KRBC/NBC Commercial Breaks, 3/11/2003

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Commercial breaks taken during "Meet My Folks" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on NBC affiliate KRBC in Abilene, Texas.

At the time, LIN Television owned the station, and had just acquired it the previous year when it bought out Sunrise Television. However, LIN was in the process of selling KRBC to Nexstar's partner company Mission Broadcasting, which would close that summer. I don't think LIN was looking to get rid of KRBC insomuch as Nexstar, who already owned CBS affiliate, was looking to create virtual duopolies in as many smaller markets as possible. They saw an opportunity to create one with KRBC and Mission made an offer to LIN, who accepted.

In late 2004, KTAB left its longtime, smaller facilities and moved into KRBC's older, but much larger building, which had a second studio, allowing the two stations to keep doing news at the same time (unlike most Nexstar virtual duopolies, there is significant overlap in news timeslots at the Abilene operation between the two stations).

Coincidentally, Nexstar bought out Media General in 2016, which had come to absorb LIN, and so KRBC has since been reunited with most of that former group.

Date recorded: Tuesday, March 11, 2003

0:00 - Channel intro 0:05 - McDonald's 0:35 - 8 Mile on DVD 1:05 - Kia Sedona 1:35 - Physique 2:05 - NBC "Dateline" promo 2:16 - Pizza Hut 2:46 - Avon Anew Retroactive Skin Cream 3:17 - White Oleander on DVD and Video 3:32 - Bank of America 4:02 - Halls Fruit Breezers 4:32 - Old Spice Red Zone 5:02 - Bringing Down the House 5:17 - Oral-B CrossAction Vitalizer 5:47 - NBC "Friends"/"Scrubs"/"Will & Grace"/"Good Morning, Miami" promo (Townsend Coleman VO) 6:17 - NBC "ER" promo (Ashton Smith VO) 6:38 - Boat Trip 7:08 - Clarinex 7:38 - NBC "Law & Order Wednesday" promo 7:48 - KRBC "West Texas Today" promo 8:09 - Dairy Queen (very early version of their now iconic "That's What I Love About Texas" ad campaign) 9:09 - Dodge Truck Month 9:39 - KRBC 9 News Tonight topical 10:00 - KRBC Downing Bolls/Sherrey Roberts talent promo/legal ID 10:06 - Michelob Amber Bock 10:35 - L'Oreal Excellence Creme 11:06 - View from the Top 11:35 - Benadryl 11:51 - Listerine PocketPaks Strips 12:06 - GEICO 12:36 - Luvs Diapers 13:05 - NBC "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"/"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" promo 13:25 - NBC "America's Most Talented Kid" promo 13:48 - KRBC 9 News Tonight topical 14:03 - Kia Sedona 14:32 - Oreo Cookie Barz 14:47 - Yoplait Whips! 15:17 - Planters 2003 Final Four VIP Tickets Sweepstakes 15:32 - Willard 16:02 - Nissan Murano 16:32 - Agent Cody Banks 16:47 - Advil Liqui-Gels 17:03 - Texas Ford Dealers Truck Month (Doc Morgan VO – longtime VO for Texas Ford Dealers until he was replaced later in the decade with Tony Russell) 17:33 - Golden Coral Shrimp Lover's Buffet 18:03 - Texas Chevy Dealers 18:33 - Chrysler PT Cruiser 19:04 - Dunkin' Donuts 19:34 - Eclipse Flash 19:49 - Tidy Cats

©2003 NBC, LIN Television (current owner: Nexstar Broadcasting), and KRBC-TV, no copyright infringement intended. For educational and historical purposes only. We do not profit off of this video.

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National Broadcasting Company and LIN Television

Language

English

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