branding klbk general klbk news in hd newscasts slogan local news that matters channels digital 40 uhf virtual 13 psip subchannels 13.1 cbs 13.2 laff owner nexstar broadcasting group nexstar broadcasting inc. first air date november 13 1952 ; 63 years ago 1952 11 13 call letters meaning lubbock sister station s kamc former callsigns kdub tv 1952 1961 former channel number s analog 13 vhf 1952 2009 former affiliations both secondary dumont 1952 1955 abc 1955 1969 transmitter power 1000 kw height 219.4 m facility id 3660 transmitter coordinates 33 31 33.8 n 101 52 8.6 w 33.526056 n 101.869056 w 33.526056 ; 101.869056 coordinates 33 31 33.8 n 101 52 8.6 w 33.526056 n 101.869056 w 33.526056 ; 101.869056 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.everythinglubbock.com klbk tv is the cbs network affiliated television station serving the lubbock texas metropolitan area . klbk is owned and operated by nexstar broadcasting group and through a local sales agreement the station also provides services to abc affiliate kamc 28 formerly ksel owned by mission broadcasting . syndicated programming on klbk includes judge judy judge joe brown the world s funniest moments and the 700 club . the two stations share studios and transmitter located on south university avenue loop 289 in lubbock . the station operates digitally on uhf channel 40 at 1 000 kilowatts . contents 1 history 2 coverage area 3 news operation 4 digital television 4.1 digital channel 4.2 analog to digital conversion 5 references 6 external links history edit the station began its broadcasting operation as kdub tv founded by the late television pioneer w.d. dub rogers jr putting the station on the air for the very first time on november 13 1952 . it was the first commercially licensed television station in a medium to small sized market . over the next few years rogers signed on kpar tv in abilene now ktxs tv kedy tv in big spring now kwab a satellite of kwes tv in midland and kver tv in clovis new mexico now kvih tv a satellite of kvii tv in amarillo . these stations made up the west texas television network the first regional television network in the united states . originally the station also carried abc as a secondary affiliation until 1969 when ksel tv now kamc became the local primary abc affiliate . the station also carried an affiliation with dumont during the early 1950s . 1 the station later changed its call letters to klbk in 1961 . the kdub call letters was later used by kfxb tv in dubuque iowa from 1976 to 1995 when it was an abc affiliate now affiliated with the christian television network . grayson enterprises named for sidney grayson but after 1964 not owned assumed ownership of kdub tv and kpar tv in 1961 and changed kdub s call letters to the current klbk tv . over the years grayson acquired several other stations including kvkm tv in monahans later kmom and now kwes . however grayson enterprises ran into license renewal trouble in 1968 1971 1974 and 1977 for some of its stations . these stations were accused of fraudulent billing program and transmitter log fabrication main studio violations failure to make required technical tests and other issues . the stations had their renewals deferred and hearings ordered as a result . the case was settled in what was then described as a distress sale in which grayson s stations were broken up and sold to minority controlled groups nowadays known as historically underutilized groups at a reduced price . the parameters of such a sale were defined by this sell off . as a result kmom and kwab were transferred to a hispanic controlled group while klbk and ktxs went to prima inc. whose principals were african american . the other stations in the west texas network were sold to other owners . klbk was acquired in late 2003 as part of the nexstar broadcasting group acquisition of quorum broadcasting . the station updated its logo and news set on february 1 2007 dropping the channel number from its branding since klbk is carried on different channels on different television platforms . coverage area edit klbk tv serves as the cbs affiliate for the lubbock television market as defined by nielsen . the station can also be seen in a small portion of the amarillo albuquerque abilene wichita falls lawton and the midland odessa television markets primarily in border