KTBS-TV

KTBS-TV
CityShreveport, Louisiana
Channels
BrandingKTBS 3 (general)
KTBS 3 News (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Wray Properties Trust
  • (KTBS, LLC)
KPXJ
History
First air date
September 3, 1955 (1955-09-03)
Former channel numbers
Analog: 3 (VHF, 1955–2009)
  • NBC (1955–1961)
  • ABC (secondary, 1955–1961)
Call sign meaning
  • Tri-State Broadcasting System
  • -or-
  • Texarkana, Bossier City, Shreveport
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35652
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT563 m (1,847 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°41′8.5″N 93°56′0.6″W / 32.685694°N 93.933500°W / 32.685694; -93.933500
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.ktbs.com

KTBS-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Ark-La-Tex region. The station is owned by the locally based KTBS, LLC (owned by the Wray Properties Trust, which is managed by Betty Wray Anderson, John D. Wray, and Edwin N. Wray, Jr.), alongside CW affiliate KPXJ (channel 21). The two stations share studios on East Kings Highway on the eastern side of Shreveport; KTBS-TV's transmitter is located near St. Johns Baptist Church Road (southeast of Mooringsport and Caddo Lake) in rural northern Caddo Parish. Currently, KTBS-TV is one of a handful of American television stations to have locally based ownership.