Tyler–Longview market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition. On September 10, 2012, KLTV debuted an hour-long weekday afternoon newscast at 4:00 p.m. Notable former on-air staff Sandra Brown – weather anchor (now a best-selling author) Devin Scillian – news anchor (1986–1989); now at WDIV-TV in Detroit, and also a children's author and country singer Technical information Subchannels The stations' digital signals are multiplexed: On digital subchannels 7.2 and 31.2, the station carries Circle; the subchannel is also carried on Suddenlink Communications digital channel 247. The subchannel launched on December 14, 2005 as the "StormTracker 24/7 Weather Channel," a local weather service consisting of temperatures, weather conditions and a live feed of the station's Doppler radar (branded as the "StormTracker 7 Live Doppler Network") on a rotating schedule; the subchannel affiliated with This TV in December 2009, it later switched to Bounce TV on January 1, 2012. On January 1, 2020, Circle debuted on 7.2, displacing Bounce TV to 7.4. On digital subchannel 7.3, the station carries Telemundo; the subchannel is also carried on Suddenlink channel 22. Analog-to-digital conversion The station installed its digital transmitter tower on September 23, 2005; on December 14, KLTV became the second television station in East Texas to launch a digital signal, broadcasting on VHF channel 10. KLTV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 10 to channel 7 for post-transition operations. Availability Cable and satellite On cable, KLTV is available on Suddenlink Communications channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 720. Dish, DirecTV and several smaller cable providers also carry the station. Over-the-air KLTV is available throughout much of East Texas, such as Tyler, Athens, Canton, Carthage*, Gilmer, Henderson, Jacksonville, Jefferson*, Kilgore, Lindale, Longview**, Marshall*, Mineola, Mount Pleasant*, Mount Vernon, Palestine, Pittsburg, Rusk, and Sulphur Springs***. * – This city can receive KLTV over the air despite being in the Shreveport market. ** – This city can receive KLTV over the air despite parts of the city being in the Shreveport market. *** – This city can receive KLTV over the air despite being in the Dallas–Fort Worth market. In other parts of the market, such as Lufkin, Nacogdoches and Crockett, KLTV is