KLST

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KLST
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KSAN-TV; Tegna: KIDY
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Former call signs
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  • KTXL-TV (1953–1957)
  • KCTV (1957–1983)
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Analog: 8 (VHF, 1953–2009)
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"Lone Star Television"[1]Template:R/superscript
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31114
ERP18.8 kW
HAAT434.2 m (1,425 ft)
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KLST (channel 8) is a television station in San Angelo, Texas, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group and operated alongside NBC affiliate KSAN-TV (channel 3). Nexstar's Tegna subsidiary owns Fox affiliate KIDY (channel 6). KLST and KSAN-TV share studios on Armstrong Street in San Angelo; KLST's transmitter is located near Eola, Texas.

Channel 8 is the oldest station in San Angelo, signing on as KTXL-TV in 1953 and changing call signs to KCTV in 1957. It was a CBS affiliate from its first day on air. KCTV became KLST in 1983 when its call sign was purchased by a TV station in Kansas City, Missouri. Nexstar acquired KLST in 2004 and consolidated operations with Mission Broadcasting–owned KSAN-TV.

History

On October 21, 1952, Armistead D. Rust—the mayor of San Angelo—and B. P. Bludworth of Brownwood, trading as Westex Television Company, filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to build a television station in the city on channel 8.[3][4] Rust and Bludworth owned KTXL (1340 AM), the city's Mutual Broadcasting System radio affiliate.[5] Approval was swift and came on November 26, 1952.[3]Template:R/superscript

Channel 8 was the first television station in San Angelo, signing on the air on July 6, 1953.[6] The station was an affiliate at launch of the CBS and DuMont networks and additionally aired national news from NBC;[7][8] NBC entertainment programs were added to the schedule in August.[9] Rust and Bludworth sold KTXL radio in 1956[10] and a majority stake in KTXL-TV to Roy Simmons and Angelo Broadcasting-Telecasting, the owners of radio station KGKL, in 1957;[11] on August 4, the station changed call signs to KCTV to sever itself of any connection to KTXL radio.[12]

In 1959, Big Spring Broadcasting, a company led by Houston Harte Jr., acquired majority control of KCTV.[13] Houston and his brother, Edward Harte, became full owners in 1962.[14] The station was sold once more in 1971 to T. B. Lanford, trading as the Jewell Television Corporation. Lanford owned broadcast stations in other Southern cities and in Colorado;[15] Jewell Television was named for Lanford's wife. That same year, the station began local broadcasting in color.[16] Lanford died in 1978, but his estate continued to own the station, with Tom Gresham as executor and later president of Jewell. Under Jewell, the station built its current transmitter site near Eola, Texas, in 1981.[17]

In 1983, the station changed its call letters again to become KLST. The change had been induced by channel 5 in Kansas City, Missouri, which needed to change its call sign and was interested in becoming KCTV; the Missouri station paid all of channel 8's name change expenses.[1]

The Kimbell family, related to the Lanfords, bought Jewell in 1994; the Louisiana radio stations were sold off, leaving channel 8 the company's only holding. By the turn of the millennium, the Kimbells realized changes in the television industry made it impossible to justify running KLST as a standalone property.[18]Template:R/superscript They sold channel 8 to Nexstar Broadcasting in 2004.[19] Nexstar was already operating KSAN-TV under joint sales and shared services agreements with Mission Broadcasting;[20] it had made several offers to Jewell in the early 2000s and particularly after the Mission purchase.[18]Template:R/superscript On June 1, 2004, Nexstar assumed control of KLST while the sale was finalized;[21] KLST's news director assumed responsibility for KSAN-TV's newscasts,[18] and Nexstar consolidated traffic—the scheduling and logging for commercials—for the San Angelo stations in Abilene at KTAB/KRBC, leading to layoffs at KLST.[22] On February 17, 2009, both stations converted to exclusively digital broadcasts.[23]

Nexstar acquired Tegna—owner of Fox affiliate KIDY (channel 6)—in a deal announced in August 2025[24] and completed on March 19, 2026.[25] A temporary restraining order issued one week later by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, later escalated to a preliminary injunction, has prevented KIDY from being integrated into KLST and KSAN.[26][27]

News operation

KLST presently broadcasts 19 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.3+1⁄2 hours each weekday, one hour on Saturdays and switches between a half-hour and one hour on Sundays during sports seasons).[28]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KLST[29]
Channel Res. Short name Programming
8.1 1080i KLST-DT CBS
8.2 480i GRIT Grit
8.3 Escape Ion Mystery
8.4 ANTtv Antenna TV

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jordan, Gerald B. (January 14, 1983). "Goodbye KCMO-TV; hello KCTV". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 2B. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KLST". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History Cards for KLST". Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Allard, Jack (June 14, 1953). "TV Station Starts Tests Monday; Opening Nears". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. p. 3E. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."TV Application Is Filed For Angelo". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. November 4, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Mass Entertainment, TV, Pleases San Angeloans". San Angelo Evening Standard. San Angelo, Texas. July 7, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sports, New, Drama, Comedy On TV Shows". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. June 14, 1953. p. 14E. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."T-V Day Has Arrived!". San Angelo Standard-Times (Advertisement). San Angelo, Texas. July 4, 1953. p. 9. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Something New Has Been Added". San Angelo Evening Standard (Advertisement). San Angelo, Texas. August 10, 1953. p. 8. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KTXL's Radio Interests Sold To Louisianan". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. July 14, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."TV Change Is Approved". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. March 14, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."It's Station KCTV Beginning Today". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. August 4, 1957. p. 2D. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."TV Station Sale Okayed". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. March 27, 1959. p. 2. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FCC Okays TV Change". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. December 5, 1962. p. 4B. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sale of KCTV gains approval". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. January 21, 1971. p. 2A. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KLST turns 35, sets open house". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. July 3, 1988. p. 3B. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lee, Renee (September 1, 1981). "TV executive says tube 'titillating'". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. p. 2B. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Boyd, John (June 14, 2004). "Changing stations: KLST shares future with rival KSAN, now company kin". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. pp. 1C, 2C. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nexstar to buy San Angelo TV station for $12M". Dallas Business Journal. May 21, 2004. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Transactions". Radio Business Report. July 6, 2004. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
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  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Claunch, Aleshia (July 9, 2004). "KLST-TV drops five jobs: Following merger, station operations begin streamlining". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. pp. 1A, 8A. Retrieved December 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Boyle, Jayna (February 14, 2009). "Local stations switching to digital". San Angelo Standard-Times. San Angelo, Texas. pp. A1, A5. Retrieved February 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Miller, Mark K. (August 19, 2025). "Nexstar Buying Tegna For $6.2 Billion". TVNewsCheck. Archived from the original on August 19, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  25. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Johnson, Ted (March 19, 2026). "Nexstar Closes Tegna Merger Following FCC And DOJ Approval". Deadline. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Svirnovskiy, Gregory (March 28, 2026). "Nexstar-Tegna deal on ice after judge issues temporary restraining order". POLITICO. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
  27. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Johnson, Ted; Hayes, Dade; Patten, Dominic (April 18, 2026). "Nexstar-Tegna Merger Frozen As Antitrust Battle Continues; CA AG Says "This Merger Is Illegal, Plain & Simple"". Deadline. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
  28. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Season Pass | Concho Valley - San Angelo and West Central Texas". CONCHOVALLEYHOMEPAGE. January 11, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  29. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RabbitEars TV Query for KLST". RabbitEars.

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