nacogdoches texas united states branding ktre 9 general east texas news newscasts telemundo la vida on dt2 slogan caring committed proud channels digital 9 vhf virtual 9 psip subchannels 9.1 abc 9.2 telemundo owner raycom media kltv ktre license subsidiary llc first air date august 31 1955 call letters meaning trees a reference to the heavily forested geography of the lufkin area sister station s kltv former channel number s analog 9 vhf 1955 2009 digital 11 vhf former affiliations nbc primary 1955 1964 ; joint primary with abc and cbs 1964 1984 ; secondary 1984 1987 cbs secondary 1955 1964 ; joint primary with abc and nbc 1964 1984 transmitter power 25 kw height 204 meters 669 ft facility id 68541 transmitter coordinates 31 25 9.3 n 94 48 4.2 w 31.419250 n 94.801167 w 31.419250 ; 94.801167 licensing authority fcc public license information semi satellite of kltv tyler texas profile semi satellite of kltv tyler texas cdbs website www.ktre.com ktre virtual and vhf digital channel 9 is an abc affiliated television station located in lufkin texas united states . the station is owned by raycom media . ktre maintains studio and transmitter facilities located on tv road near u.s. 69 in the unincorporated community area in pollok . although considered a separate station in its own right it is a semi satellite of kltv in tyler . it clears all of that station s syndicated programming but produces separate weeknight newscasts and airs its own commercials station identifications . on cable ktre is available on suddenlink and consolidated communications in the area as well as dish network . on satellite the station is not currently carried by directv which instead carries kltv in the area . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 news operation 5 references 6 external links history edit the station first signed on the air on august 31 1955 ; it was founded by the owners of now defunct radio station ktre am 1420 and originally operated as a satellite of houston nbc affiliate kprc tv . however it occasionally deviated from the kprc schedule to air programming from abc and cbs . in 1964 the federal communications commission collapsed lufkin and nacogdoches into the tyler longview market . soon afterward the buford family owners of kltv bought ktre and converted it into a semi satellite of that station . until 1984 the station had an unusual joint primary arrangement with all three networks with a slight favor towards abc programming . both stations lost cbs programming when klmg tv channel 51 now fox affiliate kfxk tv signed on in september 1984 but retained a secondary affiliation with nbc until ketk tv channel 56 signed on in march 1987 . ktre and kltv were sold to civic communications in 1989 . civic merged with the liberty corporation in 2002 which in turn merged with raycom media in 2006 . for many years the station operated at 26 000 watts from a tiny 540 foot 160 m tower which was short spaced to prevent interference with cbs affiliate wafb tv in baton rouge louisiana and later pbs member station ketg tv in arkadelphia arkansas . in the early 1980s ktre installed a new antenna and transmitter operating at an increased power of 131 kilowatts but never reached full power because of the short space interference it would cause to those other stations . on another front the new transmitter antenna was directional to minimize overlap with kltv to comply with fcc duopoly rules which until 2000 forbade one company to own stations in adjacent markets that had significant signal overlap constituting them as an illegal duopoly even though they were licensed to different television markets . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 9.1 720p 16 9 ktre main ktre programming abc hd 9.2 480i 4 3 telemundo la vida ktre carries telemundo on digital subchannel 9.2 ; the subchannel is not carried on suddenlink communications . analog to digital conversion edit ktre shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 9 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 11 to former analog channel 9 for post transition operations . 