Talk:KBTV-TV

Rumor
I heard a rumor that KBTV was bulding a new studio complex in downtown Beaumont. Any clarifications?

I think they may have recieved a building permit in downtown Beaumont and the faciltity will be the second largest structure in the city.

Can't be true. KBTV can barely afford to be in the mall. There is no way they will build a new complex. If anything they will return to Port Arthur. It's rumored that they are so below the expectations for Nexstar that they are actually trying to sell them off but no one is buying. It's too bad because the facility is really not that bad. They just need to get new managment. Their GM drops the ball on talent and everything else you can think of all the time. They can not keep an anchor for more then 6 months it seems.

I work at KBTV. We aren't building downtown. We are adding on to our transmitter in Vidor. The building in P.A. has been badly damaged through the various storms and we are moving all personnel out of that building currently. Rent at the mall is surprisingly affordable. We exceeded budget by quite a bit so we are not performing poorly. Nexstar never intended to sell KBTV, they did for some time contemplate buying another affiliation for our digital secondary channel. We have a new general manager who is amazing. With Angel being news director talent is no longer an issue. We are very pleased with all the changes that occurred. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.191.110.102 (talk) 00:29, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

This article reports that KBTV was the first television station broadcasting from a shopping mall. In fact Family Television broadcast on UHF from the Poughkeepsie Plaza in Poughkeepsie NY. They bought a broadcast truck that ABC had used in the Lake Placid Olympics for 777,777.77 (I believe thats right)so in fact KBTV may be the first network affiliate in a mall but not the first television station to broadcast from a mall —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.249.242.197 (talk) 06:06, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

from wikipedia article about wfty trinity broadcasting network station: "The station signed on May 30, 1980 as WFTI-TV, a local religious station in Poughkeepsie, and was headquartered in the Poughkeepsie Plaza Mall on Route 9. The station moved from Poughkeepsie to Fishkill, New York and adopted its current programming and callsign after TBN purchased the station in 1983" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.249.242.197 (talk) 06:18, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

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Update needed with regards to news operation
It appears the "News operation" section of the article, in addition to fleshing out the NBC era of the now-"Fox 4 News," needs an update too. TV listings indicate that Good Day has been canceled, the 4 p.m. newscast has moved closer to a talk show format (Southeast Texas Live, which most likely is yet another newscast/talk show hybrid), and there's now a 5:30 p.m. newscast. (All this is weeknights only; weekends only feature the 9 p.m. news, which is unaffected.) Someone with a bit more familiarity with KBTV-TV (and not in the conflict-of-interest way) might want to note exactly when these changes happened… -- WC  Quidditch  &#9742;   &#9998;  22:48, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Update needed — apparently now consolidated with KFDM now
It seems that any separation of the operations of KBTV-TV and KFDM has withered away… for one, KBTV recently returned to running morning news with The Morning Show — but it's the second half of a program that starts on KFDM. (KBTV's existing newscasts remain, but none of them are in timeslots KFDM airs news.) Also, KBTV's weather section uses KFDM's weather maps. (And apparently KBTV is now based at KFDM's studios, even though KBTV's contact-us page still gives their Parkdale Mall address.) Clearly KBTV is no longer operated separately from KFDM anymore, but, alas, the usable sources aren't exactly obvious… -- WC  Quidditch  &#9742;   &#9998;  16:26, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

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