KAVU-TV
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| Victoria, Texas United States | |
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| Branding |
ABC 25 Newscenter 25 |
| Slogan | Your Hometown News |
| Channels |
Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 25 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels |
25.1 ABC 25.2 CBS 25.3 NBC 25.4 25 Now |
| Affiliations | ABC (secondary from 1989–1994) |
| Owner |
Saga Communications, Inc. (Saga Broadcasting, LLC) |
| First air date | July 1, 1982 |
| Sister station(s) | KVCT |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 25 (UHF, 1982–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1982–1994) |
| Transmitter power | 900 kW |
| Height | 312 m |
| Facility ID | 73101 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 28°50′42″N 97°7′33″W / 28.84500°N 97.12583°W |
| Website | Official site |
KAVU-TV, known locally as ABC 25, is a full-service television station in Victoria, Texas. Serving the entire Victoria metropolitan area as an ABC network affiliate, this station is owned and operated by Saga Broadcasting, as part of a group of six television stations serving the Victoria market. KAVU maintains studios located on North Navarro Street in Victoria and its transmitter is located in Lolita.
History
KAVU was founded on December 7, 1981, but did not take to the air until July 1, 1982. At the time, it began as an NBC network affiliate, but then joined ABC as a secondary affiliate from 1989 to 1994, after the previous affiliate, KVCT (now a Fox affiliate), dropped the ABC affiliation to become a religious station.
In 1994, KAVU became solely an ABC affiliate. Today, KAVU and KVCT operate as sister stations, and also operate the market's NBC, CBS, Univision, and Telemundo affiliates via low-power stations and/or digital subchannels.
External links
- Official site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KAVU
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KAVU-TV