About Us
FOX West Texas (KIDY-KXVA) serves both Abilene and San Angelo.
About TEGNA
FOX West Texas (KIDY-KXVA) is owned and operated by TEGNA Inc., an innovative media company that serves the greater good of its communities. Across platforms, TEGNA delivers relevant and trusted content by telling empowering stories, conducting impactful investigations and providing innovative and unparalleled solutions for advertisers through TEGNA Marketing Solutions. For more information, visit www.TEGNA.com.
Mission and Coverage Priorities
MISSION
TEGNA’s purpose is to serve the greater good of our communities.
We will provide the news and information that
people need to function as effective citizens.
We will seek solutions as well as expose problems and
wrongdoing.
We will provide editorial and community leadership.
We will seek to promote understanding of
complex issues.
We will be advocates for our communities.
DIVERSE VOICES
At TEGNA, you will find people from all backgrounds, interests and abilities, united by a common purpose to make a difference in our work, our company and our community.
We are committed to making editorial decisions with input from a variety of voices that reflect our community. We seek sufficient understanding of the communities, individuals and stories we cover to inform the public. We are persistent in pursuit of the whole story.
DIVERSITY STAFFING REPORT
At TEGNA, we believe that attracting a talented and diverse workforce is one of the keys to our success. We strive to create for our employees an environment which offers professional and intellectual challenges, which encourages innovation and creativity, and which rewards success and effective teamwork. Read our latest EEO Diversity Report.
Ethics, Standards and Practices
ETHICS
TEGNA is committed to the highest ethical standards and dedicated to the principles of truth, independence, fair play and integrity. These principles apply to everything we do, from gathering content to reporting and producing content. Read TEGNA’s Principles of Ethical Journalism.
TEGNA journalists observe the following principles:
INDEPENDENCE
We will remain free of outside interests, investments, business relationships or personal relationships that may
compromise the credibility of our news reports.
We will seek to avoid potential conflicts of interest and
promptly disclose any that arise.
We do not accept gifts, meals or entertainment from any individuals or
organizations that may be covered by our stations.
We do not allow sponsors of news to determine, change or
restrict content.
We do not make political contributions, participate in political advocacy or publicly share
political views.
TRANSPARENCY
We are transparent about paid or sponsored content.
We clearly identify and differentiate commentary from
news.
We will explain our journalistic processes to our audience.
PUBLIC INTEREST
We will uphold and defend the First Amendment.
We will be vigilant watchdogs of government and institutions that
affect the public.
We will fight to insure the public’s business is conducted in public.
FAIRNESS
We will treat people with dignity, respect and compassion.
We will be fair with people unaccustomed to dealing
with the media. (*)
We will seek all sides relevant to a story.
(Also diverse voices)
INTEGRITY
We will act honorably, transparently and ethically in dealing with news sources, the public and our colleagues.
We will obey the law.
We will not skew facts, distort reality or sensationalize events (ETHICS).
We will not
manipulate images or sound in misleading ways.
We will not present images that are reenacted without informing
the audience.
We will use hidden cameras or similar techniques only if there is no other way to tell a
significant story effectively, and only with news management approval.
We will respect the copyrights of others.
VERIFICATION & FACT-CHECKING
We report the news accurately, thoroughly and in context on all platforms. We vet sources, verify facts and challenge
assumptions before reporting news. We hold factual information on all platforms to the same standards of accuracy.
We are honest. We do not mislead sources, story subjects or the public.
We attribute information received
from others, and we are transparent with sourcing. We do not plagiarize.
We do not misstate our identity or
intentions. We keep our word.
We do not intentionally slant the news.
We value being right over being
fast.
UNNAMED SOURCES
We will use unnamed sources as the sole basis for reporting only as a last resort when it best serves the public’s right to know, and only with prior news management approval.
CORRECTIONS
We will make corrections promptly and proportionate to the original reporting.
CONTACT US
MASTHEAD/EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP
Click here to meet our Editorial Leadership team
ACTIONABLE FEEDBACK
We value feedback from our community, including story ideas as well as comments and corrections on our coverage. Click on the appropriate link below to route your feedback to the correct team in our newsroom.
NEWSROOM CONTACT INFORMATION
Trust Project Participation
TEGNA is proud to be a participant in the Trust Project. The Trust Project is an international consortium of news organizations collaborating to use transparency to build a more trustworthy and trusted press. For more information visit https://thetrustproject.org/.
KIDY/KXVA-TV History
Sage Broadcasting started KIDY as an independent television station on May 12, 1984. This was the fourth local broadcast station to go on the air in San Angelo, Texas. In 1988, KIDY became a local FOX under STAR Broadcasting. Later, STAR Broadcasting was dissolved and only Sage Broadcasting remained.
On January 1, 2008, Bayou City Broadcasting began operating the station as LMA and on July 31, 2008, became the official owner of KIDY.
In late January 2009, the KIDY analog transmitter suffered a catastrophic transmitter failure and in the last week of January, KIDY started Digital transmission. KIDY petitioned the FCC to cease analog transmission and continue digital transmission and was approved.
In 2011, the KABB-FOX San Antonio news was added at 9 p.m. on KIDY and so the station would have a “news” presence. In late 2011, local 5-minute news updates were implemented to start the 9 p.m. newscast and the San Antonio news was joined in progress.
In 2012, Bayou City Broadcasting upgraded all operations for KIDY to HD making KIDY the first station in the Concho Valley to be full HD.
On January 1, 2013 the station was acquired by London Broadcasting Company. Plans immediately went into effect to improve the physical location of the station, as well as prepare for a full local news launch and staffing was upgraded to achieve revenue goals. KIDY purchased and renovated a bank building in downtown San Angelo and moved into the current location in December 2013.
In late 2013, the race was on to hire a full news and production staff to plan and launch local news programming on January 27, 2014 at 9:30 p.m. in San Angelo. On July 8, the London Broadcasting stations were purchased by Gannett Company, Inc. In August, KIDY developed the concept and debuted a local high school football show: The West Texas Scoreboard. September 22 saw the launch of the 6 p.m. newscast in San Angelo; and on December 1, the 9:30 p.m. newscast on KIDY was moved to 10 p.m. to capture a larger audience share from our competitors. When Gannett split in late June 2015, KIDY became part of the new broadcasting company, TEGNA.
Continued growth of our news offerings is always a priority. On October 5th of 2015, an all-new morning show debuted in the Concho Valley named Wake Up West Texas. This show airs 5:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. and features a high level of current local news from
the West Texas region, as well as the latest in regional and national news with a heavy emphasis on social media trending news, events, and activities.
For all content licensing inquiries, please contact our representatives at TEGNA@nimia.com.