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33-434: In addition to Mabank, the district serves southeast Kaufman , southwest Van Zandt , and northwest Henderson counties, including the community of Gun Barrel City and parts of Seven Points . The district is about 40 miles (64 km) east of Ennis . As of 2019 Mabank ISD had 3,509 students. Mabank ISD has been around for over 100 years, with one picture included in a video from The Monitor showing several photos of

66-481: A semi-satellite of KLTV. As such, it simulcasts all network and syndicated programming as provided through KLTV but airs separate commercial inserts, legal identifications , weeknight newscasts and Sunday morning religious programs , and has its own website. KLTV serves the northern half of the Tyler– Longview –Lufkin– Nacogdoches market while KTRE serves the southern portion. The two stations are counted as

99-464: A single unit for ratings purposes. Although KTRE maintains its own studios on TV Road (near US 69 ) in the unincorporated community of Pollok , master control and some internal operations are based at KLTV's facilities. The station first signed on the air on October 14, 1954; it was founded by the locally-based company Buford Television, which was owned by Lucille Buford. KLTV has been an ABC affiliate since its debut; however, it initially carried

132-616: Is "Proud of East Texas", which has been used since 1985. In a June 2006 article, the Longview News-Journal reported KLTV continued its dominance in the area with an estimated 70,000 households tuning into its weeknight 10 p.m. broadcast. KETK-TV was second with about 12,000 viewers and KYTX was watched by an estimated 9,000 viewers. The station was nominated in 2008 for eleven Lone Star Emmy Awards including: best morning and evening newscasts, weather, along with several news/sports specials and reporting. On June 21, 2010, KLTV became

165-516: Is a county in the northeastern area of the U.S. state of Texas . As of the 2020 census , its population was 145,310. Its county seat is Kaufman . Both the county, established in 1848, and the city were named for David S. Kaufman , a U.S. Representative and diplomat from Texas. Kaufman County is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex . Western artist Frank Reaugh moved from Illinois to Kaufman County in 1876. There he

198-586: Is a television station licensed to Tyler, Texas , United States, serving East Texas as an affiliate of ABC and Telemundo . Owned by Gray Television , the station maintains studios on West Ferguson Street in downtown Tyler (between the Smith County and United States courthouses), and its transmitter is located in rural northern Smith County (near the Wood County line). KTRE (channel 9) in Lufkin operates as

231-527: Is available on Suddenlink Communications channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 720. Dish, DirecTV and several smaller cable providers also carry the station. KLTV is available throughout much of East Texas, such as Tyler, Athens ***, Canton ***, Carthage *, Gilmer , Henderson , Jacksonville , Jefferson *, Kilgore , Lindale , Longview**, Marshall *, Mineola , Mount Pleasant , Mount Vernon , Palestine ***, Pittsburg , Rusk , and Sulphur Springs ***. * – This city can receive KLTV over

264-757: The Liberty Corporation in 2000. That same year, Liberty sold its insurance businesses to the Royal Bank of Canada , resulting in the retirement of the "Cosmos Broadcasting" banner. Liberty sold itself to Raycom Media in 2006. In October 2004, KLTV celebrated its 50th anniversary. At approximately 7:30   a.m. on February 3, 2006 (one day after Raycom officially took ownership of the station), KLTV's 1,078-foot (329 m) broadcast transmitter in Red Springs collapsed taking both its over-the-air analog and digital signals as well as radio station KVNE (89.5 FM) off

297-599: The Terrell Tribune . The Kemp and Mabank areas are included in coverage by The Monitor and Athens Daily Review newspapers. The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office is Kaufman County's main police force. Smaller cities depend on the sheriff's office, along with the Texas Highway Patrol , for law-enforcement duties. In December 2012, Texas officials issued a statewide bulletin warning that the Aryan Brotherhood

330-570: The Tyler / Longview / Jacksonville market and they include KLTV , KYTX-TV , KFXK-TV , and KETK-TV . Kaufman County is served by three newspapers, the Terrell Tribune , the Kaufman Herald , and the Forney Messenger . Forney, Texas , is also served by online news media outlet inForney.com, which covers breaking news for the county. A quarterly magazine called Kaufman County Life is produced by

363-496: The "StormTracker 24/7 Weather Channel", a local weather service consisting of temperatures, weather conditions and a live feed of the station's Doppler radar (branded as the "StormTracker 7 Live Doppler Network") on a rotating schedule; the subchannel affiliated with This TV in December 2009, it later switched to Bounce TV on January 1, 2012. On January 1, 2020, Circle debuted on 7.2, displacing Bounce TV to 7.4. Circle remained until

