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{{Short description|Television station in Nacogdoches, Texas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = KYTX
| city                   = Nacogdoches, Texas
| logo                   = KYTX logo 2022.png
| logo_alt               = The letters CBS to the left of an outline of the state of Texas. The CBS eye is nestled in the lower left of the outline. Overlapping in the upper right is a sans serif numeral 19.
| image                  = KYTX-DT2 2024.svg
| image_upright          = 1.00
| image_alt              = The words "East Texas" above The CW logo, with "19.2" to the right at full height
| branding               = CBS 19; ''CBS 19 News''
| digital                = 15 ([[UHF]])
| virtual                = 19
| affiliations           = {{ubl|'''19.1:''' [[CBS]]|'''19.2:''' [[CW+]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| translators            =
| owner                  = {{ubl|[[Tegna Inc.]]|''(sale to [[Nexstar Media Group]] pending<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Mark K. |date=August 19, 2025 |title=Nexstar Buying Tegna For $6.2 Billion |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/nexstar-buying-tegna-for-6-2-billion/ |access-date=August 19, 2025 |website=TV News Check |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819205146/https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/nexstar-buying-tegna-for-6-2-billion/ |archive-date= August 19, 2025}}</ref>)''}}
| licensee               = LSB Broadcasting, Inc.
| location               = {{ubl|[[Nacogdoches]]–[[Lufkin]]–|[[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]]–[[Longview, Texas|Longview]]–[[Jacksonville, Texas]]}}
| country                = United States
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1991|9|1|p=y}}
| last_airdate           = 
| sister_stations        = 
| former_callsigns       = KLSB-TV (1991–2004)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 19 (UHF, 1991–2009)|'''Digital:''' 18 (UHF, 2001–2019)}}
| former_affiliations    = {{ubl|[[NBC]] (1991–2004; as [[broadcast relay station#Satellite stations|satellite]] of [[KETK-TV]])}}
| erp                    = 873 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|455|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id            = 55644
| coordinates            = {{nowrap|{{coord|31|54|21|N|95|5|6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| licensing_authority    = [[FCC]]
| website                = {{URL|https://www.cbs19.tv/}} 
}}

'''KYTX''' (channel 19) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Nacogdoches, Texas]], United States, serving [[East Texas]] as an affiliate of [[CBS]] and [[The CW Plus]]. Owned by [[Tegna Inc.]], the station has studios near [[Loop 323]] in the southeastern portion of [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], and its transmitter is located near [[Texas State Highway 110|State Highway 110]] in rural east-central [[Cherokee County, Texas|Cherokee County]] (northwest of [[Ponta, Texas|Ponta]]).

KYTX began broadcasting as KLSB-TV in 1991. It rebroadcast [[KETK-TV]], initially with local news inserts for the Nacogdoches area. In 2003, it was sold to Max Media, former owners of KETK, and relaunched on a separate basis as the first in-market CBS affiliate for East Texas in 13 years. This included the move of the station's transmitter further north and the launch of a local news department. The station was the setting of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network's shortlived series ''[[Anchorwoman (TV series)|Anchorwoman]]'' in 2007, in part as a promotion gambit for the new station's local newscasts. It was sold in 2007 to London Broadcasting and in 2014 to Gannett, which split its broadcasting assets as Tegna the next year.

==CBS in East Texas==
The CBS network had bounced from affiliate to affiliate in the market over its history.

