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WBAP-TV [ ]
1948–1953 [ ]
KXAS-TV (Channel 5) informally signed on the air as WBAP-TV on September 27, 1948, to broadcast coverage of President Harry S. Truman's re-election campaign speech at the Texas & Pacific terminal building in downtown Fort Worth. WBAP-TV officially commenced regular programming two days later on September 29, 1948, with two 10-minute specials at 7:00 p.m. that evening, respectively featuring speeches from owner Amon G. Carter and general manager Harold Hough and a film from NBC dedicating the station's launch. Carter owned the television and radio properties through the Star-Telegram 's corporate parent, Carter Publications. It is the first television station to established in the state of Texas, and the 35th in the United States. Originally serving as an affiliate, Channel 5 has carried programming from NBC since its sign-on—having inherited the affiliation through WBAP radio's longtime relationship with the television network's radio predecessor, the Blue Network (predecessor to ABC ), with which it had been affiliated since 1927.
1953–1958 [ ]
On August 17, 1953, WBAP-TV launched a new look.
1958–1961 [ ]
1961–1967 [ ]
1967–1972 [ ]
1972–1974 [ ]
Designer:
The Richards Group
This stylized "Star 5" logo has been used by WBAP-TV/KXAS-TV since March 1972 (with the rebranding as Area 5 and a italicized version used since 1998). It has survived a callsign change, and two changes in ownership.
KXAS-TV [ ]
1974–present [ ]
1974–1998 [ ]
Channel 5 remained under the ownership of trusts held by the Carter family until 1974 when the FCC passed a measure prohibiting the common ownership of newspapers and broadcast outlets in the same market. In January 1973, Carter Publications announced it would sell WBAP-TV to LIN Broadcasting for $35 million; the Star-Telegram , WBAP and KSCS, meanwhile, were sold to Capital Cities Communications . The sales were finalized in early May 1974; due to FCC rules in place then that prohibited separately owned broadcast properties based in the same market from using the same callsign, channel 5's call letters were subsequently changed to the current KXAS-TV on May 16 of that year.
1976–1979 [ ]
1979–1986 [ ]
1986–1992 [ ]
1989–1992 [ ]
1992–1998 (main), May–November 1998 (secondary) [ ]
In February 1992, the "Star 5" began to be accompanied by a red, white and blue background based on the Texas state flag.
NBC acquired majority control (76%) of KXAS from LIN in October 1997, which in turn NBC sold a 24% ownership interest in KNSD (channel 39) to LIN. The deal closed on March 2, 1998, marking the official launch of the new NBC/LIN joint venture known as Station Venture Operations, LP (which was controlled by NBC). As it held 79.62% controlling equity in the partnership, NBC assumed control of KXAS' operations by way of its NBC Television Stations subsidiary, which continued to control KNSD through its continued majority ownership of that station. Although not a traditional arrangement, NBC's assumption of majority control over KXAS made it a de facto owned-and-operated station.
May–November 1998 [ ]
1998–present [ ]
1998–2012 [ ]
2012–2014 [ ]
On February 12, 2013, LIN Media chose to withdraw its interest in the Station Venture Operations joint venture as part of a corporate reorganization. Through the dissolution of the arrangement, NBC gained full ownership of KXAS and regained exclusive ownership in KNSD. To this day, KXAS-TV remains the only station in the market to never change its primary affiliation.
