general kcbd newschannel 11 newscasts this tv lubbock on dt2 slogan coverage you can count on channels digital 11 vhf virtual 11 psip subchannels 11.1 nbc 11.2 this tv 11.3 grit affiliations nbc owner raycom media kcbd license subsidiary llc first air date may 10 1953 ; 63 years ago 1953 05 10 call letters meaning caprock broadcasting company original owners of station sister station s amarillo kfda tv keyu keyu fm former callsigns kcbd tv x 2003 former channel number s analog 11 vhf 1953 2009 digital 9 vhf until 2009 former affiliations secondary abc 1953 1969 dt2 nbc weather plus 2005 2008 dt3 the tube 2006 2007 transmitter power 15 kw height 232 m facility id 27507 transmitter coordinates 33 32 32.1 n 101 50 15.3 w 33.542250 n 101.837583 w 33.542250 ; 101.837583 coordinates 33 32 32.1 n 101 50 15.3 w 33.542250 n 101.837583 w 33.542250 ; 101.837583 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.kcbd.com kcbd is an nbc affiliated television station serving the lubbock texas metropolitan area . owned by raycom media its studios and transmitter are co located in south lubbock near the interchange of i 27 and slaton highway . syndicated programming on kcbd includes wheel of fortune jeopardy inside edition the doctors and right this minute among others . contents 1 history 1.1 2015 plane crash into transmitter 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 news operation 4 references 5 external links history edit kcbd tv signed on the air on may 10 1953 as the second television station in lubbock after kdub tv now klbk tv . it was owned by a group headed by joe bryant owner of kcbd radio am 1590 . for a short time thereafter jim reese was a broadcaster on kcbd . 1 kcbd was a primary nbc affiliate with a secondary abc affiliation . kcbd became a sole nbc affiliate in 1969 when ksel now kamc signed on and took the abc affiliation . kcbd was also the first station in lubbock to broadcast in color . from 1968 to 1983 kcbd tv also operated ksws tv channel 8 in roswell new mexico as a repeater or satellite station . the roswell station now operates as kobr tv owned by albuquerque nbc affiliate kob tv . bryant sold both kcbd and ksws to state telecasting company of columbia south carolina in 1971 . the radio station was spun off to separate owners who changed the calls to kend at the then end of the radio dial it is now kdav . state telecasting sold the station to caprock broadcasting in 1983 . former logo used from 1994 to 2010 ; the current version of the logo is based on the original 1994 version . caprock broadcasting sold the station to the holsum bakery in 1986 . holsum sold kcbd to cosmos broadcasting the broadcasting arm of south carolina based insurer the liberty corporation in 2000 . liberty exited the insurance business later that year bringing the cosmos stations directly under the liberty banner . liberty merged with raycom media in 2006 . in may 2002 kcbd became the first station in the lubbock market to begin broadcasting a digital signal . later that year the station became the first to broadcast network programming in true high definition . since 2002 jeopardy and wheel of fortune have aired on kcbd . prior to that they both aired on klbk although in late 1999 wheel moved to kamc . live with regis & kelly had also aired on kamc before moving to kcbd in 2004 though that show has returned to kamc . 2015 plane crash into transmitter edit on the evening of february 4 2015 a small plane crashed into kcbd s tower damaging the structure and killing one passenger . there were no injuries at the station s nearby studios but its power was taken out by the crash disrupting its operations . 2 the station continued to transmit on local cable provider suddenlink communications and that night s 10 p.m. newscast originated from the facilities of the lubbock independent school district s lisd tv educational channel . by february 5 the remnant of the tower had been deliberately dropped power was restored and operations had returned to the building . kcbd arranged a feed to another station in lubbock and is operating as a multicast of the other station . after rescanning receivers virtually all viewers including cable dish directv and off air can see the station in standard definition . 