CBS's first local affiliate was [[KETX (TV)|KETX]], a station on channel 19 in [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] which began airing CBS programming in January 1954.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45376518/tyler_tv_station_returns_to_air/|title=Tyler TV Station Returns To Air|date=December 28, 1953|work=Kilgore News Herald|page=4|accessdate=February 22, 2020|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=February 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223010032/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45376518/tyler_tv_station_returns_to_air/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the station left the air on October 23 of that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-TV-Digest/50s/Television-Digest-1954-10.pdf|work=Television Digest|date=October 23, 1954|page=3 (41)|title=Upstate N.Y. Station On Air, Texas UHF Off|accessdate=February 22, 2020}}</ref> Between 1969 and 1970, CBS was affiliated with KAEC-TV, also on channel 19 but in [[Nacogdoches]]. This station, owned by the Fredonia Broadcasting Corporation, left the air after eight months amid major technical issues;<ref>{{Cite news|page=55|date=April 1, 1970|title=KAEC-TV Off The Air|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|id={{ProQuest|1505781333}} }}</ref> it ultimately won damages against manufacturer [[RCA Corporation|RCA]] three separate times after suing over equipment it believed defective.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Broadcasting|page=37|title=KAEC wins third round|date=December 2, 1974|id={{ProQuest|1014671893}} }}</ref> [[KLTV]], the only full-service station in Tyler after KETX folded, continued to air select CBS programs, most notably [[NFL on CBS|NFL football]]. In September 1984, [[Longview, Texas|Longview]]-based KLMG-TV began broadcasting on channel 51 as the CBS affiliate for the area.<ref name="Long840914">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal-new-tv-station-cau/134812318/|date=September 14, 1984|page= 4-A|first=Van|last=Craddock|title=New TV station causes unhappiness in Lufkin|newspaper=Longview Morning Journal|location=Longview, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref><!-- Fri --> However, the station disaffiliated from the network in April 1991 to become the market's [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate as [[KFXK-TV]].<ref name="Long910329">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal-big-changes-in-sto/134813706/|date=March 29, 1991|page=1-C|first=Van|last=Craddock|title=Big changes in store as KLMG, Channel 51 switches to Fox|newspaper=Longview News-Journal|location=Longview, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref><!-- Fri -->

Cable television systems in the market generally carried [[KSLA]] from [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], whose signal covered the Longview area, or [[KDFW-TV]] from [[Dallas]] in their lineups. KDFW was introduced to Longview in the late 1970s, first on a temporary basis after KSLA's tower collapsed in 1977 and then permanently beginning in December 1978.<ref name="Long781214">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal-cable-offering-dal/134812185/|date=December 14, 1978|page=1|title=Cable Offering Dallas Channel 4|newspaper=Longview Daily News|first=Van|last=Craddock|location=Longview, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref><!-- Thu --> In September 1990, these stations each had higher ratings in East Texas than KLMG.<ref name="Tyle900930">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tyler-courier-times-the-ratings-game/134813645/|date=September 30, 1990|page=4:3|first=Tony|last=Floyd|title=The Ratings Game: Competing for Vital Advertising Revenue, TV Stations Battle To Attract East Texas Viewers|newspaper=The Tyler Courier-Times|location=Tyler, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref><!-- Sun --> In 1995, an affiliation switch in the Dallas–Fort Worth market saw [[KTVT]] of [[Fort Worth]], previously an [[independent station]], replace KDFW-TV as the CBS affiliate.<ref name="Long950813">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal-longviews-cable-c/134820302/|date=August 13, 1995|page=TV Week 3|title=Longview's cable channel lineup changes Sept. 1|newspaper=Longview News-Journal|location=Longview, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref><!-- Sun -->

==History==
===Establishment as KLSB===
On September 1, 1991, local [[NBC]] affiliate [[KETK-TV]] (channel 56) launched KLSB-TV as a [[satellite station]] for the Nacogdoches area. It had its own studios in Nacogdoches, employing 40 people and producing separate evening newscasts.<ref name="Long910404">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120340535/lone-star-broadcasting-on-air-in-nacogdo/|date=April 4, 1991|page=2|title=Lone Star Broadcasting on air in Nacogdoches|newspaper=Longview News-Journal|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 7, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307213455/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120340535/lone-star-broadcasting-on-air-in/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --><ref name="Long910830">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47717588/ets-newest-tv-station-airs-sunday/|date=August 30, 1991|page=1-D|title=ET's newest TV station airs Sunday|newspaper=Longview News-Journal|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 7, 2023|archive-date=May 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518011121/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47717588/ets-newest-tv-station-airs-sunday/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> In January 1994, separate Nacogdoches newscasts were discontinued, resulting in a net loss of about nine jobs with a continuing presence there.<ref name="Tyle940108">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120341706/nacogdoches-station-loses-news-staff-in/|date=January 8, 1994|page=1:8|title=Nacogdoches Station Loses News Staff In Consolidation|newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 7, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307031325/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120341706/nacogdoches-station-loses-news-staff-in/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat -->