2 programming edit syndicated programs broadcast by ktre include live with kelly and michael jeopardy the ellen degeneres show wheel of fortune and texas country reporter . news operation edit ktre presently broadcasts five hours of locally produced newscasts each week with one hour each on weekdays . in other common news timeslots where the station does not produce its own locally based newscasts ktre simulcasts the weekday morning midday 5 00 p.m. and weekend evening newscasts from kltv . in addition to its main studios the station operates a bureau on north street u.s. 59 business in nacogdoches . the first news anchor at channel 9 was murphy martin who later became a local television anchor in dallas and eventually served as an anchor for abc news . references edit rabbitears tv query for ktre dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit ktre.com ktre official website kltv.com kltv official website query the fcc s tv station database for ktre v t e broadcast television in east texas including tyler longview lufkin nacogdoches and jacksonville reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television stations tyler longview kltv 7.1 abc 7.2 bounce tv 7.3 tmd kytx 19 19.1 cbs 19.2 cw 19.3 metv k25lg d 25.1 3abn 25.2 3abn pr 25.3 3abn dd 25.4 3abn radio 25.5 3abn latino 25.6 3abn radio latino 25.7 radio 74 kdkj ld 27.1 estrella tv 27.2 aza 27.3 gettv 27.4 grit kpkn ld 33.1 buzzr 33.2 laff 33.3 escape 33.4 liquidation ch . 33.5 qvc klgv ld 36.1 tbn 36.2 church 36.3 smile 36.4 enlace usa ktpn ld klpn ld 48.1 58.1 mntv kfxk tv 51.1 fox 51.2 mntv kceb 54.1 sbn 54.2 mundomax 54.3 this tv ketk tv 56.1 nbc 56.2 estrella tv lufkin nacogdoches kluf lp 5 tbn ktre 9.1 abc 9.2 tmd ktwc ld 12.1 tbn 12.2 church 12.3 smile 12.4 enlace usa khtm lp 13 church kibn ld 14.1 tbn 14.2 church 14.3 smile 14.4 enlace usa kivy ld 16.1 retro tv 16.2 pbj 16.3 blank kytx 19.1 cbs 19.2 cw 19.3 me tv klnm ld 42.1 launch tv 42.2 micasa network klnk ld 48.1 punch tv kfxl ld 51.1 fox 51.2 mntv defunct stations lufkin ketk lp 53 nbc adjacent locals dallas fort worth kdfw 4.1 fox kxas tv 5.1 nbc 5.2 cozi tv wfaa 8.1 abc 8.2 wx 8.3 justice ktvt tv 11.1 cbs 11.2 decades kera tv 13.1 pbs 13.2 world 13.3 create kxtx tv 39.1 tmd 39.2 txi houston kprc tv 2.1 nbc 2.2 this tv 2.3 h & i kuht 8.1 pbs 8.2 create 8.3 v me 8.4 htftb 8.5 classical music 8.6 npr khou 11.1 cbs 11.2 bounce tv 11.3 justice ktrk tv 13.1 abc 13.2 lwn 13.3 laff keth tv 14.1 tbn 14.2 hillsong 14.3 juce tv smile of a child tv 14.4 tbn enlace usa 14.5 tbn salsa kriv 26.1 fox kiah 39.1 cw 39.2 antenna tv 39.3 comet shreveport ktbs tv 3.1 abc 3.2 wx 3.3 news ktal tv 6.1 nbc 6.2 laff ksla 12.1 cbs 12.2 grit 12.3 bounce tv klts tv 24.1 pbs lpb 24.2 pbs kids encore 24.3 create kmss tv 33.1 fox alexandria kalb 5.1 nbc 5.2 cbs 5.3 the cw bryan college station kbtx 3.1 cbs 3.2 the cw 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 see also lake charles tv v t e abc network affiliates in the state of texas kmid 2 midland kiii 3 corpus christi krgv 5 weslaco kltv 7 ktre 9 tyler lufkin kvia 7 el paso kvii 7 amarillo wfaa 8 dfw ngns 8.2 laredo kbmt 12 beaumont ksat 12 san antonio ktxs 12 ktxe 38 sweetwater san angelo ktrk 13 houston kvue 24 austin kavu 25 victoria kxxv 25 krhd 40 waco bryan kamc 28 lubbock see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in texas see also telemundo unim s univision azteca mundomax religious other spanish language stations in texas v t e telemundo network affiliates in the state of texas kgns dt 8.3 laredo ktle lp 20 odessa kxxv dt 25.2 krhd cd 40.2 kscm lp 18 waco bryan keyu 31 borger amarillo ktab dt 32.2 abilene kxtx 39 dallas ktlm 40 rio grande city keye dt 42.2 austin ktmd 47 galveston houston k22ja d 47.1 corpus christi kvda 60 san antonio ktmo lp 36 amarillo defunct ktld lp 49 odessa defunct k68dj 68 corpus christi defunct see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in texas see also telemundo unim s univision azteca mundomax religious other spanish language stations in texas v t e raycom media abc network affiliates kaitnbc kltv kswo kxxv krhd cd ktre wloxcbs wtvm cbs network affiliates kauz1 kfda kfvs kgmb kold ksla wafb wbtv wcsc woio wtoc wtol the cw affiliates kauz dt21 kvhp dt21 kwes dt2 kwab dt2 wqwq kfvs dt2 wqtv wupv1 fox network affiliates kmsb1 knin1 kvhp1 kyou1 wbrc wdbd1 wdfx wflx1 wfxg wpgx wsfx1 wtnz wupw1 wvue1 wxix wxtx1 mynetworktv affiliates kfve kgmd kgmv1 sp kttu1 wbxh wloo1 wuab nbc network affiliates kcbd khnl khbc kogg kplc kwes kwab waff walbabc wave wdamabc wect wfie wis wlbt wmbf wmc wsfa wwbt telemundo affiliates keyu kltv dt3 kscm lp kswo dt2 ktle lp ktre dt2 radio stations keyu fm ktxc other assets raycom sports acc network bounce mediap katz broadcastingp acquisitions drewry communications the liberty corporation lincoln financial media 1 raycom operates these stations through ssa . sp raycom operates through a ssa . sale pending fcc approval . 2 raycom has partial ownership stake in these companies . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org 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