counties of those markets . the stations coverage area includes the following counties in texas lubbock parmer castro swisher briscoe hall bailey lamb hale floyd motley cottle cochran hockley crosby dickens yoakum terry lynn garza kent gaines dawson borden and scurry . the station also covers three counties in eastern new mexico lea roosevelt and curry . the station was once available over the air in the snyder area part of the abilene market on translator station k44fg . the station is no longer on the air . klbk is still available on suddenlink cable in the snyder area along with ktab the cbs affiliate from abilene . news operation edit klbk s news coverage centers around the city of lubbock and across the south plains region of west texas . the station produces over 17 hours of news content each week . newscasts air at 6 00 a.m. 12 00 6 00 and 10 00 p.m. on weekdays . saturday night newscasts air at 6 00 and 10 00 p.m. only one newscast airs on sunday nights at 10 00 p.m. the station recently dropped the 5 00 p.m. weekday afternoon newscast in 2012 and expanded the 6 00 p.m. newscast to a full hour . on june 17 2013 the station became the third news operation in lubbock to begin broadcasting all newscasts in high definition . on that day the station debuted its newly constructed sets updated branding and image and a new state of the art weather graphics system from wsi . in august 2013 klbk debuted a new half hour lifestyle show called trends & friends weeknights at 5 00 p.m. digital television edit digital channel edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 13.1 1080i 16 9 klbk hd main klbk tv programming cbs 13.2 480i 4 3 laff analog to digital conversion edit klbk tv shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 13 on february 17 2009 the original target date in which full power television stations in the united states were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate which was later pushed back to june 12 2009 . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 40 . 3 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 13 . references edit wednesday tv log . abilene reporter news . abilene tx . 1954 12 29 . pp. 7b . access date requires url help rabbitears tv query for klbk dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit klbk query the fcc s tv station database for klbk tv biafn s media web database information on klbk 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 cbs network affiliates in the state of texas kdbc 4 el paso kgbt 4 harlingen kens 5 san antonio kauz 6 wichita falls kfdm 6 beaumont kosa 7 odessa klst 8 san angelo kfda 10 amarillo kwtx 10 kbtx 3 waco bryan kztv 10 corpus christi khou 11 houston ktvt 11 dfw kxii 12 sherman klbk 13 lubbock kylx ld 13 laredo kytx 19 nacogdoches tyler ktab 32 abilene kxts ld 41 victoria keye 42 austin 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 nexstar broadcasting group abc kamc2 kcau kmid kode2 kqtv ksvi ktvx watn wawv2 wdhn weht wivt wjet wmbb woi wsyr wtvo2 wutr2 wvny2 wwti cbs kgpe klas klbk klst kolr2 krex kreg krey ktab kxmb kxmc kxmd kxma wcia wfrv whbf wjmn wmbd wroc wtaj wyou2 the cw kasn2 kasw kcwi kgcw kget1 kucw wbrl wcwj wlmt wtvw2 wwcw wwti1 fox kadn kard kcit2 khmt2 kfqx kfta3 kfxk6 kjtl2 kljb5 klrt2 kmss5 kpej5 kwkt wfff wfft wfxp2 wfxr wfxv wgmb wjkt wlax weux wntz wqrf wyzz4 wzdx mynetworktv karz kcpn2 kgjt kjbo2 kadn1 kozl kshv6 ktpn klpn6 kyle wzdx1 wcix wlmt1 wntz wpny wtvo1 2 nbc kadn1 kamr kark ketk kfdx kget klaf knwa krbc2 ksan2 ksee ksnf ktal ktsm ktve2 kveo wbgh wbre wetm wtwo wvla6 other telemundo kkey ktab1 independent station kzup independent station heroes & icons whag tv cms company lakana online ad company yashi acquisitions communications corporation of america grant broadcasting newport television west virginia media holdings 1 these stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels . 2 nexstar operates these stations owned by mission broadcasting . 3 sale of the station to mission broadcasting is awaiting fcc approval . nexstar will continue to operate the station . 4 nexstar operates wyzz owned by cunningham broadcasting . 5 nexstar operates this station owned by marshall broadcasting . 6 nexstar operates this station owned by white knight broadcasting . retrieved from 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