states branding ksat 12 general ksat 12 news newscasts pronounced k sat slogan expect more . channels digital 12 vhf virtual 12 psip subchannels 12.1 abc 12.2 metv affiliations abc owner graham media group graham media group san antonio inc. first air date january 21 1957 call letters meaning san antonio texas ; also the icao code for san antonio international airport former callsigns kono tv 1957 1969 former channel number s analog 12 vhf 1957 2009 digital 48 uhf 2009 transmitter power 65 kw height 455 m facility id 53118 transmitter coordinates 29 16 11 n 98 15 31 w 29.26972 n 98.25861 w 29.26972 ; 98.25861 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.ksat.com ksat tv virtual and vhf digital channel 12 is an abc affiliated television station located in san antonio texas united states . the station is owned by the graham media group subsidiary of graham holdings company . ksat maintains studio facilities located on north st. mary s street on the northern edge of downtown and its transmitter is located off of route 181 in northwest wilson county northeast of elmendorf . 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 january 21 1957 as kono tv ; it was founded by the roth family owners of kono radio 860 am and 101.1 fm . channel 12 has been an abc affiliate since its debut taking the affiliation from woai tv channel 4 and kens channel 5 which each carried select programs from the network on a secondary basis woai began carrying abc programming when it signed on in december 1949 followed by kens when it signed on two months later in february 1950 . the station originally operated from studio facilities located at 1408 north st. mary s street in downtown san antonio . ksat tv logo used from 1994 to 1998 . ksat tv s former studio facility on north st. mary s street . the roths sold channel 12 to providence rhode island based the outlet company in 1968 the roths later sold the kono radio stations to duffy broadcasting in 1985 both stations are now owned by cox radio ; the following year in 1969 the station changed its call letters to ksat tv in reference to the station s city of license . outlet was taken private in 1986 and the company s new owners sold ksat to h & c communications . in 1994 h & c sold ksat and houston sister station kprc tv to the washington post company now graham holdings company which placed the two stations within its post newsweek stations subsidiary . in the early 2000s post newsweek adopted a unified local brand for most of its television stations . ksat briefly rebranded as local 12 in 2004 before reverting to the station s previous branding of ksat 12 the call letters are pronounced syllabically as k sat . although the station does not follow this brand standardization the local wording is periodically visible in the logo bug seen during the station s newscasts which cycle between both brands mimicking a similar behavior used by sister stations kprc tv and wdiv in detroit whose logo bugs cycle between the station s call letters and channel number and their respective on air brands local 4 or local 2 . in march 2014 ksat relocated from its longtime st. mary s street studios to a new state of the art two story facility that was built in an area that was formerly part of the station s parking lot . the building houses a large newsroom numerous offices and meeting spaces a convenience store style breakroom for staff and a courtyard with outdoor seating as well as a grill and garden area . demolition began on the former ksat studio building shortly after the station relocated ; by may 2014 that space will be transformed into a new parking lot for station employees and news vehicles . 1 the 2000 comedy film miss congeniality which was set around a beauty pageant being held in san antonio used ksat live trucks and microphones with the station s mic flags in a fictional sense ; though none of ksat s actual staff appeared during the film instead using actors playing a ksat reporter and a news photographer in a scene in which the film s lead character fbi agent gracie hart played by sandra bullock is interviewed at the alamo . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 12.1 720p 16 9 ksat hd main ksat tv programming abc 12.2 480i 4 3 metv me tv 12.3 480i 4 3 movies movies ksat was proposed to become a charter station of digital multicast service .2 network ; that network never launched most of its programming rights have been acquired by other subchannel networks including antenna tv and metv . in 2010 the station began carrying the spanish language network latv on digital subchannel 12.2 . on april 2 2012 ksat replaced latv with the classic television service metv which is also available on local cable systems in the market . 3 analog to digital conversion edit ksat tv discontinued regular programming on its analog signal over vhf channel 12 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 uhf channel 48 to vhf channel 12 for post transition operations . 4 5 programming edit ksat tv carries the entire abc programming schedule along with some syndicated programs and the ksat produced variety and lifestyle program sa live . 