KFDM
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KFDM (channel 6) is a television station in Beaumont, Texas, United States, affiliated with CBS, The CW Plus, and Fox. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Port Arthur–licensed KBTV-TV (channel 4). The two stations share studios on Walden Road in southwest Beaumont; KFDM's transmitter is located in Vidor, Texas. KFDM also previously served the Lake Charles, Louisiana, market as its default CBS station until KSWL-LD signed-on February 15, 2017.
KFDM (channel 6) is a television station in Beaumont, Texas, United States, affiliated with CBS, The CW Plus, and Fox. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Port Arthur–licensed KBTV-TV (channel 4). The two stations share studios on Walden Road in southwest Beaumont; KFDM's transmitter is located in Vidor, Texas. KFDM also previously served the Lake Charles, Louisiana, market as its default CBS station until KSWL-LD signed-on February 15, 2017.
Fox 4
On December 23, 2020, KFDM announced that KBTV-TV's Fox affiliation would move to KFDM's third subchannel on February 1, 2021.
News operation
The 1970s KFDM weekday news team consisted of Beaulieu, Burandt, weatherman Gary Powers, and sportscaster Cy Hurst. KFDM received an award from the Texas chapter of the Associated Press for their coverage of Hurricane Rita in 2005. KFDM also won a regional Emmy in 2006 for the same coverage. Greg Bostwick has been with the station over 40 years and approximately twenty as chief meteorologist. He rode out Hurricane Rita in downtown Beaumont with weeknight anchor Bill Leger and morning anchor Dan Gresham who has been with the station for over 35 years. Former KFDM manager Larry Beaulieu joined the station in 1974 when he was hired as news director. He teamed for over 15 years with Cecile Burandt, who was the first female anchor hired in the Beaumont area. Beaulieu retired on September 29, 2011, and was replaced the following December by longtime station employee Rix Garey. In April 2011, KFDM became the second station in Southeast Texas after KBMT to broadcast its local newscasts in high definition.
Notable former on-air staff
Sandra Bookman – weekend anchor Leeza Gibbons – co-host of PM Magazine
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
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