2014–present [ ]
External links [ ]
Part of Comcast
NBCUniversal Studios Group
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group :
Universal Pictures | Universal 1440 Entertainment | Universal Animation Studios | United International Pictures 7 | DreamWorks Animation | Focus Features | Focus World | Illumination (Labs | Studios Paris ) | Back Lot Music | Makeready | MSNBC Films | NBC Sports Films | NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan | Working Title Films
Universal Studio Group:
Universal Television (Alternative Studios ) | Universal Content Productions | DreamWorks Animation Television (Big Idea Entertainment | DreamWorks Classics | Harvey Comics | Harvey Entertainment ) | LXTV | NBC News Studios | Universal International Studios (Carnival Films | Matchbox Pictures | Working Title Television | Heyday Television | Monkey Kingdom ) | Bravo Originals | Syfy Originals | USA Network Original (Second incarnation) | Universal Kids Original
NBCUniversal Media Group
US television networks:
NBC | Bravo | Cozi TV | E! | NBC American Crimes | NBC LX Home | New England Cable News | Oxygen | Syfy | USA Network
Streaming:
Peacock (Peacock Kids | Peacock Jr ) | Hayu
NBC Sports Group :
Golf Channel | NBC Olympics | NBC Sports | NBC Sports Digital | NHL Network | SportsEngine | Telemundo Deportes | Regional Networks (Bay Area | Boston | California | Philadelphia | SportsNet New York )
International networks :
13th Street Universal (Calle 13 Universal | 13ème Rue Universal | 13 Ulica ) | Bravo (Canada | New Zealand 21 | 7Bravo 22 ) | CNBC (Asia (Nikkei CNBC 25 ) | Australia | Europe (Class CNBC 26 | CNBC-e | Arabia | Africa ) | Brazil 28 | India 14 (CNBC-TV18 , CNBC Awaaz and CNBC Bajar ) | Indonesia 15 | Pakistan ) | Diva | DreamWorks (Southeast Asia | Spain | Latin America | Middle East ) | E! (Canada | France | Latin America | Romania ) | Golf Channel (Latin America 11 | Indonesia 15 ) | Movies 24 | Movies 24+ | Oxygen | Sci Fi | Studio Universal (Latin America | Africa ) | Syfy (France ) | Telemundo Internacional | Universal TV (Latin America /Brazil | Africa | Australia | Germany ) | USA (Canada | Latin America ) | Universal+ ( Latin America | (Premiere | Cinema | Crime | Comedy | Reality ) )
Distribution:
NBCUniversal Syndication Studios | NBCUniversal Global Distribution
NBCU Telemundo Enterprises Group
Television channels:
Telemundo | Universo | TeleXitos
Production and distribution:
Telemundo Global Studios | Telemundo International Studios
NBCUniversal Local Group
NBC Owned Television Stations
NBC O&Os: KNBC | KNSD | KNTV | KXAS-TV | WBTS-CD | WCAU | WMAQ-TV | WNBC | WRC-TV | WTVJ | WVIT
Cozi TV O&Os: K15CU-D | KTEL-TV
Telemundo Station Group
Telemundo O&Os: KASA-TV /KTEL-CD/KTEL-TV /KUPT | KBLR | KCSO-LD/KMUM-CD/KMMW-LD | KDEN-TV | KTAZ /KHRR | KNSO | KSTS | KTDO | KTLM | KTMD | KTMW /KULX-CD/KEJT-CD | KUAN-LD | KVDA | KVEA | KXTX-TV | WKAQ-TV | WNEU | WNJU | WRDM-CD | WRIW-CD | WRDM-CD/WDMR-CD | WRTD-CD | WSCV | WSNS-TV | WTMO-CD | WWSI | WWDT-CD | WYCN-LD | WZDC-CD | WZTD-LD
TeleXitos O&O: KRTN-TV
TBD affiliates: KRTN-LD | KUPT
Movies! affiliate: KUPT-LD
NBCUniversal News Group
CNBC (World ) | NBC News (NBC News Now | NBC News Radio 24 ) | NBCNews.com | MSNBC
Other assets :
AdSmart | Amblin Partners 12 | DreamWorks Experience | DreamWorks New Media | Fandango (70%) (Flixster | Movieclips | Movies.com | Rotten Tomatoes ) | Green is Universal | Movies Anywhere | NBCi | NBC On Demand | NBCU Academy | NBCUniversal Content Studio | PictureBox Films | RTI Producciones (40%) | Underground Producciones | Universal All-Access | Universal Products & Experiences | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Studio Distribution Services 9 ) | Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 10 | Vudu 18
Defunct/Former :
