 Buford Broadcasting also owned and operated television station KLTV in Tyler, as the first channel to sign on in Tyler-Longview.Several changes to the 1490 facility accompanied the new ownership, including operating the transmission site remotely from a new studio location at Kilgore Highway and Farm to Market Road 1803, requested on June 1, 1954.The changes were approved on September 8, 1954, separating the transmission site and studio location for the first time since the move to Tyler 23 years earlier.