===Launch of KYTX===
[[Max Media]] (a successor in name only to a previous company known as Max Media, which had owned KETK-TV in the late 1990s) acquired KLSB from KLSB Television LLC, a company which had leased its air time to KETK-TV, in 2003. It announced it would move its transmitter to cover Tyler and Longview and become the region's first CBS affiliate in more than a decade.<ref name="Tyle031021">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120342732/klsb-to-become-affiliate-for-cbs/|date=October 21, 2003|page=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120342770/channel/ 2B]|first=Greg|last=Junek|title=KLSB To Become Affiliate For CBS|newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph|location=Tyler, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 7, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307031308/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120342732/klsb-to-become-affiliate-for-cbs/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue --> Max Media hired Phil Hurley, who had run KETK-TV from 1986 to 1987 and [[KLTV]] from 1983 to 1986, to establish the new outlet.<ref name="Long040516">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal-new-cbs-station-on/120344458/|date=May 16, 2004|pages=1E, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal-new-tv-station/120344478/ 2E]|first=Jim|last=Hardin|title=New CBS station on the air in East Texas|newspaper=Longview News-Journal|location=Longview, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref><!-- Sun -->

On April 12, 2004, channel 19 relaunched with its new CBS programming. It became KYTX the next day. The new local affiliate immediately displaced KTVT and KSLA on many of the region's cable systems; however, it continued to air some of KTVT's newscasts until it could establish its own local news operation from studios in Tyler.<ref name="Tyle040407">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120343421/local-cbs-station-hits-air-monday/|date=April 7, 2004|page=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120343383/station/ 7B]|first=Greg|last=Junek|title=Local CBS Station Hits Air Monday|newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 7, 2023|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307031326/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120343421/local-cbs-station-hits-air-monday/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed --> The station switched from the KLSB-TV transmitter facility to a new plant in [[Cherokee County, Texas|Cherokee County]] on June 21, giving it more efficient coverage in the Tyler–Longview market; it also began broadcasting a digital signal for the first time.<ref name="Tyle040701">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyler-morning-telegraph-tyler-cbs-affili/120344502/|date=July 1, 2004|page=8A|first=Greg|last=Junek|title=Tyler CBS Affiliate Began Using Transmitter June 21|newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph|location=Tyler, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref><!-- Thu -->

The station began producing local newscasts, known as ''[[Eyewitness News]]'', on September 12, 2004.<ref name="Long040912">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal-familiarity-and-ex/134807713/|date=September 12, 2004|page=Special 10|type=Advertising Section|title=Familiarity and Experience...|newspaper=Longview News-Journal|location=Longview, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref><!-- Sun --> A 5 p.m. newscast launched in 2005,<ref name="Tyle050916">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyler-morning-telegraph-cbs-19-adds-5-p/134807649/|date=September 16, 2005|page=6E|title=CBS 19 Adds 5 p.m. Newscast|newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph|location=Tyler, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref><!-- Fri --> followed by a 6:30 p.m. newscast in 2006; the latter program focused on stories from the Longview portion of the market.<ref name="Long060917">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal-cbs-19-expands-rep/134807740/|date=September 17, 2006|pages=1E, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal-cbs-19/134807769/ 5E]|first=Jo Lee|last=Ferguson|title=CBS 19 expands reporting with Longview-Kilgore segment|newspaper=Longview News-Journal|location=Longview, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref><!-- Sun --> The station found itself slightly trailing KETK in the ratings with 9,000 viewers to KETK's 12,000, though both stations struggled against KLTV, which commanded 70,000 viewers in the 10 p.m. time slot.<ref name="Long060625">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal-the-storms-and-the/134807218/|date=June 25, 2006|pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal-doppler/134807182/ 2B]|first=Jimmy|last=Isaac|title=The storms and the 'Fury': Doppler radar the latest step in area battle for meteorological supremacy|newspaper=Longview News-Journal|location=Longview, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref><!-- Sun -->

