shooting in 1966, with Neal Spelce giving viewers
and listeners a second-by-second account of the chaos from
KTBC's mobile unit, "Red Rover."
KTBC was also the first workplace of PBS
journalist Bill Moyers.
In 1995, KTBC and KBVO (now KEYE)
switched affiliations. Fox 7 recently celebrated its
50th anniversary with a one-hour special that has recently
been added into the Internet
Movie Database. |
| *KTBC
began operation
as a
multi-network carrier of ABC, NBC, CBS and DuMont on
Thanksgiving Day 1952. Channel 7 was officially named an
exclusive CBS affiliate in 1965. |
| *Former
Channel 7 reporter
Neal Spelce was heralded as a local hero covering the
tragedy of the UT Tower shooting in the 1960s; Spelce
covered the event reporting from behind KTBC's "Red
Rover" station wagon. |
| *Would
you like to see a KTBC logo from 1973? Click
here! (Thanks
to Logoland for the image!) |
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Who's Who At KTBC:
Fox 7 News in the
Morning / Noon:
Katherine Kisiel,
Joe Bickett - co-anchors, Gordon Smith - weather
Fox 7 News at Five
/ Nine: Dick
Ellis, Carrie Schumacher - co-anchors; Scott Fisher; weather; Dave
Cody - sports; with April Molina
Fox 7 News
Weekends: Jenni
Lee, Jeff Napshin - anchors; Zack Shields - weather; Dennis de la
Pena - sports
Reporters:
Erik Barajas, Eileen Gonzales, Jack Hirschfield, Will Jensen, Diane
Quest, Mike Rosen, Laura Whitley |
