KFDM
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| City | Beaumont, Texas |
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First air date | April 24, 1955 |
Former call signs | KFDM-TV (1955–2009) |
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Call sign meaning | K("C")all for Dependable Magnolene (the motor oil line of founding owner Magnolia Petroleum Company) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 22589 |
| ERP | 560 kW |
| HAAT | 275 m (902 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°8′25″N 93°58′45″W / 30.14028°N 93.97917°W |
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KFDM (channel 6) is a television station in Beaumont, Texas, United States, affiliated with CBS, The CW Plus, and Fox. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Port Arthur–licensed KBTV-TV (channel 4). The two stations share studios on Walden Road in southwest Beaumont; KFDM's transmitter is located in Vidor, Texas.
KFDM also previously served the Lake Charles, Louisiana, market as its default CBS station until KSWL-LD signed-on February 15, 2017.