KLST
KLST, virtual channel 8, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to San Angelo, Texas, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which also operates NBC affiliate KSAN-TV under joint sales and shared services agreements with owner Mission Broadcasting. The two stations share studios on Armstrong Street in San Angelo; KLST's transmitter is located near Eola, Texas.
History
It was the first television station in San Angelo, signing on the air on June 26, 1953 as KTXL-TV; the call letters are now at the Fox affiliate in Sacramento, California as of 1968. It was originally founded by A.D. Rust & B.P. Bludworth. In 1957, the station changed its call sign to KCTV, which is now the call sign of the CBS affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri. Big Spring Broadcasting purchased the station in 1959. Big Spring Broadcasting sold the station to Westex Television in 1962. Westex would then sold it to Jewell Television Corp. in 1971. In 1983, the station changed its call letters again to become KLST. KLST was purchased by Nexstar Broadcasting in 2004 from the Jewell Television Corporation.Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP short name | Programming |
| 8.1 | 1080i | KLST-DT | Main KLST programming / CBS | |
| 8.2 | 480i | Grit | ||
| 8.3 | 480i | Court TV Mystery |
On June 15, 2016, Nexstar announced that it has entered into an affiliation agreement with Katz Broadcasting for the Escape, Laff, Grit, and Bounce TV networks, bringing the four networks to 81 stations owned and/or operated by Nexstar, including KLST and KSAN-TV.
Coverage area
KLST serves as the CBS affiliate for 11 counties in West Central Texas that form the San Angelo television market as defined by Nielsen.KLST also provides news and weather coverage to four other counties that assigned to other nearby television markets. Runnels County is immediately adjacent to Tom Green County, but the majority of the residents in the county watch local television stations that broadcast from Abilene, so the county is assigned to the Abilene–Sweetwater television market by Nielsen.