KXAN-TV
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| KXAN-TV / KXAM-TV | |
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| KXAN: Austin, Texas KXAM: Llano, Texas |
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| Branding | KXAN NBC Austin (general) KXAN News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Your News and Weather Source |
| Channels | KXAN: 36 (UHF) KXAM: 14 (UHF) analog, KXAN: 21 (UHF) KXAM: 27 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | LIN TV |
| Founded | KXAN: 1965 (on ch.42, moved to Channel 36 in 1973) KXAM: September 6, 1991 |
| Call letters meaning | KXAN: K TeXAN and K X Austin-News letters were chosen with a dual meaning of both; disambiguation of sister (through 24% stake)'s calls KXAS in Dallas-Fort Worth KXAM: Sounds like KXAN |
| Former callsigns | KHFI (1965-73), KTVV (1973-87) |
| Former affiliations | None |
| Website | www.kxan.com |
KXAN-TV is the NBC affiliate of Austin, Texas. It is currently owned by LIN TV, and is a sister station of The CW network affiliate KNVA. KXAN's transmitter is located in Austin.
KXAN also operates KXAM-TV (formerly KLNO) Channel 14 in Llano, Texas. KXAM simulcasts KXAN programs and places local inserts into KXAN's newscasts. The station is based out of KXAN's bureau in Llano.
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[edit] History
KXAN went on the air February 12, 1965 as KHFI-TV, the second television station in Austin and inherited the NBC affiliation from KTBC full time. It originally broadcast on channel 42 and was owned by the Kingsbury family, along with KHFI radio. The Kingsburys brought in Henry Tippie as a partner and moved the station, with FCC permission, to channel 36 in 1973 with new call letters--KTVV. LIN bought the station in 1979 and changed the callsign to KXAN in 1987 (channel 42 is now occupied by the CBS-owned-and-operated KEYE-TV.) Today KXAN airs on cable channel 4 on most cable systems in the Austin area.
KXAN has always been an NBC affiliate, and is one of two stations in Austin (the other being rival KVUE-TV) to retain original network affiliation through the wake of a network shuffle between KTBC and KEYE in 1995 and a network merger in 2006 (KNVA).
[edit] HPN - Hill Country Paramount Network (1995-1998)
When UPN was launched, it was available on a network of low-powered TV stations called HPN (Hill Country [in place of "United"] Paramount Network) from 1995 to 1998, a joint partnership with LIN TV stations KXAN and KNVA by simulcast channels which would air separate network programming from the main channel numbers. That affiliation afterwards was picked up by low powered station KVC, a sister station of KTBC, and in 2000 was picked up by KCWX (then KBEJ).
KVC went dark two years later to make way for a digital signal on channel 13 in 2003.
The HPN translators are currently-used to repeat programming from local Telefutura affiliate KBVO-CA, also owned by LIN.
[edit] Programming
KXAN is the Austin home of the San Antonio Spurs, airing their games in the fall (preempting NBC programming). Some games air on KNVA.
Also, the station also had a strong syndicated programming lineup with shows such as Live With Regis and Kelly, The Oprah Winfrey Show - which was later picked up by KVUE, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.
[edit] Newscasts
Weekdays
- Firstcast - 5 a.m.-7 a.m.
- KXAN News First at Four - 4 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
- KXAN News At Six - 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
- KXAN News At Ten - 10 p.m.-10:35 p.m.
- KXAN Game Night - 10:25 p.m.-10:35 p.m., Friday nights during high school football season
Weekends
- Firstcast - 7 a.m.-9 a.m. (The Saturday edition of the Today Show is preempted)
- KXAN News At Five - 5 p.m.-5:30 p.m. (Sundays)
- KXAN News At Six - 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m. (Saturdays)
- KXAN News At Ten - 10 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
- KXAN Game Night - 10:30 p.m.-11 p.m. (Sundays)
KXAN also produces hourly weather updates for KNVA.
[edit] Trivia
The call letters KHFI are now used on a Top 40 radio station in the market called 96.7 KHFI-FM, a KISS-FM branded radio station owned by Clear Channel.
KXAN is a Weatherbug affiliate.[1]
[edit] Address
908 West Martin Luther King
Austin, Texas 78701
[edit] Station Logos
 KTVV logo, June 1974. |
[edit] External links
- KXAN
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KXAN
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KXAM
- AustinTVNews.com :: KXAN
| Broadcast television in the Austin market (Nielsen DMA #53) | ||
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KTBC 7 (Fox) - K09VR 9 (Ind/Bloomberg/Fuse) - KVAT-LP 17 (LAT TV) - KLRU 18 (PBS) - KADF-LP 20 (AZA) - KVUE 24 (ABC) - KGBS-CA 32 (Ind) - KXAN 36 / KXAM 14 (NBC) - KXLK-CA 40 (HSN) - KEYE 42 (CBS) - KBVO-CA 51 (TFU) - KNVA 54 (The CW/MNTV) - KAKW 62 / 31 (UNI) |
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| Local cable television channels | ||
| San Antonio stations licensed within the Austin market | ||
| Defunct Television Stations | ||
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KPRC 2 (Houston) - KFDX 3 (Lawton / Wichita Falls) - KSAN 3 (San Angelo) - KAMR 4 (Amarillo) - KBTV 4 (Port Arthur) - WOAI 4 (San Antonio) - |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetwork TV, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Religious, Other English and Other Spanish stations in Texas | |
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Corporate Staff: Gary R. Chapman (President & CEO) | Vincent L. Sadusky | Greg Schmidt | Scott Blumenthal | Edward L. Munson, Jr. | William S. Banowsky | Peter S. Brodsky | Royal W. Carson, III | Dr. William H. Cunningham | Randall S. Fojtasek | Wilma H. Jordan | Michael A. Pausic |
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CBS Network Affiliates: KRQE / KBIM / KREZ | WANE | WISH | WIVB | WLFI | WPRI | WTHI |
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Fox Network Affiliates: KASA | WALA | WLUK | WNAC4 | WUPW | WVBT |
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NBC Network Affiliates: KNSD1 | KXAN | KXAS1 | WAND3 | WAVY | WDTN | WOOD | WWLP |
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The CW Network Affiliates: KNIN2 | KNVA4 | KSCW2,7 | WBPG | WNLO | WWHO |
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My Network TV Affiliates: KNVA4 | WCTX | WNAC4 | WNDY | WXSP |
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Other stations: KBOP (Independent)1a | KBVO (TeleFutura) | WAPA / WTIN / WNJX (Independent)5 | WFXQ-CA6 | WIIH (Univision) | WJPX / WKPV / WIRS / WJWN (MTV)5 |
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1Co-owned with NBC Universal in a joint venture (76% owned by NBC, 24% owned by LIN). |
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1aOwned by Commercial Broadcasting Corp., and operated by the NBC / LIN joint ventutre (see note 1) |
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2Co-owned with Banks Broadcasting in a joint venture (50/50); however, LIN does not control these stations. |
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3Co-owned with Block Communications in a joint venture (33% owned by LIN, 67% owned by Block Communications), |
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4LIN operates these stations under a local marketing agreement. |
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5Acquisition by InterMedia Partners, LP is now awaiting FCC approval. |
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6Is currently a repeater for NBC affiliate WWLP. Future is uncertain at this time. |
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7Acquisition by Schurz Communications is now awaiting FCC approval. |
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Annual Revenue: $443.5 million USD | Employees: 2,414 (full time) | Stock Symbol: NYSE: TVL | Website: www.lintv.com |