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396-495: The Aryan Brotherhood. Eric Williams was convicted at trial and sentenced to death on December 16, 2014. Kim Williams pleaded guilty on December 30, 2014, and received a 40-year sentence. Prior to 1952, Kaufman County was a Democratic Party stronghold in presidential elections. From 1952 to 1980, it was still primarily Democratic, though the party's margin of victories were far lower than before. Republican Richard Nixon won

429-630: The Buford family bought KTRE and converted it into a semi-satellite of KLTV. KLTV lost the CBS affiliation in September 1984, when Longview -based KLMG-TV (channel 51, now Fox affiliate KFXK-TV ) signed on. It retained a secondary affiliation with NBC until KETK-TV (channel 56) signed on in March 1987, resulting in channel 7 becoming an exclusive ABC affiliate. Buford Television owned KLTV and KTRE until 1989, when it sold

462-462: The air; no one was reported injured as a result. Cox Communications (which sold its East Texas systems to Suddenlink Communications in 2007) continued to carry KLTV's standard and high definition feeds via a fiber optic connection; however, DirecTV and Dish Network customers were not able to receive the station. KLTV re-established an analog signal at reduced power from its former studio and transmitter location in eastern Tyler within 13 hours of

495-526: The channel was shut down on December 31, 2023, being replaced by The365. On digital subchannel 7.3, the station carries Telemundo ; the subchannel is also carried on Suddenlink channel 22. The station installed its digital transmitter tower on September 23, 2005; on December 14, KLTV became the second television station in East Texas to launch a digital signal, broadcasting on VHF channel 10. KLTV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009,

528-650: The collapse. No cause for the collapse has been disclosed to date. A new Harris transmitter—on a tower slightly less than half the height of the one that collapsed—was installed the following day, allowing resumption of full-power broadcasts from the Tyler site, allowing over-the-air viewers to watch ABC 's broadcast of Super Bowl XL over its analog signal; the digital signal was restored several days later. KLTV restored its analog over-the-air signal from its original tower while also being restored on DirecTV, Dish Network and other area cable providers. Its analog transmitter equipment

561-539: The county handily in 1972 as part of his national landslide. Starting with the 1984 election, it has become a Republican stronghold, though neither of Bill Clinton 's two Republican opponents managed a majority despite winning the county due to Ross Perot 's strong third-party candidacy. School districts in the county include: It is in the service area for Trinity Valley Community College . 32°36′N 96°17′W  /  32.60°N 96.28°W  / 32.60; -96.28 KLTV KLTV (channel 7)

594-538: The east fork of that stream. According to the census of 2000, 71,313 people, 24,367 households, and 19,225 families were residing in the county. The population density was 91 per square mile (35/km ). Its 26,133 housing units averaged 33 per square mile (13/km ). In 2020, the population was 145,310. According to the 2000 census, the racial and ethnic makeup of the county was 81.10% White, 10.53% African American, 0.61% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 5.68% from other races, and 1.61% from two or more races. About 11.11% of

627-516: The larger KLTV signal. On March 14, 2023, digital translator K21PE-D was tested at its upgraded site on the KLTV tower, with a license to cover the new signal filed the following day. Concurrently, Gray Television filed a silent notification for K31PR-D, as the translator discontinued broadcasting on March 4, 2023, indicating that the company was doing so in preparation for the channel 31 facility to further upgrade through an upcoming filing. On cable , KLTV

660-574: The network as a secondary service, while it shared primary affiliation with both CBS and NBC ; the station also aired programming from the DuMont Television Network on a secondary basis until 1955. The station originally operated from studio facilities on Texas Loop 323 on the east side of Tyler. In 1964, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) collapsed Lufkin and Nacogdoches into the Tyler market. Soon afterward,

693-545: The official date on 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 VHF channel 10 to channel 7 for post-transition operations. On July 27, 2021, Gray Television signed K31PR on the air as a full simulcast partner of the main KLTV signal. Both stations air an identical subchannel line-up, with K31PR's coverage area encompassed entirely by

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726-571: The original high school, as well as several graduations from the early 20th century. It went from just that one school to several other schools mentioned in the "Schools" section below. In 2009, the school district was rated " exemplary " by the Texas Education Agency . Lee Joffre, previously superintendent of Italy Independent School District , began work as Mabank ISD superintendent on January 7, 2019. Secondary schools: Primary schools: Kaufman County, Texas Kaufman County

