KTBC FOX 7 (Austin, Texas)

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KTBC signed on the air on November 27, 1952. It was originally owned by the Texas Broadcasting Company (hence the call letters) which was in turn owned by then-Senator Lyndon Johnson and his wife Lady Bird, alongside KTBC radio (AM 590 and FM 93.7). As the city's first television station, it carried all four major networks at the time: ABC, CBS, NBC and the now-defunct DuMont Network. Because the station was owned by the Johnsons, their political and financial clout allowed station programmers to pick and choose from the best programs available on all affiliated networks, and to tape delay others for later rebroadcast without contractual interference or penalty.

KTBC was primarily a CBS affiliate until 1995, with roughly 65% of its programming being carried by the station in its early history. NBC and ABC roughly split the remaining coverage in half. When more stations signed on the air in Austin, KTBC lost the NBC affiliation to KHFI (now-KXAN) in 1965 first, then finally lost the ABC affiliation to KVUE in 1971.