KABT-TV

KABT-TV is a CBS affiliate that serves the Abilene, TX market. It broadcasts on Channel 12. Syndicated programming on KABT includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Rachael Ray among others. The station has studios located on Fairmount Street in Abilene.
==News/Station Presentation==
===Newscast Titles===
*The Big Country News Report (1955–1963)
*Big Country Television News (1963–1968)
*NewsScene 12 (1968–1975)
*NewsCenter 12 (1975–1981)
*News 12 (1981–1987)
*Channel 12 News (1987–1995)
*NewsChannel 12 (1995–1999)
*CBS 12 News (1999–present)
===Newscast themes===
*Hello News - Gari Media (1978–1989)
*The Great News Package - Gari Media (1989–1998)
*News One - 615 Music (1998–2003)
*Metropolis - Stephen Arnold Music (2003–2007)
*CBS Enforcer - Gari Media (2007–2017)
*U-Phonix - Stephen Arnold Music (2017–2020)
*Right Here, Right Now - 615 Music (2020–present)
===Station Slogans===
*Hello Abilene, Channel 12 Loves You (1978–1989)
*Looking Good Together on Channel 12 (1980–1981; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*Reach for the Stars on Channel 12 (1981–1982; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*Great Moments on Channel 12 (1982–1983; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*February Looks Great on Channel 12 (1983; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*We've Got the Touch, You and Channel 12 (1983–1984; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*You and Channel 12, We've Got the Touch (1984–1985; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*We've Got the Touch on Channel 12 (1985–1986; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*Share the Spirit on Channel 12 (1986–1987; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*Channel 12 Spirit, oh yes. (1987–1988; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*You Can Feel It on Channel 12 (1988–1989; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*Get Ready for Channel 12 (1989–1991; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*The Look of Abilene is Channel 12 (1991–1992; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*This is CBS, on Channel 12 (1992–1994; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*I am Channel 12 People (1994–1995; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*You're on Channel 12 (1995–1996; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*Welcome Home to a Channel 12 Night (1996–1997; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*The Address is Channel 12...Welcome Home (1997–1999; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*The Address is CBS 12...Welcome Home (1999–2000; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*CBS 12, It's All Here (2000–2005; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*Everybody's Watching CBS 12 (2005–2006; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*We Are CBS 12 (2006–2009; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*Only CBS 12, Only CBS (2009–present; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
*News That We Bring To You (1989–1997)
*People to Depend On (1997–2002)
*Asking Questions, Getting Answers (2002–2010)
*The Big Country's News Leader in HD (2010–present)
===Current On-Air Staff (year joined in parentheses)===
Vince Macklin - News Director
*Savannah Bernstein - anchor; weekday mornings and noon (2001)
*Lance Venable - anchor; weekday mornings and noon (1997)
*Tiffany Carmichael - anchor; weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 (2017)
*Peter Baird - anchor; weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 (1977)
*Denise Ledbetter - anchor; weekend evenings (1999)
===LiveVipir 12 Meteorologists===
*Diego Nevarez - meteorologist; weekday mornings and noon (2009)
*Leonard Ferguson - chief meteorologist (AMS seal of approval); weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 (1988)
*Rick Pope - meteorologist; weekend evenings (1994)
===CBS 12 Sports===
*Dexter Hoffman - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 (1992)
*Edwin Walsh - sports anchor; weekend evenings (1993)
===CBS 12 Reporters===
*Claire Sheets - general assignment reporter
*Tabitha Harris - general assignment reporter
*Aaron Mansfield - general assignment reporter
*Jennifer Childress - general assignment reporter
*Nolan Sherrod - general assignment reporter
*Cory Horvath - general assignment reporter
==Programming Schedule from 1991-1992==
Time 	MON 	TUE 	WED 	THU 	FRI 	SAT 	SUN
7:00 am 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	Riders in the Sky 	Paid Programming
7:30 am 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	Mother Goose and Grimm 	Paid Programming
8:00 am 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	Garfield and Friends 	CBS News Sunday Morning
8:30 am 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	CBS This Morning 	Garfield and Friends 	Face the Nation
9:00 am 	Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee 	Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee 	Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee 	Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee 	Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee 	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 	Paid Programming
9:30 am 	Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee 	Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee 	Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee 	Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee 	Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee 	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 	Paid Programming
10:00 am 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	Back to the Future 	Paid Programming
10:30 am 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	The Price is Right 	Where's Waldo? 	Texas Country Reporter
11:00 am 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	Muppet Babies 	Gimme a Break!
11:30 am 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	The Young and the Restless 	Inspector Gadget 	Gimme a Break!
