The station 's news department was founded upon the station 's 1987 sign-on , with newscasts branded under the title '' Noticiero 48 '' . KTMD 's newscasts were retitled as '' Noticentro 48 '' ( using the Spanish titling of the '' NewsCenter '' brand popular with U.S. television stations during the 1970s and 1980s ) the following year , only to revert to the original " Noticiero " title in 1991 , with a slight alteration to '' Noticiero 47 '' in 2002 to reflect its new channel position on UHF 47 . In 2001 The station debuted a morning newscast from 5 am to 6 am . It was the area 's only morning newscast , and the station also hired a meteorologist for both the morning and evening newscasts . The station later hired Roberto Repreza and changed its news department . After Tropical Storm Allison hit the area , KTMD and other stations lost revenue . After the September 11 attacks , the station cancelled the morning newscasts and as a result , the station laid off 14 staffers and the anchor was moved to the evening newscasts . The reason for these layoffs was because of low ad revenue
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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