TXCN combines the news staffs of four of Belo's Texas television stations—WFAA-TV in Dallas, KHOU-TV in Houston, KENS-TV in San Antonio, and KVUE in Austin—in addition to the Belo-owned Dallas Morning News and the company's Washington, D.C. news bureau.
On January 1, 2005 Texas Cable News programming was scaled down after 45 of the 75 staffers were let go. The announcement came on December 4, 2004. Parent company BELO, based in Dallas, attributed the failure of Texas Cable News to a lack of distribution on cable systems in Texas' largest TV markets.
TXCN now airs repackaged content from BELO sister stations in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin. All original programming, minus weather and occasional original programming, was dropped along with on-air talent, except for weather department staff.
TXCN is available in the following markets (all cable systems Time Warner unless otherwise noted):
Austin - Channel 324
Beaumont - Channel 58
Houston (Comcast) - Channel 230
San Antonio - Channel 232
Corpus Christi - Channel 74
Laredo - Channel 28
Texarkana (Channel One) - Channel 53
Dallas/Fort Worth (Charter in some areas) - Channel 38
Port Arthur / Beaumont - Channel 58
Waco - Channel 74
El Paso - Channel 18
Rio Grande Valley - Channel 39
Wichita Falls - Channel 38
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