KYTX acquired the [[UPN]] affiliation for the Tyler–Longview market, which it added to a [[digital subchannel]] on January 1, 2006.<ref name="Tyle051008">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyler-morning-telegraph-cbs-19-to-become/120344550/|date=October 8, 2005|page=6B|first=Greg|last=Junek|title=CBS 19 To Become UPN Affiliate|newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph|location=Tyler, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref><!-- Sat --> However, when UPN merged with [[The WB]] to form [[The CW]] that September, [[KCEB]] (channel 54) was selected as the original affiliate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 16, 2006 |title=The CW Announces 18 New Long-Term Affiliation Agreements |url=https://www.cwtvpr.com/the-cw/releases/?view=12610 |access-date=November 8, 2023 |website=The CW Press |language=en}}</ref>

===''Anchorwoman'' reality show===
KYTX was the center of a [[reality series]] on Fox titled ''[[Anchorwoman (TV series)|Anchorwoman]]'', which filmed at the station's Tyler studios during the spring of 2007. The series starred [[Lauren Jones]], a former [[beauty pageant]] winner, ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' model, and featured [[WWE Diva]] who trained to become an anchor at the station. KYTX was selected from some 100 stations across the U.S. to be the setting for the program;<ref name="Tyle070321">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyler-morning-telegraph-news-station-in/134809922/|date=March 21, 2007|first=Greg|last=Junek|pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyler-morning-telegraph-reality/134810047/ 2B]|title=News Station In Tyler Subject Of Reality Show|newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph|location=Tyler, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref><!-- Wed --> Hurley was interested because he wanted to attract local viewers' attention to his station's newscasts. However, the show was controversial. The news director of KLTV told ''[[Good Morning America]]'' that KYTX had sold its credibility, while others feared the show would negatively portray East Texas.<ref name="Fort070620">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-not-necessarily/134810185/|date=June 20, 2007|pages=1F, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-anchorwoman/134810158/ 4F]|title=Not necessarily the news|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|location=Fort Worth, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref><!-- Wed --> Ultimately, the program aired two episodes on its premiere and was [[List of television series canceled after one episode|canceled the following day]] due to poor ratings.<ref name="Fort070824">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-anchorwoman-g/134810568/|date=August 24, 2007|page=12B|title='Anchorwoman' gets the ax|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|location=Fort Worth, Texas|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref><!-- Fri -->

===London and Gannett/Tegna ownership===
[[File:2018_KYTX_logo.png|left|thumb|upright=0.5|KYTX logo used from December 2015 to September 2018. A later version incorporated an umbrella.]]
On October 18, 2007, the station was sold to the [[Addison, Texas|Addison]]-based London Broadcasting Company (owned by former [[Gaylord Entertainment Company]] CEO Terry E. London, in association with [[private equity firm]] Sun TX Capital Partners) for $25 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/10182007_CBS_19.html |title=CBS 19 sold in $25M deal |work=Longview News-Journal |first=Maggie|last=Souza |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021022614/http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/10182007_CBS_19.html |archive-date=October 21, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20071017/BUSINESS/71017029/-1/BUSINESS |title=Ex-Gaylord President Agrees to Buy CBS 19 |access-date=October 21, 2007 |work=Tyler Morning Telegraph |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717124816/http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20071017/BUSINESS/71017029/-1/BUSINESS |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref>

