KARE

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KARE (channel 7) is a television station in Houston, Texas, airing programming from the Central Television Network. Owned and operated by network's Central Networks Corporation division, the station maintains studios adjacent to the Westpark Tollway on the southwest side of Houston, and its transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated Fort Bend County.
==Programming==
Since joining Central; and especially after becoming an O&O in 1998, KIAH/KARE has largely cleared the entire Central network lineup without interruption. It also carries Texas Country Reporter early Saturday evenings and off-network reruns of Central dramas The Man from franchise and The Med Specialists, as well as those of the Canadian drama Murdoch Mysteries.
===News operation===
KARE presently broadcasts 33 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5½ hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays, and 2½ hours on Sundays). On weekdays, this includes a 2½-hour morning newscast from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m., a full hour at 4 p.m., and half-hours at noon, 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Its weekend newscasts include a 1½-hour morning newscast on Saturday morning, hour-long newscasts at 10 p.m. on Saturday and on Sunday morning, and half-hours at 6 p.m. on Saturday and 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Sunday. The station also airs Sportswrap 7, which features extensive Sunday night sports coverage and commentary, following its 10 p.m. newscast on Sunday night.
===Theme history===
*Take A Look - Tuesday Productions (1979-1983)
*And You - Telesound (1983-1986)
*Spirit (of Texas) - TM Productions (1986-1994)
*KHOU News Package - John Hegner Music (1994-1998)
*The Spirit - Stephen Arnold Music (1998-2003)
*Metropolis - Stephen Arnold Music (2003-2007)
*Seize The Day - 615 Music (2007-2014)
*Locals Only - Stephen Arnold Music (2014–present)
== Gallery ==
KMSP old Circle 7 (1979-1997).svg|Circle 7 used from 1986-1998, shared with sister KMSP-TV from 1979-1997
KARE News open 1993.png|KARE News 10pm open (1993-1998)
KARE on-screen bug 1993.png|On-screen bug (1993-1998)
KARE 7 1998.svg|Logo (1998-2000)
KARE pre-2003.svg|Logo (2000-2003)
KARE logo.svg|Current logo (2003-present)
KARE47News Open.png|KARE News 10pm open (2017-present)
KARE screengrab.png|On-screen graphics screenshot (April 24, 2017)
KARE Report 2.png|On-screen graphics screenshot (April 17, 2023)
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Category:Central Television Network
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Category:Television channels and stations established in 1963