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| San Antonio, Texas | |
| Branding | FOX29 FOX San Antonio |
| Channels | Analog: 29 (UHF) Digital: 30 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox (since 1995) |
| Owner | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Founded | December 16, 1987 |
| Call letters meaning | K Alamo Broadcasting B |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1987-1995) |
| Website | www.kabb.com |
KABB is the FOX Network affiliate in San Antonio, Texas. It is co-owned with KMYS (My 35) by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. KABB's transmitter is located in Elmendorf, Texas.
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History
KABB was launched as an independent station on December 16, 1987 — the same year that now sister KMYS (then KRRT) became a charter Fox affiliate. KABB was initially owned by the Alamo Broadcasting Corporation before it was sold to River City Broadcasting in 1989. In 1995, after KRRT gave up Fox for UPN affiliation, KABB picked up the Fox affiliation and has been a Fox station ever since. River City merged with Sinclair in 1996. Sinclair and Fox cut a six-year affiliation contract extension for Sinclair's 19 Fox affiliates; thus, Fox will remain on KABB at least through March 2012. Logowise, the station is currently known as FOX 29, but on-air it is known as "FOX San Antonio." In late 2006, 4Kids TV programming moved to sister station KMYS to accommodate an expansion of the morning newscast "FOX News First." This follows part of a 12-year trend of FOX affiliates pre-empting network Kids programming from its days as Fox Kids.
Newscasts
On January 2, 2006, FOX News First was launched. FOX News First airs from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. each weekday morning, in addition to the already existing 9 p.m. hourly newscast (FOX News at Nine) that was launched in 1995.
Gallery
 KABB in 1987 upon taking to the air. |
 KABB's logo from 1999-2006. |
Past Anchors
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KCWX 2 (The CW) - WOAI 4 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - KENS 5 (CBS) - KLRN 9 (PBS) - KSAT 12 (ABC) - K14LM 14 (3ABN) - KNIC 17 (TFU) - KHCE 23 (TBN) - KPXL 26 (ION) - KABB 29 (Fox) - KVDF-CA 31 (AZA) - KNIC-CA 34 (Silent) - KMYS 35 (MNTV) - KWEX 41 (UNI) - KQVE-LP 46 (DS) - K51JF 51 (Multimedios) - KVDA 60 (TEL) |
| See also, Broadcast television in Del Rio / Eagle Pass |
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XHRIO 2 (Matamoros / Brownsville)* - KDFW 4 (Dallas) - KIDY 6 () - KTBC 7 (Austin) - KCIT 14 (Amarillo) - KFOX 14 (El Paso) - KXVA 15 (Abilene) - |
| See also: ABC, CBS, , MyNetwork TV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, , Other English and Other Spanish stations in Texas |
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| Corporate Staff | David D. Smith (COB and President & CEO) · Frederick G. Smith · J. Duncan Smith · Robert E. Smnith · Daniel C. Keith · Martin R. Leader · Lawrence E. McCanna · Basil A. Thomas · David B. Amy · Lucy A. Rutishauser · Barry M. Faber · David R. Bochenek · Nat S. Ostroff · Donald H. Thompson · Thomas I. Waters III · Darren Shapiro · Gregg Siegel · Jeff Sleete · M. William Butler · Steven M. Marks · Delbert R. Parks III · Joe DeFeo |
| ABC Network Affiliates | KDNL · WCHS · WEAR · WICD · WICS · WKEF · WLOS · WSYX · WXLV |
| CBS Network Affiliates | KGAN · WGME |
| The CW Network Affiliates | KOCB · KVCW · WLFL · WNAB¹ · WNUV² · WTTO / WDBB · WUCW · WVTV |
| Fox Network Affiliates | KABB · KBSI · KDSM · KOKH · WBFF · WDKY · WMSN · WPGH · WRGT² · WRLH · WSMH · WSYT · WTAT² · WTTE² · WUHF³ · WUTV · WVAH² · WYZZ³ · WZTV |
| MyNetworkTV Affiliates | KMYS · KVMY · WABM · WCGV · WDKA · WFGX · WMMP · WMYA² · WMYV · WNYO · WNYS · WPMY · WRDC · WRLH · WSTR · WSYX · WTTA · WTVZ · WUXP |
| NBC Network Affiliate | WTWC |
| 1: Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting. Sinclair (SBGI) is looking to acquire the station outright under an FCC "failed station" waiver. — 2: Owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by SBGI under an LMA. Cunningham Broadcasting's stock, however, is almost completely controlled by trusts belonging to members of SBGI's founding Smith family. – 3: Operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group under an LMA. | |
| Annual Revenue: $1.24 billion USD (2004) · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: SBGI · Website: www.sbgi.net | |
