and Tourism Board) Boyd Matson – reporter (1970–late 1970s; later host of National Geographic Explorer; now host of PBS' Wild Chronicles) Scott Pelley – reporter (now at CBS News as correspondent for 60 Minutes) Charlie Rose – host of The Charlie Rose Show and The Baxters (1979–1980; was recently host of CBS This Morning and Charlie Rose) Charles Murphy – anchor/reporter (later with NBC News and ABC News as a featured correspondent on World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. Charles Murphy served as WBAP TV's primary anchor for the station's coverage of President John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963. He also provided extensive live reports of the assassination for the NBC network coverage of the tragedy.) Bob Schieffer – anchor/reporter (later with CBS News as host of Face the Nation, and now as a political contributor) Harold Taft – meteorologist (1949–1991; deceased) Joe Tessitore – sports anchor (now at ESPN) Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: KXAS also operates a Mobile DTV feed that relays the station's primary channel on virtual channel 5.1, which transmits at 1.83 Mbit/s. References External links FCC Public Inspection File: KXAS-TV Technical and ownership information for KXAS-TV at RabbitEars DFW Radio/TV History KXAS virtual tour on Vimeo Texas Storm Ranger video tour on Facebook WBAP historical marker from Texas Historical Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) Tour of Broadcast Hill site and facilities at Fybush.com Channel 5 history: Amon and the early years WBAP promotional video for potential advertisers (early-mid 1960s) WBAP/KXAS archive and collections at University of North Texas NBC Owned Television Stations Cozi TV affiliates LX (TV network) affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1948 Television stations in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex 1948 establishments in Texas Former General Electric subsidiaries