KDBC-TV
CBS/MyNetworkTV affiliate in El Paso, Texas, United States
KDBC-TV (channel 4) is a television station in El Paso, Texas, United States, affiliated with CBS and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Fox affiliate KFOX-TV (channel 14). The two stations share studios on South Alto Mesa Drive in northwest El Paso; KDBC-TV's transmitter is located atop the Franklin Mountains on the El Paso city limits.
KDBC-TV is El Paso's first and oldest television station. It began broadcasting as KROD-TV, owned alongside KROD radio and the El Paso Times newspaper, on December 18, 1952. In its early years, it aired programming from CBS, ABC, and the DuMont Television Network. Under owners including Trigg–Vaughn and Doubleday Broadcasting, the station produced a variety of local programming including an El Paso version of Bozo the Clown. When Doubleday sold KROD radio in 1973, channel 4 became KDBC-TV. Under the ownership of Portal Communications, a division of the Evening Post Publishing Company, KDBC was the number-one news station in El Paso.
Portal sold KDBC in 1985 to United Broadcasting, under whose ownership the market became more competitive. KDBC slipped into a distant third-place position during the 15-year ownership tenure of the Imes family. In this period, the station experienced frequent personnel turnover and was held back by corporate management that failed to connect with the needs of El Paso viewers.
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