12:00 pm 	Channel 12 News at Noon 	Channel 12 News at Noon 	Channel 12 News at Noon 	Channel 12 News at Noon 	Channel 12 News at Noon 	Laverne and Shirley 	The Facts of Life
12:30 pm 	The Bold and the Beautiful 	The Bold and the Beautiful 	The Bold and the Beautiful 	The Bold and the Beautiful 	The Bold and the Beautiful 	Laverne and Shirley 	The Facts of Life
1:00 pm 	As the World Turns 	As the World Turns 	As the World Turns 	As the World Turns 	As the World Turns 	Happy Days 	For All My Family
1:30 pm 	As the World Turns 	As the World Turns 	As the World Turns 	As the World Turns 	As the World Turns 	Happy Days 	For All My Family
2:00 pm 	Guiding Light 	Guiding Light 	Guiding Light 	Guiding Light 	Guiding Light 	Mork & Mindy 	Alice
2:30 pm 	Guiding Light 	Guiding Light 	Guiding Light 	Guiding Light 	Guiding Light 	Mork & Mindy 	Flo
3:00 pm 	The Maury Povich Show 	The Maury Povich Show 	The Maury Povich Show 	The Maury Povich Show 	The Maury Povich Show 	The Facts of Life 	Rosie
3:30 pm 	The Maury Povich Show 	The Maury Povich Show 	The Maury Povich Show 	The Maury Povich Show 	The Maury Povich Show 	Rosie 	Rosie
4:00 pm 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	Rosie 	It's a Living
4:30 pm 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	The Oprah Winfrey Show 	Mama’s Family 	Mama’s Family
5:00 pm 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children 	Mama's Family 	Mama's Family
5:30 pm 	CBS Evening News with Dan Rather	CBS Evening News with Dan Rather	CBS Evening News with Dan Rather	CBS Evening News with Dan Rather	CBS Evening News with Dan Rather	CBS Evening News Saturday 	Channel 12 News at 5:30
6:00 pm 	Channel 12 News at Six 	Channel 12 News at Six 	Channel 12 News at Six 	Channel 12 News at Six 	Channel 12 News at Six 	Entertainment Tonight Weekend	60 Minutes
6:30 pm 	Entertainment Tonight 	Entertainment Tonight 	Entertainment Tonight 	Entertainment Tonight 	Entertainment Tonight 	Entertainment Tonight Weekend	60 Minutes
7:00 pm 	Evening Shade 	Rescue 911 	The Royal Family 	Top Cops 	Princesses 	The CBS Saturday Movie 	Murder, She Wrote
7:30 pm 	Major Dad 	Rescue 911 	Teech 	Top Cops 	Brooklyn Bridge 	The CBS Saturday Movie 	Murder, She Wrote
8:00 pm 	Murphy Brown 	The CBS Tuesday Movie 	Jake and the Fatman 	The Trials of Rosie O'Neill 	The Carol Burnett Show 	The CBS Saturday Movie 	CBS Sunday Movie
8:30 pm 	Designing Women 	The CBS Tuesday Movie 	Jake and the Fatman 	The Trials of Rosie O'Neill 	The Carol Burnett Show 	The CBS Saturday Movie 	CBS Sunday Movie
9:00 pm 	Northern Exposure 	The CBS Tuesday Movie 	48 Hours 	Knots Landing 	Palace Guard 	P.S. I Luv U 	CBS Sunday Movie
9:30 pm 	Northern Exposure 	The CBS Tuesday Movie 	48 Hours 	Knots Landing 	Palace Guard 	P.S. I Luv U 	CBS Sunday Movie
10:00 pm 	Channel 12 News at Ten 	Channel 12 News at Ten 	Channel 12 News at Ten 	Channel 12 News at Ten 	Channel 12 News at Ten 	Channel 12 News at Ten 	Channel 12 News at Ten
10:30/10:35 pm	Sweating Bullets 	Sweating Bullets 	Sweating Bullets 	Sweating Bullets 	Sweating Bullets 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children
11:00/11:05 pm	Sweating Bullets 	Sweating Bullets 	Sweating Bullets 	Sweating Bullets 	Sweating Bullets 	For All My Family 	The Golden Girls
11:30 pm 	Sweating Bullets 	Sweating Bullets 	Sweating Bullets 	Sweating Bullets 	Sweating Bullets 	The Golden Girls 	The Golden Girls
12:00/12:07 am	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
12:30 am 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
1:00 am 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
1:30 am 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
2:00 am 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
2:30 am 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
3:00 am 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
3:30 am 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Up to the Minute 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
4:00 am 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
4:30 am 	CBS Morning News 	CBS Morning News 	CBS Morning News 	CBS Morning News 	CBS Morning News 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
5:00 am 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning
5:30 am 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning
6:00 am 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning
6:30 am 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning 	Channel 12 News This Morning
==Logos==
KABT Hello Abilene 1980.png|KABT logo from 1980
KABT 1981 ID.png|KABT logo from 1981 promoting CBS's Reach for the Stars campaign
KABT ID 1983.png|KABT logo from 1983 promoting CBS's We've Got the Touch campaign
KABT ID 1983 second version.png|KABT varation logo from 1983
KABT ID 1986.png|KABT logo from 1986; promoting CBS's Share the Spirit campaign
KABT ID bumper 1992.png|KABT ID bumper from 1992 taken from The Golden Palace
Category:CBS network affiliates
Category:Channel 12
Category:Abilene, Texas
Category:Sweetwater
Category:Texas
Category:Gray Television
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1955