KBTV-TV

KBTV-TV, channel 4, is the Fox affiliated television station serving the Beaumont / Port Arthur, Texas designated market area, and is licensed to Port Arthur. Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, KBTV is the sister station to CBS affiliate, KFDM. KBTV's studios are located at KFDM's studios in Beaumont. The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 40 from a transmitter in Vidor, Texas, using its former analog assignment of channel 4 as its virtual digital channel via PSIP. It airs on channel 2 on cable systems in the immediate portion of the market. KBTV's high definition digital simulcast is now available on area cable systems and DirecTV and Dish Network.

Syndicated programming on KBTV-TV includes: Judge Alex, Divorce Court, Family Feud, and Jeopardy!, among others.

History

Channel 4 signed on October 22, 1957 as KPAC-TV, an NBC affiliate owned by Texas Gulfcoast Television, Inc., itself jointly owned by Port Arthur College, owner of KPAC radio (1250 AM, now KDEI; and 98.5 FM, now KTJM), and the Jefferson Amusement Company. Port Arthur College sold its stake in the station to the Jefferson Amusement Company in 1965; as Port Arthur College retained the radio stations, channel 4 changed its call letters to KJAC-TV.