KBMT

callsign	KBMT
city	Beaumont, Texas
branding	12.1: ABC 12 12 News (newscasts) 12.2: NBC 12
digital	12 (VHF)
virtual	12
translators	KVHP-LD 34 Jasper, TX
affiliations	12.1: ABC 12.2: NBC for others, see
country	United States
airdate	May 9, 1954 (first incarnation) June 18, 1961 (second and current incarnation)
last airdate	August 1, 1956 (first incarnation)
location	Beaumont–Port Arthur–Orange, Texas
callsign meaning	Beaumont
former channel numbers	Analog: 31 (UHF, 1954–1956), 12 (VHF, 1961–2009) Digital: 50 (UHF, until 2009)
owner	Nexstar Media Group
licensee	LSB Broadcasting, Inc.
sister stations	KUIL-LD
former affiliations	NBC, DuMont, ABC (1954–1956) CBS (1954–1955) Dark (1956–1961)
erp	18 kW
haat	305 m
facility id	10150
coordinates	30.19056°N, -93.88556°W
licensing authority	FCC
website	https://www.12newsnow.com/

KBMT (channel 12) is a television station in Beaumont, Texas, United States, affiliated with ABC and NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside low-power KUIL-LD (channel 12.5), an independent station with MyNetworkTV. The two stations share studios along I-10/US 69/US 96/US 287 in Beaumont; KBMT's transmitter is located in Mauriceville, Texas.

History

The callsign KBMT originally transmitted on UHF channel 31, beginning on May 9, 1954, as the first television station to broadcast in the Golden Triangle. The station was owned by Television Broadcasters, Inc. whose stockholders were H. D. Williams and R. C. Reed with Reed as president.[1] It carried NBC, DuMont Television Network and ABC as of November 1955;[2]

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