A+E Networks 2 16 (A&E ) | A&M Films | Alan Enterprises | Associated Film Distribution 6 | AwesomenessTV (Awesomeness Films | Big Frame ) 2 | The Baseball Network 17 | Bravo Canada (Original) | Broadway Video | Bullwinkle Studios (75%) | Canal de Noticias NBC | Castle Films | Chapman Entertainment | Chiller | Chiller Films | Cinema International Corporation 7 | Cloo | Color Systems Technology, Inc. | Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast | Comcast Network | Comcast Sports Southwest | Craftsy | DailyCandy | Diva (Asia) | Diva Universal (Italy) | DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment | DreamWorks Distribution | E! (Asia | Australia & New Zealand | Canada (original) 4 | Italy | Russia ) | Entertainment Rights | Esquire Network 2 | Exercise TV | Fearnet 1 | Felix the Cat Productions | FilmDistrict | Filmation | FlixMix | G4 | Golden Books Family Entertainment | Golden Step Ahead | GoldenVision | Golf Channel (France 27 | Poland ) | Good Machine | Gramercy Pictures | Hallmark Channel (International) | High Top Releasing | Hulu | International Pictures | Interscope Communications | Island Pictures | ITC Entertainment Group 5 | ITC Home Video 5 | ITC Film Distributors 5 | iVillage | Lifetime Entertainment Services 2 16 | Kayro-UTV Productions | KidsCo 4 | LaserDisc | MCA | MCA TV | MCA Family Entertainment | MCA Television Entertainment | MCA DiscoVision | MoonBoy Animation | MountainWest Sports Network | MSNBC Canada | Multimedia Entertainment | Multimedia Motion Pictures | National Geographic Channel 29 (Romania | Southeast Asia ) | NBC Enterprises | NBC Films | NBC Home Video | NBC International | NBC Nonstop | NBC Plus | NBC Radio Network 23 | NBCSN | NBC Sports Chicago | NBC Sports Northwest | NBC Studios | NBC Sports Washington | NBC Universal Television Studio | Olympic Channel 13 | October Films | OTL Releasing | Paramount Cartoon Studios (Famous Studios ) 7 | PBJ 1 | Pacific Data Images | Peacock Productions | Pearl Studio | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | PolyGram Television | PolyGram Video | Propaganda Films | Qubo 8 19 | Qubo Channel 8 19 | Rankin Bass Animated Entertainment | Rondo Robe | Revue Studios | Seagram's | Seeso | Studio Universal (Italy) | Tell-Tale Productions | Tomorrow Entertainment | Total Television | Trans-Lux Television | UPA | Universal Cartoons | Universal Channel (Hungary | Japan | Philippines | Poland | Romania | Russia ) | Universal Eight | Universal Focus | Universal HD | Universal Kids | Universal Media Studios | Universal Network Television | Universal Pay Television | Universal Pictures Debut Network | Universal Sports 3 | Universal Studios Family Productions | Universal Television Entertainment | Universal TV (UK & Ireland) | Universal Worldwide Television | USA Cartoon Express | USA Films | USA Home Entertainment | USA Network Originals | Studios USA | Walter Lantz Productions | The Weather Channel | Wet 'n Wild Orlando | Western Publishing (Hi-Tops Video ) | Woodland Animations
Notes
1
Co-owned with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation .
2
Co-owned with Hearst Corporation .
3
Owns a minority share, InterMedia Partners owns a majority share.
4
Co-owned with Corus Entertainment .
5
NBCUniversal acquired some of ITC's assets when Universal Pictures merged with PolyGram , but ITV plc still owns ITC's films and shows.
6
NBCUniversal has some of AFD's assets, but Vivendi now owns EMI's films and ITV plc owns ITC's films.
7
Co-owned with Paramount Pictures .
8
Joint venture with Ion Media Networks , DreamWorks Classics , Corus Entertainment and Scholastic .
9
Joint venture with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment .
10
Joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
11
Owned by Discovery Networks Latin America under brand license
12
Co-owned with Participant , Entertainment One , Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group , and Alibaba Group .
13
Co-owned with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee .
14
Co-owned with TV18 .
15
Co-owned with Trans Corp .
16
Co-owned with The Walt Disney Company .
17
Co-owned with Major League Baseball .
18
Previously owned by Walmart .
19
Sold its stake to Ion Media .
20
Joint venture with Pioneer Corporation .
21
Co-owned with Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand .
22
Co-owned with Seven West Media .
