11 Facts About KTXA

KTXA is an independent television station in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

KTXA began broadcasting in January 1981 and was one of three new television stations in the Metroplex in six months.

KTXA was one of several Paramount-owned stations to be charter outlets for the United Paramount Network in 1995 and merged its operations with KTVT in 2001 after a corporate buyout of CBS.

When UPN merged into The CW in 2006, KTXA was not selected to affiliate with the network, and KTXA retooled its local programming around prime time news and professional sports coverage.

At KTXA, Grant minted a reputation for being extremely promotion-oriented.

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In 1985, KTXA entered into a three-year agreement for football and basketball telecasts of the SMU Mustangs.

However, disciplinary problems involving SMU's football team resulted first in a probation that prevented KTXA from airing football games live and then in the temporary cancellation of the football program, at which time KTXA exited the contract, noting that many sponsors had shied away from any association with SMU athletics.

Also in 1993, KTXA aired NYPD Blue after WFAA-TV, the ABC affiliate, rejected airing the show on content grounds, and it became the television home of the NHL's Dallas Stars when the team moved to Texas that year, airing a package of 20 road games as part of 50 televised contests between regional sports network HSE, KTVT, and KTXA.

KTXA carried 25 of the 30 games aired by the two stations under the deal, and ratings increased 61 percent for the team.

KTXA produced The Mark Cuban Show, a weekly half-hour featuring the team's owner which was distributed to other CBS stations, as well as shows covering extreme sports and high school sports, and it covered the new Dallas Desperados of the Arena Football League.

In 2010, KTXA entered into a five-year agreement with the Texas Rangers to show 25 baseball games per season, complementing the Mavericks and high school sports as well as syndicated college telecasts.