3 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 4 11.1 1080i 16 9 kcbd dt main kcbd programming nbc 11.2 480i 4 3 this tv this tv 11.3 grit grittv analog to digital conversion edit kcbd shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 11 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal relocated from its pre transition vhf channel 9 to channel 11 . 5 6 news operation edit this section needs expansion with further information on kcbd s newscast history . you can help by adding to it . july 2011 on april 10 2011 kcbd began broadcasting their newscasts in high definition . kcbd s stability especially in terms of its anchor staff has contributed to its relative standing in the lubbock media market . since 1984 when it switched from the eyewitness news branding to news 11 one it would keep through about 1993 or 1994 kcbd s newscasts have routinely ranked 1 in the lubbock market . abner euresti has been at the station since the mid seventies when he anchored with jane prince . euresti was paired with karin mccay in 1980 under news director carl skip watson guiding light of the lubbock food bank initiative and have worked together since . not far behind is chief meteorologist john robison who came to the station in 1983 . sharon hibner maines was the main anchor at cross town klbk tv from 1975 82 until she left for kamc where she would co anchor the evening newscasts there until 1989 . between her departure from kamc and her arrival at kcbd in 1996 she worked in public relations for furr s supermarkets . she resurfaced at kamc and later came to kcbd . maines the wife of noted local musician kenny maines is only one of a handful of media personalities along with texas tech football color commentator john harris who served as kcbd s sports director from 1989 95 ; and current kamc evening anchor bryan mudd who served as a kcbd sports anchor in the late 1990s to have anchored either news sports or weather at all of lubbock s big three affiliates . 7 8 9 10 11 one time weather anchor clyde robert bob stephens was founder of 99.5 fm kwgn in abernathy texas . it was later called kwgo and is nowadays lubbock s kqbr . former sports anchor bob howell was a co founder of a texas oriented sports channel for cable that is now at the heart of the present day fox sports southwest network . references edit mayor jim reese of odessa and the republican party in the permian basin the west texas historical association year book vol . lxxxvii october 2011 p. 128 staff report 4 february 2015 . kcbd tower struck by small plane power out at station . kcbd.com . raycom media . retrieved 5 february 2015 . kcbd broadcasting from alternate location tonight at 10 ; available on suddenlink . kcbd.com . raycom media . retrieved 5 february 2015 . rabbitears tv query for kcbd http www.kcbd.com global story.asp s 9803356 dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . https www.youtube.com watch v jbrya1otw4q http www.kcbd.com story 157660 sharon maines anchor reporter http www.everythinglubbock.com contact bios bryan mudd http www.texastech.com sponsorship radio bios.html http www.kcbd.com story 140315 john robison chief meteorologist external links edit kcbd web site kcbd dt2 this tv query the fcc s tv station database for kcbd biafn s media web database information on kcbd tv v t e television stations in the greater lubbock levelland area stations kttz 5.1 pbs 5.2 create kfmp lp 6 ind kcbd 11.1 nbc 11.2 this tv 11.3 grit klbk 13.1 cbs 13.2 laff kptb 16.1 glc kdkw ld 21.1 mundomax klcw 22.1 cw 22.2 mntv 22.3 tmd k24gp multimedios ktgb lp 26.1 insp kamc 28.1 abc 28.2 escape 28.3 bounce tv kupt kmyl ld 29.1 14.1 mntv kjtv cd 32.1 news weather 32.2 weathernation tv kjtv 34.1 fox 34.2 news weather k44hh tbn kxtq cd 46 tmd klbb ld 48.1 metv 48.2 h & i 48.3 movies kylu lp 49 mtv2 kbzo ld 51.1 uni defunct kglr lp 30 fn k38hp ind. texas broadcast television areas by city abilene sweetwater amarillo texas panhandle austin hill country beaumont port arthur corpus christi dallas fort worth north texas ciudad acu a del rio eagle pass el paso west texas houston laredo lubbock south plains midland odessa permian basin rio grande valley san angelo san antonio sherman ada ok texarkana shreveport la tyler longview east texas victoria waco bryan brazos valley wichita falls lawton ok v t e nbc network affiliates in the state of texas kprc 2 houston kfdx 3 wichita 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