{{Short description|Television station in Beaumont, Texas}} {{Multiple issues| {{Update|date=May 2022}} {{Cleanup rewrite|date=May 2022}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = KUIL-LD | logo = Kuil ld 2010.png | logo_size = 150px | branding = MYTX (pronounced "MyTex") | analog = | digital = 36 (UHF) | virtual = 12.5/12.6 | translators = | subchannels = | affiliations = {{ubl|'''12.5:''' Independent with MyNetworkTV|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}} | last_airdate = | location = Beaumont, Texas | country = United States | owner = Tegna Inc., a subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group | licensee = LSB Broadcasting, Inc. | sister_stations = KBMT | former_callsigns = {{ubl|'''The former KUIL:'''|KUIL-LP (2003–2009)|KUIL-LD (2009–February 2018)|KBMT-LD (February–August 2018)|'''The current KUIL:'''|K36ID-D (2006–February 2018)}} | former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 64 (UHF, 2003–2009) | former_affiliations = {{ubl|Fox (2003–2008)|UPN (secondary, 2003–2006)|Independent (2009–2010)|MyNetworkTV (2010−c. 2013, now on LD5)}} | airdate = {{start date|2003}} | erp = 15 kW | haat = {{convert|155.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | facility_id = 168234 | class = LD | coordinates = {{coord|30|11|26|N|93|53|8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} | licensing_authority = FCC | website = {{url|www.12newsnow.com}} }} '''KUIL-LD''' (channel 12.5) is a low-power television station in Beaumont, Texas, United States. It is programmed primarily as an independent station, but maintains a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. KUIL-LD is owned by the Tegna subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group alongside ABC/NBC affiliate KBMT (channel 12). The two stations share studios along I-10/US 69/US 96/US 287 in Beaumont; KUIL-LD's transmitter is located in Mauriceville, Texas.
==History== thumb|Former logo, until 2008 The station went on the air as KUIL-LD (the former KUIL) on analog channel 64 in 2003 as the market's first Fox affiliate. The station was originally owned by National Communications, owner of KVHP in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Prior to 2003, KVHP served Beaumont and Port Arthur as the local Fox affiliate, in addition to Lake Charles (due to its transmitter being located halfway between Beaumont and Lake Charles); KUIL was established as a way to provide local programming just for that region, plus alternate coverage of sports that are more relevant to the Beaumont market (such as Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys football). At the outset, KUIL also held a secondary affiliation with UPN; when UPN and The WB merged into The CW, KFDM added The CW to its digital subcarrier channel, leaving KUIL as solely a Fox affiliate.
In November 2007, KUIL signed on a digital signal on channel 36 (K36ID-D, now KUIL-LD) near Orange, Texas, to help cover the Orange area where the analog 64 signal could not reach.
On October 24, 2008, it was announced that then-NBC affiliate KBTV-TV would become a Fox affiliate on January 1, 2009, indicating that KUIL lost the affiliation at that time. Despite early reports of KUIL pursuing the NBC affiliation,<ref name="be-kuilpossiblenbc">{{cite news|url=http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/station_changes_wona_t_make_beaumont_miss_super_bowl__nbc_spokeswoman_says_10-31-2008.html|title=Station changes won't make Beaumont miss Super Bowl, NBC spokeswoman says|last=Guy|first=Colin|date=November 2, 2008|work=The Beaumont Enterprise|access-date=November 18, 2008}}</ref> competing station KBMT would broadcast NBC programming on a digital subchannel.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Guy|first1=Colin|title=KBMT will add NBC shows to its ABC lineup|url=https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/article/KBMT-will-add-NBC-shows-to-its-ABC-lineup-763380.php|access-date=April 24, 2018|work=Beaumont Enterprise|date=November 25, 2008|archive-date=April 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425114746/https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/article/KBMT-will-add-NBC-shows-to-its-ABC-lineup-763380.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> As a result, after the Fox affiliation ceased, KUIL became an independent station. To address the 10% of the schedule previously provided by Fox, the station began to add some local programming, some of which would be produced by Lamar University and additional sitcoms like ''Scrubs''. The station adopted "The U" as its identity,<ref name="be-kuilind">{{cite news|url=http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/fox_64_to_drop_affiliate_in_new_year_12-18-2008.html|title=FOX 64 to drop affiliate in New Year|last=Sanders|first=Ashley|date=December 18, 2008|work=The Beaumont Enterprise|access-date=December 20, 2008}}</ref> using the same moniker and logo as unrelated station WCIU-TV in Chicago.
