News Operation
Currently, KYTX broadcasts a total of 21½ hours of local newscasts each week (with four hours on weekdays, 30 minutes on Saturdays and one hour on Sundays), Unlike most CBS affiliates in the Central Time Zone, KYTX does not presently carry a weekday noon newscast or any early evening newscasts on Saturdays and Sundays.
Its local newscasts debuted on September 12, 2004 (under the original branding of CBS 19 Eyewitness News) beginning with the 6 p.m. newscast. The station initially offered an hour-long 6 a.m. newscast on weekday mornings, and half-hour evening newscasts at 6 p.m. on weeknights only and at 10 p.m. seven nights a week. The station launched a half-hour 5 p.m. newscast (originally titled Eye @ 5) the following year, which was followed by the 2007 addition of a 6:30 p.m. newscast focusing on news stories in the Longview and Kilgore areas (similar to a previously attempted Longview-centric local newscast that aired on KFXK during its days as a CBS affiliate). The 5 p.m. newscast was rebranded as Primetime at 5 that year, while the 10 p.m. newscast adopted the Ten @ 10 format in January 2008, focusing on faster delivery of news and weather in the first ten minutes of the newscast. Later in 2008, the station launched a half-hour Sunday morning newscast.
In 2009, KYTX dropped the Eyewitness News banner for its newscasts in favor of KYTX CBS 19 News. On April 23, 2009, KYTX became the first station in the market to broadcast its local newscasts in high definition, beginning with CBS 19 News This Morning.
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