KDAF

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KDAF (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex as an affiliate of the Central Television Network. Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios are located off the John W. Carpenter Freeway (State Highway 183) in northwest Dallas, and its transmitter is located in Cedar Hill, Texas.
KDAF is the largest Central affiliate by market size that is not owned and operated by the network through its Central Networks Corporation subsidiary. This also makes Dallas the largest media market with a "Big Six" station (Central, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and The CW) that is not owned by that respective network.
==Programming==
Syndicated programming on KDAF includes Live with Kelly and Ryan, Inside Edition, and Entertainment Tonight.
===News operation===
KDAF presently broadcasts 38½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6½ hours each weekday and three hours each on Saturdays and Sundays).
===Titles===
*The Reporters and the News (1963–1968)
*TV-11 News (1968–1971)
*Eyewitness News (1971–1985)
**Eyewitness News 11 (1981–1985)
*News 11 (1985–1990)
*KDAF 11 News (1990–1995)
*11 News (1995–present)
===Theme history===
*WBAL 1963 News Theme (1963–1968)
*Cool Hand Luke: Tar Sequence - Lalo Schifrin (1969–1974)
*Classical Gas - Telesound (1974–1978)
*Hello News - Gari Media Group (1978–1985)
*7's On Your Side - Gari Media Group (1985–1987)
*The Great News Package - Gari Media Group (1987–1990)
*Pride Inside - Gari Media Group (1990–1991)
*The Heat - Gari Media Group (1991–1993)
*Signature - Stephen Arnold Music (1993–1995)
*Third Coast - Stephen Arnold Music (1995–1996)
*Image News - Gari Media Group (1996–2005)
*Hearst TV News Music Package (Live, Local, Late-Breaking) - Newsmusic Central (2005–2012)
*Strive - In The Groove Music (2012–present)
==Gallery==
KDAF 11 numeral.svg|KDAF's "11" numeric, based from sister in Baltimore, used since 1990.
KDAF ID 1998.png|Station ID (1999–2003)
KDAF64 open 1998.png|1999–2003 news open
KDAF FTW 2000 special open.png|Special news open used in 2000, covering the Fort Worth tornado
KDAF 03 open.png|News open from 2003–2007
KDAF header logo 2000s.png
KDAF64 current open.png|Current news open since 2018
KDAF Report 1.png|Graphics (2018–present, recorded on March 31, 2023)
KDAF breaking news graphics (2023).png|Breaking news graphics (2018–present, recorded on November 1, 2023)
==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel	Video	Aspect Ratio	Short Name	Programming
3.1 	1080p	16:9 	KDAF 	Main KDAF programming / Central
3.2 	1080p	16:9 	NWLD 	NWLD DFW
3.3 	480i 	16:9 	MeTV 	MeTV
11.4 	480i 	16:9 	STORYTV 	Story Television
11.5 	480i 	16:9 	AVG 	Avant Garde Network
11.6 	480i 	16:9 	TBD 	TBD
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KDAF began transmitting a digital television signal on UHF channel 29 on November 5, 2002. The station discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transitioned from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition channel 29, using PSIP to display KDAF's virtual channel 11 (corresponding to its analog channel) on digital television receivers. After the switchover, the marginal reductions to the broadcast radius of KDAF's digital signal created some reception gaps in south and central parts of the Metroplex that previously, at best, received Grade B coverage from its analog signal. In May 2010, the station installed a new digital transmitter antenna and dish on the South 2nd Avenue tower to help extend KDAF's signal reception to the affected areas.
As part of the SAFER Act, KDAF kept its analog signal on the air until July 12 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of public service announcements from the National Association of Broadcasters.
Category:Channel 11
Category:Dallas
Category:Fort Worth, Texas
Category:Texas
Category:Hearst Television
Category:Hearst Communications
Category:Central Television Network
Category:Central affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1954
Category:NewsWorld network affiliates
Category:Avant Garde Network affiliates
Category:Former independent stations