23
GE sold to Westwood One .
24
In partnership with IHeartMedia, Inc.
25
Joint-venture with Nikkei and TV Tokyo .
26
Joint-venture with Class Editori and Mediaset .
27
Co-owned with Mediawan Thematics .
28
Owned by Times Brasil under brand license.
29
Co-owned with the National Geographic Society and Fox International Channels , stake acquired by the News Corporation in 2009.
Owned Television Stations :
KNBC (Los Angeles, CA) | KNSD (San Diego, CA) | KNTV (San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA) | KXAS (Dallas–Fort Worth, TX) | WBTS (Boston, MA) | WCAU (Philadelphia, PA) | WMAQ (Chicago, IL) | WNBC (New York City, NY) | WRC-TV (Washington, D.C.) | WTVJ (Miami–Ft. Lauderdale, FL) | WVIT (New Britain-Hartford-New Haven, CT) | WKAQ-DT3 (San Juan, PR)
Affiliates
WVTM | WRGX / WTVY-DT4 | WAFF | WPMI | WSFA | KTUU /KYES | KTVF | KATH / KSCT | KPNX / KNAZ | KVOA | KYMA | KTVE | KNWA / KFTA-DT2 | KAIT-DT2 | KARK | KGET | KNVN | KIEM | KSEE | KMIR | KCRA | KSBW | KSBY | KUSA | KKCO | KOAA | WRDE / WBOC-LD3 / WSJZ-LD4 | WESH | WBBH | WNBW | WTLV | WJHG | WTWC | WFLA | WPTV | WALB | WXIA | WAGT | WLTZ | WMGT | WSAV | KHNL / KHBC / KOGG | KTVB / KTFT | KPVI | WAND | WEEK | WGEM | WREX | WFIE | WPTA-DT2 | WTHR | WPBI-LD2 | WNDU | WTWO | KWQC | WHO | KYOU-DT2 | KTIV | KWWL | KSNT | KSNW / KSNG / KSNC / KSNL / KSNK | WNKY | WLEX | WAVE | WPSD | KALB | WVLA | KPLC | KLAF / KADN-DT2 | WDSU | WWPI | WCSH | WLBZ | WBAL | WWLP / WFXQ | WDIV | WOOD | WBKB-DT2 | WLUC | WILX | WEYI | WPBN / WTOM | KARE | KTTC | KMNF | WNBD | WXXV-DT2 | WLBT | WDAM | WGBC-DT2 | WTVA | KOMU | KSNF | KSHB | KNPG | KSDK | KYTV | KULR / KYUS | KXGN-DT2 | KTVH / KTGF | KECI / KCFW / KTVM | KNOP | WOWT | KNEP | KSNB | KSNV | KRNV | KOB / KOBR / KOBF | WNYT | WBGH-CD / WIVT-DT2 | WGRZ | WETM | WPTZ | WHEC | WSTM | WKTV | WVNC | WCNC | WRAL | WITN | WECT | WXII | KVLY | KFYR / KQCD / KMOT / KUMV | WLWT | WKYC | WCMH | WDTN | WLIO | WTOV | WNWO | WFMJ | WHIZ | KTEN | KFOR | KJRH | KTVZ | KMTR / KMCB / KTCW | KOTI / KOBI | KGW | WICU | WJAC | WGAL | WPXI | WBRE | WJAR | WCBD | WIS | WYFF | WMBF | KNBN / KWBH | KDLT / KDLV | WRCB | WNBJ | WBIR | WMC | WSMV | KRBC | KAMR | KXAN | KBMT-DT2 | KVEO | KRIS | KTSM | KPRC | KETK | KGNS | KCBD | KWES | KSAN | WOAI | KCEN / KAGS | KTAL | KMOL | KFDX | KSL | WCYB | WVIR / WVIR-CD | WSVW | WAVY | WWBT | WSLS | KING | KHQ | KNDO / KNDU | WVVA | WBOY | WSAZ | WTAP | WEAU | WGBA | WMTV | WTMJ | WJFW | KBJR / KRII | KCWY / KCHY | KGWC-DT2 /KSTF-DT2 | KVZK | KUAM | WVGN | PJA
Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area.