old San Antonio TV TL coordinates

1957                                          from 1957-1966 QTH
KCOR-41  29-25-03 N  98-29-26 W   598' AGL    5.6 mi  @ 114.7-deg
KENS-5   29-25-20 N  98-29-22 W   555' AGL    5.6 mi  @ 111.4-deg
WOAI-4   29-25-50 N  98-29-25 W   569' AGL    5.4 mi  @ 105.9-deg
KONO-12  29-26-20 N  98-29-03 W   573' AGL    5.6 mi  @  99.2-deg

1962
KLRN-9   29-49-40 N  98-07-03 W  1016' AGL   37.8 mi  @  46.7-deg
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KENS/WOAI built a 1500' AGL tower* to share near Elmendorf which
was activated in December 1958.  It being so far the population center
of town many found that their rabbit ears no longer gave a good enough
signal as when these TLs had been located downtown (since 1949-1950).
We had a 1955 6-el hi-lo VHF Yagi that had been used in the SF Bay Area
so didn't have that problem.
(* 22.5 mi @ 124-deg)

KONO, having only debuted in early 1957, with its TL still downtown,
took advantage of this by adopting the slogan "Clearly the eyes of the
great Southwest" as a dig at the problematic KENS/WOAI situation.  In a
few years they too would be in the Elmendorf area with their own tall
tower**.  Now KSAT, unique among the local TV stations, still has their
auxiliary TL on that original downtown tower (which is in the process
of getting an upgraded lightning protection system).  It is about the
only TV tower in town presenting a danger risk of falling ice from those
rare events in this region as it is adjacent to the station's studio
parking lot.  (OTOH, the KENS/WOAI transmitter buildings were placed
nearly 1000' opposite each other from their common tower base as "a
falling-ice precaution" !) (** a fraction of a mile from KENS/WOAI's)

KCOR (later KUAL, now KWEX) was San Antonio's first UHF station (and
would be its only until 1985 when KRRT-35 debuted) and the nation's
first Hispanic TV station (1955).  It, too, has its TL now located
southeast of town with their old downtown tower repurposed.

KLRN-9 debuted in September 1962 with its TL midway between San Antonio
and Austin to serve both markets (better located than KBEJ/KCWX-2 would be
trying to do the same thing four decades latter).  For best reception most,
if they lacked a rotator (rare item in these parts then), had to probably get
a dedicated Channel 9 Yagi and fix-aim it at them as they were almost 90-deg
from the bearing to the Elmendorf antenna farm.  Austin got its own UHF PBS
station by the late 1970s, and in 1984 KLRN moved their TL southeast of town.
Nonetheless, one can still find a rare Channel 9 Yagi on some TV antenna masts
in town pointing n.e. towards their original TL!

In another footnote, KSAT and KLRN are the only two local VHF stations that now
have their final DTV RF (real) Channel on the same as their NTSC one was.