KATS

KATS is a MyTV affiliate serving Arlen, TX, and it's surrounding areas. Broadcasting on channel 13, KATS is owned and operated by Gannett Communications. From the time the station signed on in 2000 until 2015 and for about 4 months following QTV's shutdown in 2017, KATS was an independent. KATS was also a QTV affiliate from 2015-17. In July of 2017, MyTV was looking for a new affiliate for Arlen after Independence announced that it was dropping MyTV's affiliation from KORY so that KORY would be a full time Ion Television affiliate. At midnight of Sept. 11, 2017, KATS became the new MyTV affiliate for Arlen, TX.