6 7 8 the station does however air the chew on a one day delay at 11 am instead of the recommended time of 12 noon central in favor of a noon newscast . since 2014 it along with the abc owned stations has aired general hospital on a one hour delay in its old timeslot 2 pm central . news operation edit ksat tv presently broadcasts 37 hours of locally produced newscasts each week with six hours on weekdays four hours on saturdays and three hours on sundays ; in addition the station produces the 35 minute sports highlight and discussion program instant replay which airs sundays at 10 30 p.m. unusual for a television station traffic reports that are seen during ksat s weekday morning newscasts are provided by officers from the san antonio police department robert dart and marcus trujillo . in 2002 weeknight co anchor leslie mouton now anchor of the station s weekday morning newscast was diagnosed with breast cancer ; mouton courageously decided to anchor the evening newscasts without a wig while she was undergoing chemotherapy treatments that resulted in her going bald . mouton chronicled her treatment and recovery on ksat earning accolades from local oncologists and cancer patients . mouton recounted her battle with the disease in a 2004 interview on the oprah winfrey show which aired on ksat at the time which included clips of mouton s first anchoring appearance after she lost her hair including the explanation she gave on air of what she was going through at the time . on february 5 2009 ksat became the second television station in the san antonio market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition . prior to the upgrade only in studio cameras recorded in hd with video downconverted to widescreen standard definition ; certain field cameras and other station camera feeds are in standard definition and upconverted to a 16 9 widescreen format in the control room as some field reports still remain in upconverted 16 9 standard definition . on may 26 2011 ksat debuted a half hour late afternoon newscast at 4 00 p.m. titled first news at four ; the program along with its lead out inside edition replaced the oprah winfrey show which ended its syndication run on may 25 2011 . first news at four ended its run on september 5 2014 . on september 12 2011 in a move announced in may 2011 ksat tv became the first station in san antonio to expand its 10 00 p.m. newscast to one hour ; as a result it is one of the few television stations affiliated with the big three networks that airs an hour long late evening newscast . also coinciding with the expanded newscast inside edition was reduced from two daily airings to one as the newscast took over that timeslot ; nightline remained in its timeslot at 11 05 now occupied by jimmy kimmel live at 11 05 p.m. and nightline at 12 05 a.m. . in march 2012 ksat expanded its weekday morning newscast good morning san antonio to 2 hours becoming the third station behind woai and later kens to expand its morning newscast to the 4 30 a.m. timeslot . that month the station also added saturday and sunday editions of good morning san antonio in the form of one hour blocks with the second half of the saturday edition running two hours surrounding the weekend editions of good morning america . references edit ksat anchors thrilled about new tv digs san antonio express news october 22 2013 . rabbitears tv query for ksat where to watch me tv ksat dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . cdbs print fiona gorostiza joining ksat to host local lifestyle show tvspy may 8 2014 . fresh face to grace new ksat hour san antonio express news may 6 2014 . ksat12 set to launch new local variety show external links edit ksat.com ksat tv official website metvsanantonio.com ksat dt2 metv san antonio official website query the fcc s tv station database for ksat tv biafn s media web database information on ksat tv v t e broadcast television in inland south texas including san antonio local stations kcwx 2.1 mntv 2.2 this tv woai tv 4.1 nbc 4.2 antenna tv kens 5.1 cbs 5.2 estrella tv 5.3 justice network klrn 9.1 pbs 9.2 world 9.3 v me 9.4 create ksat tv 12.1 abc 12.2 metv 12.3 movies kpxl tv 26.1 ion 26.2 qubo 26.3 ion life 26.4 ion shop 26.5 qvc 26.6 hsn kabb 29.1 fox 29.2 comet kmys 35.1 cw 35.2 asn kisa ld 40.1 blank 40.2 latv 40.3 blank 40.4 sonlife 40.5 qvc over air k53jc 53 txdot spanish language kflz lp 6.1 spanish ind rel 6.2 promiseland 6.3 english rel 6.4 test pattern knic dt 17.1 unim s 17.2 univision 17.3 escape 17.4 laff kgsa lp 18 aza kvdf cd 31 aza kwex dt 41.1 uni 41.2 gettv 41.3 grit kgmm cd 44 tres k51jf 51 multi kvda 60.1 tmd 60.2 telexitos 60.3 cozi tv religious stations k27lf d 14 3abn kobs ld 19.1 19.3 tele restauraci n 19.2 19.4 m sica cristiana tv khce tv 23.1 tbn 23.2 church 23.3 juce tv 23.4 enlace 23.5 smile kqve lp 46 ds independent stations kbnb lp 10 ind cable channels time warner cable news san antonio defunct kvhc lp 15 retro tv knic cd 34 tfu news 9 distant kyvv tv 10.1 mundomax del rio kvaw 24.1 ind eagle pass 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 abc network affiliates in the state