Both television outlets have faced financial disturbance and lack of investment which caused the smooth running of operational activities in the broadcasting market. Eagle Creek Broadcasting was developed after K-Six Television was acquired by Alta Communications and Brian Brady in 2002. Newswatch 13 programs were on-aired by the technical support of KVTV in the 1980s and early 2000 with thirty minutes of daily news transmission in morning and evening slots.
KVTV Local News Live:
A newly launched entertainment program Access Hollywood was added in the evening transmission and news bulletin of 6 p.m. changed after having better Nielsen ratings in the broadcasting sector in 1996. Many changes were made by the new owner of KVTV in which the entire newscasting was dropped off from the channel transmission except the noon program. The reason behind it was to bring workload and stress from the production department and newscasting team. On April 19, 2004, late-night news transmission was back from the television outlet management with having an association of CBS network.
Viewership of KVTV:
A recently retired newscaster Richard Noriega was hired from the station to lead their news transmission and other relevant tasks. He starts working as a consultant and helping them to establish the most updated and well-equipped news department among all other existing television outlets in the market. On January 3, 2006, KVTV become the one in the broadcasting market which have not any newscast departments and locally-based news transmission in the area.
News App of Channel 13:
KVTV news mobile application is developed and available in the market by Eagle Creek Broadcasting. News app helps you to get the most updated news transmission every minute of an hour feed and video formatting news is also available in the main content of station. Locally current affairs, health topics, sports, traffic, weather, crimes, and political themes are available during usage of this CBS 13 app.
News Team of KVTV:
Anchors and reporters of the KVTV news team are Elizabeth Klinge, Marlee Ginter, and Don Dabkovich and Multimedia journalists of television stations are Dina Kupfer, Tony Lopez, and Julie Watts. The news director of the station team is Mike Dello Stritto and forecasting segments are performed by meteorologists Marissa Perlman with Madisen Keavy.
News Channel 13 Weather App:
Weather segments are performed and reported by KVTV station meteorologists and experts who have extensive experience in forecasting. Laredo and other communities have unexpected weather arrival in the areas and this CBS 13 weather app keeps you informed and lets you share weather reports in your social circle with helping of Facebook and Twitter.
First Weather Alert of Laredo:
KVTV weather department is connected with the AccuWeather system and stork tracking devices which are closely monitored by the station experts in the Laredo area. In case of weather emergencies such as flash floods and storms can be evaluated with help of high-definition imaging in different regions of the United States.
Where We Can Watch Live Stream:
Live streaming service is operated by KVTV in its digital signals and also carried out by other market-based service providers in the United States. Entertainment stuff such as news, talk shows, and sports transmission is the part of direct streaming which can be availed after subscribing to the premium service for HD quality.
KVTV television station is associated with the CBS network and digitally operated on VHF technology with having an allocation of channel 13 in the market. The transmission service area is appointed for the Laredo, Texas in the United States, and it was acquired by Eagle Creek Broadcasting. KYLX a low-powered television station was inaugurated by Gray Television after buying the non-licensed facilities of KVTV on July 1, 2015, and at the same time, Gray was holding ownership of KGNS which was associated with the NBC network. The broadcasting transmission services of KVTV were suspended due to some unknown reasons after serving the market for more than 42 years as a commercial television facility in the area.
