Nearly two years ago, The CW Network affiliate serving the Alamo City became the ATSC 3.0 “lighthouse” station for San Antonio for four of the market’s broadcast television facilities, with neither TEGNA nor Graham Media Group choosing to participate with Sinclair Inc.
Now, both groups’ local stations have hopped on the NEXTGEN TV bandwagon, as have two of the market’s biggest Spanish-language television stations and its PBS Member station, too.
At long last, TEGNA’s CBS-affiliated KENS-5 and Graham Media Group’s ABC-affiliated KSAT-12 are offering NEXTGEN TV signals to those in San Antonio.
They are joined for the first time by TelevisaUnivision-owned KWEX-41; NBCUniversal Local‘s Telemundo O&O, KVDA-60; and KLRN-9, the leading educational noncommercial station in San Antonio.
According to KSAT General Manager Ashley Parker, “NEXTGEN TV is in high demand in San Antonio. Local broadcasters are dedicated to growing this free service in the San Antonio area and providing valuable local news, sports and entertainment. NEXTGEN TV’s emergency alert and dual language capabilities are essential to residents and we’re proud that we can give them even more options now.”
The five stations are being hosted by a second “lighthouse” station; RBR+TVBR has confirmed it is KSAT-12.
This property joins the first “lighthouse” for NEXTGEN TV in San Antonio — Deerfield Media-owned station KMYS-33, operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group via a Joint Sales and Shared Services Agreement. That property since June 2022 has hosted the ATSC 3.0 signals for KABB-29, the FOX affiliate owned by Sinclair; NBC-affiliated WOAI-4, also owned by Sinclair; and KCWX-2, a Corridor Television-owned MyNetwork TV affiliate in San Antonio.