759-406: The peace Eric Williams was arrested for making terrorist threats to county officials by email. Hasse and McLelland had aggressively prosecuted Williams in a theft case. Williams was convicted, and lost his position and his law license as a result. On April 17, 2013, his wife Kim Williams was arrested on capital murder charges in all three deaths. Officials did not link these arrests or events to

792-444: The population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. By the 2020 census, its racial and ethnic makeup was 54.11% non-Hispanic white, 14.82% African American, 0.43% Native American, 1.45% Asian American, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.30% some other race, 3.95% multiracial, and 24.89% Hispanic or Latino American of any race. American Community Survey 2023 Data The United States Census Bureau estimated that in 2023, Kaufman County’s population

825-502: The stations do not broadcast an early evening newscast on Sundays. Lufkin semi-satellite KTRE simulcasts KLTV's weekday morning, midday, 4 p.m., 5 p.m. and weekend morning and evening newscasts. Channel 7 has been the dominant station in the market for most of its history and its newscasts routinely garner several times the number of viewers of its nearest competitor. KLTV and its staff have received several awards including seven Lone Star Emmy Awards . The station's longtime slogan

858-459: The stations to Jackson, Mississippi –based Civic Communications. In 1996, KLTV relocated its operations from its longtime studios on Texas Loop 323 in eastern Tyler to a new facility downtown, located in a former savings & loan branch and office complex near the Smith County courthouse; the former studio facility was demolished in November 2007. Civic merged with Cosmos Broadcasting, a division of

891-522: The third television station in the Tyler–Longview market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition . On September 10, 2012, KLTV debuted an hour-long weekday afternoon newscast at 4 p.m. The stations' signals are multiplexed : On digital subchannel 7.2, the station carries The365 television network; the subchannel is also carried on Suddenlink Communications digital channel 247. The subchannel launched on December 14, 2005, as

924-647: The tower, with the winner being selected by popular vote on the station's website. On April 17, 2007, at approximately 6:58   p.m., contest winner Jeff Heimer officially flipped the switch to turn on the new transmitter and tower. In January 2011, KLTV started "KLTV in Your Community", a section of its website serving as a branch for citizen journalism, or community blogging; the blog sites are separated into fifteen East Texas communities with Tyler divided into four quadrants by city section. It has since been shut down. On June 25, 2018, Gray Television announced that it

957-474: Was "actively planning retaliation against law enforcement officials" who worked to prosecute the gang's leadership. In January 2013, Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse of Kaufman County was assassinated by gunshot outside the Kaufman County courthouse. On March 30, 2013, District Attorney Mike McLelland , along with his wife, were found shot and killed in their home. On April 13, 2013, ex- justice of

990-534: Was 185,690. It was also estimated that the county was 28.1% Hispanic or Latino, 46.6% NH White, 20.8% NH Black, 2.2% NH Asian, 0.4% NH Native American, 0.1% NH Pacific Islander, 1.9% NH Multiracial. Kaufman County is part of the Dallas/Fort Worth DMA. Local media outlets include KDFW-TV , KXAS-TV , WFAA-TV , KTVT-TV , KERA-TV , KTXA-TV , KDFI-TV , KDAF-TV , KFWD-TV , and KDTX-TV . Other nearby stations that provide coverage for Kaufman County come from

1023-466: Was directly inspired for such paintings as The Approaching Herd (1902). According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 808 square miles (2,090 km ), of which 781 square miles (2,020 km ) are land and 27 square miles (70 km ) (3.3%) are covered by water. Located in the northeast portion of Texas, it is bounded on the southwest by the Trinity River , and drained by

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1056-920: Was merging with Raycom, under the Gray name. When the merger was approved by the FCC and the Justice Department , it made KLTV (and KTRE) a sister station to adjacent market stations KXII in Sherman , KBTX in Bryan and KWTX in Waco in addition to the current Raycom sister stations, while separating it from KXXV . The sale was approved on December 20 and was completed on January 2, 2019. KLTV presently broadcasts 31 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours each weekday and two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); unlike most ABC affiliates,

1089-457: Was not damaged and was supplemented at the original tower site with a newer transmitter. However, its over-the-air high definition and digital television transmission equipment was a total loss. In March and April 2007, KLTV ran a "Flip the Switch" promotion to promote the completion of the new Red Springs tower. Viewers were urged to submit 30-second videos to show why they should be selected to turn on

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