KAC-TV

KAC is The National Television station serving Lafayette, LA. It broadcasts on channel 3. The station airs 8.5 hours of newscasts each weekday (5am-9am, 12pm-1pm, 4pm-5:30pm, 6pm-6:30pm, 9pm-10:30pm), and 8 hours on weekends (6am-9am, 4pm-5:30pm, 9pm-10:30pm). KAC is also The National Television affiliate of record for Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana, since that area does not have an The National Television affiliate of its own. KAC, due to its strong signal can also be seen in most of the Baton Rouge region.

Newscast Titles

 * The Fifth/Sixth/Tenth Hour News (1962-1972)
 * Action 3 News (1972-1995)
 * NewsChannel 3 (1995-present)

News Voiceovers

 * Booth Announcers (1971-1978)
 * Charlie Van Dyke (1978-1995)
 * Ed O'Brien (1995-2004)
 * Jim Birdsall (2004-2011)
 * Bill Rather (2011-present)

News Music

 * "ABC World News Tonight: Synthesized Version" by Score Productions (1978-1980)
 * "NewsCenter Theme" by Michael Randall (1980-1982)
 * "The Best Things in Life are here on 4" by TM Productions (1982-1986)
 * "KAC (KATC) 1986 News Theme" (1986-1991)
 * "WWL News (1984)" by Jim Kirk (1991-1995)
 * "KATC 1995 News Theme" by Michael Doucet (1995-1998)
 * "The One & Only" by Frank Gari (1998-2007)
 * "News in Focus" by John Hegner (2007-present)