KSAT-TV

KSAT-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 12, is an ABC-affiliated television station located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The station is owned by the Graham Media Group subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company. KSAT maintains studio facilities located on North St. Mary's Street on the northern edge of downtown, and its transmitter is located off of Route 181 in northwest Wilson County (northeast of Elmendorf).

History

The station first signed on the air on January 21, 1957, as KONO-TV; it was founded by the Roth family, owners of KONO radio (860 AM and 101.1 FM). Channel 12 has been an ABC affiliate since its debut, taking the affiliation from WOAI-TV (channel 4) and KENS (channel 5), which each carried select programs from the network on a secondary basis (WOAI began carrying ABC programming when it signed on in December 1949, followed by KENS, when it signed on two months later in February 1950). The station originally operated from studio facilities located at 1408 North St. Mary's Street in downtown San Antonio.