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TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The renovation, stem to stern, at KETK and our sister station, FOX51, has been more than a year in the making. Thursday, November 17, 2017, we cut the ribbon to mark the grand opening of our new facility.

Since our sign-on, March 9, 1987, KETK has served East Texas. A $4 million dollars investment by our company, Nexstar Media Group, allowed us to upgrade all aspects of our operation. Celebrating with us include local elected officials, business owners and Nexstar Media Group CEO Perry Sook.

“Nexstar is a collection of 170 television stations in 100 markets, but it’s really a collection of individual local businesses,” said Sook. “Our brand in East Texas is different than our brand in Rochester, New York and different than our brand in Salt Lake City.”

With a new facility and innovative equipment, we’re able to better tell stories that matter to our viewers.

“It keeps us in touch with our local community and keeps our local communities in touch with us,” added Sook. “It’s relevant content and it’s a good place for sponsors to be as well.”
Perry Sook, CEO, Nexstar Media Group Inc.

One of our guests, Leslie Roberts, was on the KETK anchor desk in the late 1980’s. While the people and the facility have changed, the mission has not.

“It is wonderful! The renovation looks terrific,” said Roberts. “This building used to be a boutique mall and they retrofitted it for a TV station. Our motto back then was “Keeping East Texas Covered,” KETK, that’s what it stood for,” she said.
Leslie Roberts, former KETK Anchor during 1980’s

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