KABB
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| San Antonio, Texas | |
| Branding | Fox 29 Fox San Antonio (general) Fox 29 News (news) |
| Channels | Digital: 30 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (KABB Licensee, LLC) |
| Founded | 1987 |
| First air date | December 16, 1987 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Alamo Broadcasting |
| Sister station(s) | KMYS |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 29 (1987-2009) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1987-1995) |
| Transmitter Power | 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 441 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 56528 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 29°17′28″N 98°16′12″W / 29.29111°N 98.27°W |
| Website | www.kabb.com |
KABB is the Fox Network affiliate in San Antonio, Texas. It is co-owned with MyNetworkTV affiliate KMYS (channel 35) by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. KABB's studios are located in Northwest San Antonio off Loop 410 and its transmitter is located in Elmendorf, Texas. KABB can also be seen through cable in Laredo, Texas.
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[edit] History
KABB was launched as an independent station on December 16, 1987 — the same year that now sister KMYS (then KRRT) became a charter Fox affiliate. KABB was initially owned by the Alamo Broadcasting Corporation before it was sold to River City Broadcasting in 1989. In 1995, after KRRT gave up Fox for UPN affiliation, KABB picked up the Fox affiliation and has been a Fox station ever since. River City merged with Sinclair in 1996.
Sinclair and Fox cut a six-year affiliation contract extension for Sinclair's 19 Fox affiliates; thus, Fox will remain on KABB at least through March 2012.
Logowise, the station is currently known as Fox 29, but on-air it is known as "Fox San Antonio."
In late 2006, 4Kids TV programming moved to sister station KMYS to accommodate an expansion of the morning newscast "Fox News First." This follows part of a 12-year trend of Fox affiliates pre-empting network Kids programming from its days as Fox Kids.
[edit] Digital Television
KABB shut down its analog signal on June 12, 2009 [1], as part of the DTV transition in the United States. KABB remained on its current pre-transition channel number, 30 [2] using PSIP to display KABB's virtual channel as 29.
[edit] News Operation
The station debuted its 9PM newscast in 1995. On January 2, 2006, the weekday morning newscast Fox News First was launched. On September 8, 2008 Fox News First expanded to four hours from 6-9AM, to running from 5-9AM.
[edit] Personalities
[edit] Current On-Air Talent
(as of September 2009)
- NEWS ANCHORS
| Name: | Present Position(s): | Previous Position(s): | Joined KABB On: |
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| James Keith | Saturday-Wednesdays at 9PM | ||
| Karen Martinez | Thursday-Sundays at 9PM | ||
| Monica Taylor | weekday mornings "Fox News First" (5-9AM) | ||
| Michael Valdes | weeknights at 9PM | ||
| Ernie Zuniga | weekday mornings "Fox News First" (5-9AM) |
- NEWS REPORTERS AND PART TIME NEWS ANCHORS
| Name: | Present Position(s): | Previous Position(s): | Joined KABB On: |
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| Mileka Lincoln | traffic reporter | ||
| Jonathan Martinez | general assignment reporter | ||
| Andrew McIntosh | general assignment reporter | ||
| Sylvia Rincon | general assignment reporter | ||
| Stephanie Rivas | general assignment reporter | ||
| Jessica Toumani | general assignment reporter | ||
| Yami Virgin | general assignment reporter |
- FOX29 FIRST WARNING WEATHER TEAM
| Name: | Present Position(s): | Previous Position(s): | Joined KABB On: |
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| Alex Garcia | (AMS Seal of Approval) - Chief Meteorologist; weeknights at 9PM | ||
| Shaun Stevens | (AMS Seal of Approval) weekday mornings "Fox News First" (5-9AM) | ||
| Tiffany Wong | (AMS Member; NWA Member) weekends at 9PM |
- SPORTS TEAM
| Name: | Present Position(s): | Previous Position(s): | Joined KABB On: |
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| Chuck Miketinac | Sports Director; weeknights at 9PM | ||
| Anthony Pittman | Sports Anchor; weekends at 9PM | ||
| Hector Ledesma | sports reporter |
[edit] Former On-Air Talent
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[edit] Newscast Titles
- Fox 29 News (1995-present)
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- The Nine O'Clock News (1995-2001)
- Fox News at Nine (2002-present; 9PM newscast)
- Fox News First (2006-present; morning newscast)
[edit] Station Slogans
- San Antonio's New Choice for Evening News (2002-2004)
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.[edit] References
[edit] External links
- KABB
- KABB History
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KABB
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KABB-TV
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