On August 3, 2010, the station launched Azteca América on a new 4th digital subchannel, becoming the first Spanish-language television station offered in the Golden Triangle.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nolan|first1=Heather|title=Hispanic channel broadcasts on Southeast Texas airwaves|url=https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Hispanic-channel-broadcasts-on-Southeast-Texas-729726.php|access-date=April 24, 2018|work=Beaumont Enterprise|date=August 3, 2010|quote=Viewers can watch Azteca America programming on digital channel 12.4, Dan Robbins, the station's general manager, said. The over-the-air channel in Beaumont and Port Arthur is 43.}}</ref>
In May 2010, London Broadcasting revealed that the company was developing a state network, MYTX, using subchannels like KUIL's .2 (now KBMT-LD .2) operated by KBMT. MYTX would share Texas news and sports and productions from 41 Entertainment, which was owned by London.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Malone|first1=Michael|title=London Broadcasting Plots Texas Network|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/london-broadcasting-plots-texas-network-42328|access-date=April 24, 2018|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=May 5, 2010|language=en-us}}</ref>
By April 2012, KBMT assumed operations of KUIL through a local service agreement with owner Blue Bonnet. The station at the time was a MyNetworkTV affiliate. Earlier in the year, KUIL had added MeTV.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Malone|first1=Michael|title=Market Eye: 'Refined' Tastes in SE Texas|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/market-eye-refined-tastes-se-texas-43402|access-date=April 25, 2018|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=April 9, 2012|language=en-us}}</ref> In May 2013, KBMT added another hour of ''12News Daybreak'' to KUIL at 7 a.m., continuing the show from KBMT and KJAC.<ref>{{cite news|title=KBMT-KJAC Expands Morning Show On MYTX|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/67828/kbmtkjac-expands-morning-show-on-mytx|access-date=April 25, 2018|work=TVNewsCheck|date=May 28, 2013|language=en}}</ref> The call letters were changed to KBMT-LD on February 28, 2018;<ref name="fcc-kbmtldcallsigns">{{cite web|title=Call Sign History (KBMT-LD)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=168236&Callsign=KBMT-LD|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=April 28, 2018}}</ref> the KUIL-LD call sign was concurrently moved to K36ID-D.<ref name="fcc-kuilldcallsigns">{{cite web|title=Call Sign History (KUIL-LD)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=168234&Callsign=KUIL-LD|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=April 28, 2018}}</ref> The license for KBMT-LD was canceled on August 10, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=168236|title = Station Search Details}}</ref>
Nexstar Media Group acquired Tegna in a deal announced in August 2025<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Mark K. |date=August 19, 2025 |title=Nexstar Buying Tegna For $6.2 Billion |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/nexstar-buying-tegna-for-6-2-billion/ |access-date=August 19, 2025 |website=TVNewsCheck |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819205146/https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/nexstar-buying-tegna-for-6-2-billion/ |archive-date= August 19, 2025}}</ref> and completed on March 19, 2026.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Ted |date=2026-03-19 |title=Nexstar Closes Tegna Merger Following FCC And DOJ Approval |url=https://deadline.com/2026/03/fcc-approves-nexstar-tegna-merger-1236760998/ |access-date=2026-03-20 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Technical information== ===Subchannels=== The station's digital channel is multiplexed: {| class="wikitable" |+Subchannels of KUIL-LD<ref name=rei0>{{cite web|title=Digital TV Market Listing for KUIL-LD|url=https://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KUIL-LD#station|website=RabbitEars|access-date=June 19, 2021|language=en}}</ref> ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |- ! scope = "row" | 12.5 | 720p || MYTX || Independent with MyNetworkTV |- ! scope = "row" | 12.6 | rowspan=7|480i || OPEN || Busted |- ! scope = "row" | 12.10 | Mystery || Ion Mystery |- ! scope = "row" | 12.11 | Grit || Grit |- ! scope = "row" | 12.12 | Laff || Laff |- ! scope = "row" | 12.13 | Heroes || Heroes & Icons |- ! scope = "row" | 12.14 | HSN || HSN |- ! scope = "row" | 12.15 | QVC || QVC |}
On January 9, 2012, KUIL replaced Azteca América with classic television programming from MeTV on 12.4.<ref>[http://www.metvnetwork.com/wherewatch.php?zipcode=77701&x=7&y=15 Where to Watch MeTV: KUIL]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=168236|title=DKBMT-Ld Beaumont, Tx}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=168234|title=Kuil-Ld Beaumont, Tx}}</ref> As of February 2013, MeTV moved to KBMT-DT4.
In 2016, MundoMax signed off and was replaced with Light TV. On May 1, 2017, Light TV was replaced by Ion Television.
===Analog-to-digital conversion=== KUIL shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 64, on November 27, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101346128&formid=910&fac_num=131238|title=CDBS Print}}</ref>
==See also== * KVHP
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Beaumont TV}} {{Texas English TV}} {{Nexstar Media Group}}
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