2009 saw changes in transmission and news production. KYTX shut down its analog signal on February 17, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to [[Digital television transition in the United States|transition from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate (which was pushed back to June 12, 2009).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29245267|agency=Associated Press|title=List of TV stations ending analog broadcasts|date=February 17, 2009|work=NBC News|access-date=March 20, 2023|archive-date=January 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106052115/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29245267|url-status=live}}</ref> The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 18, using [[virtual channel]] 19.<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2006 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |access-date=August 29, 2021 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref> In April, the station became the first in the Tyler-Longview market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in [[high-definition television|high definition]]. At the time, the station produced {{frac|19|1|2}} hours of newscasts a week.<ref>{{Cite web|website=KYTX|url=http://www.cbs19.tv/global/story.asp?s=10231430|title=CBS 19 Goes HD|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229233847/http://www.cbs19.tv/global/story.asp?s=10231430 |archive-date=February 29, 2012 }}</ref> That December, London Broadcasting agreed to acquire KCEB;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/deals-110636|title=Deals|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=December 19, 2009|access-date=November 8, 2023|archive-date=December 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209084037/https://www.nexttv.com/news/deals-110636|url-status=live}}</ref> the FCC approved the deal under a failing station waiver in 2010, citing that station's deteriorated financial condition.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-10-1100A1_Rcd.pdf|date=June 22, 2010|first=William T.|last=Lake|title=Re: KCEB(TV), Longview, Texas, Application for Assignment of License, Request for Waiver of Section 73.3555(b), File No. BALCDT-20091130AFO, Facility ID No. 83913|publisher=Media Bureau, [[Federal Communications Commission]]}}</ref>{{efn|The FCC can issue a failing station waiver allowing for the creation of a duopoly in markets otherwise too small to permit one legally (as is the case in Tyler–Longview), or involving two stations rated in the top four, under certain circumstances relating to lack of other suitable buyers; low ratings; three years of negative cash flow; and public interest benefit of the merger.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076f9171cd42990171d0a568a90026|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=May 1, 2020|first=Barbara A.|last=Kreisman|title=Re: WDRB(DT), Louisville, KY; WBKI(DT), Salem, Indiana|access-date=April 29, 2023|archive-date=April 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429222055/https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076f9171cd42990171d0a568a90026|url-status=live}}</ref> }}

The [[Gannett Company]] acquired six London stations, including KYTX, in a $215 million all-cash transaction in 2014; the move came a year after Gannett acquired the [[Belo Corporation]], which also owned a series of network affiliates in larger Texas markets.<ref name=tvnc-londongannett>{{cite web|title=Gannett Buys 6 London Broadcasting Stations|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/76329/gannett-buys-6-london-broadcasting-stations|work=TVNewsCheck|date=May 14, 2014|access-date=May 14, 2014|archive-date=May 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514185705/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/76329/gannett-buys-6-london-broadcasting-stations|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="telegraphlondon">{{cite news|title=Gannett announces purchase of CBS 19, 5 others for $215M|url=http://www.tylerpaper.com/TP-News+Local/199824/gannett-announces-purchase-of-cbs-19-5-others-for-215m|newspaper=[[Tyler Morning Telegraph]]|date=May 14, 2014|access-date=May 15, 2014|archive-date=May 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517123424/http://www.tylerpaper.com/TP-News+Local/199824/gannett-announces-purchase-of-cbs-19-5-others-for-215m|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=tvnc-gannettclosed>{{cite web|title=Gannett Completes London Broadcasting Buy|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/77580/gannett-completes-london-broadcasting-buy|website=TVNewsCheck|date=July 8, 2014|access-date=July 8, 2014|archive-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529053052/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/77580/gannett-completes-london-broadcasting-buy|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Gannett split into two companies: Gannett in publishing and [[Tegna Inc.]] in broadcast and digital media.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Separation of Gannett into two public companies completed| date=June 29, 2015 |url = http://www.tegna.com/separation-of-gannett-into-two-public-companies-completed/|publisher = Tegna|access-date = June 29, 2015|archive-date = July 2, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150702005302/http://www.tegna.com/separation-of-gannett-into-two-public-companies-completed/|url-status = live}}</ref>

==Subchannels==
KYTX's transmitter is located near [[Texas State Highway 110|State Highway 110]] in rural east-central [[Cherokee County, Texas|Cherokee County]] (northwest of [[Ponta, Texas|Ponta]]).{{r|FCC-LMS-55644}} The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
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! scope = "row" | 19.1 
| [[1080i]] || rowspan="8"|[[16:9]] || KYTX-DT || [[CBS]] 
|-
! scope = "row" | 19.2 
| [[480i]] || MYTX || [[The CW Plus]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 19.3 
| [[720p]] || MeTV || [[MeTV]], [[Dallas Mavericks]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 19.4 
| rowspan="5"|[[480i]] || Crimes || [[True Crime Network]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 19.5 
| Court || [[Court TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 19.6 
| ION + || [[Ion Plus]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 19.7 
| NEST || [[The Nest (TV network)|The Nest]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 19.8 
| Quest || [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.cbs19.tv/ KYTX ("CBS 19") official website]
* [http://yourcwtv.com/partners/tyler/ KYTX ("East Texas CW 19.2") website]

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