News Operation
Starting with its launch in 1956, KXII broadcast its own local newscasts from their original Ardmore studios. In 1960, the station opened new facilities along U.S. Highway 75 halfway between Sherman and Denison which later became the station's main studios. In 1977, KXII relocated its Ardmore facility from Lincoln Center on West Main Street, and opened a new Bureau on South Commerce Street in Ardmore. This location is still in use today in conjunction with the Sherman/Denison facility. As a dual NBC and CBS affiliate in 1974, the station switched its network evening newscast from NBC Nightly News to the CBS Evening News in the 5:30 p.m. time slot followed by its 6 p.m. local news. In September 2006, KXII debuted an all-new set for its 12 News broadcasts that included new colors and graphics package to replace the previous set which had been in use since 1995. It also launched its "My Texoma" and "Fox Texoma" subchannels.
KXII's 12 News newscasts featuring local news, weather and sports coverage with national CBS News inserts air at noon, 5, 6, and 10 p.m. each weekday. The weekday 10 p.m. airing is rebroadcast at 12:40 a.m. KXII airs local news and weather coverage in four five-minute update segments during The Early Show. It added a morning newscast called First News AM in 2001 from 6 to 7 a.m., added another 30 minutes in 2006 and an extra five minutes was added two years later when Norman Bennett retired. KXII also airs the public affairs program 12 News Forum on Sunday mornings and presents more five-minute update segments during weekend morning CBS news programs. It airs two weekend evening 30-minute broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays at 10 p.m. There are also early evening 12 News newscasts on weekends and the amount and schedule depends on CBS Sports broadcasts.
On April 20, 2010 KXII became the first station in the Ada-Sherman television market (and the third station in Oklahoma) to broadcast its local newscasts in high definition. Both the Sherman and Ardmore studios have been equipped with high definition cameras and hardware.
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